Well, it’s Halloween, so I’m feeling obligated to write a list about something Halloweeny. I received a tweet this morning showing hanging coffins, and thought they might fit well into a list of bizarre coffins.I have no idea if this list will interest anyone, but I was surprisingly intrigued (and shocked) as I did my research. Hope you enjoy!

Gizmodo has a small gallery of crazy coffins, and this one caught my attention. I guess this egg would look nice next to your wicker couch.

Nope, this isn’t a joke. And I guess it’s not really about the coffin on this one as it is about the fact that there’s a 2008 version of a coffin calendar. Head over to Underground Humor for all the details.

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I’ll admit, I’m a huge Firefox fan, and always found add-ons to fill my browsing needs. Then Google launched Chrome, and I had to give it a try. Chrome has now become my default browser on my XP laptop, and while trying to find workarounds for add-ons, I spent some time with bookmarklets.

I’ve used bookmarklets before, but never for anything more than sharing a story on FriendFeed. Now that I’m having to use them with Chrome, I’m falling in love with them, and have decided to share my top 8. I’d like to see others listed in the comments, and I have a few others, but 8 is enough for now.

This bookmarklet was the inspiration behind this post. X-Robots SEO Tool is a bookmarklet that can be utilized in either Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera on Windows and OS to find information vital to search engine optimization. The tool was built in collaboration with developer Cooper Harris and will continue to be developed to help SEOs. The beauty of this bookmarklet is that no updates need to be downladed since the tool is changed on our end. Just add the bookmarklet to your bookmark’s toolbar, and begin to audit the web.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: X-Browser SEO Tools

Allows you to email the current web page you’re on via your Gmail account. There are a lot of tools that help with this, but this one seems the easiest.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: Gmail This

Sometimes sharing with gmail just isn’t enough. Share This allows you to share the current web page you’re on to 20+ social bookmarking and social networking sites. All the heavy-hitters are there, so you’ll be able to tell the whole world how Obama MUST be a evil because he doesn’t wear a flag pin.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: ShareThis

I use Delicious daily. I know there are other, and arguably better social bookmarking services, but to me, it doesn’t get any better than delicious. There are actually two bookmarklets you can use with this site, but I’ll just post the one that allows you to directly bookmark sites.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: Bookmark on Delicious

Sure, ShareThis from above will allow you to post to Facebook, but this is just a nice and simple bookmarklet to add the page you’re viewing to Facebook.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: Share on Facebook

If you’re not using FriendFeed, you’re a tool. But if you are using FriendFeed, this bookmarklet will allow you to post your current page to your main feed, or to any of your rooms. It’s simple, but full of options. This is a must if you ever find yourself trying to post to FF.

Drag to Bookmark Bar: Add to FriendFeed

I use a ton of different tools for screen caps, but this one is one of the easiest, making this one of my favorite bookmarklets. “kwout” is a way you quote a part of a web page as an image with an image map. To use this service, all you need is to add the bookmarklet to your favorite browser.

Visit Site for Bookmarklet

This list wouldn’t be complete without a Twitter reference. If you’ve ever looked for a dead-simple way to update your twitter status, this is the bookmarklet for you. You have to go to the site to create the bookmarklet, but it’s as simple as providing your login info. So head over, make a bookmarklet, and get twittering.

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From The Wojo Group:

You could write a book on website optimization, in fact people already have. But, here’s 10 really easy steps to getting your sites optimized for speed. Hopefully this will get you started and you’ll want to investigate front end optimization a little further.

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From Walyou:

I just love Halloween Costumes, Funny Pumpkin Faces Creations, and definitely the Candy. For this Halloween, we searched for different Pumpkin Jack O Lanterns art that is seen all around in Halloween and found a lot of creativity. Below you can find 34 Geeky Pumpkin Faces Creations as Awesome Halloween Craft that may not be scary but still relate to Technology, Video Games, Movies, and some other fun Jack O Lanterns.

There must be so many more, and we would love to know about them, so please let us know in the comments.

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From Lifehacker:

There’s something about the big-box, flat-pack furniture phenomenon known as IKEA that attracts the DIY type, and it’s not the 99-cent breakfasts. Cheap furniture broken into easy-to-swap parts lets you roll your own solutions to nearly anything lacking around your home, from bicycle space to a cheap desk to cord mess and way, way beyond. With a nod to the IKEA Hacker blog, from which we’ve drawn many great links, we’ve assembled ten of our favorite ways to do something different with IKEA kits and parts. Ditch the instruction manual and read on for some great weekend projects.

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For those of you that do not know about American Dad! It is a satirical American animated series produced by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions for 20th Century Fox Television and created by Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, as well as two former Family Guy writers, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman. The pilot episode aired in the United States on Fox on February 6, 2005, thirty minutes after the end of Super Bowl XXXIX. American Dad follows the events of CIA agent Stan Smith and his family.

1. Optimist Drowns in Half-Full Tub – Season 1 - “Stan Knows Best“

2. Hooker Killed For Heart of Gold – Season 1 - “Francine’s Flashback“

3. Economy Turns Corner, Falls Down Stairs – Season 1 - “Roger Codger“

4. Israel Pulls Out of Gaza, Gaza Not Pregnant – Season 1 - “A Smith In The Hand“

5. Clever Bumper Sticker Ends Abortion Debate – Season 1 - “Not Particularly Desperate Housewife“

6. Britney Spears’ Baby To Enter Pre-Hab – Season 1 - “Rough Trade“

7. Jewish Gynecologist develops Pap Schmear – Season 2 - “The American Dad After School Special“

8. Despondent Pluto drowns two of its moons – Season 2 - “Failure is not a Factory-Installed Option“

9. Trans Fats Banned In NYC, Fat Trannies Still OK – Season 2 - “Irregarding Steve“

10. Childhood obesity up, pedophilia down – Season 2 - “Four Little Words

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From Six Revisions:

Web-based image editors have several advantages to its desktop counterparts. The most obvious benefit is that they allow you to work on any computer (that has a browser). In most cases, you can save your work online, avoid having to install desktop software, and interface with other web based services such as Flickr or Picasa. This article shares 6 of the finest, free online image editors that are capable alternatives to desktop applications like Adobe Photoshop and GIMP.

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From TECHcult:

It was a long and exhausting task: playing hundreds of online games for hours in a row, day after day. It was hard, but someone had to do it.

The result is the list that you will find below. Enjoy!

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From Web Resources Depot:

Every designer & developer loves handy tools that simplify frequent tasks.

And, even if you’ve a complicated software that does the same thing, usually it is much more effective to run a tiny, fast-loading application that does the job.

This is a list of 27 functional Adobe AIR applications that can help a web designer to design & develop:

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From Tech Radar:

There are simple steps that you can take in order to optimise your system for better performance. Sometimes this involves a little spring cleaning, other times a combination of hardware and software upgrading. Whichever you choose, it’s easier than you think to speed up your Mac. You could even feel like you’ve got a brand new machine.

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