Tonight I did a little exploring of blogs and library-related feeds. It's so easy to get lost in the never-ending places the click of a mouse can take you, so I tried really hard to stay concentrated on the reason I logged on to the computer. For the most part I did ok, but I did stray some when I got to the Edublog Awards site.
The site itself at first seemed impressive, as it talks about the year's best blogs in several categories. But when I looked into some of the categories, I ran into several that were either dated 2009 or 2008. It may be that the "best" blogs aren't awarded until the end of the year, but that doesn't explain the 2008 list. I ended up reading a series of posts from a former teacher; this is where I strayed.
I found the Google Blog Search easy to use (I found out that Barbara Billingsley died today). Just like Google itself, there are countless blogs to search through. The links to Blogline and School Library Blogs were not working. I thought the overall look of Syndic8.com was too overwhelming - I did very little wandering, for lack of a better word, on this site. When I opened Technorati, the first thing I saw was titled 5 Tips to Creating Travel Porn. I decided to not attempt to find out if this was a play on words or not. One thing I found interesting when I looked at Topix.net is that according to their survey, Perry is about 5 percentage points ahead of White, based on submissions from Brazoria County voters. I'm never asked about my choice candidate from survey record-keepers; I'm a little curious about who they target.
I've never been polled either, but I got to "vote" in an opinion poll on the Topix site. Looks like Perry is inching forward. On another site, Perry was slightly ahead of White. Guess we'll just have to wait for the real election.
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