A Boob Tube Alternative
I don’t really watch very much television. I have a few shows that I DVR and watch when I can. Honestly, my television is usually tuned into Nickelodeon or Noggin. More as background noise than anything. So, when the kids are watching a show, or jumping on the couch, or too loud to actually enjoy watching something, I use StumbleUpon.
Here’s how it works, in a nutshell. You can either install a toolbar, or they have one pop up when you go to their site. Anyway, you kit the ‘Stumble!’ button, and it takes you to a website, photo, video, blog page…whatever. When you sign up, you can mark what sort of topics you like. For example, I look at humor, parenting, technology and some others. If you like what you see, you give it a thumbs up. Then, theoretically, it bumps that page up so more people stumble upon it. I’ve seen some pretty cool stuff while using this. Although, I find that it’s so addictive that I need to restrict myself on how often I let myself use it. Here’s one thing that I found recently by ’stumbling.’
Lego People
So, if you have an extra 60 grand, go get yourself, lego style.
I’m giving it a 4 cups of coffee. Just because there’s potential for some serious time wasting.
