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saabnet
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« on: July 06, 2008, 02:40:53 PM »
So I sit here today with Lily sleeping in her bouncy chair next to me.  Undecided Sigh, not only is it a Sunday, but it is a Sunday after a holiday which means the net is very sleepy.

I hit the "Show all recent posts on Kiva Friends" link and the same most recent post is always at the top....

So, when this happens to you - Where do you go next? What I mean is, what are your other favorite interesting web sites that you visit on a regular basis when KivaFriends has no new posts to read and nobody (heaven forbid!!) is in the chat room?

Here are my favorites to check out regularly (No Saabs, I promise) - No need to mention Kiva.org or KivaFriends.org as they are a given:

1. News.com - I check this daily for my tech news.

2. DethPSun.com - To see if my favorite painter has posted anything new to his blog.

3. LinkedIn.com - Just seeing if any new friends or colleagues are around.

4. DrudgeReport.com and CNN.com and SFGate.com and NYTimes.com - All for late breaking news.

5. VersionTracker.com/macosx/ - for the latest in MacOSX software.

What's your list (say upto your top 10)...

-Scott
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« Reply To This #1 on: July 06, 2008, 03:19:54 PM »
When the Sainted Spouse was in Guatemala this spring,
a site I frequented, oh, every few hours or so was:

http://www.myforecast.com/bin/earthquake.m?city=63470&metric=false

And then, if he'd had a little tremor, I'd Google Earth it, measure
and tell him how far away it was. That would be the way
he'd get info (from Maine) about what was happening
in his world (in Guatemala).

Funny, I haven't checked that site since he got home.....


If you asked the Sainted Spouse, he'd say Daily Kos,
at http://www.dailykos.com/


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« Reply To This #2 on: July 06, 2008, 03:23:29 PM »
Ok.. Here are my top 10, in no particular order.... (besides kiva and kivafriends, or course).  I know it may be boring to many of you, but I lead a pretty boring life.....

www.wn.com    World news, just to read

www.bbc.com   BBC news, just to read

www.facebook.com    check on messages and friends

www.myspace.com    check on messages and friends

www.dallas.craigslist.com  check out the local items for-sale (I think each big city has one)

www.ebay.com  check on listed items and items for sale

www.bankofamerica.com   check my bank account to see if I have any money to make loans with

www.prosper.com     check on my loans

www.flickr.com  this is where we store all our pictures and view pictures from around the world

www.weather.com  check on todays weather forecast
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« Reply To This #3 on: July 06, 2008, 04:35:36 PM »
I tend to allocate my "Web time" in cycles.  When I'm not here, I'm usually at Wikipedia (RichardF) sprucing up portals,

...or I'm over at Change.org (Richard F) tricking encouraging folks to participate in Kiva!  Cool
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« Reply To This #4 on: July 06, 2008, 04:47:50 PM »
(1) http://www.flyfishmagazine.com   (Hubby's site)

(2) http://flyfishmagazine.blogspot.com  (so I know what he is saying about me Smiley )

(3) http://www.touchtheworldministries.com (Father-in-laws site)

(4) http://www.charlotte.com  (local news)

(5) http://www.drudgereport.com (news)

(6) http://www.mycoupons.com (help to save money)
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« Reply To This #5 on: July 06, 2008, 04:51:48 PM »
www.arstechnica.com - for my tech and science news. Plus the forum for entertainment and heated debates on pretty much anything Wink

Other than that, I like to get updates through my various RSS feeds.

Brad deLong's semi-daily journal (Economics)
Economist's View
Electorval-vote.com (US Election)
Freakonomics (NY Times blog)
New York Times
Greg Mankiw's blog (Economics)
Paul Krugman's blog (NY Times blog)
Predictably Irrational (behavioral economics)
Swissinfo
VoxEU (Economics)

and the weekly or so "Zero Punctuation" - hilarious videos from a guy who speaks way too fast on games Smiley
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« Reply To This #6 on: July 06, 2008, 05:18:03 PM »
And then, if I'm *really* bored, I play with Stumble Upon!!!
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« Reply To This #7 on: July 06, 2008, 08:32:51 PM »
I Like ... Kiva Smiley

and when there is extra time (yeah, right)...

- Both my children and many of my friends have blogs that I subscribe to on Google Reader.

-  I like to keep track of friends and play Scrabble daily with my mother-in-law and others at Facebook

- 2 sites at The United Church of Canada  
http://www.wondercafe.ca/  and http://www.emergingspirit.ca/

- The Planetary Society - http://www.planetary.org/news

- Astronomy Picture of the Day - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod

- For Better or Worse Strip Fix - http://www.fborfw.com

- the Cellar - Image of the day - http://www.cellar.org

oh my goodness - no wonder my house is such a mess Smiley
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« Reply To This #8 on: July 06, 2008, 08:53:56 PM »
Quote from: Jan & John on July 06, 2008, 08:32:51 PM
- The Planetary Society - http://www.planetary.org/news

Me too, Jan! I'm a member!

-Scott
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« Reply To This #9 on: July 09, 2008, 10:26:53 PM »
I like this thread!

Recent California/Nevada quakes:  living in the great state of Denial, AKA California, you need to know:  was that an earthquake, or just a truck going by?
US gas price "temperature" map: see, in brilliant color, just how much more us Californians are paying for gas  Pissy
  And for Canadians: Canada gas price "temperature" map

Fool.com - stock market news, opinions, etc.  An offshoot of this is Fool Caps, which is essentially a fantasy stock-picking area of fool.com.  I'm happy to report I'm usually somewhere between 500 and 1000 out of 60,000 players...but don't ask me how.  (I'm big on CRDN, optimistic about AUTH, and have done really well with POT!)

icanhascheezburger.com - your home for all your LOLcat needs!
cuteoverload.com - cute animals of all kinds
ihasahotdog.com - equal time for dogs...LOLdogs
don't know what a LOLcat is?  read this.

Time to go!  but here's my current fav:   Laugh
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