StumbleUpon is a free browser add-on that helps you discover interesting websites. To begin, you simply create an account, submit your interests, and click the button. You will then be directed to user-submitted sites that you can rate with a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down," according to your preferences. Over time, their software figures out your tastes and directs you to sites accordingly.
It's actually very fun. However, please beware that the StumbleUpon button can become very addictive. Particularly if 
you dig those funny cat websites.
After StumbleUpon directs you to a new, cool site, you can post comments and share with friends or fellow stumblers. Like many other online communities, you can post friend requests and personal messages. And, of course, if you independently find a new website, you are encouraged to submit it to the StumbleUpon database for others to discover.
For a better idea about StumbleUpon, feel free to visit my page here. My last five stumbles returned the following sites:
http://nublog.ru/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/08841.jpg
http://www.ilkeryoldas.com/digg/mirror-image-perceptions.jpg
http://dennisplucinik.com/blog/2007/08/28/60-advanced-adobe-photoshop-tutorials/
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7864/picturesdontgrandmaku3.jpg
http://www.anis-online.de/2/musik/beatles.htm
Of the 3,298,039 stumblers worldwide, about 55 list Peoria as their home town. Feel free to join the movement. It's a very easy way to waste hours of your life. So, enter at your own risk.
You've been warned.
Anybody else know of any cool web add-ons, or other fun services?
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9 comments:
I happened to stumble across the same site... it is fun to play with.
http://peoriaillinoisan.blogpeoria.com/2006/11/16/i-stumbled-into-a-cool-wallpaper-site/
My husband told me about www.icanhascheezburger.com.
Check it out sometime.
Lotsa weird cat pictures. :o)
You should have named this post..."Build a Better Blog"
Thanks for the tip...I'm gonna go check it out and look for Flamingos~ :)
My neighbor is a huge cat lover and the ceiling cat picture was so funny that I had to send her the link!
I stumbled upon this sight:
http://home.bitworks.co.nz/trivia/human.htm
It is a list of Human Facts. Guess what I learned...
The Dutch in general prefer their french fries with mayonnaise.
PI, I didn't realize you had done a post about StubleUpon. Must have been before I started reading blogs regularly. Great minds think alike.
JennyWo, yes icanhascheezburger rocks! I read somewhere that the site can get $5,000 per week for certain ads. Those crazy cats!
Yes, Flock, I was actually considering "Building a Better . . ." something. Not sure if it was "Blog" or "web experience". I'll use it again for my next self-help post. Probably something about "Building a Better Beer." (yes, I'm a homebrewer!!)
Barbie: Beware of Ceiling Cat.
Katie: I wasn't joking about the mayonnaise. Just be careful not to lose your soul to StumbleUpon.
Jeez, Katie. That info is Soooo 1994. Pulp Fiction?? Hello?? The whole Royale with Cheese conversation. Man. Classic.
Also, Floyd is all about mayo with french fries. I married a strange man. :)
I CAN HAS USUAL SUSPECTS?
I have always wanted to try brewing our own beer...but it's so much easier picking it up at the liquor store. Post "how to" that would be very interesting! Burp! oops! 'scuse me...:)
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