Stumble Upon

I’ve just come across the grooviest web tool since – oh, Google or eBay or Technorati. It’s called Stumble Upon. First, stop using Internet Explorer as your web browser and install the far superior Firefox. Then download the Stumble Upon extension for Firefox. Close Firefox and reopen it.

 

You now have a Stumble Upon bar near the top. Click on the button to go to SU’s home page to set up a free account and choose your categories.

 

From now on, whenever you click the SU button in Firefox you will get random websites in the categories you have selected that other SU users have recommended. (You can recommend, too, obviously.)

 

Two of my first three random sites were excellent: try Politics Explained for a simple and facetious explanation of different political philosophies. Or for something sublime rather than ridiculous try the photograph of Kenneth Parker.