Hollywood's URL: Fake Movie Dot-Coms


Updated 06/26/09 11:56 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 4 comments

Fake URLS and Websites Used in Movies

Facebook getting a feature film about its origins got me thinking about how the Internet has been portrayed on film — particularly the dot-com business side and the fake websites that movies have to create to further their plot. Check out a few of my favorite fake URLs from the big screen! Read more

6 Useful URL Shorteners


Updated 05/08/09 12:04 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 2 comments

6 Useful URL Shorteners

With Twitter capping our tweets at 140 characters, many of us have had to find creative ways to make sure we can say what we want to say, without going over the character limit. Want to include a long link in your tweet? Forget about it. But thanks to some handy URL shortening sites, you can include all the links you want (well don't go overboard) . . . It's amazing what you can cram into 140 Read more

How to Watch the Royal Wedding Live Online


Updated 04/28/11 5:15 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Royal Wedding Livestream

The royal wedding is just over a week away, and if you're planning on pulling an all-nighter to watch it live (it kicks off at 2 a.m. PDT) then you have plenty of options on TV. There's good news for you noncable subscribers, too: you can check out the events as they unfold online. Point your web browser to one of these URLs to catch it all live. Read more

Chandelier Surf Shack: An Ad Agency's Weekend Staff Getaway


Updated 08/05/11 3:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Chandelier Surf Shack Photos

With a boss like Richard Christiansen, who'd want to ever leave the company? Christiansen, the founder of ad agency Chandelier Creative (its website URL is awesomeville.com, and I'm not about to disagree), turned a Summer rental in Montauk, NY, into a weekend surf-themed surf shack for his employees. Though we weren't lucky enough to vacation there, we can indulge in an online tour. Let's take a Read more