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Bandsintown is a really cool site that shows you when your favorite band is going to be playing at a venue in or around your city.  It also recommends artists it thinks you’ll like and allows you to connect with other people in your city that are going to the same show.

When you sign up for Bandsintown, you’ll have to tell it some of your favorite artists and where you’re located.  From that information, it will create a “recommendation cloud” filled with your favorite artists along with ones it thinks you’ll like.  All of the artists that appear in your cloud are playing in or around your city in the near future.  You can add shows you’ll be attending to your calendar and see what other Bandsintown members are going.  There’s also a widget that you can put on your blog or website that displays the shows you’ll be attending, the shows your favorite artist is performing at, or the upcoming shows at a specific venue.

Thanks to Marshall for putting Bandsintown back under my radar!  To see how it works, watch the screencast below:

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I have a confession to make:  I sleep with my laptop.  Well, not literally (OK, sometimes) but it rests right next to me and is the last thing I see before I go to sleep and the first thing I see when I open my eyes in the morning.  Morning, noon, and night I am staring at my computer screen.  No, I don’t think I have an Internet addiction, although I can name a few people who I think could use some help.  It’s my job to be in front of my computer and frankly, I enjoy it.  I usually remember to get up and walk around every couple of hours, but that’s to prevent my back from aching.  What I tend to neglect are two things that I would be very much lost without – My eyeballs.  EyeDefender is here to remind you to stop abusing something that you use every single day.

EyeDefender will nudge you, in various ways, every hour or so to give your eyes a break.  After you install EyeDefender, you’ll be able to set up how often you want to rest and for how long.  I chose 2 minutes every 60 minutes.  You can choose different images to look at for your break period and you can always stop your break by hitting the Esc key.

EyeDefender is supposed to help treat CVS, or computer vision syndrome, which affects people who look at computer screens for hours on end.  If you don’t want to install EyeDefender, setting a simple reminder for yourself to take a break every hour, and blinking frequently for about 2 or 3 minutes should also help alleviate symptoms.  To see what EyeDefender will look like after you install it, watch the screencast below:

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[via Lifehacker]