Funny Personalized Money, Playing Cards, and More

Using free pictures editors, provided by online services, allowing using your own photos to make funny images, became very popular. In this post, I would like to present one more new site, giving you multiple opportunities to make fun on your friends and on yourself. Site use 4 different types of the templates to generate funny collages.

Personalized Money

You have multiple templates with paper money from different countries, like Antarctica, Canada, China, Russia, USA, and other. Simply embed you photo and create a new image. It is unlikely, that you can use the currency in financial operations, but you definitely can bring some fun to your friends.

Personalized Playing Cards

You have multiple templates with playing cards for Jacks, Kings, and Queens. You can simply embed your photo, and using moving and enlarging operations, fit to the opening.

Personalized Beer Logos

You have three basic templates: Budweiser, Corona Extra, and Heineken. Here, you cannot embed your picture, but you can modify the text on the logo in different ways.

 Personalized iPhone Application

I will this section review, since I do not use iPhone. But if you do, you can try it.

Love Poems

This section has nothing to do with images. Enter name of your beloved, and an optional gift you want to present her/him, and the poem generator will make the genius creation for you. You can choose the best fitting lines up to the moment you are completely satisfied.

Text Layout

This section will let you do several unusual effects to your text. Create a funny greeting card, love letter, or invitation, and spice your text with provided effects.

When I was testing the service, the server response was a bit slow on my Internet Explorer based Maxthon; however, you might find the delay acceptable if you need these effects for your project, postcard, or joke. When I tested the service on Chrome, the response was much faster.

Online Backup Services from Comcast

Comcast, my home Internet provider, decided to increase the spec of its offerings about half a year ago. For all its high-speed Internet customers, it is providing the opportunity for secure file storage through online backup service called Secure Backup & Share. This service is powered by Mozy, a well-known online backup provider currently owned by EMC. It was a CNET Webware 100 winner of 2009.

According to Mozy, some 140,000 hard drives crash in the United States every week. Files can also be lost other ways, too, including human error, when a computer is stolen or misplaced, and from viruses. Comcast says that it wants to help reduce the risk of data loss and is encouraging consumers to back up and secure their digital files.

The company gives all of its existing customers 2GB of online storage for free with the launch of the Secure Backup & Share service. Those who want to use more storage space can opt for a few different plans, including a 50GB storage plan for $4.99 monthly or $49.99 annually, and a 200GB storage plan for $9.99 monthly or $99.99 annually.

According to Comcast, Secure Backup & Share, apart from keeping files off-site in case of disaster, also allows customers to share files via a personalized Web site. Sharable content includes photos, videos, music, and documents.

Comcast costumers can immediately activate their free accounts and use the new online backup, which is currently only works with PC computers.

Main features:

1.      1. Quick and easy backup.

a.       Download once and files can be backed up automatically – no more cumbersome hard drives or burning CDs.

b.      Restore files easily in a few quick steps if disaster strikes.

2.       2. Secure reliable protection.

a.       Protect yourself against hackers with advanced encryption technology that helps keep files secure.

b.      Copy your valuable files to a secure location that’s always available to you.

3.       3. Convenient access and sharing.

a.       Get your own Website to share photos and files with family and friends.

b.      Access files from any Internet connection — including your compatible Web-enabled phone.

Website: http://security.comcast.net/backup/details/

Online game for Web Addicts: Guess-the-google

If you think you are a web search guru, try to prove yourself that you are right. Guess-the-google is an addictive guessing game based on Google's image search. It turns the mental activity of searching into a fun, visual and engaging game where people can enjoy the challenge of being the fastest and most efficient at making that connection between search terms and their results.

* The rules are simple:

1.      * Get to http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google/

2.       * Click on Launch Project button.  Note that the game requires version 9 of the Flash player or higher to run.

3.       * A new flash Window will pop-up.

4.       * As a newcomer, click on How to Play button to read the rules. Actually, it is quite simple. After the first game, you will practically learn the rules. In brief, you get a set of 16 images, and you have to guess correctly, what is the keyword, which is generic for this set. You have only 20 seconds to answer, so not much time for guessing games. After 10 questions, you get a total score.

Now, start the game. If you think that is easy, you are wrong. I could make score 202 on my game, answering correctly about half of the questions. What about you?