Tag: website

How to tell if an online hotel review is fake

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 5, 2013

If you are a frequent traveller, you may find yourself needing to select your hotel based on a myriad of online travel websites (like Travelocity, TripAdvisor, Expedia, AAA, Yelp, or others) that not only offer you the lowest price for booking your hotel stay, but also offer what should be the best crowdsourced advice on whether that specific hotel will meet – or not meet – your needs.

Travelling for business has one set of needs; travelling for pleasure has another. Travelling with kids? You may need to avoid staying at a high-end hotel if only because the kids won’t appreciate it as much as you would. Travelling alone? Maybe quiet, security and safety are your primary concerns.

And as always, accurate reviews of hotel location in relation to local attractions or transportation is always a help.

Hotel Front Office Management

Tags Hotels, How To, Travel, website

10 Things Internet Websites

The Five Most Visited Websites

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 27, 2013

How many websites do you visit in a day? Week? Month?

We know, just from you reading this today, that you visit at least one website that we know about. And chances are, you got here after visiting a search engine or a link from another site.

And it’s really hard to guess what the LEAST VISITED WEBSITE IN THE WORLD is, because there are any number of purchased domains that some bloke is using for their own personal storage space rather than serving a public service. For every website that you may have heard of, there are likely thousands that are only known about by the person who purchased the domain name.

Maps and the Internet

Tags 10 Things, Internet, Maps, website

How To shopping Websites

Do you know how to dress yourself? Chances are, not so much

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 23, 2013

The Modern Man (or Modern Woman) has a lot of rules to learn along their travels in life.

What’s that old saying, “clothes make the man”? As you know, there’s a lot of truth in this. Especially in today’s workplace where there is so much question about what BUSINESS CASUAL means, and whether FLIP-FLOPS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE OFFICE or not. (Hint: they’re not)

The Modern Man's Guide to Life
The Modern Man’s Guide to Life

Tags career, clothing, How To, shopping, website

How To Music Websites

How much money do mashup songs cost to make?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 21, 2013

You’ll recall that Web Watch has written about mashups before. Some people love them, some people hate them.

Those that fall into the HATE camp have nothing against mashups in general, but just would rather hear the actual songs that make up the mashup rather than the mashup itself.

And that could very well be the reason the site we’re talking about today exists, to appease the mashup haters and bring them together with the mashup lovers.

DJEarWorm - United States of Pop
DJEarWorm – United States of Pop

Tags copyright, How To, Legal, mashup, money, Music, website

Games Video Games Websites

Rent your own arcade machine

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 19, 2013

Have you ever wanted to own your own arcade machine in your basement? (Notice how we refuse to use the term MAN CAVE here?

How many hundreds (or thousands) of dollars in quarters have you thrown into one of these electronic marvels, only to end up dying on the final level because some idiot jostled your arm at the last moment?

Wouldn’t you like to own your own arcade machine? We know what you’re thinking — we don’t want to own a single game. What would happen if we ever got bored of playing Ms Pac Man? That’ll just be a total waste of money.

Arcade Legends 3 Upright Multi-Game Video Arcade Game Machine

Tags Arcade, game, pinball, video games, website

shopping Travel Websites

What is the minimum annual budget a family of four should plan?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 15, 2013

Planning a future budget is one of the most difficult activities anyone can do.

It’s easy for you to look at a single monthly or weekly paycheck and determine where that money is going to be allocated to. So much for rent or mortgage, this much for a car payment, these utilities and credit card bills need to be paid. Don’t forget groceries, gas, and… oh yeah, the kids need new shoes for school next week.

But looking at the bigger picture, it can be daunting to plan three, six, or even twelve months down the line as you can’t always predict what you’re going to need to pay for beyond those regular set payments such as rent or a car note.

The Budget Kit: The Common Cents Money Management Workbook
The Budget Kit:
The Common Cents Money Management Workbook

Tags budget, calculator, credit cards, money, shopping, Travel, website

sports

Professional Tennis vs Drug Use: Who’s winning?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 9, 2013

Web Watch has always thought that it would be interesting to see an “all drugs allowed” Olympics.

Let anyone who wanted to compete fire up the latest steroid or health enhancement and duke it out. Everything would be on the up-and-up and open — which would be the key. All competitors would have to openly admit to what they were doping and be tested to prove it.

But you could do whatever you want. In that type of wide-open sporting environment, let’s break some records with an asterisk to see what the human body could be stretched to do if given the chance.

Dope: A History of Performance Enhancement in Sports from the Nineteenth Century to Today
Dope:
A History of Performance Enhancement in Sports
from the Nineteenth Century to Today

Tags medical, sports, website

TV Websites

The definitive guide to The Sopranos final episode (“Did Tony Die?”)

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 23, 2013

THE SOPRANOS was, as everyone who’s seen the show has said, a milestone in television history. There are very few television series that can get that amount of water cooler talk going these days, although some have tried (*cough* The Red Wedding *cough*).

But with The Sopranos, it really did hit its peak with the final episode, which is widely considered THE BEST FINAL TV EPISODE EVER, even though Entertainment Weekly said it was only worth the #10 spot on their list. Go figure.

Sopranos: The Book: The Complete Collector’s Edition

Tags death, HBO, Sopranos, TV, website