Hooray it's Friday!

Just a few quick words...
I've been experimenting with some new code on my blog, and thought maybe I should explain them...
At the top Right you'll see about 4 youtube videos. This is a new feature on blogger's templates. I stumbled upon it the other day and I thought it was a cool idea. But just so you know... I have no control as to what video's appear here. I simply typed in a few keywords (Jon Stewart, Daily show, Steven Colbert, Colbert report) and the "widget" goes and randomly gets 4 videos.

The next item that I just added tonight...
A Voting poll. This code comes from a new site that I just signed up for called "newsvine.com". I'm really still exploring it at the moment. I really like the idea of user created news sites (similar to reddit and digg, but more on general news, not the techy geeky items that tend to pop up on reddit and digg). I think the idea of user created news is much better than "mass media". I was on another site called "newscloud" but I soon discovered it was the same 3-4 people who posted news items (most of which was the owner of the site). So it was very one sided. I think newsvine has a much broader audience so I hope it will be better. One thing right off the bat, is that I'm not impressed with the interface. Yes, it's slick but I find it confusing. Maybe I just need to play with it more. Anyway, I discovered this voting poll that you can embed on your own site, so I thought I'd give it a try. No, I can't tell who voted for who. And I think you can change your vote once a month, so your not locked into anything.

That's it for now. Enjoy your weekend!!!
Go outside and enjoy some fresh air! (That's what I'm going to try and do).