Zude (http://www.zude.com) offers a new way to socially network. Remember making your own web homepage site? Well mix that up with MySpace or Facebook networking,,, and you've got Zude.

I hoe you can actually read stuff, unlike MySpace layouts.

Have you ever wanted your alarm clock to do more than what you want it to? You can't have it make your coffee in the morning, but you can have it to a lot more than just make you want to throw it across the room!

Try this on for size! Chumby (http://www.chumby.com) is the newest of the internet appliances to become available for the regular joe. Check it out!

One can't help but be amused by my felines. Even my parents, who are not pet people, love them.

And now, there is a site that makes cat furniture more attractive... Modern Cat (http://www.moderncat.net/) is a blog about how to keep fashionable with your favorite feline(s).

Real Simple (yes, the magazine) has some simple, we-should-know-this-but-don't-follow-it tips to keep the job you abhor from affecting the rest of your life.

Read it here: http://simplystated.realsimple.com/home/2008/04/how-to-keep-a-b.html

Hell, I printed mine and put it on my board at work.

Everyone needs a retail therapy. Or sometimes, we just need a place to find things at a bargain. RetailMeNot.com (http://www.retailmenot.com) helps us achieve both. I saved over two hundred dollars using one of their coupons.

If anything, it's a great place to find a collection of online stores that fits our needs.

Everyone has a morning routine. It gives us a sense of normalcy of the life. For me, there are certain sites that I visit in the morning to start my day - webmail, news, etc.

Firefox has a great add-on to make it just a bit easier: Check out Morning Coffee (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2677). You can set your browser to open your favorite sites depending on the day.

This blog/site is after my heart. Unclutterer (http://www.unclutterer.com) gives people insight on how to organized and stay that way. It's not overly opinionated and matter-of-factly, so readers can take bites and apply it to their lives.

It's a terrific daily read.

Even if you're not the organizing type, there's always time to start.

At least that's what Jott (http://www.jott.com) is claiming they do. Bring a digital personal assistant to life by simply talking your tasks and notes to a phone specific phone number for you. You can have it take messages and even write your blog.

Amazing.

It's been awhile, hasn't it?

Mint (http://www.mint.com) brings money management to a new level. This little site, though currently in beta, it provides you with piece of mind of security and the great service of helping you keep a budget! It sends alerts when you go over your set budget or when balance breach a threshold.

I have this dream of retiring to a little cottage in [insert Western European country] and spending my silver years with a laptop writing novels. This fantasy has been modified from my romanticized idea of using pen and paper for writing as I've figured our how impractical that method is for me. I recently spent three hours writing a snail mail letter to a friend across the country because I couldn't write everything legibly and had to keep starting over. However, I digress.

In case anyone has a similar desire or simply wants to become a better writer, but doesn't have the time or means to attend formal training from universities, you might find this useful: 10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses (http://education-portal.com/articles/10_Universities_Offering_Free_Writing_Courses_Online.html).