When ever you open your Internet browser, like it be Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera or others; the first thing will load is your homepage, the favorite page of yours. Then, imagine how cool would it be if you can have your own homepage, which displays your favorite picture and your favorite search engine, nice huh?

This is made possible with HomePagle. What you need basically is just a wonderful picture of your own, definitely you can have your desktop background as the picture. So, with just a simple DIY customization, you can have your own homepage instead of using those standardize homepages of Google, Yahoo!, MSN, or others.

HomePagle provides free service to host your picture and DIY your homepage by your own. You don’t need any web host nor skills to set and make your homepage, HomePagle has every to get your homepage up and set in minutes!

It’s simply a three-step process to get your homepage set.

1. Choose your image/picture to be displayed.
2. Upload your image/picture.
3. Select homepage style and your are set!

Besides getting your own image/picture to be displayed, HomePagle also offers tons of pictures to choose from to create pre-defined homepage.

From time to time, you are free to change the background picture and style to suit your need and feel.

To create your own homepage, feel free to go to HomePagle.

Year 2007 is near to an end while 2008 is just around the corner. It’s time to throw in something to reflect year 2007. Well, photographs and pictures is the best I would say to describe the year 2007. But great photographs have to come from great photographers.

There is something to cheer about for photographers out there. PhotographyCorner.com 2007 Photograph of the Year contest is on and running, organized by PhotographyCorner,  a popular photography resources site and brought to you by SmugMug.com, the main sponsor of this contest.

What you basically have to do is submit your best of the best photograph and stand a chance to win great prizes – over $20,000 in prizes available to be won sponsored by 12 sponsors!

You can check the list of sponsors and the prizes. The first prize alone is over $5,000. Don’t forget to check the rules and regulations as well as the timeline of the contest before submitting your photographs. PhotographyCorner’s community will be the judges, they will vote for the best.

The PhotographyCorner.com 2007 Photograph of the Year is their 2nd annual photograph of the year contest, will be running from 18th Dec 2007 to 15 Jan 2008. Please check out Photography Corner Blog for the latest updates.

OK, if you are a developer, programmer, coder or a person that deals with codes, then CodeClippers is for you. CodeClippers is a simple central repository for code clippings that you find out on the Internet.

So, you might find the code you need to complete your projects at CodeClippers as well you can share code that you found in the Internet. It is a win-win situation! You can find any kind of codes at CodeClippers like php, C++, Java, C#, Python, Perl, Javascript, SQL, XML, HTML, Ruby and Visual Basic.

Start clipping codes? Yes, it is fairly easy. Just register at CodeClippers to download the CodeClippers extension for Firefox (no extension/toolbar for Internet Explorer yet) and install it. To start clipping codes,  select and highlight the code snippet, right click and click on CodeClippers. Fill in the details of the code that you are about to clip and you are done. Your code will be saved in your CodeClippers locker as for you to manage your code clippings. You can use the CodeClippers extension to upload, store, share code snippets.

As a newbie in coding and programming, CodeClippers really helps me in my day to day coding, where I can find the code I wanted easily without browsing and searching through pages of Google search results.

Link: http://www.codeclippers.com

You have the chance and opportunity to win cash money buy just playing trivia games, no kidding! You will only get this opportunity from TriviaOnNet.com, an online trivia community and game site which is also the leader in online multiplayer trivia entertainments.

There are many trivia games to play, and the most interesting trivia is Movie Trivia, whereby you are tested from A to Z, all about movies, if you are good, you stand a chance to win cash. Besides, the game lobby also features jackpot games based on favorite topics such as Sports Trivia, TV Trivia, Arts Trivia, and general knowledge.

You play your favourite multiplayer trivia games and have the opportunity to win $10,000 in prizes, everyday. The prizes for a particular trivia vary but the total prizes to be won a day is $10,000.

You can check here, there are a few happy jackpot winners, walking away with real cash by just enjoying trivia fun.

If your are playing for the jackpot and real money, there are some restrictions, it’s meant for North America residents (USA and Canada) and only selected states in United States (due to federal legislation). But above all, it’s totally free to join and play for fun!

Once you have signed up, you can play any of the trivia games, with no charges, and you have the chance to win the prizes too. Well, this is a multiplayer trivia games, so you will play against other human competitors, and not computer. You can choose if you want to play for money, or just for fun.

Visit TriviaOnNet.com to start playing!

Link: http://www.TriviaOnNet.com

Need a Professional domain name? Not .com or .net but .pro, yes a .pro domain. You can get your professional domain now for just $75/year, a 25% off the normal price of $99/year, just for this holiday season.

EnCirca.com, a domain registrar for .pro domain, is having this special holiday offer, a 25% discount promotion for all .pro premium domains.

EnCirca.com also offers domain parking service  to protect your .pro domain.

What is a .pro domain?

All .pro premium domains are designed for all licensed professionals, such as doctors, engineers, lawyers, accountants, dentists and other professionals. .pro is the premium domain that provides instant branding visibility for licensed professionals of all types looking to promote themselves on the internet. .pro is ideal for professionals who want to establish a unique presence online.

Here are a number of examples of professionals who are using .pro domains:

• http://www.lynch.pro – Chartered Accounting agency
• http://www.larealty.pro – Los Angeles Realty
• http://www.arcadia.pro – Architecture firm
• http://www.educate.pro – Bluewave International education service
• http://www.appeal.pro – Chad Ruback, Appellate lawyer
• http://www.smiles.pro – Livreri Orthodontics
• http://www.rmsengineering.pro – Rainwater Management Solutions, a professional engineering firm

EnCirca.com 25% .pro discount promotion will ends this December 31, 2007. So, register now before the offer ends!

link: http://www.encirca.com

Google is popular for finding information that nobody can finds, Spock is great in finding people and now we have CityCribs, which specialize in finding apartments in the United States.

Apartments are everywhere, but finding one that suites best for your business and money is crucial. But thanks to CityCribs, you will get everything simplified at your finger tip.

CityCribs is the easiest and fastest way to find an apartment for rent or sale in the United States. CityCribs provides quick and easy tools to finding the best available homes and services. You are able to search for thousands of apartments in any city across United States, find apartments in over 300 cities.

Finding a property at CityCribs is free and no sign up is required to find fee or no fee apartments. New properties are added daily, so visit often or opt-in for email alerts to get notified for new properties.

There are few search options available to find the apartment you want. You can choose the city, from New York to Zephyrhills in Florida. You can categorize your search, whether the apartment is for sale or for rent. besides that, you can choose how many bedrooms, bathrooms you want. On top of that, you can set the minimum and maximum price of the apartment that you are searching for. CityCribs pin point each and every search so that you will get what you search for.

So, if you are looking for a property in the United States, CityCribs is the place to start!

Link: http://www.citycribs.com

Brand new Macs will cost you heavily for sure. If you want or plan to own a Mac and you don’t want to fork out too much money for a brand new, you can go for a used mac.

The place to be is definitely DV Warehouse where you can save up to 50% to 75% off of new and used Mac equipment prices. DV Warehouse’s used Macs division fulfills a need within the Apple community for a single source for used Mac and used Macintosh computers parts.

You will always get the best deal at DV Warehouse. There are various models of used Macs such as:

• Apple Power Mac G5
• Apple Power Mac G4
• Apple Power Mac G3
• Apple PowerBook
• Apple iBook Laptop
• Apple iMac
• Apple eMac
• Apple older Power Mac
• more…

Besides Macs, DV Warehouse do sells used Mac parts too like:

• Apple AC Power Adapter
• Apple Battery
• Apple Floppy Drive
• Apple Hard Drive
• Apple Keyboard
• Apple Memory
• Apple Modem
• Apple Motherboard
• Apple Optical Drives
• Apple Power Cord & Cable
• more…

DV Warehouse provides fast, friendly and free consulting on Used Macs, demos and quotes along with sound professional advice. They valued each and every of their customers. You can reach them by calling them with the free toll number at 1(800) 463-1322 if you have any inquiries, they will address you straight away.

If you are not living in the US, no problem because they do accepts international buyers and all international orders are shipped via FedEx.

So, international buyers, you are welcomed to deal with them!

link: http://www.dvwarehouse.com

FamilyCrossings.com is basically a family social networking website or simply Family Websites, just like Friendster, but of course Friendster is a friend oriented social networking website. FamilyCrossings.com focuses on your family network and brings all your family members together regardless of their location.

FamilyCrossings.com has pretty much all the social networking features (like any other social networking websites) such as photo sharing, news and events, calendar, chat and messaging, games and others. It brings your whole family together where you and your family share family photos, family calendar events, special family recipes, parenting tips and important family news, family address book, etc.

FamilyCrossings.com brings your family together via the Internet, so you don’t have to make phone calls to everyone. All you need to do is login to FamilyCrossings.com and start communicating, it’s just that simple. On top of that, you do have to download any software, there is no contract attached and there is no fees for your family members. If you have trouble and need any supports, FamilyCrossings.com staffs are free to help you out.

Ok, there are basically two packages or versions – Free and Premium. Free version is of course free of charge, but you will only get 6 of it’s core features and a 150MB of storage plus some sponsors’ advertisements. On the other hand, the Premium version will cost you $9.95 per month but you get everything – all the features with 250MB of storage and no advertisements. You can compare these two versions here.

Well, you can give it a try first with the free version, and you can upgrade to the premium version anytime you like (and I sure you will). There are many happy members out there, you can read their testimonials. So, why wait? Create your Family Websites now!

Note: This is a Sponsored Post.

Link: http://www.familycrossings.com

Who? You can ask Spock. Spock is a free people and information search engine, which primarily focuses on people search. You can search for anyone – from celebrities to your friends, basically anyone that is searchable on the Internet.

There are few competitors out there offering similar service like WikiYou, ZoomInfo and Linkedin, but I still prefer Spock.

Spock search for people (information) on biography pages, social networks (like Friendster, MySpace, Facebook), websites, the blogsphere, and well generally everywhere on the Internet.

Searching people on the Internet has never been that easy, you can sue Spock to search for a person by name or by a “tag” consisting of a personal piece of information. For example, I want to look for Bill Gates, so I just type “Bill Gates” and hit the search button. Then, if I want to search using “tag”, I want to lookup on those people related to Microsoft, I just type “Mircosoft” and of course key people in Microsoft will popup in the search results like Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

Oh ya, you can find people by location too. A quick search on “silicon valley” reveals Steve Jobs, Michael Moritz, Dan Gillmor, Larry Page and Sergey Brin among others. By the way, where is Bill Gates?

The tagging feature is really, really great feature – the best of all. It gives you the opportunity to tag relevant and related keywords to a person’s profile in Spock. So, a person can be searched by using any keywords related to him/her.

Another thing is the picture of the related person is included in every search result – pretty cool! Besides that, when you enter a general keyword, say “google” Spock will automatically list down a few related keywords to narrow down your search.

There are many things (about people) to explore at Spock. To find a person, forget about those conventional search engines (Google, Yahoo, Live), Spock will do the job for you!

Note: This post is sponsored by Spock.com

Link: http://www.spock.com/?utm_source=Review%2BME&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=ReviewMe2

You are a Mac geek? You are a poker enthusiast? Yes? Then please welcome yourself to Poker-Mac.com.

Poker-Mac.com is a website devoted to the Apple Macintosh or OS X based poker enthusiast. Poker-Mac.com is a well established site – it is the veteran of the Mac poker sites.

You, and Mac users in general will some how find it hard to play online poker with a Mac – but yes, that’s the fact because most of the poker software out there are Windows based.

But luckily, with Poker-Mac.com’s MacPoker Pro, you can – easy and fun with online poker with your Mac. macPoker Pro is rated among the best poker software for Mac by Mac geek + poker enthusiast of course!

You can keep up to date with Mac Poker news through Poker-Mac.com’s forum, or their RSS feed, calendar or even archives. In addition, their website is worth a read, which covers almost everything related to poker and Mac.

Well, you also can find Mac poker rooms at Poker-Mac.com. They provide a list of poker rooms for US based player as well as a list for non-US based players.

So, are you a Mac geek? A poker enthusiast? Yes? Then Poker-Mac.com is a must visit website!

Note: Post sponsored by Poker-Mac.com

Link: http://www.poker-mac.com