The Simpson Maker

Use this nifty online tool to create your own Simpsons character. This is what your humble narrator looks like when he visits Springfield.

The New Haiku Review

Our sister site is live! Now, when you get those haiku criticism cravings, you'll know where to go. And unlike here at Everything Ecstatic, simply anyone can post to The New Haiku Review. It's a democracy of geeky time-wastery.

Let's get poetic!

GoodReads

I've been doing a lot of research into Web 2.0 and social media for work in the last few months. I have to admit that, while there are many very cool things out there, I don't get a lot of it. Maybe I've crossed that "your heart dies when you grow up" threshold they mentioned in The Breakfast Club. Nonetheless, one site that has become a nutty obssession is GoodReads, a combination of Amazon, NetFlix, and Match.com.

I've just added the GoodReads widget to Everything Ecstatic. Now you can see what I'm reading and what I've read. (I know, I know--start the parade.) If you join and become my friend, though, you can also read my reviews, join discussion groups, and pick up other book nerds across the country.

It's not for everyone. But this nerd loves it.

i am the "funky type of gay guy"

"Everywhere you go, you know what you're doing and people can't stop to take notice. You're into what's groovy and different."

Who knew?

I just took the test over at Quizilla. It may be true. But how accurate can it be when the quiz-master mispells an important word like "heinous"?

Anyway, you, too, can take the test.