Stumbleupon slipped out a new interface feature during the last 24 hours, and whilst I wouldn't regard it as ground breaking, it is actually useful, though they could have made it a little better.

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Posted by Ann Smarty

The number of subscribers is the main metric of a blog's popularity (I am pretty sure everyone knows that but I needed an introductory sentence :) ). Recently, I've been exploring and experimenting with some creative looking blog RSS buttons and came to an interesting conclusion: no matter how unique and prominent it looks, people still tend to prefer that standard little Feedburner button that humbly asks to subscribe.

You've seen Digg, and you've seen the hundreds - if not thousands - of similar sites sprouting up lately. Perhaps you've had an idea for a Digg-like site, but you just didn't know where to start? Luckily, today there are several options available for creating your own Digg clone which require little to no programming knowledge. These 7 tools will help you get down the road to that goal.

Over the weekend I decided it was time to downgrade from Vista to XP (for reasons that I will not go into today). But one of the features I do miss is the Vista Sidebar, especially the weather feature. It was nice to see the current temperature and forecast on my desktop.

But now I'm on XP and missing the weather sidebar. The free weather downloads are either for American cities or are too untrustworthy. So I set out to re-release one of my old favourites, WeatherBar.

Posted by Danny DoverYesterday, I was arguing with my friend about the existence of one sight or sound that is universally funny. He argued that since different cultures find humor in different things, there couldn't possibly be one example of something that is funny to everyone. Unconvinced, I started searching for the holy grail of funny. Immediately, I went on YouTube and starting browsing my favorite videos. Eventually, I came to the famous video of a monkey picking his butt, smelling it, and falling out of a tree. No matter how many times I watch the video I still find it funny. There is something instinctively funny about seeing how dumb a monkey is compared to the brilliance of  humans.

Filed under: FunSo you think you can type? Before you say anything: no, it's not a pitch for a new reality show.

Whether you think that you're a fast typist or not, you have to appreciate this: a medical transcriptionist who typed so fast and so frequently that the keys of their keyboard became completely worn through.

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Microsoft, Freeware, Beta

For well over a decade, Microsoft has included a nearly useless search feature in Windows. Sure, you could type in a query and maybe even get an accurate response. But you might have to wait five minutes to get your results. Things changed with Windows Vista, which includes a nearly instantaneous desktop search function. Just type a query into the Start Menu search bar, and you should be able to find what you're looking for in a matter of seconds.

I've been hooked on Twitter for a while now, (I'm @jdevalk, follow me!) and I use Twitterific mostly when I'm at my Mac. Rae invited me and a couple of other people, through Twitter of course, to do a small review of the program we use, in my case, Twitterific (sorry, Mac only).

So here we go:

File under obvious: Young teenagers, between the ages of 11 and 14 prefer reading their own blogs over reading for homework.

Duh!

The results were founded by the organizers of the National Year of Reading, a year-long celebration of reading, designed to build a greater national passion for reading in England.

I was on my way to a post by Cath Lawson I read yesterday. I Googled her name to get there. The post that came up first had a great headline.

Sometimes You Need to Hit Rock Bottom

The whole blog post is only three sentences. I'll wait while you read it.

I know few things about hitting rock bottom. Haven't been there recently. Don't plan to go there again ever, but I'm sure glad I made the trip. I was just turning thirty . . .