5 Awesome Free Streaming Music Sites (Don’t Tell The RIAA!)

So what are the best sites for free streaming music online? Everyone knows about Pandora, last.fm, and Rhapsody, but here are five far superior websites that you’ve probably never even heard of.

1. Imeem. There are a lot of music social networks online, and a lot of them offer free streaming music, but Imeem is probably the only one that gets it right. You can stream high quality versions of pretty much any song you can think of for free. You can email, embed, and blog songs. Recommendations are more limited than on last.fm, but you can play related songs in a Pandora-esque player.
2. Seeqpod. Probably the most powerful free streaming music search engine on the internet. You can create playlists that can be embedded or sent to others, and often watch videos for the songs you find. There’s also a streaming iPhone version. Because of the flexibility and power of Seeqpod, many other developers have built their sites on top of the Seeqpod engine. Read more

eeePC & XP: Photo Gallery

Last night I got to sit down with an ultra portable Asus eeePC running Windows XP and take some photos.

Installing Windows on the eeePC is really easy — just pop the CD in and follow the instructions on the screen. You do need to have an external CD or DVD drive, though, because the eeePC doesn’t have any drives built-in.

The Asus eee PC can also run Apple Mac OS or Windows Vista,. It’s a really, really flexible little laptop. It’s the #2 most bestselling laptop on Amazon right now.

The relative I mentioned (Small Laptop For Only $299? Why The EeePC Is Taking The World By Storm…) is extremely satisfied with his eeePC — he’s been showing it off around work, and all his coworkers are jealous.

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5 Easy Eye Exercises To Beat Eye Strain And Refresh Yourself

Did you know that more than 50% of computer users experience eyestrain, headaches, blurry vision and other symptoms?

It doesn’t have to be that way. Read on for five quick and easy eye exercises you can do right at your desk!

How To Know If You Need This Article

If you have one or more of the following symptoms, you should take a quick 30-second break and do one of the eye exercises in this article:

• You get headaches when you use your computer
• You make more errors than usual in your work
• Your eyes are irritated and/or dry
• Your vision is sometimes blurred
• You have difficulty refocusing when looking from the screen to distance objects
• You have poor distance vision, especially after computer use
• Your vision sometimes doubles
• Your color perception starts to change
• You find you need a new glasses prescription
• Your neck and shoulders hurt or are tense
• You have back pain
• You have pain in your arms, wrists, shoulders, or joints

So if you feel like you need a break, take a deep breath and try one of these quick, easy eye exercises…
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