Week 5 - There's a Velcro crop?

For the purposes of this exercise I chose the site called "California's Velcro Crop Shortage."  I thought it to be funny from the start.  More about that in a minute.  First, the literacy quiz revealed that I actually knew very little.  To be specific, I knew questions 2,3, most of 7, and 13 - that's all!  Shocking because I thought I was pretty literate!  The upside is that I know bogus when I hear/see it.  As it turns out the Velcro shortage website dates back to 2001 and further checking reveals it's a parody (no kidding?), and even further checking reveals that it comes from the website of a consulting, research and publishing company.  There were links to the 'real' company found in the Velcro shortage page.  At the location of the 'real' person behind the purported velcro shortage article, there is an ample list of accurate and news worthy articles with references as well as satire such as the above.  Did anyone really think that velcro grows in fields?  In the end, even though I did poorly on the quiz, I do possess a fair amount of discernment.

I created a Delicious account for my bookmarks.  This was slightly frustrating in that I had a small panic attack when I realized that I had just made ALL my bookmarks public.  I don't really care for the world to see where I do banking and other related things, but I did find where I could delete all of them or make them private.  I do use a program called xmarks which will sync my bookmarks between my desk top and lap top.  I also use programs called Evernote and Dropbox so that certain notes or items can be shared between my two computers.

After looking over the other links provided, my final opinion is that stumble + delicious = a pretty good combination.  Who knew?

Here's my Delicious link:   http://www.delicious.com/3goodhorses