Again from a /. discussion I ran into a useful website. Do websites that require free registration (e.g. The New York Times) bother you? Well if you don't want to deal with the hassle of registration or keep track of 100 different logins, you can use BugMeNot.com. It keeps a database of working logins for a bunch of sites that require free registration. Just type in the URL to the site you are looking to get into, and it'll give you a login/password. If you are curious about how it works or just want more details you can read the BugMeNot.com FAQ.
Also instead of having to copy/paste the URL of the site into a new BugMeNot window/tab, you can use a bookmarklet. A bookmarklet allows you run a small piece of javascript code on a page to perform a useful function. It works on all platforms, and doesn't require any installation. In this case, it pops up a window from BugMeNot.com for the site that is in your currently active window, just by clicking on the 'bookmark.' You can bookmark the BugMeNot bookmarklet here. There are a ton of other useful bookmarklets available at Jesse's Bookmarklet Site.
In case you were wondering the earlier post I made about m-w.com and spellcheck.net was actually using bookmarklets, but I didn't know what they were then.
Posted by ramk at February 15, 2004 07:44 PMIt would appear (from the overwhelming response) that you've hit on a controversial topic. On a more interesting note, what did you have for breakfast today?
Posted by: Andrew at February 22, 2004 08:08 PMTime for a new entry?
Posted by: Andrew at March 30, 2004 06:01 PM