Stumbling Upon Things

Since I am now using Firefox for my web browser (due to geek pressure from my mother as I discussed before), I am using some extensions. One is a "Blog this" extension that adds a "Blog this" item in the popup menu. The other one I just installed, which is kinda cool, is called Stumble Upon. It adds a toolbar to your browser, and based on your interests and your ratings as you go along, locates web sites that you might be interested in. There is an Internet Explorer version, too. There are many, many people doing the rating, so this helps locate interesting sites and filter out the cruft. I thought this page was pretty funny, though. I'm not sure if I was directed to it because I included "Bizarre things" or "Travel" in my preferences. A sample of one of the actual stories told by travel agents:

A woman called to make reservations, "I want to go from Chicago to Hippopotamus, New York" The agent was at a loss for words. Finally, the agent: "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do you have?" replied the customer. After some searching, the agent came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Hippopotamus anywhere." The customer retorted, "Oh don't be silly. Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!" The agent scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?" "That's it! I knew it was a big animal!"

Some others I stumbled upon and liked:

PostSecret
Secret Worlds: The Universe Within

You might want try it out.