So I just read that Britney dumped Kfed through a text message and there is a youtube video floating around showing him getting the text!!! I can’t wait to see this. If I find it I will put it up here tonight. haha.

Haha, thanks for the link Hakushaku.

A lot of my traffic comes from google and random queries. The most common ones lately have been “how to pronounce Babel” and “how to pronounce Borat”.

To aid these readers here is my answer:

Babel is pronounced like the word babble. You can also pronounce it like bay-ble.

Borat is pronounced like Bore-rat.

And while we’re at it salmon is sam-un (the l is silent)
library is li-bRerry not li-berry
and herb is erb not herb (the h is silent!)

I read an article recently that stated only geeks use RSS. Which is true, the majority of internet users have no idea what RSS is and don’t really seem to care. Well I’m here to make your web surfing life easier and more productive. Follow me as I inform you of the wonders of RSS!!!

First off…who would benefit most from using RSS? Anyone who surfs the web and looks at several websites on a regular basis. Do you find yourself checking particular sites every single day hoping they have updated or updated with something you would find interesting? Wouldn’t it be nice to have one particular place to check which websites you like have updated and see with a cursory glance that they have and if it’s worth reading it or not? Well that’s what RSS feeds do. You subscribe to your websites’s feeds and you can read their updates (usually the title or the whole blog entry depending on their settings) from your RSS reader.

Ok, this RSS tutorial is only going to encompass how to read them from your google homepage, which is what I use. There are several more popular ones out there but I think google’s is most user friendly and has the coolest features! Plus, pretty much everybody has a google/gmail account right?

So first thing…go to your google homepage http://www.google.com/ig and Sign In with your gmail account info.

There might be a few RSS feeds and widgets on your homepage already. You can easily remove any ones you are uninterested by hitting the X button (just like windows apps).

To add a new RSS feed just click on “Add stuff” which should be in the right top corner. You will see a bunch of RSS feeds you can display. The defaults are the ones ranked by most popular. To add them just click on “Add it now”. My favorites are the Stock Portfolio (so I can see on a daily basis how my stocks are doing!), Quotes of the Day, Local Weather, GMail (I LOVE this one..definitely add it if you use gmail), and the To-Do List (another very helpful one! I keep all of my notes I need to remember here and I am always sure to see them since I check my google homepage everyday).

You can browse through the other categories like News, Finance, Sports, Technology, etc. Just add to your hearts content!

You can also add webpages you don’t see listed. For example, one of my favorite blogs is Dilbert’s blog so I typed that into the top search box and hit “Search Homepage Content”. If you search and don’t find the website try the “Add by URL” button. If that still doesn’t work, then maybe the webpage is not set up to allow RSS feeds. Very few don’t though. You can also use the search feature to look up new blogs about your favorite topics (ie. finance, stock advice, celebrity gossip, hot deals). BTW, you can even add xangas but I would still use their subscription service for that :P

Before you start going crazy adding a bunch of RSS feeds to your homepage here’s a suggestion for organizing your feeds. At the top you can see a tab called Home and next to that you can “Add a tab”. I added tabs called Hot Deals, News, Recipes, Travel, Finance/Real Estate, and Blogs. Now I can add my RSS feeds into whatever tab is appropriate. You can also drag and drop your RSS feeds around the page however you like. Try it!!

So now instead of going to a million webpages everyday, you can just go to your google homepage and quickly see what pages have stories you want to read about and which blogs have been updating.

Here are my favorite RSS feeds you might also enjoy:

Hot Deals: Slickdeals, Techbargains, Anandtech, Dealcatcher, Dealnews
Celebrity Gossip: E! Online, TMZ, Google Entertainment, People
News: time, Reuters, Slashdot, Cnn, Drudge Report, Yahoo News, MSNNBC
Recipes: Allrecipes, Betty Crocker, Simply Recipes
Travel: SmarterTravel, USAToday Travel, Fodor’s Travel Wire, MSNBC Travel, CNN Travel
Finance: Get Rich Slowly, The Housing Bubble Blog, SmartMoney, My Money Blog

There are tons more. You can also start by subscribing to me! haa…I have a button on the left side of my website “Subscribe by feed” and you can click on Google or whatever reader you choose to use.

There you have it. So everyday you can start out your web surfing day by going to your google hompage. Replace this with checking your gmail everyday since you can do it from your homepage now along with viewing all of your favorite websites!

Happy RSS-ing!!

Another Borders coupon for you. This one expires on November 15th.

It’s a good time to buy christmas cards if you haven’t already and to stock up on stocking stuffers and christmas presents. Not only does Borders carry books but they also carry unique gifts!

This is hilarious: Mob of Waldos

A bunch of people are meeting up in SF dressed up as Waldo or Wendy to reenact one of the scenes from the famous Where’s Waldo books. I loved Where’s Waldo books!!

And for nostalgia’s sake try to find Waldo here. This one’s pretty easy but it was the only one I could find online.

PS. Look for WALDO not wendy (wendy is the girl at the bottom holding the cotton candy)

Did you find him?? :)

If you’re looking for a new desktop wallpaper to use check out flickr’s wallpaper pool where 1800 people uploaded their favorites. Nice selection!

Flickr Wallpapers

And I also found this cool website with absolutely stunning wallpapers! And they have all different sizes so it’s easier to search through unlike Flickr’s selection

InterfaceLift

Everybody who knows me knows I looooove Target and their Dollar Spot! That’s the first place I head when I enter my favorite store. Anyways, for all of you wondering what goodies Target has this month here’s a roundup from what I saw today:

Hello Kitty stuff – It’s baaack! Last time they had cute Hello Kitty stuff in blue and black. Now it’s back to the familiar pink stuff…From what I remember they had pouches, notepads, and pens/pencils.

Mickey Mouse – Bowls, pens, notepads

Xmas stuff!! – They have super cute mini xmas trees (in green or white) and mini tree decorations. I was very tempted to get one, the decorations were so cute!! They also had a mini xmas tree with the lights already attached to the tree. All of these items were $2.50

Bath/Lotion/Smelly Stuff – They usually have this at the dollar spot

Gift Bags – They have an assortment of xmas gift bags for a buck

Batteries – They have panasonic AA and AAA batteries for a dollar that I’m guessing they want you to give with your xmas presents since they have xmas decorations on them. What a good idea! I hate getting presents that require batteries and not being able to use them right away because I don’t have batteries on hand. Be thoughtful this year and give batteries with your battery required gifts!

Calendars – They have a bunch of calendars with generic pictures on them….think different animals and scenic shots.

That’s all I can remember off the top of my head but they had some more stuff.

You might have noticed I added another bot…yangbot, my roomie!! And she updates a lot so go check out her page. :D

YES!!! Britney has finally filed for divorce from KFed. KFed must be feeling pretty down lately…not only does he lose his sugar momma but his record and concert ticket sales have been dismal to say the least. I can’t wait to see what Kevin and Bean are going to say tomorrow morning :)

Time put out their list of the best inventions of 2006.

Notable winners were YouTube

a floating bed worth $1.5M

moobella, a prefrozen ice cream made in 45 secs. I must try!!

and the adorable robo-dinosaur!

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