Wheels referring to bicycles that is. I have recently got into cycling a bit and am interested in buying my own bike. I have come to the conclusion that bicycles are highly underrated. I mean think about it, they are a means of transportation, exercise, and just being outside experiencing the beauty of nature.

As I began my search to purchase my own bike, a friend of mine recommended Bikes Direct. It’s amazing, really. They have all kinds of bikes from road bikes to crossovers to mountain bikes and they allow you to compare different styles and brands right next to each other. Their prices are unbeatable and they offer free shipping as well. If you have any interest in cycling you should definitely check it out.

We have seen our fair share of websites that hope to provide free music to consumers, usually by illegal means. I have recently been introduced to Grooveshark which is a new music sharing application that is completely legal. They make it legal by making sure that artists and labels are receive royalties using a P2P system to play, download and buy music.

Grooveshark is very easy to use. You can simply go on and start streaming. If you think you may become a regular, you can make a profile. By doing this, you can make and save playlists, upload your own music, and add friends to see what they are listening to. There is also a “discover” feature which allows you to find people who have similar tastes in music as you.

Try it! It’s pretty sweet.

Creative Commons provides a place for people to share their creativity with others online to whatever extent they desire. Working as a complement to copyrights, Creative Commons allows users to share all rights, some rights, or no rights.

Sharing is always a nice thing to do. It generally makes you happy, others happy, and is good for society overall. But what about in business? Sharing is pretty much giving stuff away for free, which typically doesn’t make money very well. We are all aware of what sharing has done to the recording industry.

However, some businesses look at sharing in a different light. Sharing can be seen as a little tasty morsel that brings in the consumers  who hope to get the whole meal. For example, by sharing an mp3, music artists can sell the concert and by sharing the pdf, the creator can sell the lecture.

So, sharing is not only a nice thing to do, but it could actually lead to larger profit.

Ever wish you could online and talked to strangers, no strings attached? Well that is exactly what omegle was created to allow you to do, no personal information necessary. All you do is go to Omegle, click chat and go at it! It will pair you with a random stranger from anywhere in the world. You can chat for as little or as long as you like. If the person is too boring/creepy/weird you can just click disconnect and start a new conversation with a brand new stranger! I’ve only been on it a couple times, but have already had the pleasure of talking to some very interesting people. I’ve found it is far more enjoyable to go on with a group of friends so you can have multiple inputs. However you decide to go about it, I highly suggest you try it out at some point. It is quite entertaining.

Like many people are saying, I had never been on Digg until this week, but apparently it is one of the most visited sites on the internet. After checking it out, I decided it is a cool idea. I played around on the site for a while and had a very easy time finding information. Although there are a lot of other sites that have some of the same functions of it, Digg has a fairly comprehensive grasp on all the various forms of information it provides and is very easy to navigate. Being completely user driven, it gives users a sense of importance and responsibility in actually controlling the content of the website.

I had a problem finding Digg’s business model online, so I’m not sure as to how exactly it makes money, but apparently it has become a very successful endeavor. Although I haven’t spent too much time on it, I’d say I dig Digg.