Luna Tail

One of my doggie friends online, Johann the Dog, was twittering the other day and said he was checking out Yoono. So curiousity always gets the better of me when I hear of things like this so I had to go check it out.

It’s a Firefox Extention for social networking. I tried Flock for a while, the social networking browser, but I still like Firefox better. And Yoono actually provides a lot of what Flock does.

Yoono is a bit complicated but the more I figure it out, the more I like it. I was using Twirl as my twitter client, but Yoono incorporates Twitter right inside and now that I can view the updates, I like it! And they only update every 3 minutes because of the Twitter limits. Where Twirl just kinda sits there and says it’s going to try again, and sometimes it’s longer than 3 minutes, I like how Yoono has it set up instead.

I can also include Flickr and Facebook (though I don’t use Facebook much and it’s blocked from my work anyway) and I can load up my blogs so I can post to them.. and I LOVE the little sidebar that opens up when I hover my mouse on it.

So far, so good, for Yoono. And I even have my own Yoono page.

Well I signed up for Friend Feed. And actually, it’s pretty cool. You can put a ton of your own things in there… like your blog URL, Twitter, Del.icio.us, Flickr, and other information and then people can subscribe to your feed and the the whole darn bunch. Which, actually, seems like a lot. LOL. I only am subscribed to a couple of people’s feeds now through Friend Feed, but if I find more people on it then I’ll subscribe to more. I especially like to check out friends, family, and dog people.

I was checking out some of the services and Yelp looks like a fun one, too. So I signed up there. Though I haven’t written any reviews yet.

So if you want to check out My Friend Feed, there it is. What is yours?

The new version of Wordpress (2.5) has Gravatars built in. It took me a while to understand Gravatars, but finally I do, and really they are pretty neat.

A Gravatar is basically just a little picture that is related to your email address. And when you post a comment to a Wordpress 2.5 blog, WP will check if your email address exists in the Gravatar database. If so, it shows your little picture by your name.

It’s cool! If you don’t have a Gravatar associated with your email address, then a generic image will show. It’s boring.

Getting a Gravatar is free, and fun. Mine, as you can see, is Tatum. I have it linked here. If I reply to a comment of yours, this picture will show next to my comment as well.

So.. what are you waiting for! Getch yerself a Gravatar!

There’s a new blog out that has great reviews for Moms, which is by a Mom, so it’s great personal experience. This review blog is going to be one of those blogs you are going to hear about a lot, I think. So if you are interested in finding out about products, have a look see!

Looking for information on some products out there that you may always have wondered about? Well, check out this new product review blog that will give you the inside scoop on those items you’ve always been interested in but weren’t brave enough to try yourself.

She even has information on pet things! Just can’t go wrong there.

One more thing before I put the laptop away for the night… another great site I’ve been checking out. Head in Knots, and I absolutely love the layout with the flowers. See, if I was creative, I would do something like that! Probably with dogs though… somehow.

It’s so happy and springy. Just what I love at this time of year.

Girls can cry darnit… and it’s just okay. I wish more men would feel comfortable crying. However, it breaks my heart to see a man cry. Probably the rescuer in me.

Man it’s hard to type, mouse, and eat with dogs… two of them, no make that three, are staring me down as I write this.

Anyway, Girly Things is a fun website I’m going to keep checking out. And she has a companion blog, too, called Plus 1 where she talks about other interesting things, as well as being single, and divorced (I’m also divorced, though remarried now and loving it).

Maybe I’m backwards, but the older I get, the more girly I get. I just bought some new PJs last night that are bright pink and flowery. For summer, and because they are girly. Maybe some women are more girly when they are young and get less girly as they grow older? I dunno.

Anyway, Girly Things is a fun blog to check out. Her name is Angie and she lives in Florida. And she is getting back into her hobbies, one of which is candle making. How fun! I would love to learn how to make candles.

She has another blog called Plus 1 that also has a nice layout and structure and good content. And I really need to check out her post on selling online without fees! Since I sell, but mostly on ebay.

Feeding Time at the Zoo… our house is a zoo. And sometimes I feel like a zoo member myself. But you know, I don’t think I’ve done much dreaming about food. Is that a good thing? Does that mean I’m not obsessed about food? Well, I do like food. Just watch, tonight I’ll dream about food lol.

Anyway, go check out eight things about the author, and have some fun!

I have been so bored of food lately… though we have three eggplants growing in the backyard that look yummy, and the peas are also very good. However, sometimes I really do want a snack. I am looking at a very good food blog, called Feeding Time at the Zoo and these mints sound delectable.

Being bored of food, I really should go find some interesting food to make, so I’m going to cruise around that blog and see what I can find and make. And I’m really into desserts at the moment!