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Now that the new year has arrived, we are sure that most of you have started on your resolutions. We have found four digital calendars to help you keep track of your schedule.
Feel like turning your calendar into scrapbooks? Check out Hello Cuteness for a free version of 2013 Calendars. This will be the last year that they will be posting free calendar versions as their business is evolving and would want to move into an exciting new directions so go get them if you want.
Want to keep it simple? Try Produtools Digital Calendar. It is easy to use, has a scientific calculator, translates pages and texts, free spell checkers, productivity toolbar, and convenient search to boost your online productivity.
Now that mostly everyone in the world has already started on the New Year, we think that we should have a recap of videos that were trending back in 2012. The perfect way to keep track of them, which started in 2011, is to visit Rewind 2012, of course.
Do not forget to check out Tube-A-Tweet-A-Thon. 1st Annual Tube-a-Tweet-a-Thon Holiday Spectacular! Presented by Virgin Mobile and What's Trending. Visit their site and do not miss out on what is trending when it comes to videos on the first day of the new year, 2013!
Yes, they are. I would say that they took a break to enjoy the holidays, and came right back up just before the New Year to continue on the promised 12 articles for this season.
While we promised this, we would like to write an article about the iPhone version of the strategy game of The Hobbit. I am happy to say that I actually went to the cinema at midnight at this part of the world just to watch the premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey last December 11, 2012. In the future, when I look back, I can say that I watched the premiere of The Hobbit on 12/12/12. I particularly love the scene where the dwarves start singing Misty Mountains. We never bothered for a review because no good words will be capable of describing this film except for the fact that everything you have hoped for in a JRR Tolkien masterpiece, is there. Peter Jackson never fails. Watching "The Hobbit" would be quite a reality you would want to last forever, especially if one watches it in 3D. For a sneak on the song that I like very much, a video of it is found below for viewing, from TheOneRing.net:
This game was created by Kabam. Inc., company responsible for other online games such as Legend Four, Rise of The Warriors, Kingdoms of Camelot, Edgeworld, Wartune, The Godfather: Five Families, and much more.
The Hobbit
Developers: Kabam
Promo Price: FREE
Some Features of this middle-earth action-packed multiplayer strategy game:
Players to battle or team with all over the world.
Alliances with other leaders can be forged!
Rid the land of goblins and build training facilities for it.
Enemies will definitely be conquered, across Middle Earth.
Receive daily tokens from Gollum and win prizes!
First, you have to choose which side you will be first: the Elves or the Dwarves. I chose Elves and I had Legolas to protect me for 7 days, as a beginner.
Missions are different, but generally the same. Build, train, and conquer! Receive free Mithril when you sign up for a Kabam account. You can use Mithril to help build up your kingdom.
Important thing is to rebuild the population and defend yourself against possible enemies, like any strategy game.
The basic idea is good, and the GUI definitely works. Although, for people using only an iPhone, usability is poor. Everything is slow and the iPhone screen is not suitable for this kind of game at all since there is a lot of things to keep track of. We would advise for you to actually use an iPad instead. Using an iPhone will definitely take out the fun of playing this game.
One of the best parts is Gollum's Token as Daily Free Play. I received 20,000 stone I was able to use for my supplies.
Aside from this article, there are six other sites who were able to write reviews or something about The Hobbit. You can click on them through the following links:
If you want to try this game out yourself, click The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-Earth for more information on downloading the game. Hurry now and don't miss out on this free game!
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It probably is not the seventh day until Christmas, but it is definitely the 7th article of Oh My Online if you countdown from 12.
Just today, we found this amazing deal. So on the "seventh" day of Christmas, we found you a website where you can purchase your domain for $1 / year!
International purchase available, and offers language and country specific services in UK, France, Germany, Austria, and Spain. For specifics, read their FAQ.
The website is called 1and1, and offers a variety of services that will cater to your online needs. Click 1:1 for your 7:7 deal! Our topic for our seventh article, available for just seven days, so hurry now!
So here we are, back at holding true to our promise despite the vacation trips we had to take! Using only a USB dongle with not the best connection right now, below is a list of 9 sites that give out Free Christmas desktop wallpapers.
Alpha Coders, which has their friendly snowman. Check out the rest of their images found in their website!
Another collection of Christmas wallpapers can be found at Desktop Nexus. Search for Christmas and all tagged images for this search will come up. Better yet, click on this link and it will take you right to it!
The entire site of Free Christmas Wallpapers has been prepped up for the holidays alone! Their categories range from Christmas, Christmas Backgrounds, Christmas Candies, Christmas Candles, Christmas Cats, Christmas Decorations, Christmas Dogs, Christmas Gifts, Christmas Lights, Christmas Nature, Christmas Ornaments, Christmas Paintings, Christmas Trees, Christmas Wreaths, Happy New Year, Santa Claus, Snowman, and Widescreen. Choose from these categories when you click on this link.
If you did not find what you were looking for, other websites like HDW (High Definition Wallpapers) have got some more for you to choose from at this page.
Need for more penguins and holiday ornaments? Do not forget to visit HDWPapers for more searches!
For completely free high-definition wallpapers (720p & 1080p), visit HD Wallpapers for more choices for your widescreen monitor resolutions. Entirely free here!
Yah.In might not have as much variations available for Christmas, but the wallpaper you see below looks really nice so I just had to post it here. Check the link!
Hongkiat.com is all about design, inspiration, and technology. What other best description would one need to combine for this yuletide cheer? For a combined list of 50 free and great desktop wallpapers for this Christmas and the New Year. Visit them here!
Who wants a free banner to use for the blog, or be available for print? We got you a list of TEN websites to get them from!
123RF provides Christmas banner stock vectors and illustrations like the one shown above. Click here for a gallery of these crisp and colorful pieces!
All Free Download has Christmas vector banners to choose from so start already :P
Christmas Buzz has banners one can use for MySpace accounts.
Zen Cart users? Here is a for Christmas banners to choose from!
Holiday Haven actually has a link for images of real banners you can have printed and hung on the ceiling so have fun :P
Dry Icons are giving away 14 icons available with free license at this site.
IHeartNapTime has an instruction manual on how to make your own Noel Christmas Banner. I think this one is worth trying. Beats buying it off a very expensive hobby shop in town when low in funds or if you never have free time to go buy one yourself after work.
Vecteezy, of course, has a variety of Christmas banners to choose from. Be sure to read the licenses that govern each image before using. General rule is if it is for personal use, you will not really get into trouble. Check out Vecteezy's collection.
The online billboard, popularly known as Pinterest, has free Christmas printables! Short and sweet messages for the Yuletide Season!
Last, but not the least would be the ever-so-generous PSDblast! Free downloadable vector files in Adobe Photoshop format which are just awesome! Check out their Christmas themes right here. Be sure to double-check on their rules before using images.
Being busy with work, I realized I have lost track of what date it is today. Again. With Christmas just around the corner, I decided to just look for a clock that would have a countdown to Christmas instead of the usual boring way of figuring out what date it is by looking at the calendar.
