On the Internet #3

Aug 22 2009

Those of you who read my Twitter stream might remember a couple of tweets in which I said I would be doing another On the Internet post that same day. That never happened, thanks in part to my husband’s new DIY Network addiction. He got me watching it as well, and the week ended up being filled with talk of home projects. Some of these are on The List now. Of course, if they ever get beyond the talking and list-making stage, I’ll be blogging about it. But for now, here’s what I’ve been seeing on the internet this week (and earlier). Bear with me, I’m cleaning out my email - I have a habit of emailing links to myself when I’m not at home.

While my husband is a gamer, I am not so into it. But apparently I am turning into a gaming fangirl, to some extent. I love the web series The Guild, and this week a song and video that was premiered at ComicCon (ComiCon?) was made available for everyone to have. You can watch the Do You Wanna Date My Avatar video at the very awesome Felicia Day’s blog, and she links to where you can buy it. Excuse me while I watch it again (as my husband watches Blizzcon on PPV). Oh, and you’d better hurry up and get caught up with The Guild, since season 3 starts on August 25.
Fu For Thought, a home decor blog that has exclusive interviews with HGTV’s Design Star contestants after their show gets canceled, has moved. Click on the link to go to the new place to read all sorts of home design goodies.
I’ve gone ahead and joined Goodreads. It’s like a social networking site for people who read. You can list what you’ve read, are currently reading, and want to read, and you can also friend people (like me) and get recommendations based on what you liked and such. I’ve blogged before about how I like to read before bed, so this will be a good way to find new books to read. And I do have more Bedtime Stories planned (one of these years) as I have finished 3 books since the last post.
Here’s a Table of Condiments That Periodically Go Bad for those who want something a bit (or a lot) geekier than the sniff test.
Wired recently post a list of 100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About. It’s definitely a sign that I’m getting old when I can remember most of the stuff on that list.
For Harry Potter and/or Twilight fans, MSNBC recently did a HP vs. Twilight faceoff. I must admit that I am a fan of HP (read all the books and seen all the movies that have been released thus far, and have all available movies on DVD), but when Twilight-mania started sweeping the country, I just couldn’t get into it. A test is to pick up a book, try to read the first couple of pages, and if I want to read more, I buy it. I didn’t get past page 1 in Twilight, so I don’t think I’d be able to get through the entire series. Plus, I think that the HP series was so completely well done, and was one of the few stories in the fantasy genre that I actually get, that it would be hard to top, at least in my opinion. But this faceoff was fun to read, and it didn’t make me want to read Twilight one bit more than I did before.
Another MSN article (I read the news stuff at work) is Top 10 Songs the Web Brought Back. Be glad I didn’t Rickroll you on that link!