Start Your Browsing Day with Startlike

Jason Bean — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:12:14 +0000

Let’s just throw it out there. I’m on the computer all the time. Luckily the vast majority of the time I’m on the computer I’m also enjoying connectivity to these here Internet pipes. I have a startup routine that I will get my computer all setup and start Firefox and a variety of my tabs will open. Some of these tabs are ongoing applications like my various webmail accounts, but others are merely there for start-up as a welcome to my day. One of those tabs is my Startlike.com page for The Great Outdoors.

My Startlike - The Great Outdoors homepage

Every morning I’m greeted with a beautiful photo of the great outdoors.

With my family’s enjoyment of camping, this continues to keep me in the mood of enjoying the earth around me whenever possible.

The webpage is very helpful with resources too though. It’s well designed and you can customize it to depict your own favorite scenes instead of the great outdoors. Scenes like: golfing (also beautiful), diving, space, exotic escapes and skiing.

As you can see from my screen shot, there are a few different areas I’d like to highlight on the site.

Various boxes on the photo are active. You can hover your mouse over the box and read information about the photo or other related resources.
Social networking tools are built in to visit sites like Facebook, share links, join discussions about the photo and share your own photos.
An easy Google search is available on the page that allows you to search a variety of Google resources quickly.
An option to change your preferred photo theme as I share previously.

If you’ve been looking for a way to freshen up your start page on your browser and want to include some helpful tools and resources at the same time, give Startlike a try.

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Visit The Nature Conservancy for Earth Day

Jason Bean — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:34:23 +0000

In celebration of Earth Day I thought it would be appropriate to spotlight a website for an organization that focuses it’s efforts on preserving our world and the nature around us. My family has had a new appreciation for the outdoors recently with our venturs into camping together as a family. I hope to instill in my kids an even greater appreciation and love for the outdoors, which includes taking care of what we’ve got.

The Nature Conservancy website homepage

Here’s a little bit from The Nature Conservancy website about their Earth Day efforts and general efforts of their organization.

Welcome to The Nature Conservancy — the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.

It’s Earth Day — it’s time to Spring Outside with your friends and family. Look below — we’ve got a preserve map and tips to get you inspired! Then use Facebook to get your friends outside, too — and send us a photo of your adventure in nature!

So get on out there and enjoy the Earth that surrounds us and takes care of us. You may also find more information about Earth Day at the Earth Day Network website.

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Visit The Nature Conservancy for Earth Day