August 15, 2002
It usually takes me more than an hour of surfing the 'Net every morning to get "caught up." If you want to know why, here's a totally pointless look at my daily browsing habits:
Hotmail. It takes me a few minutes to wade through the spam, then check any Bugzilla mails that have come in to see if the bugs I follow have had any interesting developments or (better yet) fixes.
The Comics. The paper doesn't carry the right comics, choosing to substitute crap like Mary Worth for worthwhile comics like Over the Hedge, Monty (formerly Robotman) and Warped.
The Cruel Site of the Day. It's a fucked, fucked, fucked, fucked world. Grab your popcorn and see today's display of idiocy and/or wierdness.
The Straight Dope. Questions and answers to life's important questions. Like what a fart is.
Spinnwebe. Spinn used to update daily, but now it's more like every other week. Interesting pages are added as footnotes.
Not My Desk. From the temp's brain to your monitor. Usually updated daily, sometimes not.
Shields's LiveJournal. It's all angsty and introspective. I read it to feel normal.
Mozillian 'blogs. Normally only as interesting as any other blog, but sometimes they mention a fix or bug that I didn't know about yet. MPT, Dave Hyatt, Asa Dotzler and Ian Hickson.
The Spinnoff Board. Allegedly discussion about the Spinnwebe and Not My Desk sites, in reality discussions about just about anything.
MozillaZine. News about the Mozilla project, and help and discussion forums about the browser.
The Register (US Edition). Tech news, just like you'd get from C-Net or ZDNet, but with the added advantage of having humor.
The Brunching Shuttlecocks. Humor McNuggets.
Zompist's Rant Page. Another every-other-weekly-or-so, but still interesting. It's what Brain Farts would be if I knew more stuff, took the time to think out what I want to say, and could write better.
The Obscure Store and Reading Room. Think "News of the Wierd."
Now you know why I usually don't get anything done until after noon.
