Wildheart’s Works took my Spark challenge to review one of my post in exchange of a blog back. You really need to check out her site, and particularly her latest creation of free background textures if you’re looking for one for your site. I never knew you can do so much with Paint Shop Pro. I’ve used PSP before, but found out about the powerful Photoshop and have never looked back.

Wanna take my challenge? Log into your SocialSpark account, or e-mail me once you make a review on yours. Better read the challenge conditions first before you do so.

Update: To download your favourite Bullfrog games, head over to Old School PC Games.

I was on the lookout for more old simulation games, particularly abandonware and DOS games, and got my hand on Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Basically I’ve downloaded a Windows ported version that the gaming company MicroProse made from its equally successful DOS version.

The editorial mentions that since the game has problems with language recognition, we need to type the following in the DOS prompt before running the game: type “set lang=english”. However, I was able to run the game pretty well even without the DOS prompt command.

To be honest, I’ve never played this game before but the reviews for the game is pretty positive, so I gave it a go. Even after watching the tutorial, I didn’t really understood how to play it. I’d rather the tutorial looked something like Theme Park or Theme Hospital. Thank goodness for the discussion boards, or else I would be at a lost about how to start the game.

If you’re looking for old MicroProse games and other classic games, go check out Abandonia.

These pages constitutes a third in the list of my bookmarks, but I’ll share just a few for now. Most of them haven’t even been tested. Maybe you should try them out and see whether they work for you.

1. WordPress plugin to make money with Firefox referral
2. A dollar a day keeps the bills at bay
3. PPP or pay per PDF white paper
4. How I Make Over $500 A Month From Abandoned Blogs
5. 36 sites that pay bloggers

1. Before my mobile phone conks out, I should store my favourite ringtones. In case you like them, here they are for your Nokia phone listening pleasure. (note: works on Nokia monotone mobile phones)

Harry Potter Theme (tempo: 112 BPM)
8b1 8.e2 16g2 8#f2 4e2 8b2 4.a2 4.f#2
8.e2 16g2 8#f2 4d2 8f2 2b1 8-
8b1 8.e2 16g2 8#f2 4e2 8b2 4d3 8#c3 4c3
8#g2 8.c3 16b2 8#a2 4#a1 8g2 2e2 8-
8g2 4b2 8g2 4b2 8g2 4c2 8b2 4#a2
8#f2 8.g2 16b2 8#a2 4#a1 8g2 2e2

Winter Sonata (a Korean hit drama) (tempo: 90 BPM)
4d2 4e2 8e2 8f2 8f2 4f2 8e2 8d2 8c2 4b1 8-
8b1 8c2 4d2 4e2 8f2 8e2 8f2 8e2 8d2 8c2 8b1 2a1 8-
8a1 8b1 8c2 8c2 8d2 8d2 4d2 8c2 8b1 8a1 8#g1 8-
4#g1 8a1 4b1 8- 4b1 8b1 4b1 4c2 2.a1

2. I am having a BLAST with this site: The Advertising Slogan Generator is one wicked tool. Type in any word you fancy, and it’ll generate a slogan for you (obviously). The slogans are ridiculously hilarious!

It’s bookmarking clearing time, which means that I’m stashing a couple of worthy sites out for everyone’s enjoyment.

TechChee recently blogged about a Google-styled Monopoly game that Box.net calls Googolopoly (’cause Google does seem like they’re monopolizing the Internet, get it?). You play the game the same way you would Monopoly; instead of using money, and setting up houses and hotels, you use shares and recruiting developers and setting up servers. The estates featured on the boards are also changed — what used to be MayFair and Park Lane (or Boardwalk and Park Place if you’re in the States), are now Microsoft and Yahoo!. All you need to play this game is to download the PDF file containing your shares, cards and boards, then print them out and you’re raring to go!

I found this next tool through my routine bloghopping, though I forgot to bookmark the original blog post that featured it. BuiltWith.com is a comprehensive technology and SEO profile tool that helps you analyze your site on numerous aspects of your site, from the technology and software running your blog, to search engine ranking, and even the value of your site. In layman terms, it checks your SEO, your blog’s social networks, analytics used, and so forth. I particularly like the tool’s integration with third party sites like Compete.com (rank checker), Who Is Hosting This (shows who your actual hosting provider is, instead of your reseller), You Get Signal (how many domains shares your IP), and many more. Here’s WebGrrrl.net’s profile at BuiltWith if you’re interested to see it.