Allyoucanupload.com - simply put, FAST image hosting!

Allyoucanupload = No more bandwith problems for Myspace users. This new site offers one of the easiest ways of getting your images posted to your Myspace profile - without even having to register for an account. More importantly, no ads appear on your profile, and there are no limits to the size, quantity, or frequency of your uploads.

To see what I mean try uploading a sample image here. Within a few clicks (seconds really) you'll be given the code to paste to your Myspace profile and you're done.

Those of you that wanting more features can sign up for a free account.



File under: MyspaceHosting
PT Editor: Tom Thomas

Geolocate your Myspace visitors with MixMap

Update for October 13, 2006 (12:35 pm pst): Things have been quiet around here for a while; which means things must be running smoothly over at Mixmap!

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Wanna see where your Myspace visitors are coming from, graphically? ...I do! Bring it on!

MixMap does just that, and a little more. It graphically pinpoints (via a Yahoo/Google'esque map and an IP address) where your Myspace profile visitors are roughly coming from. You'll get to see things like, location, time, and number of visits.

What you won't see (yeah, here it comes) is their detailed Myspace profile information; which, according to MixMap, is a Myspace no-no. MixMap covers all this on their tips page so give it a quick read before signing up.

Among other things, you are also given the option of creating a private map (viewable only to you) or a public map (err...viewable to everyone).

Be aware that most of the information you enter becomes publicly viewable in the MixMap online community.

I only used it briefly, but overall I like it. Could be fun.

Related posts:
Mixmap vs Trakzor: Two Myspace profile Trackers
How to map your Myspace friends - Frappr

Source: Tom Thomas

Cell phone for Myspace users

Dear Santa,

Hey! How's it going?. Listen, after last years Christmas fiasco I've taken it upon myself to start my want list a little early - seven months early to be exact.

Among the many thingamabobs and whatchamacallits that I'm a hankering for this year is a new Helio Hero Myspace cell phone (check ebay for cheap Helio's).

Now hold on. Before you hit me with the usual how, what, when, why, where's, lets get something straight; you've got sh*t to make, I'm way too busy, and...well...the whole elf thing has me creeped out a bit so let's make this short and to the point.

Here are the specs:

• Huge Screen - Large 2.2” QVGA, 260K color TFT-LAC, 240 x 320 resolution
• Fast Processor - Power chip to support cutting-edge multimedia, 3D games, and MPEG 4 video
• Mega Memory - 70 MB + extra memory available via MicroSD Card (TransFlash)*
• Loaded Camera - 2 megapixel, built-in flash, 4x digital zoom, and MPEG 4 video camera
• Superior Audio - Built-in dual full duplex stereo speakers for awesome video and gaming sound
• Entertainment - Personal Entertainment Center supports: MP3, MPEG 4/H.264 player, QVGA video, VOD, MMS

So there you have it.


All I need now is my ultrasonic ringtone (code named "Teen Buzz" and apparently inaudible to adults) and I'm ready to go.

File under: MyspaceGadgets
PT Editor: Tom Thomas

The Myspace IM is out! Quick...stop, drop, and roll!

Let's see the hands of those who were unaware that Myspace has a new standalone instant messenger out. Uh huh, yeah, ok, right, I see you, uh huh, and you in the back there, yes hi, ok great, that's enough. I'm guilty as well so don't sweat it - I mean, we do have lives after all, don't we?

So anyway, I'm still fiddling with it right now, but so far, well, let's just say "I'm a lookin' and I'm a likin'". Although, wouldn't anything really, messenger pigeons, skywriting, singing telegrams, Morse code, be an improvement over the "instant message" feature that was originally built into the site - that thing was friggen awful!

Anyway, without further ado here ya have it: the Myspace IM download.

Pssssst...I added flames only for dramatic effect. Unfortunately, they aren't included in the Myspace IM, sorry.

File under: Myspace-Chat
PT Editor: Tom Thomas

Myspace-banned URL's - Wait, what?

Some time ago, while frolicking along my merry Myspace way, I discovered quite by accident that TinyURL (a URL shortening service) had been, dare I say it out loud, "BANNED" from Myspace.

As luck would have it, I just happened to have a copy of the first amendment peering out at me from the highest only shelf of my library (imagine two cinder blocks and a plank of wood). If I had had a mountain, surely I would have shouted from it. I hurriedly gathered a few things, and made a beeline for my secret lab.

Amid bunsen burners and plasma spheres, it began; my own, unofficial mind you, TinyURL/ Myspace experiment.

In the "about me" section of my Myspace profile, I entered this:

tinyurl.com
http://www.tinyurl.com
http://tinyurl.com
tinyurl
tiny url . com
tinyurl .com

I hit preview...submit...then anxiously awaited the results of my so-called experiment. It was 5:38 p.m. so, as is usually the case, I waited...waited some more...and waited a bit more. Finally, there it was. The Myspace minions truly had earned their keep on this wretched day.

I was hit in the face with the following gibberish:

...com
http://www....com
http://...com
..
tiny url . com
.. .com

Bloody hell! Clearly Myspace was not happy with the character sequence "t-i-n-y-u-r-l" and, perhaps having sought the expertise of some HTML voodoo priestess, had exorcised TinyURL right OUT OF the URL. All that was left in its place were three oh-so-smug little "..." (periods).

Suspicion confirmed!

What does a Myspace-banned URL look like in the wild?

Click the image below to find out (you need flash).

Related posts:
Shortening a URL
Banned URL's and what you can do about them

Good luck!

Source: Tom Thomas

Banned URL's and what you can do about them

Shorten URL sites exist primarily as a means of "shortening" those really long URL's. However, because they rely on third party redirecting, they can also be used to bypass URL's that have been blocked or banned.

Below is a video that illustrates how these sites work; you simply paste the URL that you'd like shortened, click submit, and the site spits out a URL alias. You use the new URL alias in place of the one that was banned.

Click the image below to view the tutorial (you need flash).

Related posts:
Myspace-banned URL's - Wait, what?

Source: Tom Thomas

Shortening URL Tutorial

Fellow Myspace users:

The page, "shortening a URL" has found a new home here.