eSnips - Let your content take you places

Here's another great site that I recommend. It's kind of like imeem but greater. I knew about this through my cousin. I saw his friendster account with a nice playlist and then he explained that you don't have to upload mp3s for it, you just have to search the site for the songs you like (just like with Dizzler - see "Let's have some music" post). See my playlist widget from eSnips below.

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Cool huh? It's a good thing that all the songs that I searched for have already been uploaded by some users. Anyway, eSnips is the ONE place where you can share ALL your passions; your thoughts, photos, files, stuff you find on the web... and you control who you share it with and how. It's a very good site. Just go to http://esnips.com and register. That simple and you can get that nice widget up there and more!

What's Your Best Quality

Below is the full report of "What's Your Best Quality" Tickle test that I took today after receiving their newsletter. They offered a free report on this test so why waste time right? Grab the opportunity than spend some money! hehehe...

Your best quality shines through in how Honest you are

The fact that you're an honest person who values the truth and is sometimes willing to make sacrifices in order to uphold it really draws people to you! But that's not the only thing. Your answers on the test indicate you're a smart person who is more able to understand complex concepts than many other people are. You are great at expressing myself and can be at my best when articulating my ideas or communicating with others, too.

In all, there are 15 qualities that help define you when you're at your best. Those are the traits potential employers, friends, and partners look for in you. What makes you unique is your particular distribution of those 15 qualities.

We've found that your particular combination of qualities is rare — only 1 in 10,000 people share the same general mix of traits. Those are great odds if you're trying to show a potential employer, colleague, friend, or date why you're exactly the right person for them.

Your top quality is Honesty. Combined with your second- and third-ranked qualities, Intelligence and Communication, you have a very unique set of characteristics you can use to your advantage. Only .1 percent of all people share these three top qualities. While these are your top three qualities, all 15 or your core qualities contribute to who you are and how you go through life. Find out more about how you can use this report to promote yourself better at work, in relationships, and in love.Take a look at what each quality means for you. Quality #1: Honesty Quality Description Being perfectly honest means telling the whole truth, even if it hurts. Most people bend the truth some of the time. People high on this scale are relatively less likely to tell a lie than others. Honest people tend to be happier, healthier people with strong values in general. They look to the future with hope and tend to be optimistic, believing that things will turn out well. They can also be slightly more down-to-earth. Your Score You received a score of 100 out of 100 on this dimension. This indicates that you are relatively more honest than other Tickle test takers. Quality #2: Intelligence Quality Description People scoring high in intelligence are more likely to be unique. Higher intelligence offers greater possibilities in terms of how someone is likely to interpret the world. In addition, intelligent people are typically more able to articulate themselves well and to have high integrity. Your Score You received a score of 100 out of 100 on this dimension, indicating that compared with other people who took Tickle's test, you have relatively higher intelligence. Quality #3: Communication Quality Description Being a strong communicator indicates an above-average ability to articulate ideas and feelings. People high in this quality tend to enjoy the act of communicating and can appreciate their own skill at it. Crafting a graceful phrase or telling an engaging tale are the kinds of talents that strong communicators are likely to be known for. Many people high in this quality also love to talk. Perhaps due to all of these skills, being high in this dimension is usually associated with a reasonably high level of confidence, intelligence, and decisiveness. Your Score You received a score of out of 100 on this dimension, indicating that you are skilled in the art of communication than the majority of Tickle's test takers. Quality #4: Determination Quality Description Scoring highly on this quality indicates a strong ambition in life — the kind of drive that makes a person determined to reach the goals they set for themselves. People high in determination are more likely to make decisions easily and to have a strong sense of themselves. These types are normally slightly independent. They also often look past the superficial side of life, making them more down to earth than many people. Your Score You received a score of 98 out of 100 on this dimension. This result indicates that you are relatively more determined than most. Quality #5: Optimism Quality Description Being high in optimism indicates that when a person looks into the future, they see good things to come. People with an abundance of this quality usually feel safe as they move through life because they can see the positive side of what they encounter. Believing that things turn out well may be something experience has taught them. It may also simply be in their nature to feel this way. Generally highly optimistic people love life and are happy. They can also have a unique edge to them due to feeling more secure than most. In addition, optimists can love a great conversation and be slightly more ambitious in their life goals than the people around them. Your Score You received a score of 83 out of 100 on this dimension. This score indicates that you're relatively more optimistic than the majority of test takers. Quality #6: Adventurousness Quality Description Scoring highly on this quality indicates that a person is willing to seek out new experiences and may even occasionally go out on a limb to try new things. In this way, adventurous types seem to feel that although change can be risky, or even scary at times, it can also be exhilarating. People high in this quality tend to live by the motto, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Research indicates that adventurous people are generally happier than their less adventurous counterparts. In addition, they tend to have a love for life, feel secure, and be determined to reach their goals. Your Score You received a score of 79 out of 100 on this dimension. Your score ranks you as being relatively more adventurous than others who took Tickle's test. Quality #7: Independence Quality Description Being highly independent means liking to do things on one's own and being naturally self-sufficient. Independent people are as a whole more determined than most and tend to have higher intelligence. However, it is also true that one can be independent without having high determination or intelligence and vice-versa. Another thing most highly independent people have in common is that they can possess a greater sense of integrity than many people around them do. Your Score You received a score of 75 out of 100 on this dimension. This indicates that compared with other people who took Tickle's test you have relatively higher level of confidence. Quality #8: Humor Quality Description People who are high in this quality typically get most jokes — even when the joke is on them. Not surprisingly, people high in humor are likely to be known as the funny ones among their crowds. Also notable is that it takes a good deal of intelligence to be humorous. So while most funny people are smart, not all smart people are funny. Overall, there aren't many other traits typical of people with a great sense of humor. This is a unique quality that stands separate from the rest. Your Score You received a score of 58 out of 100 on this dimension, meaning that your sense of humor appears to be relatively more compared to that of others. Quality #9: Confidence Quality Description Scoring highly on this quality indicates that you are confident in life. People with high confidence are more likely than most to believe in themselves and to feel that they are strong, secure, intelligent, and sexy. In fact, all of the qualities that people can tend to feel insecure or uneasy about, confident types tend to feel positive about and secure in. In addition to these strengths, confident people are more likely to be articulate, somewhat optimistic, and unique. Your Score You received a score of 55 out of 100 on this dimension indicating that you have relatively more confidence than many of the people who took Tickle's test. Quality #10: Easygoing Quality Description Being high in this quality means that someone is relatively calm, that the ups and downs in life don't tend to send them over the edge. Easygoing people are usually more tolerant than others are and can be hesitant to judge other people's actions. Rather than doubt the people around them, they tend to give them slack when they need it. In addition, easygoing people are usually down-to-earth types that don't seek fancy material things. It's possible to be materialistic and easygoing at the same time, but that combination is the exception and not the rule. Your Score You received a score of 55 out of 100 on this dimension, suggesting that you are relatively more easygoing than others who took Tickle's test. Quality #11: Stability Quality Description Being high in this quality indicates emotional and psychological stability. Normally, high stability scores indicate a high level of general happiness, a general sense of security, and solid confidence. Often, those who are highly stable are financially stable, as well. Your Score You received a score of 44 out of 100 on this dimension. This score indicates having a slightly lower level of stability compared to others. Quality #12: Creativity Quality Description Being high in creativity indicates a high level of imagination and innovation and usually is associated with a very unique personality. In addition, individuals who score highly on this dimension are normally quite intelligent. The stereotype of the highly creative person is one who is intense and passionate. Tickle's research generally backed up this preconception, finding that creativity does indeed tend to coexist with a passionate nature. Your Score You received a score of 38 out of 100 on this dimension, indicating that you are slightly less creative than most. Quality #13: Compassion Quality Description Being high in compassion indicates a great level of empathy toward others, kindness, and thoughtfulness. People who score highly on this quality often are more affectionate than others are. They also generally feel that they have high values. This quality of compassion tends to come out most strongly in relationships and can be felt as warmth toward a significant other or concern about that person's feelings and general welfare. Your Score You received a score of 31 out of 100 on this dimension. Your score indicates that in general you're slightly less compassionate than people who took Tickle's test. Quality #14: Reliability Quality Description Being high in this quality indicates exceptional integrity. People who score high in reliability are more likely than others to keep their word. They're also likely to have solid values that they stick by even when times get difficult. Generally speaking, this is the kind of person you can really count on. They are also, as a whole, more honest than most. Your Score You received a score of 24 out of 100 on this dimension. This indicates being slightly less reliable. Quality #15: Romanticism Quality Description Being high on this quality indicates a tendency to romanticize life and to fully enjoy the romantic aspects of intimate relationships. When a highly romantic person makes a step forward in a relationship, it typically has both significance and flair. High romance is associated with both highly affectionate behavior and a strongly passionate nature. Romantic people are usually thoughtful, compassionate, and sexy. Also, perhaps because of their sometimes-dreamy nature, people high in this quality tend to be optimistic about what life will bring. Your Score You received a score of 2 out of 100 on this dimension. Your result indicates that you're slightly less romantic than others who took Tickle's test. If you want to take the What's Your Best Quality Test, just go to http://www.tickle.com, click on the Tests tab, click PhD-Certified, click "see all" link under Popular Tests, then find the What's Your Best Quality Test.

The Emotional IQ Test

I took this test at Tickle way back October 17, 2002. I'm really a fan of Tickle and at that time, this is the only site that I take tests and quizzes from. It was still known as Emode back then. Anyway, below is the full report of my Emotional IQ test result.

Your Emotional IQ score is: 118 The above chart shows where you fall on the Emotional IQ scale compared to others. You scored higher than 88% of other test takers. Your Emotional IQ measures how well your emotions guide you towards smart decisions. In fact, increasingly, researchers are pointing to Emotional IQs as better indicators of overall success in life than traditional IQ tests alone. Healthy relationships and flourishing careers are impossible without interacting successfully with others. Even someone who possesses a genius Intellectual Quotient (IQ) can miss out on the wisdom that comes from understanding another human being. What makes Tickle's Emotional IQ test more comprehensive than others, is that we structured the test to actually isolate different interpersonal skills and how well you use them to your benefit. As such, each of your scores on the 4 emotional intelligence dimensions, Perception, Expression, Empathy, and Emotional Management, are independent of one another, despite the fact that only in combination do they yield your true EIQ. That also means that you can score high on all dimensions, low on all dimensions, and any permutation in between. There are plenty of reasons to understand where your strengths and weakness lie. In so doing, you can play to your strengths and work on improving your skills on all the dimensions. As we noted in your initial results, your emotional strength, or the dimension on which you scored the highest is Expression. For an in-depth look at those dimensions, read on about your Emotional IQ profile.

The psychological community agrees that the dimensions portrayed in the above chart are the cornerstone of your Emotional IQ. Here's what they mean in this context. Perception Your perception score measures your ability to perceive other people's emotions. It also indicates your innate ability to recognize other people's emotions through nonverbal communication channels. In other words, it gauges how well you pick up on the things people aren't saying. And that's a powerful skill because nonverbal communications — body language, facial expressions, touch, tone, and appearance — often convey a person's true feelings. In fact, some researchers estimate that 93% of all communication is nonverbal. The higher your score, the stronger your edge on the competition. Expression Your expression score measures the extent to which you allow yourself to feel and to express your own emotions. It gauges how comfortable you are in expressing the full range of emotions — both positive and negative. Being able to express a range of emotions implies that you understand the difference between what you really feel as opposed to acting in the manner you think you are supposed to feel. When you get better at expressing emotions, you also accept those emotions as valid — and valuable — in making decisions. Empathy Your empathy score represents your ability to understand and appreciate other people's points of view. Experts agree that your ability to see things from perspectives different from your own will make you a better communicator and, in general, a more perceptive individual. It also indicates how much benefit of the doubt you are likely to give people and how much leeway you give them before you form conclusions about them, their ideas, or their motives. Emotional Management Your emotional management score reflects how much you let your emotions affect the world around you. It measures how good you are at understanding your emotions and acting upon them. Emotional management also gauges whether you let your emotions drive your actions or whether you tend to contain them and base your actions on things more objective than your emotions. Now that you better understand the dimensions that make up your Emotional IQ, we can take a look at your individual scores. Remember, like everything in life, you can always improve your rating on these dimensions. In fact, Tickle's test is designed to help you do just that so you can more easily get what you want in your life.

The perception scale You scored 6 out of 10 on the perception scale. You are fairly adept at picking up on non-verbal cues. You're relatively sensitive to subtleties in people's expressions and gestures, and, in most cases, can feel out the "vibe" of a situation. However, there are times you've missed signals which is why you could still stand to spend more time honing your powers of perception. For example, if you noticed someone glancing at their watch during a conversation, you may or may not be aware of the various signals this action could be sending. The time checker could be anxious to end the conversation — or they could just be checking the time. You'd want to look for further signs — perhaps the tone of their voice, whether or not they're focusing on you or are distracted — to get at the meaning of their gesture. Chances are, you would have interpreted the situation correctly. However, there are times when you may have missed this person's cues that signaled they were in a hurry and perhaps did not have time to chat with you. As a result, they may have been annoyed by your attempts to prolong the conversation. The underlying messages of people's behavior are sometimes complex and inaccessible to us. As a result, it's always best to pay equal attention to what is being said and what is not being said. The goal is not to focus on just one aspect of non-verbal communication but to integrate all the signals to increase your perceptiveness.

The expression scale You scored 7 out of 10 on the expression scale. Your score indicates that you are relatively comfortable in expressing your emotions. However, you are not as open with your emotions as you could be and may even be embarrassed to acknowledge or express them. You are fairly in tune with both your conscious and unconscious feelings and why you are feeling a particular way. For example, if you'd been working for a promotion at work you might have been confiding in a close co-worker about wanting a certain position. Then, a couple days later you might learn the position you'd wanted has been given to your co-worker! Although rationally you understand she wasn't vying for the position behind your back and it was a matter of circumstance that she got the position over you, you still feel disappointment and anger. Chances are, because you are someone who is relatively comfortable expressing emotions, you probably won't hide your disappointment because it's not "rational." Instead, you might realize this is a situation that needs to be addressed between the two of you. You know that ignoring this touchy situation could breed resentment further down the road. Simply put, you have a need to clear the air. Whether you do this effectively or sensitively is another story, but the point is you do not waste energy protecting yourself from what you feel. Sometimes people mistakenly equate being self-aware or relying on your emotions for your responses as a sign of weakness. This may be a problem for you. In the above example, it might be hard for you to express disappointment to your co-worker because it shows you have a vulnerable side, that you felt hurt. However, you are self-aware enough to understand that all the intellectualizing and rationalizing in the world cannot erase your discontent. After all, you recognize you will be compromising your happiness if don't tend to your emotional needs.

Myth 1: Emotions are more primitive than reason. Emotions originate in the brain just like reason, even though you might feel them in your heart or in your gut. They are equally valid when making decisions, the key to making informed decisions it to consult both sides of your brain. Myth 2: Clamping down on your emotions is a sign of strength. Unfortunately, too many people mistakenly believe that being able to turn off their emotions makes them powerful. Conversely, some people think that feeling and emotion gives you permission to act upon it. The key to managing your emotions is to strike the right balance. You must first allow yourself to feel your raw emotions, then you must temper them with the rational side of your brain. You're so angry you want to punch someone? Then let yourself feel that emotion, just stop short of acting on it and make those emotions available to your rational side to balance out. Myth 3: Some emotions are bad to feel. All emotions are informative. Just because our emotions sometimes put us in an unpleasant state does not mean they should be avoided. Our emotions can tell us when there is something in our environment that needs fixing. Myth 4: The best judgments are ones made without emotion. Our society has valued the rational parts of our brain to the detriment of the emotional parts. Think about how many violent acts are committed because people don't know how to effectively deal with their emotions and instead simply snap. To achieve true harmony within ourselves, both sides of the brain need to be acknowledged and attended to.

The empathy scale You scored a 5 out of 10 on the empathy scale. You respond to others with your heart and soul. Most of the time, people sense your genuineness and commitment to being a compassionate person. You tend to not only observe other people's situations, but also understand the importance of empathizing instead of criticizing. And in general, you are not one to put down others simply to boost your own self-esteem because you are better at putting yourself in other people's shoes than some. You are astute enough to know that sometimes you won't have all the information about another person you need to make a fair judgment of them or their actions. You won't know their background, their personal or financial situation, or another key element that might be driving them to do something a certain way. But even armed with this awareness, you may need to put effort into refraining from easy criticism. Too often people put down others to boost their own self-esteem. It's important to keep in mind that sometimes we can't see all of the situational pressures that influence how other people act. Before deciding that someone's behavior is due to a flawed personality, ask yourself: is there anything about the person's situation that may have led to this? It's wise to understand that you're not perfect and someday you might need others to cut you some slack, too. All of us need people in our lives who honor our individuality and imperfections.

The emotional management scale You scored a 6 out of 10 the emotional management scale. Most of the time you recognize that feeling emotions and acting upon them are two separate things. Whether you believe that all emotions and moods need to be experienced as they occur, or that emotions and moods need to be channeled into something beneficial, you see yourself in charge of how your emotions will impact your life. Although you are fairly adept at this skill, there are probably times when you've acted too quickly. Ideally, emotions should serve as a guide, not a dictator, for our behavior. Sometimes feelings can be so strong that they hijack our stability and good sense. Fortunately you understand that balance is the key here. You have a sense that managing your emotions and psychologically taking care of yourself are critical life skills. You are aware that although you may not be able to control the type of emotion you experience or when you experience it, you do have control over its duration and the extent to which it controls your behavior. Putting this realization into practice is sometimes hard for you, but it's one you're most likely dedicated to.

If you want to take the Emotional IQ Test, just go to http://www.tickle.com, click on the Tests tab, click PhD-Certified, click "see all" link under Popular Tests, then find the The Emotional IQ Test.

fun and cool tests and quizzes (links part 4)

More links to fun and cool test and quizzes!

Personality Test - what type are you? choose what shape most appeals to you considering both form and color...

The Room - enter now, take away what you will, enjoy it while you can...

The Kabbalerian Test: What's in Your Name? - a fascinating site that lets you determine your personality based upon the energies inherent in your first name; if your name's not on the database they will still determine your personality then e-mail the results to you

The Love Calculator - analyzes your compatibility with that of the one you love based upon Numerology of your names

Romance 101 - romance 101 tests, quizzes and assessments, all about love!

A Fun Zone - they have a page on personality quizzes, fun quizzes, IQ quizzes, etc...this site also has games, crosswords, and a lot more for you to have fun with!

AllIQTests.com - tons of IQ and intelligence tests

Quiz Stop - quizzes for the rest of us...

Let's have some music!

Who doesn't like music? Everybody loves music, and because of that, technology had it's way of bringing out new cool gadgets and kept improving it from time to time. And then there's the internet, you can listen to streaming music in different sites, a lot of sites. You can listen to music anywhere, everywhere!

Now...this is where your blog or social networking page comes in. Do you want music playing in your site? Do you want your favorite songs playing when you open your site? Do you want the world to know who you are through the songs you like? If that's a yes, then put mp3 codes, music players or mp3 widgets in your site like the one below:

I got the above music player at Dizzler, so far it's the best one among all that I've used. Below are some other sites that offer music/mp3 codes for your page. I currently use the first 2 on my multiply albums.

imeem.com - an online community where millions of fans and artists discover new music, videos, and photos, and share their tastes with friends. You can upload your own playlist or even search available playlists and post the code in your blog or social networking page.

MP3-Codes.com - upload your own mp3s, search uploaded mp3s, browse uploaded mp3s then you could put the code(s) in your page.

PcPlanets.com - free mp3s, mp3 songs and music for myspace, xanga, or any website

Myspace Flash Mp3 Player Generator - generate a cool, colorful flash mp3 player, with your own songs in a playlist

Flash Toy Box [MySpace Radios] - forget putting one or two songs on your profile. Put a full live radio station on there! Select your genre and then your Radio Station. Just copy and paste the code into your profile.

fun and cool tests and quizzes (links part 3)

More links for fun and cool tests and quizzes below. Check them out now!

Quiztron - make a quiz or personality test, and take quizzes and tests other people have made.

Georgia Girl Fun Quizzes - free love, romance and relationship quizzes, fun personality quiz, trivia, and more...

Chemistry Test and Quizzes - test your chemistry knowledge for fun and to reinforce concepts

A Collection of Online Interactive Tests and Quizzes - different quizzes and tests in this collection

Quizilla - hundreds of quizzes, stories and poems made by the users themselves

Chatterbean - personality quizzes, fun quizzes, IQ quizzes, etc...they've got it all

Quiz Farm - free quizzes and quiz creations, lot's of them

PsychTests.com - get to know yourself better with their extensive battery of professionally developed psychological tests

Widgetbox - widgetizing the web

I found this really cool website with tons of all kinds of widgets that everyone can use in their blogs or social networking page. Widgetbox has a variety of widgets from fun and games to media, gadgets, money makers and more! You can even make your own widgets and spread them through their site. Browse their Gallery via Category, Most Popular, Top Rated or New Released widgets where you can choose what you would like to use. All widgets have brief descriptions and details like average ratings, subscriptions, date added and the developer. If you register, they have a My Widgets tab where you can find all the widgets you are subscribed to. Widgetbox is a very organized site, and that's one of the things that I like about it. You wouldn't have a hard time finding your way. Everything is there, all these cool widgets, and all you have to do is choose, click, click and click. I really recommend this site. Visit them at http://www.widgetbox.com.

Widgetbox was founded in early 2006. It is an open web widget marketplace and syndication platform. It serves both the developers who create widgets and the web publishers who use widgets on their sites.

You can read more about Widgetbox at http://docs.widgetbox.com/about/