Found this on Mashable:
40 Great Resources for Making Lists
November 21, 2008
October 15, 2008
Blog Action Day I hadn't formally planned to participate in this year's Blog Action Day, but today's mail delivery brought a serendipitous item combining two of my favorite pastimes - shopping and helping others - that also just happens to fit with this years' Blog Action theme of poverty. This item was a beautiful 75-page catalog filled with some of the most unique gifts and handcrafted items I've ever seen.
The catalog was from SERRV, a nonprofit organization that works for social and economic parity by promoting fair trade practices and empowering low income communities across the globe. SERRV gives artisans and farmers the opportunity to conduct business in a larger market by bringing their unique handcrafted and organic products to consumers around the world.
It was such a pleasure to page through the catalog and read about the villages where these beautiful baskets, pottery pieces, toys, food items, stone and wood sculptures, articles of clothing and other artistic and practical things originated. I was particularly delighted when I came to last page of the catalog and saw a selection of gorgeous candle holders. These will make great gift additions for the people on my list who were already going to be getting my candles!
Like many Americans, I am planning to cut back on excessive holiday shopping this year. The large corporate manufacturers of the same old pieces of assembly line junk do not deserve my hard-earned money. The artists represented by this catalog, however, really do. And they offer much more valuable products in return. I think a few special gifts thoughtfully selected from sources like SERRV will do so much more to promote the true spirit of the season.
October 03, 2008
Goodbye, DVDspot
A few days ago I visited DVDspot, one of my favorite websites, to add a listing and rating for my recent viewing of the Sex and the City movie. To my dismay, I was greeted with a notice that the site will be closing on October 15th. The site creators want to focus on other projects. I can't blame them at all, they put together this incredible database driven application and then offered it to the online community for free. If their "other projects" have the potential to earn them a little money or will be a more practical use of their personal time, then more power to them. But their innovative site for cataloging a personal DVD collection and tracking movies that are owned, rented and watched will be missed.
Fortunately, they're offering a way to extract stored data in a spreadsheet format so viewing records and personal collection lists will not be completely lost. I've already retrieved my data and now I am looking for a comparable online site that will allow me to continue to track my movie watching and catalog my DVD library.
Here are three sites I've located so far:
Chasing the Frog
I Heart Movies
Movie Collector Plus
I will be taking a closer look at these sites over the next few days and plan to join one soon so I can get my collection back online and continue where I left off tracking my movie viewing for 2008.
If anyone has any opinions on any of these sites, or knows of any options I haven't listed here, please comment and share what you use!
A few days ago I visited DVDspot, one of my favorite websites, to add a listing and rating for my recent viewing of the Sex and the City movie. To my dismay, I was greeted with a notice that the site will be closing on October 15th. The site creators want to focus on other projects. I can't blame them at all, they put together this incredible database driven application and then offered it to the online community for free. If their "other projects" have the potential to earn them a little money or will be a more practical use of their personal time, then more power to them. But their innovative site for cataloging a personal DVD collection and tracking movies that are owned, rented and watched will be missed.
Fortunately, they're offering a way to extract stored data in a spreadsheet format so viewing records and personal collection lists will not be completely lost. I've already retrieved my data and now I am looking for a comparable online site that will allow me to continue to track my movie watching and catalog my DVD library.
Here are three sites I've located so far:
I will be taking a closer look at these sites over the next few days and plan to join one soon so I can get my collection back online and continue where I left off tracking my movie viewing for 2008.
If anyone has any opinions on any of these sites, or knows of any options I haven't listed here, please comment and share what you use!
September 10, 2008
Win Some Pizza Hut Pasta
LisaCooking.com is having a contest to win a certificate to try Pizza Hut's new Bacon Mac 'N Cheese pasta dish. If it's half as good as Pizza Hut's Alfredo pasta, this will be quite a delicious prize!
Entering is easy, just click on over and leave a comment on the contest thread:
Pizza Hut’s Tuscani Pasta - Premium Bacon Mac ‘n Cheese Giveaway
LisaCooking.com is having a contest to win a certificate to try Pizza Hut's new Bacon Mac 'N Cheese pasta dish. If it's half as good as Pizza Hut's Alfredo pasta, this will be quite a delicious prize!
Entering is easy, just click on over and leave a comment on the contest thread:
Pizza Hut’s Tuscani Pasta - Premium Bacon Mac ‘n Cheese Giveaway
September 07, 2008
Interesting Wedding Photo Idea
My sister is getting married next year and I've been having a lot of fun planning the event with her. So much has changed since my own wedding years ago that it almost makes me wish I could get married again just so I could make use of cool ideas like this one for inviting your guests to share their digital pictures of your Big Day with you on the Internet.
Of course, weddings aren't the only events where there are likely to be multiple candid photographers. So, maybe I'll do this for the next kid birthday party, holiday gathering or graduation!
My sister is getting married next year and I've been having a lot of fun planning the event with her. So much has changed since my own wedding years ago that it almost makes me wish I could get married again just so I could make use of cool ideas like this one for inviting your guests to share their digital pictures of your Big Day with you on the Internet.
Of course, weddings aren't the only events where there are likely to be multiple candid photographers. So, maybe I'll do this for the next kid birthday party, holiday gathering or graduation!
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