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How to get the new features on Stumble Upon?October 6

Get new Stumble Upon features Tal Siach, a good friend of mine, and a respected social media power user, recently wrote a review of new Stumble Upon features (currently unavailable to most) on TechCrunch.

However, most users cannot currently access the features of the new version. There are no invites - users are selected by Stumble Upon. However, there is a work-around to get the new Stumble Upon features.

Join Stumbleupon Beta Group. Beta features will be enabled for you. Joining the group brings you a warning that features you see are undergoing development and may be unstable. To remove the features, leave the group.

Of course, die-hard users will still prefer the toolbar, but it is nice to take the new version for a spin. Thanks QOT.

And while you’re at it, why not add me as a friend on Stumble Upon?

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Best temporary and disposable email servicesSeptember 30

Spam is rising as fast as it has ever, and most inboxes are flooded with thousands of spam mails every day. Typically, spammers get your email addresses in two ways: spam bots which crawl the web to find email addresses, and scrupulous websites which sell email IDs of users which sign up with the website in question. To prevent the second problem, the solution would be a temporary or disposable email account. Temporary email accounts are destroyed after a specific time period, typically after a day.

Take out the trash!

Benefits of temporary email inboxes

Protects your mail account from spam by automatically expiring after a certain time period
Requires no signup and/or registration.

Best disposable email account services

Here is a short list of free, disposable (or temporary) mailbox services worth looking at:

GuerillaMail is one of the better-designed websites offering disposable email accounts, and you can get a random or chosen email ID.

Mailinator is one of the more reputed players in temporary email boxes business. To get a temporary mail box, simply send an email to it - no signup required.

SpamGourmet gives you a temporary

Geek Fun cartoon: What does Matt Cutts eat for dinner?September 29

If you are a geek OR an SEO enthusiast OR a blogger OR if you know Matt Cutts (Google employee), then you would almost certainly laugh when you see the cartoon below:

Matt Cutts eating spam

Matt Cutts is head of Web Spam team at Google, and perhaps the most popular Googler after its founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. He is fondly called the “unofficial spokesperson of Google”, and is very vocal about cutting down on spam, paid links etc. from Google search and elsewhere.

Matt Cutts also has a blog, where he gives some of the most effective SEO advice I have ever seen. Nothin’ like getting advice from “the SEO guy”.

Aaron Wall at SEO Blog posted the image above. PS: Here’s my disclaimer: “the image above is sole property of Aaron Wall/SEO Blog“.

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Download Geometric patterns free texture packSeptember 29

Geometric patterns is a free, huge texture pack (18 MB) released by Texture Well. It is the first release from Texture Well - look out for more releases soon. The texture pack has been featured already on Design Float, and seems to be getting popular.

Free geometric patterns texture

It contains textures of various kinds, one of which is shown above. Hit the download link to see some more sample images, and download the pack (or download individual patterns as you like).

Download Geometric Patterns pack

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How to view passwords saved by Google Chrome?September 29

ChromePass is a tiny utility(123KB) to view all the user names and passwords saved on Google Chrome. The following details are shown: Origin URL, Action URL, User Name Field, Password Field, User Name, Password, and Created Time. You can save one or more details in plain-text, HTML or XML format.

View Chrome passwords: Chrome Pass

ChromePass is portable software - it does not require installation. To use ChromePass, simply run the executable file - ChromePass.exe. When it runs, the main window will display all passwords that are currently stored in your Google Chrome browser.

Download ChromePass (go to software homepage)

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