del.icio.us

I listened to the del.icio.us tutorials and added del.icio.us to my home laptop with some of the sites I use a lot. I'm trying to figure out if I really have to log in everytime I want to see all my del.icio.us sites.

Rollyo

I had a lot of fun coming up with travel websites that focus on Oregon and British Columbia for my Rollyo search engine "Travel the great NW". (I guess I should add some sites for Washington!) I did a test search for "Victoria AND bike" . . . after scrolling through the first sponsored links to Victoria's Secret (ha), etc, the following custom web results look very good! I like this tool.

library thing

I like the idea of having a list of my favorite books, but after spending just half an hour on the Library Thing website, I think the search engine is very clunky. For example, when I searched for "emma," from the search interface, the book by Jane Austen was the first result. When I searched for "emma" so I could add it so my books, there were 8,318 results and the book by Jane is way, way, way down the list . . . lots of scrolling and clicking "next" to actually get there.

stress free grandparenting

I used FD Toys Magazine Cover, an online image generator to create this mock periodical cover.

I found the tool very easy to use!

searching for rss feeds

Today I am exploring the different search engines for finding rss feeds. It seems like people really like feedster, but the website was down the few times I tried it . . . maybe another day will present better results.

Although the tag cloud on Technorati entices me to infinite searching, I like Topix better for browsing for interesting political opinions and world news.

pet peeve!

I'm looking at the SitePal website, http://www.sitepal.com/ and am reminded of many of the insurance company websites I have to visit for our insurance business. My current pet peeve is to be greeted by one of these animated people talking to me when I innocently visit the website to check on commission payments, etc. I always quickly turn off the volume or click the "quit" button to disable the talking harrasser!

yahoo travel

Yahoo has a great Travel Planner website, http://travel.yahoo.com/trip. You can plan all your stops, activities, lodging, etc. This information can be made public or kept private. You can add pictures and tags to the information. Yahoo gives you ideas about restaurants and businesses to visit, but you can also add any that aren't listed. The site allows you to keep track of all you past trips and future travel plans. Great website. I'm planning a trip to the Oregon coast next summer and was able to add the property management guy we use and our favorite coffee shop to the Yahoo business listings.