The best bits – February 2, 2009

Here’s what has excited me from the blogosphere today.

• Carly Laird feels that ol’ Ellie has been a little anti-climatic thus far….
• it’s late
• Carly Laird just heard that there is a cyclone coming and REALLY should have listened to Lyle and got her kit together….
• Robyn Campbell ‘s husband just roasted a fresh bag of coffee. Now she feels totally prepared for the cyclone.
• Marge, Marge, the Cyclone’s here…
• I’m okay
• André de Jager asks “cyclone? what cyclone?”
• Robotic Infrared Motion Sensing…Mousetrap Coffee Table?!
• Showing Off Your Insides: The X-Ray Lamp
• Charts: 3
• Charts: 4
• Texas Family Sad That The Buyer Of All Their Possessions On eBay Will Pay But Not Take Their Stuff [Confusing]
• Firefox Snap Links Got Finally Updated

Cool firefox add on that lets you highlight a batch of links and open them all in tabs. Brilliant.

• Marge, Marge, the Cyclone’s here…

Leah on the cyclone.

• The 100 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language
• The Review :: Viral Twitter, Law-Breaking Names, and Antisocial Gamers
• Trade Books, CDs & Video Games For Free With SwapTree

Cool idea, only available in the US currently but it’s nice to see the social aspect of the internet harnessed this way.

• Top 10 Driving and Travel Tips [Lifehacker Top 10]
• Twitteree Recommendations Wanted

Technology grand master Kevin Kelly (founder of Wired magazine) has the same problems with Twitter that I do. He doesn’t really get it. Me neither. Although I’m trying. The difference – he made one post and has 888 followers, I’ve made about 8 and have 6.