I spend more time on the Internet than is probably healthy. I used to have a “daily checks” webcomic folder that I middle-clicked at least once a day before I discovered the magic of RSS. There were something like forty webcomics on it at the time. Since switching to RSS, the list has only grown. (Also, switching to RSS was one of the best things I have ever done.)
I’ve idly considered the possibility of starting to post webcomic reviews once a week or so. If I did one a week, I’d be in business for about a year on my daily list alone.
Today, because I feel like it, let me share a few things I’ve found on the web that I find nifty. First off we have this extremely cute set of photos, in which a mouse decides that a leopard’s dinner looks really tasty.
National Geographic has, on their site, a photo of the day feature. I’ve gotten more than a few awesome wallpapers from this feed, such as today’s and a few others.
Cool Tools has become one of my favorite feeds by far. It is what it says, though some things are more tool-like than others.
Food in Real Life is a really nifty concept. It takes (usually) boxed or similarly prepackaged food, prepares it according to instructions, and often arranges it like the picture on the packaging. Then it compares the result with what the packaging would have you expect.
Finally, have I mentioned my love of webcomics? I’m pretty sure I have, at one point or another. When finding a new webcomic, particularly one that’s been around for a while, there’s often an initial startup time during which I do not eat, sleep, drink, or play WoW until I have finished reading through the entire archives. For those who say that’s not healthy, there’s Archive Binge. It’s a really, really nifty idea. First, you pick one of the supported webcomics. (Well, first you create your account for it, but I don’t mind for something this useful.) Then you pick which strip to start with, how many comics to read per day, and which days to receive comics, and it creates a custom RSS feed to get you through the archives in a healthy manner. I’ve got something like five or six feeds going, not just on comics I haven’t read before, but on old favorites (namely XKCD and Schlock Mercenary) that I wanted to read again.
Current music: On loop — Mr. Roboto by Styx, Dream On by Aerosmith, and Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. But I’m about to switch to The Who. Or maybe Pandora.