Let’s face it: judging a book by its cover would be 10 times easier than actually looking up similar readings and receiving recommendations from shady sources. I’m not a fan of the novella, nor am I too adamant about non-fiction jabberings of people with lots of time.

Picking out what to read next is like picking out a new life soundtrack–every mood and phase has to fit perfectly, or its just another boring existential transition (so deep…).

Obviously, computers have the answer. WhatshouldIreadnext.com lets you input your current or most recent read, analyze a database of users, and give you some suggestions about your best bet for smooth page-sailing.

(Better than “look what others who bought this read.”)

FAIL Blog is the best thing since Stuff White People Like. Besides, SWPL got annoying when Stuff People Like-spinoffs began to spawn like blogosphere-Ebola. Seriously, I almost caught it. I started drooling, or whatever.

FAIL Blog capitalizes on the glories of life: the bag of chips hanging sturdily from the snack dispenser rung; the misspelling on the noble sign of an innocent, dedicated protester; the brilliant constructional placement of a Toys ‘R Us next to a Hooters… These are the things we cherish, and thus, FAIL Blog captures it all in no specific sequential order in the form of a photo.

Bravo for failing.

The heat in Texas has all of us at its mercy. For some it means a trip to the pool or careful sun bathing (being cooked), and for others it means staying inside between the hours of noon and six and memorizing the texture of the apartment wall, in addition to media overconsumption.

Well here’s another consumable Internet delicacy for days that blaze: Make-A-Flake.

Ok so it seems totally lame, but I did it, and all though that may mean nothing… ::shrug::

They give you digital scissors and let you cut where you want. It’s reminiscent of kindergarten in the wintertime–You really can’t find nostalgia like that anymore.

Alternative search engines have never really been popular. Sure, we’ve all tried Dogpile because we liked clicking the cute “Fetch” button; and Jeeves just looked like the right guy to ask. But it wasn’t long before it was obvious the underdog couldn’t be rooted for under intense info-searching conditions.

There are a few underdogs to root for though, now that the 21st century (what do you call the 2000s??) has been digitally remastered. One of which, I use often: Bloglines.

Bloglines is (obviously) a blog search engine. While it sounds useless, and its sole purpose is based on its ability to dig up a bunch of Internet rant, it does have its good sides (as in its alternative media, and not Rupert Murdoch). It even goes back to good ‘ol 2003.

The good ‘ol days…

The Bicycle Tutor is the ultimate Web site for the mechanically-challenged, eco-Austinite.

It’s like some bicyclist squire did advanced View—>Page Source on YouTube and went nuts. Videos like, “How To Adjust Sidepull Calliper Brakes” (what the hell is that), “How To Use A Presta Valve Adaptor” (and that?), and many other big-worded bike parts assemble themselves well on the site, even presenting an option to make comments.

Complaining about high gas prices? Might want to think about using this to fix yourself up for a cheaper ride; bikes shall always prosper!

Mozilla Firefox, the pharaoh of browsers, is releasing 3.0 tomorrow and daring all who bow to its glory to download it and break a Guinness world record for the software most downloaded in 24 hours.

It’s a good ploy to get the product out, but there also isn’t much to fight about since Firefox speaks Web better than any other browser. The new version supposedly has much more customizable features, and includes one-click bookmarking.

Get your share and become part of nerd history.

Remember Nano pets and Tamagotchis? Didn’t have to ask, did I?

Not that I had been waiting for it or that anyone had, but damn, what a brilliant idea. Moshi monsters brings back those Tamagotchi memories by letting you adopt a pet online for free. But it’s also better.

Of course, they also had to make a social network where your Moshi monster can play with other Moshi monsters–And you can build your monster its own house in the monster city of your choice.

Honestly, I’m an 11-year-old stoked catholic schoolgirl all over again.

Writing a tech blog has its advantages. Sometimes I get invites for beta websites about to bloom. Usually these sites are unorganized and usually some new community network that won’t last because a lot of people will never join and keep it going.

But I got an invite for Wix and O-M-G, I am obsessed. Once the beta is not closed anymore… it will be revolutionary. Wix is a Flash website platform builder–It has Flash web templates already uploaded so that a user can just upload their own data. The best part? Wix has a server for users to publish on!

How nerdy am I? Extremely. Just wait ’til it comes out and all will know.

Although today’s Digital Journal top story was about Miley Cyrus and some alleged incriminating photos, I don’t expect a site labeling itself with a motto of “The Power of Citizen Journalism” to have breaking news that the mainstream hadn’t already toyed with and cast aside.

The point is, they’re trying. Most of the “citizen journalists” are anonymous and have cool superhero nicknames. The site also has a TV segment.
Regardless of the fact that the news is only filtering in from NYC and LA, most of it’s pertinent to you and I.

EXCEPT for Miley Cyrus. I don’t even know who she is, but I’m sure she’s been on a tabloid for an eating disorder at some point, am I right?