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Fontifier.com
For only $9,
Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting
for the text you write on your computer.
It turns a
scanned sample of your handwriting into a
handwriting font that you can use
in your word
processor or graphics program, just like
regular fonts such as Helvetica. |
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Terrapass.com
Find out how much emissions your automobile emits.
Each year, the average car emits about 10,000 lbs
(three times its weight!) in carbon dioxide
pollution – a leading cause of global warming. |
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Flipclips.com
Create your own flip books. Fifteen
seconds of video transforms into a 75 page
Flip Book for only $9. Great idea for a
gift.
PicPads.com
Create one of a kind black and white
pads of paper and note cards.
PhotoStamps
(www.photostamps.com):
Turn a favorite family image into a custom
postage stamp A sheet of 20 37-cent stamps
runs about $17, compared with $7.40 for
regular postage. .
Change Your Art.com
(www.changeyourart.com):
Turn digital pictures into custom wall or
floor tiles. Available in ceramic and glass,
you get to choose the number of tiles per
photo. For example, you can turn a Parisian
panorama into 12 8-by-8-inch tiles. Prices
range from $2.75 to $45 per tile, depending
on material and size.
MyPublisher
(www.mypublisher.com):
MyPublisher offers professionally bound
albums in three sizes:
- A
large, linen hardcover book opens to 32
inches wide. For about $60, you get 20
double-sided pages that can hold up 240
photos, depending on the layout. Each
additional page runs about $3.
- A medium,
linen hardcover book runs about $30, and
a leather version is available for about
$40. These include 20 pages that can
display 120 photos. Additional pages run
about $1.50.
- Small,
paperback "brag books" run about $10.
They hold 20 pages, or 80 photos. Extra
pages available for about 50 cents.
IPod My Photo
(www.ipodmyphoto.com):
Apple's famed iPod ad campaign features
cool-looking silhouettes of people jamming
to their favorite tunes. Now you can become
a silhouette yourself. For about $20, this
Web site will "iPodify" your favorite photo
and turn it into another cool ad for the
iPod (as if Apple needs the help).
ShoeboxReprints.com offers a
surprisingly affordable picture
digitalization service. Using a
super-high-speed commercial Kodak scanner,
the company turns printed family photos into
digital pictures at rate of 150 per minute.
The cost: about $50 for 1,000
different pictures. |
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Digital to Print Services
Don't know what to do with those digital photos? Here are two
services trying to help:
www.ofoto.com
Real Kodak Prints, Share Photos Online, Organize, Store and Edit Photos
www.Shutterfly.com/
Only 19¢ a print, quick turn around, Sign Up Now special. |
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DAZZLE
Turn your old family vhs home movies into
dvds. Dazzle allows you to capture, edit and
share your videos.
Connect your camcorder
or vcr to your PC, and start making
great movies today using one of our Dazzle
movie making products. |
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Coolfamily
Book Choice |
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Take the Political Quiz!
Are you more like Stalin or Gandhi, take this political quiz and
compare.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/ |
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1000 Places to See
Before You Die
A joyous, passionate gift book for travelers-both the real
and the armchair variety. |
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Do any famous people share your birthday? |
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