I'm back again with more lists:
Favorite newly-discovered websites of 2007:
1) Netvibes. I like to use this as my start page. You can put anything on it - RSS feeds, search boxes, to-do lists, and much more.
2) Stumbleupon. It's a social site. It's a bookmark service. It's a Firefox extension. It's the coolest thing ever! With Stumbleupon, you have no excuse to be bored online. You can find my Stumbleupon page here.
3) NPR Monitor Mix. Carrie Brownstein, formerly of Sleater-Kinney, now writes a blog for NPR, and it's great! She asks very thoughtful questions and does much more than the typical music blogger. And she has the credibility of being a famous musician.
4) New York in Black and White. Not really a site, but a collection of historical black-and-white photos of New York City. If you love photography, NYC, or both, you'll love this page. (Doesn't seem to be loading on 12/21/07. I hope the photos aren't gone!)
5) Makeuseof. This helpful site finds the best sites, tools, freeware, and more, and tells you all about it. Good stuff!
6) Good Reads. I've always wanted to keep track of the books I read, and now I can!
7) Eugene Weekly Blog. This is the local 'alternative' liberal paper. It's free, and free to read online, and now their writers have a blog. You never know what they'll post about next, and I really like that.
8) The A.V. Club. If it has to do with pop culture, the writers at this site will usually write about it, and well.
9) Basic Instructions. One of the funniest comics (web or otherwise) I've ever seen.
Favorite 'Welcome To The Pond' Blog Posts of 2007:
- January 15 - The last.fm meme.
- January 18 - 'Revolver Soul.'
- March 3 - Flickr Fun Saturday 'Funny cats.'
- March 6 - Take Me Back Tuesday 'party songs.'
- March 11 - We are the champions!
- Flickr Fun Saturday's Year In Review (here, here, here and here.)
- March 29 - The best of my Black and White U of Oregon photo set.
- March 30 - Top Five on Friday 'top five albums you can't live without.'
- April 6 - My roller coaster rant.
- April 10 - Take Me Back Tuesday 'Friends.'
- May 7 - Monday Music Mambo 'Music University.'
- May 25 - VH1 Rock Honors.
- June 1 - Top Five On Friday 'Impulse albums.'
- June 1 - 40 years of Sgt. Pepper.
- June 30 - Flickr Fun Saturday 'Fruit.'
- July 9 - Monday Music Mambo 'Rock and roll favorites.'
- July 10 - First impression of Smashing Pumpkins' new album.
- July 21 - Flickr Fun Saturday 'Photographical band.'
- July 26 - Thoughts on Elvis Costello.
- July 28 - Flickr Fun Saturday 'Colorful.'
- Scandinavian Festival memories and two reports from this year.
- August 7 - Live review of Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True.
- August 10 - Top Five On Friday 'Artists you loved in college.'
- August 14 - Jonny Lang and Los Lonely Boys concert report.
- August 21 - The first 'No Reservations' post.
- August 22 - Pond Prompts 'Friends.'
- August 23 - Top Five On Friday 'Recommended albums.'
- August 23 - I discover twice-posted photos.
- August 27 - Rave with the Raventones.
- September 3 - 'No Reservations' in Hong Kong.
- September 5 - The 'Reconsidering Machina' project.
- September 8 - Five years of my blog.
- September 10 - VMAs rant.
- September 11 - College kids and pot music.
- September 14 - Favorite Beatles song.
- September 17 - Pond Prompts 'defining kindness.'
- September 21 - Top Five On Friday 'theme songs.'
- September 22 - Flickr Fun Saturday 'colors.'
- September 24 - Pond Prompts: Beautiful art and being someone else.
- September 28 - Rock Hall of Fame thoughts.
- September 30 - Pond Prompts 'I remember when.'
- October 4 - Pond Prompts 'A perfect winter day.'
- October 5 - Top Five on Friday 'Cover songs.'
- October 15 - I complain about Bloglines Beta, and they respond!
- November 3 - At the UO v. ASU football game.
- November 10 - Flickr Fun Saturday 'Food photography.'
- November 21 - Things that need to go away.
- December 10 - Flickr Fun Saturday 'Happiness.'
- December 14 - Odds and ends.
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