Stacy's Weekly Mashup: Freeplay, Fluenz, MiniAjax, Bluefish, GigaOM, Gmail Tips...

Web 2.0 Sites:

• TWERQ - A search tool that features tabbed results
• Centre - A free student information system for public and non-public schools
• Freeplay Music - Broadcast production library and free mpr3 music downloads
• ZedZone - Create a powerful website for communication, sharing files, and/or collaboration for any community or group
• Fluenz - Learn a new language with this online learning website
• PaidByCash - Enables any online shopper to pay with cash with a Virtual MasterCard Card
• Change Me - The power of imagery to create change
• Snocap - An end-to-end provider of digital licensing and copyright management services for the digital music marketplace
• skrbl - The complete web whiteboard
• MiniAjax - A showroom of nice looking simple downloadable DHTML and AJAX scripts

Freeware Feature of the Week: Bluefish - This HTML editor is designed to save the experienced Webmaster some keystrokes. It features a multiple file editor, multiple toolbars, custom menus, image and thumbnail dialogs, an option for opening documents from the Web, HTML validation and lots of wizards.

Wallpaper of the Week: Counterspell IV by Zueuk

The Week in Geek News:

• RIAA Fights Back, Threatens Open Wi-Fi - Wired News
• Dell to Sell Linux PCs - PC World
• Sony Announces Cheaper Blu-Ray Player - ABC News
• IP Stability of MP3 Unravels as Texas Firm Sues Apple, Others - BetaNews
• Lenovo Recalls ThinkPad Notebook Batteries Due to Fire Hazard - Playfuls.com
• YouTube to start filtering for pirated video? - VentureBeat
• Soonr - Keeps you securely connected to your computer files so you're free to go mobile
• Photoshop Goes Online: Adobe - PC World
• FAIR USE Act Aims To Clarify Copyright Limits - InformationWeek
• RIAA Boycott: Kicking Things Off - Gizmodo

Flickr Image of the Week: by Matt Maldre

Top Blog Picks:

• Heavy Backpack
• Hugg
• innovation Creators
• GigaOM
• Macro Art in Nature

Article of the Week: How IT Makes Johnny More Productive - Computerworld

Art Site of the Week: Dick Termes - "Termespheres" hang in space and, powered by electric motors, rotate on a central axis. In effect, they push the old medium of two dimensional painting to a new four dimensional limit. (Time and motion are the fourth dimension.)

Video of the Week: Frank Lloyd Wright in Half Life 2

Geek Tip: This week's tip comes from Jim's Gmail Tips - Sometimes when I perform a search in Gmail, I don't want my chat history to show up in the results. You may have wondered if there is a way to exclude all chat session logs from your search results too.

Here's how it's done:

• Add the following text to your search string: -label:Chat
• Likewise, if you wanted to include words found ONLY in Chat session logs, just add the following to your search string: +label:Chat

Well, that wraps things up for another week but if you're really in a clicking mood and you want more, there is an archive of past articles here. Thank you Sonia, Michel, and Tim for sending some excellent links this week! Do you know of a great site that's worth sharing? Of course you do! If you want me to post your link in next week's mashup, send it along with your comments or suggestions! Click Discuss this Article below to post your comment in the forums or send an email to sreed@tucows.com