Technically Foreign» blog http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog Translating Technology with Humor Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:38:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 StumbleUpon to find what intrests you http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog/2007/05/16/stumbleupon-to-find-what-intrests-you/ http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog/2007/05/16/stumbleupon-to-find-what-intrests-you/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 23:20:08 +0000 Terry http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog/2007/05/16/stumbleupon-to-find-what-intrests-you/ We live in a complicated webbed world. The internet has brought us a ton of information and yet navigating through the sticky web is more like the poor fly who is about to be Charlotte’s  dinner. But wait! Now you have a true way to navigate the web without know what you really want to look at. Hmmm is that wrong. We do search for things using a search engine and it works if what your searching for is in the top two or three pages. However, we all have our own interests and that is where the stumbleupon.com site fits in.

Stumbleupon works like this. You download the Browser plugin (IE & Firefox compatible), create a login and then you just stumble. Stumbling is first telling the site what you like by choosing categories and pressing a button in your browser called Stumble! This button will take you to random pages that other Stumblers have added. The best part is that you just click a thumbs up or a thumbs down on any webpage. These “I like it” or “I don’t” thumbs are organized in your stumbleupon Favorites. Then you can add your review and comments. Since the site uses tags, its easy to go back to cool pages that you’ve stumbled upon.

Now like all web 2.0 sites there is a great community involved. Adding someone as a friend will place the pages they’ve liked into your stumbling activity. The community grows by more people adding pages. If you click on the ‘Thumbs Up’ icon and no one else has then you’ve discovered that page and get to give it a review.

Stumbleupon my page http://yfat32.stumbleupon.com/ to see how it looks. If you decide to enter into the wonderful world of stumbling, realize it’s like pulling down the arm of a slot machine. Sometimes you get crap, but when you hit that unique and interesting site that you’d never know about then you will realize the fun and usefulness of this tool. Send me a message on stumbleupon if you decide to stumble through the sticky web and lets build on this great community tool.

]]> http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog/2007/05/16/stumbleupon-to-find-what-intrests-you/feed/ 0 See the light in your water? http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog/2006/05/08/see-the-light-in-your-water/ http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog/2006/05/08/see-the-light-in-your-water/#comments Mon, 08 May 2006 18:53:06 +0000 Terry http://technicallyforeign.com/tblog/?p=14 Faucet Light Let the future flow now. This little gizmo will change the color of your water for better or worse. It comes in Blue but I wonder if you can change the color… let’s say to Red.

Checkout Thinkgeek LED Faucet Light

]]> http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog/2006/05/08/see-the-light-in-your-water/feed/ 0 It’s not a “beer belly” it’s just my beer! http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog/2006/05/08/its-not-a-beer-belly-its-just-my-beer/ http://www.technicallyforeign.com/tblog/2006/05/08/its-not-a-beer-belly-its-just-my-beer/#comments Mon, 08 May 2006 18:31:46 +0000 Terry http://technicallyforeign.com/tblog/?p=13 Beer BellyOver at Gizmag.com there is a new product that hides your beer in your belly… well outside your belly that is. It’s a ‘Stealth Beverage Container’ as they call it. Pretty much a cammel back for your belly.

The Beerbelly – stealth beverage container

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