holy social networks batman!

Ever heard of wakoopa, stumbleupon, or crunchyroll?  Social networks/micro-blogging sites are not limited to facebook, myspace, and ning anymore.  Check out this wikipedia list which provides the name, link, # of registered users, and other information of what appears to be easily over 100 popular social networking sites.  Check some of them out for fun, or even for student use!

blogger tips: opening links in a new window

Blogger's standard link mode may lead readers of your blog off to another site... and potentially not back to where they came from.  Adding links which open in new windows or tabs isn't as hard as you might think. You do have to edit a bit of the html code, but its pretty easy.  The youtube clip below demonstrates the process beautifully.