Website of the Day: Numbr

GeekSugar — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:00:47 -0700

Ever wish you could create an anonymous telephone number that could self-destruct and erase the memory of certain callers? Thanks to a website called Numbr you can do just that for free! Numbr allows you to generate your very own set of digits that can expire in one hour, one day, one week, or one month and will forward calls directly to your regular phone number. Featured on Lifehacker, Numbr is a great service to use if you need a temporary number for things like Craigslist or creepy salesmen. Supported in twenty-three US cities, Numbr can forward calls to one or two phones, and will take voicemails as well as email you your temporary number's call history.To learn how to post your favorite sites to the Website of the Day group, just read more

I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.

First of all, join the Website of the Day group
Click "Create and Share!" on the left hand side
Choose "Blog"
Give your photo a Title
Leave the category as "general"
Change the channel to "technology and gadgets"
Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this photo was "Website of the Day")
Click on the "Add Image" link below the "body" box
A popup window will happen - click on "Browse" to find your image on your computer
Once you have the image chosen, click "Submit"
The popup will show you your image, choose size: "normal" - if you want, you can give it a title (which will show up as a caption)
Click "Insert" and the popup will go away
Your "body" box will now have some text in it. Leave it as is. If you want to add some text before the picture telling me why you love the website, do it before the code that has appeared.
Click Submit

So join the Website of the Day group and share information about all of your favorite sites! Yours just might end up on the geeksugar homepage!

Geek Tip: Grand Central Hangs Up on Awkward Weirdos So You Don't Have To

GeekSugar — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:30:53 -0800

There are lots of ways to protect yourself from unwanted calls (and by protect I mean avoid being annoyed). You can have an expiring Numbr, or you can add repeat offenders to a wrong-number contact list. For everything else, there's Grand Central.

Grand Central lets you set up new phone numbers, totally free, to add to your current phone lines. If your cell phone is a different area code from where you live, your Grand Central number can be in your current area code.

Depending on the person you give your "new" number to, you can set it up to ring on your cell phone, your landline, or both at the same time. When you answer, Grand Central's ListenIN feature screens the call by telling you the name of the person calling, and you can choose whether or not to answer or to send to voicemail.

If you, uh, never want to talk to that person again, you can set it so Grand Central tells them that the number has been disconnected. Met someone out and about and not sure if he's okay? Grand Central lets you decide later if you want to let him in or not, no fake numbering required. Genius!

Source