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Best File Sharing Web Site

My friend "E," has a pulse on the absolute best of 'Net around. I haven't figured out how he manages to stay on top of such an always changing environment, but he just does. I've been to BestSharing, ShareIt, etc. but they are all cheesey and slow. Plus if you want to email the file to someone, the URL is 5 miles long and they recipient has to jump through hoops.



No longer, try www.senduit.com This web site literally has 2 pages. One page for the uploads (the home page) and a second page for downloads. The url is super short. Drawbacks? I could only see one: 100 MB file limit. So what, right? Split the file and be happy.



Here's a screenshot of the upload:



Here's the download URL:

And here's actual download:

Notice how simple it all is. You can see their business model based on Ad Impressions.



Way to go senduit.com and great find E.

Aggregating Your Gmail Accounts

Let's say that you have several domains and that you were smart enough to use Google Apps for Your Domain (GAFYD). Invariably, you end up with at least one account for each domain. What a hassel, right? Well, when you use email from GAFYD, you are essentially using gmail. With that in mind, you can easily aggregate all your accounts into one. You can still store the mail at each account and you will be able to send as, and more importantly reply as, each account. Let's review how it's done.

First you want to set up your "Send Mail As" Setting in the Account from which you want to do all the checking. This is from Google Help: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=22370

How do I use a different From address to send mail?

If you'd like your outgoing Gmail messages to display another one of your email addresses in the 'From:' field (instead of your Gmail address), just follow these easy steps:

1. Log in to your Gmail account.
2. Click Settings along the top of any page, and then select the Accounts tab.
3. Click Add another email address in the Send mail as section.
4. Enter your full name in the Name field, and the email address you'd like to send messages from in the Email address field.

   *Keep in mind that each time someone replies to a message you send using a custom 'From:' address, the reply will be delivered to the 'From:' address rather than your Gmail address. If you'd like replies to be delivered to another account, you'll need to enter a 'reply-to' address. Just click Specify a different reply-to address to enter this information.

5. Click Next Step >> and then click Send Verification to complete the process. Gmail will send a verification message to your other email address to confirm that you'd like to add it to your Gmail account. You'll need to click the link in that message, or enter the confirmation code in the Accounts section of your Gmail account, to complete the process. Once you've verified that you'd like to add the address to your account, you can start sending messages using your custom 'From:' address.

NEXT, you'll want to set up a filter. This is a piece that Google doesn't tell you about. Since you are going to leave the email in your other accounts, you will want to be able to easily identify and delete email from those account that is in your main Gmail (aggregate) account. That way, you don't fill up your main gmail account.

Here's the Google Help instructions on setting up a filter. Read after for my recommendations. The orginal help is at: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6579

How do I set up filters?

Gmail's filters allow you to manage the flow of incoming messages. Using filters, you can automatically label, archive, delete, star, or forward your mail, based on any combination of keywords, sender, recipients, and more.

To create a filter:

1. Click Create a filter (next to the Search the Web button at the top of any Gmail page).
2. Enter your filter criteria in the appropriate field(s).
3. Click Test Search to see which messages currently in your account match your filter terms. You can update your criteria and run another test search, or click Next Step.
4. Select one or more actions from the list. These actions will be applied to messages matching your filter criteria in the order in which the actions are listed -- for example, you could choose to Forward matching messages to a specific email address, then Delete the messages.
5. If you'd like to apply this filter to messages already in your account, select the Also apply filter to x conversations below checkbox.
6. Click Create Filter.

To edit or delete existing filters:

1. Click Settings (at the top-right of any Gmail page).
2. Click Filters.
3. Find the filter you'd like to change and click its edit link, or click delete to remove the filter.
4. If you're editing the filter, enter the updated criteria for the filter in the appropriate fields, and click Next Step.
5. Update any actions and click Update Filter.

MY RECOMMENDATION is that the Filter criteria is on the "To:" you should set that to one of the addresses in your "send mail as." Then, as the action, apply a label. The Label can be the email address as well. Keep it simple.

Consider doing the same with your POP Accounts. As a last little tip, if you want to aggregate your Yahoo and Hotmail accounts, simply set them to be checked via POP!

Enjoy

Best Banana Pudding Ever

Hands down, the best banana pudding ever. A couple of tips: beat whipping cream just until it makes little peaks that stand on their own - don't make butter. Also, buy the mini nilla wafers and put a smiley face on top. Kids, young and old, will love it.

• 1 can of eagle brand milk
• 1.5 cups cold water
• 1 small package of vanilla instant pudding
• 2 cups of whipping cream (not cool whip)
• Vanilla Wafers... the little ones
• 2 - 3 bananas depending on size

Mix water, milk and pudding together with a wire whisk. Then refrigerate for 10 minutes or so. While waiting, beat the whipping cream. Then cut your bananas the same thickness as the nilla wafers. Then fold whipping cream into pudding. Now you have 3 things... wafers, nanas, pudding/whipping cream mix. Layer cookies, nanas, pudding . 2 or 3 times. Put extra cookies on top for the hell of it.

Enjoy.

Recipe Mexican Lasagna

Yep. This one is great. You have to be an absolute idiot to mess it up. Also, buy a gimme foil pan, do all the assembly, then cook on site. The first time I had this, my friends wife was all bed rest and couldn't cook for him. I know, you'd think he would cook. Listen, his job (as he told me) is make money and eat... or something like that. He does BBQ, but day to day, that's not his deal. So we had this. A couple of months later, my brother and his wife lost her father. I brought this over amd they were very pleased. Your loved ones will be, too.

• 1 lb. lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 2-1/2 cups Herdez Salsa (or some other thick and yummy salsa)
• 1 can (11 oz.) whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• 12 corn tortillas (6 inch), divided
• 1 container (16 oz.) BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Cottage Cheese
• 1 cup KRAFT Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
• 1 can (2-1/4 oz.) sliced pitted ripe olives, drained

PREHEAT oven to 375°F. Brown meat in large skillet on medium heat; drain. Return meat to skillet. Add onions and peppers; cook until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Add salsa, corn and seasonings; mix well.

LAYER one third of the meat mixture and one half each of the tortillas and cottage cheese in 13x9-inch baking dish. Repeat layers; cover with remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese and olives.

BAKE 30 min. or until heated through.

Corn Pudding

OK. This is the bomb. I've had awesome feedback from everyone who has eaten or made this. Today, a colleague told me he made it Thanksgiving, Christmas, and took some to his friend who's wife is recovering from surgery.

Note that if your slow cooker cooks from just the bottom, it may take more time. If your cooker hits it from all sides, do it on high for about 2 hours, low for 2 hours, then keep warm until ready.

• 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 1/3 cups fresh or frozen sweet corn
• 1 can (16 oz) cream style corn
• 1 package (8 1/2 oz) corn bread muffin mix
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tbsp. butter or margarine, melted
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

Lightly grease slow cooker. In mixing bowl, blend cream cheese, eggs and sugar. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Transfer to slow cooker. Cover and cook on high 3-4 hours. Serve.

Makes 10-12 servings.

The Waffles of Liege

A Quick Intro

This is a little recipe I researched and have cooked a couple of times to perfect. Some background to get you in the know when you serve these to your pals. There are 2 basic waffles in Belgium. The waffles of Brussels and the waffles of Liege. Those from Brussels are the ones we think of when we hear "Belgian Waffles." Fruit, whip cream, etc. The waffles of Liege are a lesser known, but more commonly eaten waffle... at least in Belgium.

I like to tell people that Liege Waffles are basically the Belgian donut. They are hand-held, sweet, require no syrup, and are good hot or cold. They're more dense than their cousin from Brussels, and frankly, I like them better. Cook them at night for an easy desert, and save the rest for breakfast as you walk out the door or when you get to the office.

The Recipe

• 4 oz. (one stick) butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• Some raw sugar or other kind of large granulated sugar (vanilla, cinnamon, etc.)

Cooking Instructions

• Melt butter in microwave but just barely.
• Mix in sugar, then mix in eggs (seriously - if the butter is too hot the eggs will cook), then add the vanilla. Make sure this is all mixed well. You should use a whisk not a fork. Forks are for eating not for cooking.
• Now, add the flour a half cup at a time. Finally, add the baking powder.
• Plug in the waffle iron and let the batter rest. It's very important to give the batter time to rest.
• Sprinkle raw sugar on the batter sitting in the bowl.
• Coat the iron with some non-stick spray for the first waffle
• Put a plop in the middle (sprinkle side down) but not enough to fill up the iron... just enough to press out to a little irregular square when you close the lid.
• Finally, sprinkle a little more raw sugar on top and close the iron.
• Cook.

Enjoy immediately or cool on a wire rack. Don't store in bags, etc. until they are completely cool.