I'm Impressed

MIT has made a major breakthrough in Solar technology. More details here.

Credit Where Credit is Due

As you may recall I used to have a Schmap widget at the top of my sidebar that showed who won which state during the Dem primaries. I took it down once it became apparent that the race would be decided by the super delegates. A couple of days later I got an email from Emma at Schmap asking why I had taken the widget down. I explained and added that if they ever came up with a widget that the tracked polling data of the two nominees I'd install it on my sidebar.

A month passed....

I received another email from Emma stating that they had such a widget and that they'd be happy to customize a widget for me. I asked for red, white, and blue one and not only did they design it within a few days they even created a mockup of my site to show me what it would look like.

Kudos to Schmap for having a good product and proactive customer service. I hereby officially award Schmap the Crapomatic Seal of Approval. Remember folks, if its not Crapomatic its just crap.

Now if only someone would design a Crapomatic Seal of Approval for me.

Tired of the Primaries?

Then head on over to Happy News where there is no primary coverage whatsoever just all the good news you care to read.

Catch the Repptide

I like to take the time every now and then to plug new blogging related sites that I think are of note. I recently discovered Repptide.com which bills itself as an organic review and opinion site:

It's probably best described as an organic review and opinion site. I call it organic because it takes a different route from the other review sites: if you've ever been to a restaurant that you liked, only to suddenly have an experience that completely changed your opinion, then you're in luck. repptide captures that shift in public opinion by tracking live opinions, from positive to negative, and vice versa. It's not static like the other review sites...

Whats different about Repptide from other sites I've plugged is that it allows you to submit articles or blog posts and then other people rate your submissions. Now if you happen to submit one of your own blog posts then Repptide users may drop by and read your post and then rate it which means you get more traffic. So please take some time to drop by and try it out for yourself.

The Issue - The Blog Newspaper

If you haven't already checked it out The Issue bills itself as the blog newspaper. Essentially the site pulls key posts from many major blogs (...and me. I don't know why. Maybe they were drunk when they added me or there could be pity involved...) and organizes them in a simple and attractive manner similar to the format of an actual newspaper. Additionally I have noticed that the stories it carries are usually different than those found on Memeorandum so its well worth checking out. So you may want to add them to your rounds when looking for items worth posting about.