Gecko Bloggle

Well, this plugin for Firefox has been up for a matter of hours, and since MySpace simply refuses to publish an API, I suspect they’ll change something and break things before too long, but the good folks over at Performancing have managed to make a add-on that gives your blog(s) a “MySpace Mode,” which means folks like me can type up a blog for my home site (which is then mirrored to my LiveJournal site), and then flip over to the MySpace mode, and publish it there.

That’s crazy, Bill Murray.

Over at th’ Cheeseblog [linky!], our hero was talking about the hip urbanite moms (doesn’t sound like “Tha Hoochie-Mommies” I’ve mentioned to people before), and wondering if maybe she wasn’t cool enough because she didn’t own something called a “Hooter Hider,” (no, seriously: check this [link] if you think I’m making it up), and I kinda went off on a tear, so I’m reposting here, ’cause I can’t remember how to do those TrackBack things that put part of your comment on their blog, and the rest on your own.

So Cheeseblog, don’t read this, ’cause you already done didded from your very own spot.

Oh, and KarlaBabble? Go. Read. Link. For some reason, I thought I got YOUR link from CB’s, but it looks like I didn’t. So get on that bus. If you (everyone else, not Karla) haven’t read Karla’s blog, go there, too.
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I don’t know how long they’ll keep it free, but www.hullo.com has released a beta of their foray into the VOIP arena. You can give it all of your phone numbers (I’m just waiting to see if they start spamming me with marketing calls or something), and you can dial out to land lines for free (for now, at least).

The UI isn’t TOO attrocious, either:

One major difference in the way it works though:

BOTH parties are phoned by the system when you place a call.

So, if I’m calling you from Hullo, I punch in your number in the program and hit connect.

My phone rings. I answer.

Your phone rings. You answer.

See what’s different?

The computer doesn’t handle the VOIP traffic – it only deals with the call management. We BOTH get to use our “real” phones.

It also does neat things like let you switch from a call at your desk to a cel without having to do the “let me call you right back” thing.

Very cool. Free, for now.

No more wearing those goofy-looking headsets.

Oh, and the Caller-ID comes from Quebec, so this might not work in all areas, but it is pretty neat for now.