Speaking of Stumbles, I am now testing a WordPress plugin from DCoda called WP_StumbleDigest which allows me to make a combined post of all my daily stumbles on StumbleUpon.

From the  DCoda website:

WP_StumblerDigest uses your StumbleUpon RSS feed to create a daily digest of your stumbles. Updates are activated by site visits and can be scheduled by using the options screen. Stumbles will be added to a daily post for each day that there are stumbles, new stumbles will be appended to each daily posts as they are added. The posts are set to automatically publish at 1 second to midnight of the day in question.

The only thing you will need after installing the plugin is your Stumble ID which is found at the end of your RSS feed. An easier way to get the ID# is just to mouse-over your profile picture in the StumbleUpon home screen. You will see : User ID# xxxxxxx (where x represents a number). Input this in Settings—Stumble Digest. We’ll see how it turns out tomorrow.

There are addons and there are addons, but my very favourite of all has to be the StumbleUpon Firefox Addon. Firefox is the only browser I use, so I don’t know if it is available for any other. Once you’ve tried it (StumbleUpon), you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.

The concept is simple: sign up for free, download the browser toolbar, and check a few boxes to tell it the kinds of sites you like. You can choose your site or channel then hit the stumble button….a random site (previously recommended by a fellow stumbler) will open. You have the option to give it thumbs up if you like it or thumbs down if you don’t. If you do, it will be added to your profile as a list of sites you like. It is also added to the toolbar as a Favorites (Star) Icon for future reference.

The more stumbling you do, the more StumbleUpon understands what you like. It uses community-based ratings to compare your results with people having similar preferences so that it can make quality recommendations.

It is great for when you want to surf and don’t know where to go or when you want to view different sites from a specific channel. When I want to view different blogs, I just select the WordPress or Blogspot category and just keep hitting the stumble button. The Stumble Images Icon is perfect for the times I want to look at some beautiful photos. You will find your way of using it, depending on your preferences. This is an addon every browser should have.

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<a href="http://www.dejagib.com/blog/2008/07/22/powell-defeats-bolt">Powell defeats Bolt | Blog To The World</a>
<blockquote>Video of the battle between the World’s two fastest men…ever continues.</blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.dejagib.com/blog/2008/07/22/arsenal-transfers-08-09">Arsenal Transfers 2008-2009 Pre-Season | Blog To The World</a>
<blockquote>Arsenals seemingly poor signings in the transfer market.</blockquote>
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