i’m okay with being the last person to know about cool new stuff. i was probably the last of my close friends to sign up for gmail, for example. and, i’m totally afraid to admit it, but i still have a hotmail account. which is kind of like admitting you still smoke because you think it makes you look cool.
and, until sometime this morning, i was still using a yahoo! homepage.
i’ll wait until the nerds have recovered.
(hums quietly to self, and watches the dog run full tilt into the screen door. again. he’s not smart from any angle, i tell y’all)
anyway.
so, i was goofing around on the ancient desktop we have at the house. the same desktop z uses to – gasp! – check her hotmail, and shop for shoes and airline tickets. and, the same desktop that z dog has been watching porn on. i only know about the porn because… well, i’ve been around the block quit a few times. i have good hearing. and i know porn when i hear it. it’s a rather distinctive sound.
i’m digressing. remind me to tell you about the night of the bizarre house rules. that culminated in me hearing the porn from down the hall, and through a closed door.
ugh. i’m gonna have to wash my hands with bleach after i’m done typing here. these keys are a bit sticky.
anyway, google.
go to the google homepage. basic, clean and the beginning of awesome. now, in the upper right-hand corner there. see the igoogle link? click that sumbitch. clicky all the stuff you’re interested in, and i strongly suggest you click on your town. then, the google makes your own shiny new homepage.
but! that’s not all!
not only is the google page more informative than my yahoo! page, but there are all those tabs at the top. i clicked on the ‘portland’ tab… and it gave me local news, transit information, movie times, blah blah. it also gave me a concert and event calendar. a complete one. meaning, big music acts rolling through town alongside the little local bands playing the little dive-y bars.
i’m sure you all know about the igoogle. like i said, i’m usually the last to know. but dudes… i am in love with the google.
and now the google loves me back.
thanks for stopping by.
