I just added a Daily Dilbert widget in my left column, so hopefully I’ll be able to keep up with it on a daily basis. I love Dilbert, but I tend to forget about Dilbert.com . Come to think of it, I also forgot about the DilBeriTO and was pleased to find out they may start marketing it again.
History fascinates me. Not only am I interested in the famous people of the past, but I also like to read about every day life in bygone days. How much did people pay for beef in 1902? What were the hottest styles of 1909? What kind of financial pressures did everyone face in 1899?
The Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities are joint sponsors of Chronicling America, a part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. I got goosebumps when I first stumbled upon this site because it allows visitors to view selected newspaper pages from 1890 to 1910. Right now, there’s only a limited amount of states, but they are working on creating a “national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers from all the states and U.S. territories published between 1836 and 1922.”
They also have some information about newspapers published in the U.S from 1690 to present, but that is also an ongoing project. The best part about this is that the site is totally free for everyone! I know we all complain about income taxes, but I have to say that I think this is a pretty good use of taxpayer dollars.
Want to know if a particular site is crashed, or if it’s just something you alone are experiencing? MP found a great site called downforeveryoneorjustme.com . You put in the url into the box that looks like this:
I don’t know how much time I spend looking at various dashboards of my various blogs, but i sure wish I could find something that made the inside of my blog as pretty as the outside of my blog. I was thinking of posting this question at Ask Owen because he is so good at answering questions and has made a few terrific plugins as well. Between you and me, I think Owen’s probably one of the most knowledgeable bloggers around and should be on everyone’s “must read” list. He truly deserves A List status in my opinion.
Maybe I will post my question there later on, because I sure would love to see something different for a change. However, everytime I visit his site, I get so wrapped up in reading his posts that I forget to ask anything till after I’ve logged back into one of my blogs. Like just now, I read his post that’s titled, “How can I get a Gmail user’s Full Name?” and think everyone with a Google account should check out this important post. I’d love to say more, but I’m off to check my gmail accounts….
Later, Taters!
I just stumbled across this great non-profit site that needs some linky love. At FreePoverty.com, you play a geography based game, and the higher your score, the more potable drinking water you donate to needy people. I just played it, and managed to donate 147 cups of water. I don’t think that’s a very high score, but in my defense, its seven a.m. here and I’m usually not fully wide awake till the crack of noon. So I’m daring everyone to try to beat my score, then come back and tell me how well you did. If you don’t want to play the game, you can help out by giving them a link in a blog post. They also have banners you can use, click on the one below to grab one in your choice of colors:
Sigh, just as I thought I had settled on a theme, turns out this one doesn’t have any widgets. I guess it’s time for me to do more hunting. In the meantime, I wanted to post this, in case someone’s running low on El Pato:
Btw, El Pato Picante is one of nature’s most perfect foods, and if it’s not, it should be.
My daughter finds the coolest things online. She found this great site, CrazyEgg.com, that allows you to track your visitors actions on your site. If you’re concerned about building traffic to your blog, and if you want to try to figure out what your visitors do on your blog, then give CrazyEgg a try. They have a limited use free version, which would probably be fine for most bloggers. You can track four pages for free. I’d suggest that you start with your home page, and then follow the heat maps to see which other pages you should track. I’m not doing a good job of describing it, just go visit their site and see all the cool stuff they offer.
On their site, their description says they are for those that:
On a personal note, I feel much freer to express my opinions, now that I am no longer blogging for bucks. I have a ton of reasons as to why I stopped writing for money, and I don’t have the time (once again) to go into it all. Maybe after Christmas, I’ll write a lengthy tell-all.. or better yet, I’ll record it all and put it on YouTube! ROFLOL!
Bottom line is, I am working on a better way to make money online. However, even if I was in dire financial straits, I couldn’t envision myself ever doing any more payment per post work again. I’ll share my reasons one of these days, when I’m not typing ninety miles an hour. Right now, I just wanted to tell everyone to give CrazyEgg a try.
