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First, let me say that I am tickled (mah goodness, ah think ah’m coming down with the vapors) at how many of you are commenting on your fellow students’ blog posts. Keep it up! Remember that commenting on blogs is part of the participation grades and demonstrates to me that you are making good use of Google Reader.

Now, on to blog posts that caught my eye:

•  Larene makes a good point about winter driving – people are dying out there for no good reason
• Shanna uses an entry as a vehicle to unpack a lot of thoughts about moving
• Jason begins the saga of going to gamer heaven (or something like that) in Las Vegas
• Linda found a helpful plagiarism resource demonstrating what plagiarism is and how to avoid it- which allows me to allude to an obsession of mine and direct you to the Creative Commons group. The whole idea of intellectual property is slowly changing.
• Dennis has an entry guaranteed to make you interested in ol’ Horace Kephart
• Move over Fodor’s and Michelin guide– Jon is on the restaurant critic beat
• Jacqueline delved into the hexadecimal color question and found a useful site about it
• Shawn found very useful information on choosing font faces for web pages
• Last, but definitely not least, Lyn has info on how you can recycle and support a good cause at the same time (and she’ll do all the work)

Not a lot of time for my witty commentary (I can hear the sigh of relief already), but I wanted to direct you to some student posts that caught my eye this week!

• Shanna is perfecting the rant-as-comedic-art… perhaps she can replace Dennis Miller who has gone all Right-Wing.
• You might hear Dennis feverishly talking about “Kephart”– he has shared a bit more about him and a tasty recipe…
• Frances ponders how bad web pages have become harder to find…
• Toria is counting on all of you to answer a deep philosophical question
• Viola gives blood– and it turns into quite an ordeal!
• Jason points out a cool new Google Image Search feature that I hadn’t noticed yet.
• Jacqueline worked ahead and found some examples of most of the color schemes for next week’s assignment
• Laura might not snap after the Yankees phoned it in…

More good stuff in ye olde blogges. A sampling of stinky sites– there were many good choices here:

• Richard nominates MySpace, not just for design but for letting all those spammy fake friends through
• Viola provided an entertaining narrative along with one of the worst site designs of the group
• Shawn gave a comprehensive assessment that made some unique points
• LaRene gets a personal prize for picking the site UAF students and faculty alike love to hate
• Monica’s interesting choice used to be famous for its innovative design
• Greg managed to work ire and politics into his catch
• Sue gets a million bonus points for being witty and comprehensive… and finding the worst site I’ve seen (experienced, been given convulsions by) in years

And some non-directed posts (you really don’t have to title them that way) that caught my feed-reading eye:

•  Jason’s trying to get to Vegas to attend MLG Las Vegas. Go Jason!
• Sadie would like to remind everyone that Librarians Rock. And they do. One of the sites I have been reading the longest is that of Jessamyn West blogger and librarian and all-around super hero.
• Shawn shared an interesting post by Lee Lefever regarding having “blogrolls” (lists of links to other sites) on your site…
• And Laura really hates the Red Sox. Still. I’m not even going to link to her post in case there are Red Sox fans in the class who might cry and make a scene…

As was the case last week, there was more good stuff than I can highlight, so keep reading those feeds! And if you aren’t contributing, it is time to get down, thrown down, lay down and write it down.

A few items from recent class blogs that caught my eye:

• Laura’s post about going to Yankee Stadium is the shizznit. Can I say that? I guess I just did.
• Shanna looks deep into her Mountain Dew… you may not like what she finds.
• Viola rants– I’m still pondering the Madonna-esque (the new Madonna, not the Icon) photo…
• Frances goes back to the time of my own teen years to resurrect some 80s music. Then kill it again.
• Dennis talks about music too– though in a serious and, finally, moving way.

And many good sites were shared, all of which will be at your fingertips when you are subscribed to the blogs today!