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Need a retro videogame fix? The Atari arcade is now online!

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 30, 2009

Growing up in the 80’s, having a Atari home video game console was as much of a status symbol as having a PS3 with the full Rock Band setup was a year ago (now, not as much since everyone seems to have it by now).

But as we’ve gotten older, we’ve lost the power cords and couldn’t find the replacement Atari 2600 joysticks that we had set aside in case of emergencies such as this.

This is why Web Watch is thrilled that Atari has taken it upon themselves to open their free online ATARI ARCADE website, featuring the best of their original games just for you.

Tags Internet, video games, website

How To Websites

Elfster – Automating the Secret Santa Process

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 29, 2009

Now that Thanksgiving is over and the shopping has begun, it’s time for us to concentrate on that next favorite holiday tradition: the SECRET SANTA GIFT EXCHANGE.

And organizing it can always be such a hassle. You have to get everyone in a room together to draw names out of a hat, and in today’s workplace environment with people working from home or in satellite offices across the country, doing the Secret Santa selections this way is just old-fashioned.

Tags holidays, How To, website

Disney Websites

Want some twisted takes on Disney Princesses? Check out Jeffrey Thomas’ art gallery

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 27, 2009
1 Comment on Want some twisted takes on Disney Princesses? Check out Jeffrey Thomas’ art gallery

The other day, Web Watch wrote about Brianna Garcia’s artistic take on the Disney Princesses.

Compared to this artist, Brianna’s princesses are all sugar and spice and everything nice, because JEFFREY THOMAS’ PRINCESS ART has a decidedly different twist.

Tags art, Characters, Dismarks, Disney, photography, Princess, website

Websites

Hear that? November 27th is the National Day of Listening.

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 26, 2009

November 27th is the NATIONAL DAY OF LISTENING, brought to you by StoryCorps.

What is the National Day of Listening all about? It’s about, well, listening.

Listening to your loved ones, family members, friends, co-workers, neighbors… anyone, really, who has something to say.

Tags holidays, website

Disney food How To Websites

Why the Disney Dining Plan is popular: because kids eat free. Why not try this at home, too?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 24, 2009
1 Comment on Why the Disney Dining Plan is popular: because kids eat free. Why not try this at home, too?

If you are a family with kids and you’re on a budget, eating out can definitely be a problem. Kids just want to eat, and don’t necessarily have the concept down about eating within a budget. They just point at the macaroni-and-cheese, chicken fingers, fries (and other brown and tan foods without a vegetable in sight) and say “I want that!”

This is why the Disney Dining Plan that offers a “pay-one-price” for all members of your family is so popular. Families on those massively-planned-out Disney trips can go to any restaurant on property and tell the kids to “eat whatever you want”, because the meal has already been paid for.

And yes, those kids are in for a shock when they return to the real world and discover that they can’t just eat anything on the menu again. It’s just another way Disney makes a vacation seem more special.

So what can families do to continue that type of “eat anything you want” Disney magic when they’re dining out with the kids again once they’re back at home?

Tags Disney, food, restaurants, website

Funny Websites

Your Gangsta Name is… “Flounder”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 23, 2009

Once in a while, we get requests at Web Watch for the basic Internet toys and games that exist just to make you laugh and have fun.

We’re going to go old school with this one, by popular request: THE ORIGINAL GANGSTA NAME GENERATOR

Tags Party Talk, website

Gadgets How To Music Websites

How to Calculate Music Royalties with this Album Sales Calculator

Post author By web gangsta
Post date November 22, 2009

A few years ago, Web Watch posted a piece on using a MUSIC ROYALTY CALCULATOR TO DETERMINE ALBUM PROFITS, and we thought that it was a good time to revisit that topic.

Why?

Because many things have changed in the music industry since we we wrote that original piece. That music royalty calculator link is still valid, but we found another one that you might want to look at as well.