Websites to start the day with?

Moonliner · 01-05-2009, 08:24 AM

I long ago stopped reading the morning paper in the morning.

Now in the morning I jump online and check:

wtop.com for local news / traffic
Washington Post
CNN
LoT
Drudge
and I just added a new one...

Google trends. It's fascinating to see what other people are up to. What in the heck is "povidone iodine" and why are so many people suddenly interested in it?

Chernabog · 01-05-2009, 08:36 AM

Miceage and LoT are the two I usually have time to check before heading to work

For news, usually just yahoo or something.

Cadaverous Pallor · 01-05-2009, 08:41 AM

I've never been a morning news checker. I only got hooked on news sites because they're the only thing I feel safe checking while I'm on the job.

In the morning, it's what I check all the time - email, LoT, maybe digg if I have time (and probably don't).

Betty · 01-05-2009, 09:07 AM

I check out Fark pretty regularly.

I visit OCWeekly on Friday's when the new issue is out... even though I live in the IE - I dig the OC version so much more.

My google home page is pretty customized to the weather, major news stories and inclused /.

I'm also fond of my dilbert cartoon.

Snowflake · 01-05-2009, 09:11 AM

I don't have a lot of time before I head to work, but I do scan yahoo news, huffpost, but mostly hit LoT first thing. I will only hit CNN or any other spot like that if something drastic is happening (like CM blowing up something at Universal)

Ghoulish Delight · 01-05-2009, 09:24 AM

LoT, wOOt, maybe MSNBC, digg, and I'll often turn on SportsCenter on the teevee.

Alex · 01-05-2009, 10:04 AM

asstr.org for starting the day the way g*d mandated.

Actually my 15 minute pre-commute online routine is:

1. Email
2. Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
3. MousePad
4. LJ
5. LoT
6. Take a shower
7. Go to work.

I leave the news aggregating for later in the day.

Gemini Cricket · 01-05-2009, 11:09 AM

1. CNN.com
2. Honolulu Advertiser and or the Honolulu Star Bulletin
3. Facebook
4. LoT
5. Huffington Post
6. Advocate.com
7. Gmail

In no particular order.

I recently discovered Google Trends as well. It's fun trying to figure out why a lot of people are looking up what they are looking up.

Andrew · 01-05-2009, 12:59 PM

I don't go to sites so much as let the news come to me via RSS and click through anything that looks interesting. My RSS subscription list is several hundred entries long.

I do hit MousePad and LoT pretty early on, of course.

Kevy Baby · 01-05-2009, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonliner

LoT

Ya just had to go there, didn't ya?

01-05-2009, 08:24 AM	#1
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Websites to start the day with? I long ago stopped reading the morning paper in the morning. Now in the morning I jump online and check: wtop.com for local news / traffic Washington Post CNN LoT Drudge and I just added a new one... Google trends. It's fascinating to see what other people are up to. What in the heck is "povidone iodine" and why are so many people suddenly interested in it? __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Miceage and LoT are the two I usually have time to check before heading to work For news, usually just yahoo or something. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	I've never been a morning news checker. I only got hooked on news sites because they're the only thing I feel safe checking while I'm on the job. In the morning, it's what I check all the time - email, LoT, maybe digg if I have time (and probably don't).
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Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	I check out Fark pretty regularly. I visit OCWeekly on Friday's when the new issue is out... even though I live in the IE - I dig the OC version so much more. My google home page is pretty customized to the weather, major news stories and inclused /. I'm also fond of my dilbert cartoon. __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I don't have a lot of time before I head to work, but I do scan yahoo news, huffpost, but mostly hit LoT first thing. I will only hit CNN or any other spot like that if something drastic is happening (like CM blowing up something at Universal) __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	LoT, wOOt, maybe MSNBC, digg, and I'll often turn on SportsCenter on the teevee. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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01-05-2009, 10:04 AM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	asstr.org for starting the day the way g*d mandated. Actually my 15 minute pre-commute online routine is: 1. Email 2. Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle 3. MousePad 4. LJ 5. LoT 6. Take a shower 7. Go to work. I leave the news aggregating for later in the day.
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01-05-2009, 11:09 AM	#8
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	1. CNN.com 2. Honolulu Advertiser and or the Honolulu Star Bulletin 3. Facebook 4. LoT 5. Huffington Post 6. Advocate.com 7. Gmail In no particular order. I recently discovered Google Trends as well. It's fun trying to figure out why a lot of people are looking up what they are looking up.
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01-05-2009, 12:59 PM	#9
Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	I don't go to sites so much as let the news come to me via RSS and click through anything that looks interesting. My RSS subscription list is several hundred entries long. I do hit MousePad and LoT pretty early on, of course. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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