Now for those of you who do not know me personally or through IRC, I warn you... I can talk, I will talk, and I do talk.
What is less known is that I read. I read like a shark in frenzy. I used to drag around a half ton of books. Now I just carry my lappy or my USB drive. (My laptop actually contains an entire shelf's worth of Bibles and commentaries and my USB drive is like a small library.)
; I am, more than slightly, hooked on blogs. They are the kewlest new media. Today's blog is all about blogs out there. It all started by looking through this really kewl list of the top 55 places to submit your blog.
My intentions were, of course, self-serving. I was going to submit Lumpy's Corner to each and every one of them. I ended up just becoming more and more hooked. Before I continue, I must commend the author of the list. It is awesome. I should also mention that he offers a premium list for just 5.55 a month. I am not one to buy much in lines of web services. I am just too geeked about finding stuff for free. To me, the search is analogies the "thrill of the chase". I do however feel that is a reasonable price based on what I saw on in the free list. The list I linked to is currently one year old and still a goldmine of information.
I ended, just as I am now, straying far from what I intended. I ended up lost in blog after blog after blog after... Well I think you get the idea. I did, however, still submit. More important to this geek though, I found a lot of interesting links.
I really enjoyed it. First I found this cluster of news sites, some are free, some are not but they are all kewl.
Here is the list:
- NewIsFree - I signed up for the free account and was pleased to find it very easy to configure with a tabbed category feature. It also allows you to custom set up your own tab.
- NewsKnowledge.com - Offers you a trial membership which will allow you to explore it but nothing is saved. It does look good though. I, personally, do not see the point of paying for news feeds though. As I mentioned before, I rather enjoy hunting things down on the web.
- Yellowbrix - Not free but they offer a free trial
- Topix - The nice feature her is a zip code based search that instantly tosses you to relevant stories for your area.
I like news but then I found some interesting links about being popular. I have always wanted to be popular but I just talk too much. Needless to say, I did not rate on the popularity index. What scares me is that the biography of a certain George W. Bush ranks number one on their top 100 list.
I did not let that deter me though. I am just too used to being non-popular.
I found many more and got even further lost... Below is a list of some of the kewler blogs I stumbled across at wizbang's 2003 blog awards. I know that is an old list but the links below are all still active. Here they are:
- Little Green Footballs - The conservative in me likes this site
- Merde In France - Political but good which moved to No Pasarsan - both links are worth a read.
- SnazzyKat got an award for the best looking blog. It is a nice looking blog authored by an English teacher.
I spent hours clicking, reading and telling myself I need to sleep. I took pages and pages of notes. (Lumpy is the master of CTRL-c, ALT-Tab, CTRL-v.) I am, at the time of writing this, too tired to go further. I am going to post this and continue it tomorrow. There is much more to come.
Good night all,
CYA in CyberSpace,
Lumpy
