• Love help: Funny metaphors used in high school essays – Help.com
  Next time you have writer's block look here for a good laugh.
  (tags: writing humor metaphors)

During the next couple of months, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be wearing two hats. She will be the governor of Alaska and Senator McCain’s running mate. On the Alaska state website, she comments on how her experiences will benefit her in both roles: “As the mother of five, I know how to multi-task, and I will continue to promote the path of reform that we set out on together in the state of Alaska…[while Senator McCain and I campaign] to take that spirit of reform to Washington” (emphasis mine).

Given her present responsiblities, I can think of no better preparation than that which she mentions.

• Babel – WordPress Multi-Language Plugin
  A WordPress plugin that lets you write your content in more than one language.
  (tags: wordpress plugins languages)

Knoxify received a mention in this month’s Knoxville Magazine.

• Getting Real – How to Build a Web Application – 37 Signals
  37 Signals' guide to building web applications.
  (tags: programming reference tips)
• Hurricane Hanna (2008) – Atlantic Ocean – Hurricane Path Tracking & Storm Status Information
  Track hurricanes via this Google Maps mashup.
  (tags: weather tracking googlemaps)
• 5 PhotoShop Effects for your Photos. | Themes Live
  More photoshop tips and tricks.
  (tags: tutorials photoshop)
• pForm – Free HTML Form Builder – Create Web Form Template Online
  Online editor for quickly building HTML forms.
  (tags: webdesign tools forms)

On Tuesday, Mozilla Labs introduced Ubiquity, a browser plugin which looks to revolutionize the way you interact with the web. Since that time, the Twitterverse has been abuzz over it. Rather than trying to describe what it is, let me show you this video: Continue Reading

Knoxville blogger and fellow Twitterer, Scott Adcox provides some great analogies for email, blogging and Twitter.

• Find, Follow and Share Comments — BackType
  A searchable index of "all the web's" comments.
  (tags: blogging comments aggregator)
• Null Hypothesis | Magenta Ain't A Colour
  Read about how our brains/minds perceive colors.
  (tags: science perception vision)
• FireShot :: Firefox Add-ons
  A handy Firefox extension for taking screen captures on the web. Capture the visible page or the entire page (i.e. below the scroll).
  (tags: mozilla plugins screenshots)

• Journeys – British Columbia – Basking in the Sunshine Coast – NYTimes.com
  NYT Travel takes us to British Columbia.
  (tags: travel canada)
• Your morning newspaper is a collector's item – Random Mumblings
  Jack Lail's post highlights Vin Crosbie's series of posts detailing the transformation of the newspaper industry. According to the prognosis, the printed paper looks to be a thing of the past.
  (tags: publishing newspapers)

Gold medal Olympian, Shawn Johnson, has a blog on her website powered by WordPress. Furthermore, with one post currently toping out at 1386 comments, WordPress once again proves it is worthy of the task. (HT: Matt)