Shyzer.com

I’ve recently run into a handful of sites that have instantly gone on my “daily reads” list or in my “Random” bookmark folder for later usage. Here’s a few of the best I’ve found in 2005.

Dooce.com - Apparently Dooce has been around for a while now. Since 2001 to be exact. The name became famous across the net in 2002 when Heather, the chick who runs Dooce, was fired from her job over things she had been writing on her blog. Dooce instantly became synonymous for “losing one’s job due to their blog” and ever since then, her site’s been huge. My favorite part of the whole site is how “God” comments on every daily picture. Sometimes he’s out smiting people, so he has his secretaries or interns check in for him. Heather and I couldn’t be more different though. In her words, “I’m a Stay at Home Mom (SAHM) or a Shit Ass Ho Motherfucker. I do both equally well” who lives in Utah and is married. Yet even though we have nothing in common, she writes in a way that is quite refreshing. Plus, it’s fun to see that I’m not the only person who will tells his parents to “suck it”

Angela turned me onto ObliviousMind the other day and it was an instant hit. Her blog teeters on the balance of just recapping her days (something I looooooooathe) but she adds a bit of emotion and storytelling into it that keeps it fresh. Worth the read.

Moving on, I have a new alternative to Mapquest that has yet to lead me astray. It’s called Maps24 and it seems to be the best competitor to crappy MQ. I’ll still never forgive them for telling me to get on a highway that didn’t exist on my way to Baltimore or for making me pull out my own map in the middle of West Virginia to find my own damn route. The zoom-in feature on Maps24 is light-years ahead of MQ and I’ve used it a few times so far without any qualms.

And finally, I found a neat video file that attempts to predict the future of news. It’s called Epic 2014 and it tells the tale of bloggers and Google taking over the likes of print media. Of course, it’s a bit far fetched, but the idea is still plausible, especially after seeing how blogs had such a huge impact on this past Presidential Election, not to mention the countless news stories that have been proven false by bloggers.

Okay, back to packing up my things. Did I mention I’m going to be living in Australia within a week? Just thought I’d let everybody know in case they’ve been living in a cave lately.