Harry McCracken's recent blog post got me thinking that maybe I am normal because I don't normally bookmark websites.

http://technologizer.com/2008/07/31/you-mean-im-not-the-only-person-who-doesnt-bookmark/

Quite frankly, once Google emerged as a dominant search engine (circa '98 or so?) I gave up on bookmarking web pages.  I can remember working desktop support and whenever I had to reload someone's computer they would freak out and remind me "Back up my bookmarks!!!"  I would wonder "Why?"  -- after all, is remembering www.oprah.com really that hard? 

My problem is not trying to remember sites that I visit frequently, it is trying to remember how to navigate to a page that I might only visit once or twice before the information on it becomes so outdated it is irrelevant.  THOSE are the sites I need bookmarks for.  And, much as Harry mentions in his article, once I add a bookmark to my browser I rarely remember to go back and delete it when it is no longer needed.  My bookmark list was a tangled jumble of webpages that either had moved, didn't exist or I would never visit again.

When I made the move to Windows Vista in late 2006 I didn't bother to back up my old bookmarks from XP -- clean slate, start fresh let the old clutter go and start anew.  Now my bookmark list is a lean, clean list of websites -- mostly bookmarked because of the annoying Web 2.0 practice of spelling common words in an incorrect manner.  After all, a couple mouse clicks is easier than trying to remember "Is it flickr or flcker?"

Thanks to the magic of the FoxMarks extension for Firefox, that bookmark list follows me from desktop to laptop, home to work and back again.  Now if I could find a really good free tool for keeping those Firefox bookmarks in sync with IE I'd been even happier.  Because, yes, there are still some websites that make me use IE for full functionality...ah, the joys of being a Microsoft drone -- I mean Windows Server Admin.

Cool, we're sitting on the deck checking out our Internet connection (Davinci Broadband rocks!) and we just saw one of the new feline additions to our household catch a mouse, exactly what he is "paid" to do.  Way to go Stitch!

Well, half of my worldly goods are now at the acreage in Priddis and the other half (well, likely more than half) are in Redwood.  We've moved many of the "important" items such as the plasma TV and the XBox 360 while the movers will handle the remaining household stuff on July 19.  All of that is a moot point as we're heading out of town for a few days anyway.

Friday will mark the start of the Second Annual Ghost Town Convention, this year being held in Ardath, SK.  We will spend two solid days of exploring the ghost towns of the area, shooting hundreds upon hundreds of digital pictures and preserving as much of the history as we can.  There are a number of ghost towns in the area but I haven't been to any of them before so I can't comment on them yet.

We'll have a gathering with the in-laws in Saskatoon on Sunday, take the trailer to Priddis on Monday, and then on Tuesday the Bell guy will be showing up to hook up the satellite dish at the new place.  Two days of work and the movers will be there on the Friday.