This isn't the first time I've told you how to identify fonts — What the Font can usually do the trick, but this way is even easier, and more accurate, too. Identifont is a website that identifies fonts — especially the really wily ones, and it's a pretty low-tech approach.
You "describe" what certain letters look like in a font, with their prompts of course, and then Identifont figures out what it is and tells you. You all already know of my love for fonts, so this will just increase my knowledge.
Uberuseful site Ding It's Up is like the companion website to Down For Everyone or Just Me?. The latter tells you when a site is definitely down, and Ding It's Up lets you know when it's back in action.
Websites tend to go down right when you need them, so having Ding It's Up email you (or Twitter or text) as soon as you can get on with your life is totally the ultimate in relief tech.
To learn how to post your favorite websites to our Website of the Day group, read more
I suppose it would be OK to text in certain places that it's not appropriate to be using a cell phone; while you're in a drive-thru, or happily tapping away in the backseat of a taxi cab, but in most scenarios, it is just as rude to be clicking your thumbs through texts as it is to be flapping your lips on your phone.
I don't mean to be ageist, but there's a younger demographic that I've encountered that thinks this is OK — I say this because I found myself chewing out my 20-year-old sister several times (I still love you, baby girl) over the long weekend for texting.
Yes, I know that younger people (man I sound SO old) text more often than they talk on the phone and maybe starving college students can't afford pricey smartphones to email on — I get the practice, but not the dependence.
To see the places I have given my sister the stink eye for texting (including the movies, the most sacred of cell phone abstinence), just read more
Coming to AT&T stores very soon, is the new Vu (920 version), which comes with MediaFLO, a nice large touchscreen and is available in this beautiful new wine color. — The Boy Genius Report
Yesterday on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Jon talked about the craziness associated with Black Friday, and then showed off his new C-3PO and the Lego Millennium Falcon. — Gizmodo
After my test flight last week, Virgin America has officially rolled out its Gogo Inflight WiFi service on select flights. The remainder of the planes will be equipped with this service in early 2009. — Engadget
It's giveaway time on geeksugar! Be sure to log in and enter our laptop giveaway for your chances to win a Windows Vista powered Sony VAIO CS laptop or a Windows Vista powered Acer Aspire Gemstone Blue Notebook. — geeksugar
I have to admit, I'm an avid Amazon shopper who would rather shop to my heart's content online than deal with the stress of stores and shoppers. Amazon has just announced a new free app that will create visual lists of items that you see while out and about and want to look at later. And if it's a product, Amazon will try to find that exact same item (or something similar) on Amazon — making it easy to purchase later. I've heard of other apps can work this kind of shopping magic on your iPhone, but I don't know if they work as well as they claim? I guess I'll have to take this one for a test drive.
Although I can appreciate new phones hitting the market with labels like "iPhone Killer," it really doesn't make me think twice about my decision to buy an iPhone. I'm pretty well immersed in a Mac world — my work and home computers are both Macs — so for me, it only made sense to get a phone made by Apple.
I, of course, didn't bat an eye when Nokia announced the N9, its own version of the "iPhone Killer", that boasts all the same goodies the iPhone has, plus a far superior Zeiss 5-megapixel camera (with video capabilities), 32GB of memory (expandable to 48GB with SD card), and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. I must admit that I know plenty of iPhone heads that were turned by tech temptation.
Do so-called "iPhone Killers" make you think twice about your purchase?
No matter what, he'll always be older (heh) and wiser than you — but you can still impress your big brother, no matter how tech-savvy he is. And if he isn't? Guys always appreciate a gadget gift; it's in their DNA.
For instance, every dude could use a universal remote — isn't that what brothers always wanted — all-powerful control (teehee)?! For other gift ideas, take a peek at HolidaySugar!
This isn't the first time I've told you how to identify fonts — What the Font can usually do the trick, but this way is even easier, and more accurate, too. Identifont is a website that identifies fonts — especially the really wily ones, and it's a pretty low-tech approach. 
Karen Millen
Temperley London
Net-a-Porter