Quite the competition

Might as well add technorati to the list of now daily sites i check. Why not? It's nice to have a glance at sites I'd never look at normally and then jump over to bloglines for my meat and potatoes. I've been procrastinating on this list of tasks to do, but for some reason these recent activities have been really enjoyable.

On a roll now

Del.icio.us would have been great to have in college. I'm afraid it's going to be addictive, kind of like wikipedia. You click on one article and then read every related link possible, unless you are at work of course. I actually ended up looking at the 3 library comparison for a while, although i noticed that no one bookmarked it. ha.

Play Week, eh?

The online image generator was a little difficult to fiddle with. I really liked  the Tibetan name generator and there was one on Delft- using those patterns to create wallpaper. link: www.royaldelft.com

American media, what is there to say? I went to a panel discussion by the BBC in London on the American media's failure to accurately cover events, namely Katrina and the war. Ergo, a link to a search engine with a few American sources and some international ones as well. Fit to print on: http://rollyo.com/

Newsreaders

I've got so many sites that I want to check each day, it was easy to make up a list. I'm currently obsessed with Top Model and love to read the reactions to tyra's increasing arrogance bordering on craziness. As most American newsfeeds are rather trifling, the only options really are foreign sources. Has anyone even paid attention to CNN recently?

exploring Flickr

I've always been partial to Flickr and now with Snapfish dying, it really is the easiest one to use. Mashups seem like the dominant site these days; google's and yahoo's offerings are much easier to use than the old sites. I was thinking the other day how I used to get around without it, especially in NYC. Queens is really confusing with 30 RD, 30 Dr, 30 Ave and 30 St. Mapr is also a really fun project.

Ah, Queens Library

The first entry on the road to the gift card, er, the road to lifelong learning. Actually, I josh. This is a well devised program that is timely. Learning at your own pace is also a refreshing change from signing up for workshops which include learners from all points on the spectrum and therefore cannot possibly meet everyone's needs.