I’ve played around with the Google personalized homepage for quite awhile now, but I’ve never really considered it a worthy replacement for everything I had setup in MyYahoo! for the past several years. Those days may be changing. I’ve spent some time customizing things on my Google page and I’m liking how things are coming together.
One thing that concerns me though, is there a limit to the number of pages I can have setup? It looks to be six from what I can tell.
$8.5 million! That’s what Digg.com got from some of their existing investors for some reason. No real details on some of the websites I’ve been reading about the infusion of cash on lately. One site mentioned “expansion into new markets”.
I think the Digg.com site is okay, I’m subscribed to their RSS Feed, but honestly, the quantity is just too overwhelming for me to really pay attention to it. The other thing I don’t like is that it’s easy to bloat the system if you’ve got enough friends in the right places.
Let me ask you this, if someone sends you a link and asks you to “Digg” something for them, do you read the entire story and then decide for yourself if it’s worth Digging, or do you just Digg it because your friend said so?
It’s this type of thing that makes me less interested in the actual effect of Digging something. If I’ve got time, I’ll peruse through the listing to see if something catches my eye, but many times on many days I just don’t have the time to hassle with it.
What about you?
Let me know about your Digging strategy in our new poll in the sidebar.
Noel over on Unplugged Living brought this site to my attention. It’s called 6% of Energy Efficiency and it’s an informational site focused on educating the population about how to conserve more energy. They’ve got an interested, 6-question quiz to see how much you know about energy conservation. Regretfully I missed two, but I think I read through the questions a little too fast. Excuses, excuses.
Energy efficiency is like an “insurance policy” against roller coaster energy prices. No matter the price of the energy we use – whether it’s wind, solar, biofuels, nuclear, gasoline, natural gas, electricity, heating oil, propane, or diesel – we can all have greater control over our energy bills and the shape of our world by using it wisely. All it takes to help us do that is “small steps” — developing energy-efficient habits or using energy-efficient products and technologies. It’s easy. The power is in our hands.
If you’re interested in trying to make a difference, visit the site. Even if you’re not interested, visit the site and maybe you’ll change your mind.
My son got an interesting Christmas present this year. It’s called Speed Stack, and it’s a kit for playing a cupstacking game. It’s all about hand-eye coordination, patterns and getting faster and faster as your practice and practice. It’s not the type of sport you’re going to see on ESPN in Primetime, but after watching the introduction DVD, it’s very intriguing and something that my son is pretty excited about playing. It seems that Colorado is the epicenter for this sport, which is where the world champion, world’s fastest cupstacker resides. That person is Emily Fox and she’s probably a high school junior or senior by now.
If you’d like more information, you can visit the Speed Stack site or the Official World Sport Stacking Association website. After visiting the WSSA site, it looks like Emily Fox’s record of 7.43 seconds for the fully cycle has been beaten by Robin Stangenberg with a time of 7.41 seconds. To get an idea for what this is all about, visit the WSSA site and check-out the video of Robin Stangenberg setting the new world record.
Okay, maybe I’m just an imbecile, but what’s the problem with Microsoft giving away laptops to some bloggers for them to review the new Windows Vista? If you haven’t heard, there’s lots of coverage about it today and the blogosphere seems to be up in arms.
Are we upset that they’re giving them away and everybody didn’t get one? Are we upset that they want them back? Or are we upset that they just didn’t clarify to everyone the specifics about the free laptop?
I’ll tell you what, if the people at Microsoft want to send me a loaded Ferrari 1000 and let me try out Vista and blog about then by all means, send it to me. I’d love to review the operating system, but I’m just a small time blogger that doesn’t have the resources or money to get the preview copy of Vista installed a machine that I could stand to lose if the preview crashed. I’ve come close to installing it on my main desktop at home, but if I lost that computer, I’d have a ton of clients upset that I’m delayed more than I already am at getting some of their work done.
And, if you want me to play with it, blog about it and give it away or send it back. Fine with me. Someone else will get the benefit of having a sweet system they’d probably never be able to afford on their own. If I hate the operating system, then they’ll get an honest review and I’ll have no problem giving the machine back to them. If I love it, then everyone will hear about and you can bet I’d be saving up the money to either buy the full OS and install it when it’s final, or buy a whole new machine so I could get the same experience I just had with the Ferrari laptop.
So, please, someone tell me what the problem is with all of this.
Image Source: NotebookReview.com and DailyTech.com
Just received an e-mail with this announcement:
Effective December 22, 2006, the Xbox 360 console warranty has been extended to one year from the date of purchase. The extended warranty applies to new customers and existing Xbox 360 owners. If you experience hardware issues with your Xbox 360 console within one year of purchase, your console will be repaired at no cost*.
Good timing on my part I guess. Just got my Xbox 360 on Monday afternoon. Good times, good times. Here’s more information on the warranty change from Microsoft.
Uh-huh, yeah! That’s what I’m talking about, check-out the trailer!
Has it become evident to anyone yet that I love super heroes?
I received a package in the mail tonight from the fine folks at the b5media corporate offices in the great white north, Canada. Finally got my b5media hat and jacket and I must say these are some fine threads. The jacket is really nice and warm and waterproof.
This past week was my 1-year anniversary with becoming a part of the b5media blogging network. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it, being a part of the b5 community has been one of the best things that’s ever happened to me. It’s pressing me to read more, write more and understand more. I deeply value and appreciate the friends and contacts I’ve made through the network and can’t wait for some amazing things to happen in 2007.
If you’ve never stopped by one of my b5media blogs, please drop on by one of the links below and read a little bit and let me know what you think.
I’m not sure what piece of stone cold magma I’ve been living under, but the TV.com website is a Favorite/Bookmark contender for sure. At least if you have any interest in TV and aren’t Amish or something.
The item that brought my attention to this gem currently was the fact that they’re hosting “The Best of 2006″ Awards on their website and allowing the public to vote on their favorites in a wide variety of categories.
Again, if you have any interest at all in the small screen, this is a site that’s got to go into your Favorites or Bookmarks, shoot! maybe even your homepage.
TV.com The Best of 2006 Awards
And while you’re at it, be sure and vote for CSI:Vegas and American Idol at the appropriate times.
Is this really needed anymore? What purpose does this serve? Does anyone know if there’s some way to turn it off? It’s really annoying and a waste of time, and half of that waste of time it doesn’t work anyway.
I would think we’d be up to a release now that would have eliminated this needless, superfluous, overbearing and micromanaging confirmation screen.
We were just together for Christmas and my dad said nothing of this venture of his. Pretty impressive given his history as a preacher for small churches since I was in fourth grade. However, you’d have thought this would have been mentioned at some point around the dinner table.
Fort Wayne developer Bill Bean has decided against buying a 40-year-old downtown hotel and converting it into apartments, condos, office and retail, saying the cost to do so would be too high, reports The News-Sentinel . Bean, who owns or partially owns more than 2 million square feet of commercial and industrial buildings in Fort Wayne, last month said he was working on a plan to convert the 208-room Holiday Inn. Bean’s change in plans came despite the state’s offer of up to $3 million in tax credits.
Maybe it’s my oldest brother instead, his book business seems to be doing really well, maybe he’s expanded. Or, it could be someone completely non-related.
I’ve been waiting to blog about this thing now for a few weeks. This is the car I drove back from Cookeville, TN earlier this month. It’s an anniversary/Christmas present from my mother-in-law to my father-in-law. It’s a 1970 Chevelle SS with a 454 engine. It’s been immaculately restored.
The interesting part of the story is that this car is identical to the one he had purchased new in 1970 and was driving when they first started dating and were married.
You can see more photos of this great car on my flickr account.
