Are you tired of the old postage stamps you can get at the post office? Are you looking for something new to spice up your letters? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could design your own stamp? Well now you can.

At Picture It Postage you can create your own stamp with pictures of your kids, your dog or anything else you want. The site is really easy to navigate. You just click on the “Try It Now” link and it walks you through uploading your photo.

They’ve also included some editing tools so you can change the orientation (either landscape or portrait). You can zoom in and out and you can center the photo. You can also change the color of your stamp and the color of the text. The design options are endless.

For my review order I used this photo of my daughter:

My postage stamps arrived within a week. And I’m very happy with them. They look like this:

I can think of tons of occasions I would use this postage for. The kids’ birthday invitations. Christmas cards. Wedding invites. And a ton more.

Hasbro sent me their new online gaming system; Net Jet. We also got three games; Bubble Bonanza (which comes with the system), Kool Kart Racers and Peak Performance Snowboarding.

Basically Net Jet is a standard handheld controller like you would have with other standalone gaming systems (like a PS2), but this doesn’t connect to a console. Instead this plugs right in to the USB drive on your computer. The game cartridges plug in to the controller.

At first I thought, why would I buy this instead of one of those console games (like the PS2 or the Xbox)? Or why would not just play online games for free? But after playing with this I’ve found some real advantages with the Net Jet.

• It’s very inexpensive. You can get the Net Jet for under $20 and each of the games are only $9.99. That definitely beats those $300 price tags for those more expensive consoles.
• It’s easy to use. Even my five year old quickly figured out the buttons. They are each numbered with different colors and the games walk you right through what buttons to push to do what.
• With each game you get to try another three games online. So it’s almost like getting four games for the price of one.
• Setting it up is a breeze. There’s not complicated install. You literally just plug it in and the system and your computer do the rest.
• The games are a lot of fun. I love that Bubble Bonanza game. In fact I was late for class the first day I tried the Net Jet because I was quickly addicted to those bubbles.

Teenagers probably wouldn’t be too impressed with the Net Jet. They will still want the expensive console gaming systems with hundreds of games to choose from. But younger kids will enjoy it. My five year old and my eight year olds love the Net Jet. They can set it up themselves. They can play for hours. They can switch out the games on their own. It’s perfect for them.

I’ve tried a lot of photo sharing websites, all with their own pros and cons, so I jumped at the chance to review a new one; Greetingflix.com.

I really like the concept. There are tons of websites out there where you can upload your photos and then send your friends and family a link to come view them. This site takes it one step further. At Greetingflix.com you can make a little video with your pictures. They supply the template and the music. You supply the pictures. It’s really pretty fun and the finished product is great.

Read the full review on The Bean Blog.