I was browsing one of my morning links WebAppers.com today and came across a recommended site: The Official “Successful Website Checklist Challenge.”

This simple checklist helps you (as a site owner, developer, etc) determine if your Web site is performing to your expectations, how to improve, and more.

I highly recommend a look-see for anyone that is involved with Web sites. I know I will be adding this checklist (or a bastardization of it) to my new-client sign up process.

I’ve been playing with Delicious Library 2 for a few minutes now (I use it at work to keep a collection of work-based books that I have on-hand for day-to-day use), and I have to say I like what I see.

Nothing really earth-shatteringly new for me (I’m not tracking movie files, games, hardware, or anything beyond my work books), but the “publish to…” actions are making me drool. With a simple two-click dialog, I was able to publish my work library to our local intranet (I have a personal page on our installed Wiki) as well as to my .Mac account.

Here’s a view of what’s in my work library.

Without editing the templates, or choosing beyond the defaults, I have to say the Web publish is pretty nice. I’m going to import some more books I have stored away (week-to-week use I guess?) and see if there’s anything new or exciting about the import process.

Oh, one thing I noticed: There’s an on-launch alert for me to update my PowerBook G4 to 10.5.3 as the graphics enhancements will be slow until I upgrade. Unfortunately, 10.5.3 isn’t available yet! Wil knows about this, however and has posted some tweets about it

Last night Justine and I bit the bullet and bought a Nintendo Wii. We’re quickly realizing how valuable it is to get off your ass and get involved with the games (you should have seen Justine go apey during Boxing).

As soon as we get out of the house, we’ll be buying the Wii Fit board. From friend’s reviews and demos, the Wii Fit is going to be a great (and fun) addition to our home. Especially on these odd rainy days.

Update: Justine and I were in Blaine this weekend, and while our road trip from Seattle to Blaine turned up empty for Wii Fits, the next day we found one in Bellingham - at Fred Meyer. We spent that evening and the next day getting our butts kicked into shape!

Well, it may not be “new” but it’s new to us. A 2000 Subaru Outback with all the trimmings (well, many trimmings).
We’re really satisfied with the deal we made, and we paid cash for the car which is a new treat for us ($8700 out the door). Only took about an hour to negotiate and seal the deal (down from $10,000).

We even got the dealer to agree to a timing belt change (on their dime) should the car need one, and talked them into filling the tank (about a $60 savings for us).
We can’t wait to take a road trip!