online fave URL swap

Any restrictions?

No restrictions.. if people are offended easily by dirty humour or anything I would recomend not signing up for this swap just in case.

my 2 cents.....in the email just warn people if the links contain anything racy, then if they choose to open the links anyhow while they're at work or when they're kids are underfoot, it is they're own fault.

Won't all the emails have www.swapbot.com in them?

HEE-HEE! :-)

good point.. be sure to put "URL SWAP" or somehting similar in the title of the email so people know not to open it unless they're in an appropriate environment

hm yea. swap-bot.com would be in my list. i've already been telling people in the stores, at the hospital, and friends to hurry and come sign up. shameless, royalty free plugging.

NWS is a good code for not work safe.

since the deadline to send it tomorrow, when do we get our partners?

is* tomorrow. wooops!

Yah... I'm waiting... but not seeing partners being assigned. It would be kind of awkward if we didn't have our partners before we were required to email them. ;)

Most peculiar.

maybe something happened to sassyrassy?

i say - if we don't have partners by morning, we send our URL list to everyone on the participation list, or post them all here as a comment (for 40 feedback credits! haha)

a mod from another swap im in seems to have disappeared too. Maybe they went shopping together - in canada.

oh! i checked and that other swap is sassyrassy's too. (blows the theory of the two shopping together in canada)

something must have happened to keep her offline i guess. hopefully she's alright.

Gosh...when can we get our partners...? 8 more hours to 17.6.07! Yeah, maybe we can post all our favourite e-mail here if sassyrassy didnt respond! Much more...merrier...!

Still waiting. It is 5:39 a.m. in Minnesota, USA. This will be my first swap. This isn't very appealing. Like caelum says, I do hope she is alright.

oi! now im worried that if i leave home today, partners will be assigned in the few remaining hours to the deadline and i'll get myself a bad rating right out of the gate.

for the record, im ready!! please don't give me a bad rating if i miss the deadline tonight - i've got to work.

le sigh

I doubt that people would give bad ratings for the lateness seeing as nobody has had partners. I was all set to do it yesterday so i'd be early with them because its my first swap and want it to go well! Hope sazzyrazzy (sp?) Is ok though :)

yeah hope she'll be ok! its 10pm in Malaysia. Another 2 hours till the deadline! I'm going to sleep for goodness sake!

I've been checking for the last three hours... I woke up early this morning so I could close out as many swaps as possible... I'm ready with my sites too... So, we'll see what happens. Hope everything is alright.

Maybe we should post here and then if or when we get partners we can send them that way? Just an idea. I am getting really bummed. I was looking forward to this. And caelum, I wouldn't dream of giving you or anyone else a bad rating. It's not our fault.

nods i was looking forward to this swap, i still am. I was gonna talk about why i liked the sites etc - i think we should post ours here soon. Doesn't swap-bot auto assign partners after 2 days? Or maybe i was misreading!

This was going to be my first swap too :( It's 18.30 p.m in Spain and I don't have my partners...Hope everything is alright too.

Well, i'm going to make a little note under each of my URL's and post them here. i couldn't contain myself to 5, and am surprised i could contain it below 20, haha.

I hope all 40 of my new partners will find at least 1 new site they enjoy out of my bunch. :D

http://www.livescience.com/ very cool site about science news

http://www.AskANinja.com I love the ninja. He answers many of lifes good (and absurd) questions with a funny, ninja viewpoint. Subscribe to his podcast on itunes (it's free) for instant downloads of new episodes.

http://www.perpetualkid.com Some very cute, offbeat gifts and gadgets. The "Ex" knives are my fave!

http://www.spaceweather.com Space Weather News Updated Daily. Sky happenings, Photo's, Sunspot Info, Geomagnetic Storm Info, Check it daily or you'll miss some great things.

http://www.space.com More fabulous space junk. Links to SOHO, GOES, Hubble Image Galleries, Astronomy News, and on and on.

http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/2006/01/crossstitchpa.html This is something all you cross stitchers will love. Upload your own photo and it will generate a cross stitch pattern for you to print out. Very cool!

http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html Track space flight paths of the ISS and other satellites. Sky maps based on your location will tell you where to look and when to watch them flying overhead from space.

http://www.xericdesign.com/ Thee coolest desktop ever - Realtime Desktop Earth. If you like this sort of thing, it's well worth the purchase.

http://www.hathayogalesson.com/ If you're into yoga, or want to get into it - this is a terrific site with some very cute, animated yoga pose images that teach you how to move thru poses. Tons of other yoga info and links as well.

http://www.sock-dreams.com/ Some fantastic knee socks here girls! They've got some brilliant multi striped that i am drooling over.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html Astronomy Picture of The Day Archive (Listed By Date) and http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html Astronomy Picture of The Day Index (Grouped by type; Nebula, Planets, The Sun, etc)

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ GOES Geostationary Sattelite Images. Want to see satellite imagery across the world? Check out the water vapor maps for some eerily gorgeous cloud views.

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/gallery/ SoHo Gallery. If you love the sun, geomagnetic storms (the event on the sun that causes Aurora's) sunspots or anything related to the study of our sun - check out these galleries. The movies are fantastic!

http://www.jsritter.com Wholesalish priced beading supplies. I used to purchase all my sterling wire, semiprecious beads and supplies here. Very friendly staff!

http://www.2beadornot2bead.com Purchase your beads by the piece instead of by the strand or in a bag!

Well, swap-bot has some funky html disabler action going on so a few of those may have been screwy.

i double checked the cross stitch pattern maker and the url is Cross Stitch Pattern Generator

And if that didn't work here are a few other attempts

(http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/2006/01/crossstitchpa.html ) *http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/2006/01/cross_stitch_pa.html *

oh for craps sake - this stinks.

http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/2006/01/cross(insert an underscore here and remove the brackets)stitch(insert an underscore here and remove the brackets)pa.html

if it strips that out, i give up. haha

Hi all,

I am so excited. This is my first swap. I know it is pretty simple and easy, but I am eager to see what other sites I will become addicted to by swapping.

Hope this finds you all very well.

1. http://www.pogo.com - online gaming site that is free, and you get "tokens" that you can hang onto or trade in for actual cash prize contests.

2. http://www.scrapbook.com/places/bets6791 - this is my link to scrapbook.com, this is also a free site to be a member at, it is where I display all of my altered art and better scrapbook pages.

3. http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com - this is (obviously) a crochet pattern site, but I haven't paid for a pattern in three years, so if you crochet or know some one who does, give it a whirl.

4. http://www.ussantietam.com - this is a website about the USS Antietam (pronounced an-tee-tum), it is the naval ship that my grandfather served on at the end of WWII, I found it while doing research to journal on a scrapbook page.

5. http://www.worth1000.com - this is a website of galleries of photoshop challenges, I don't photoshop alter, but some of the pictures are really cool.

thanks caelum! cant wait to check out the sites you posted. way to take the first step too. katykins, i do believe you are right, they auto-assign, so who knows.

Yes, Swap-bot will auto assign and I think it is 3 days. In the meantime, I'm going to contact T&R. I'm sure something must have happened in Sassyrassy's life. As we all know...life does get in the way sometimes, so let's all just think good thoughts for SassyRassy that all is well.

If this is your first swap, please just know that this is unusual. Don't give up...try a few more swaps and you will see what I mean. Happy Swapping!!

Here's mine! I'm excited to share these with you!!

1. http://www.gigposters.com/ just like it says, tons of cool posters for musicians gigs. i could spend hours here just looking at them all

2. http://www.sweet-pockets.com beautiful cupcake bakery in atlanta!

3. feed://www.boygirlparty.com/podcast/boygirlparty_podcast.xml great free podcast music to download - you'll love it!

4. http://www.sandstromdesign.com/ fun, fun advertising agency site with quick cute games

5. http://www.whatisblik.com/walldecals.html Very hip removable wall decals or create your own!

6. http://www.filmmovement.com/ Film of the month club for award-winning independent & foreign films.

sorry guys, i had no access to internet for the last 2 days

if you don't send yours until tomorrow or the next day you won't be penalized .. moving the deadline up

by the way, posting them here is a good idea... it means EVERYONE in the swap can see everyone elses sites... good thinking! everyone keep posting here.. dont email them to your partner!

my fave URLS!! 1) www.icanhascheezburger.com 2)www.laundromatic.net 3)www.nervousness.org 4)www.postsecret.com 5)www.postcardx.net 6)www.postcrossing.com 7)podpodpost.net

I emailed mine to my partners but I'm also posting them here! :)

1 - http://www.care2.com/ 2 - http://www.pandora.com/ 3 - http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ 4 - http://www.neopets.com/ 5 - http://www.witchschool.com/

I also emailed mine to my partners so if I was your partner and you did not get it please let me know and I'll email it again :) Here are my five.

1. www.craftster.org 2. www.flickr.com 3. www.allrecipes.com 4. www.sparkpeople.com 5. www.yogajournal.com

I emailed my partners, but we're all sharing now, so here they are:

1. http://www.microrevolt.org/knitPro/index.php Turn your favorite picture into a cross-stitch or knit pattern!

2. http://www.cutxpaste.com/ a lovely crafty consignment shop.

3. http://saveakitty.org/ my boyfriend's mom's feral cat organization (shameless plug)

4. http://www.craftster.org/forum/

5. http://www.allthingskawaii.net/links/ cute stuff!

6. http://petmustache.com/ My newest favorite! Thanks burger king!

I was in another swap that required TEN sites (so I know... I way overshot. sowwy) I'll list my faves from my letter here, but will also send the actual letter/email to my partners... maybe they won't mind my huge email of fun to do things... if you want a copy of the email, lemme know! I describe what each place is in it, and it's on the way to my partners now!

And I'll just post the sites here tho, for fun sake:

www.neopets.com (referral if you join: http://www.neopets.com/refer.phtml?username=human_crouton)

www.livejournal.com (visit my dawg's blog: http://bboa.livejournal.com mine is 'clayshaper')

http://www.modthesims2.com/download.php (GREAT downloadable custom content for free!)

http://www.azteccalendar.com/

www.tarot.com (especially: http://www.tarot.com/about-tarot/decks/index)

http://www.africam.com/

www.dogster.com http://www.dogster.com/dogs/29088

www.catster.com http://www.catster.com/cats/85311 http://www.catster.com/dogs/85301 http://www.catster.com/cats/85307

www.popcap.com

www.imdb.com

www.43things.com http://www.43things.com/person/clayshaper

http://www.pennycollector.com

http://www.mapservices.org/myguestmap/

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

http://www.foundmagazine.com/

http://www.tut.com/

I sent mine, but so everyone else can see them;

http://www.scriptfrenzy.org

http://www.phoophie.com

http://www.crunchyroll.com

http://www.craftster.org

http://www.craftjumble.co.uk

http://www.tandastamps.com

http://www.writing.com

http://innocentcharmschats.blogspot.com

http://www.yours-truly.net

http://www.atcards.com

I didn't add the descriptions because otherwise they'd be no point of having partners! Haha. I sent the descriptions to them though :)

Here's a copy of the links I sent to all my partners. I'm leaving the descriptions out though. Just check them all out for yourself, they're worth a look!

http://www.fictionpress.com/

http://quotes.prolix.nu/

http://www.chancexchange.com/

http://www.alenushka.com/ECards.html

http://www.totallyfreestuff.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=6

http://www.dvdspot.com/

http://www.glitter-graphics.com/

http://www.livejournal.com

http://www.gaiaonline.com/

Here are the links I sent to my partners:

1. http://www.etsy.com : I love Etsy. A friend sent me the link a month ago and I’ve spent so much time there perusing the shops… There are so many talented people on Etsy!

2. http://www.backdoorjobs.com : This website catalogs short-term job opportunities all over the world. Think “volunteer vacation� type activities. I daydream about leaving my corporate job and running off to an organic farm somewhere and working for next to nothing… Also, http://www.vfp.org is a very similar site only there are many more worldwide opportunities…

3. http://www.mailleartisans.org/index.cgi : I started making chainmaille jewelry last year and this site is such an awesome resource. There are tutorials for dozens of patterns and lots of articles and help.

   1. http://www.homestead.com/peaceandcarrots/index.html : I have dreams of building a little house on my family’s land in Arkansas and going somewhat “off the grid.� The last time I was dreaming about this I came across this site and enjoyed reading the adventures of Heather. It doesn’t seem to be active anymore but browsing through the links about building the house, running the organic farm, hiking the Appalachian trail, etc still inspires me…

4. http://gorp.away.com/index.html : I enjoy camping and hiking and hope to combine the two and go backpacking someday… This site has so many articles and tips for anyone interested in outdoor activities.

5. http://lyrics.astraweb.com/ : I love song lyrics so whenever I hear a new song I like I have to go find out exactly what they’re saying… :)

   1. http://www.zappos.com/welcome.zhtml : Best on-line shoe store--awesome customer service!!

   2. http://www.goddess.com.au/home.htm : I love the affirmations they list for each goddess.

   3. http://www.azores.com//index.php : I lived here (on Terceira) for 2 1/2 years and would move back in a heartbeat so this is my way of “visiting�

6. https://shop.theliteracysite.com/store/site.do?siteId=2001 : Shopping that gives back to your choice of cause—just look at the top of the page and select: Hunger, Breast Cancer, Child Health, Rainforest, Animal Rescue or stay on this link and choose Literacy. There are so many neat gift items on the site and with great prices too… I’ll probably do a lot of Christmas shopping here this year!

Here are the links that I sent to my partners for anyone else who may be interested.

http://www.swap-bot.com

http://vox.com

http://amazon.com

http://www.quotationspage.com/

http://www.etsy.com/

http://perezhilton.com/

http://adsoftheworld.com/

http://www.tv-links.co.uk/

http://www.annetaintor.com/

http://www.deviantart.com/

http://www.ikea.com/us/en

www.countyoursheep.com This one is the best web-comic there is (in my opinion, anyway)! It's been out there for 4 years now. :)

veganlunchbox.blogspot.com Yes, I'm into packing lunches (what a weird hobby, right?)! And this site is great for anyone vegan and basically everyone else, too.

members.nuvox.net/~zt.proicer/cakepict/goodies.htm A wide selection of pictures of decorated cakes. It's amazing what people can do!

www.apple.com/trailers/ All the trailers you can look at. Especially great during break at work.

www.opendiary.com I've been on there for ages, lately haven't written that much, though. A great way to share your thoughts with everyone, though!

Soph

I emailed mine too, but here it is:

1) To play: www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal (cute flash games ) 2) To smile: www.fark.com (amazing,strange and funny news) 3) To read: www.bookcrossing.com (share your books!) 4) To watch: www.deviantart.com (full of great illustrators) 5) To get inspired: www.anabelgp.blogspot.com (if you love felt, this is your place)

I was wondering if there would be a round 2? I really wanted to include more links along with descriptions but I wasn't very sure what to do... If there is a round 2 I'll include a ton of links with a little write-up for them. * crosses fingers for another round * :)

here are mine :D

hey there i'm katy -- XD here are some my online favourite URLs. I thought this would be SO easy, but looking through my favourites I discovered mine were all swapping/shopping or random sites - so I apologise for a lack of variety and at least it gives you some insight into how obsessed I am with swapping/penpalling/shopping & the likes!

http://www.penpals-united.co.uk - a forum I found recently, run by someone I trade fbs with. it's quite new, so a little crazy trying to organise it at the mo, but a lot of fun. It has a swapping/penpals section and theres even a PIF in the fun area (which I adore) but needs to get off its feet. my username there is lightgrenade.

http://www.imdb.com - i find this site so useful. Need information on a movie/tv show? Don't know what other movies jennifer garner has done? How many episodes of CSI there are? Well my friend, this is the website for you!

http://www.find-dvd.co.uk - because we all love a bargain. Tis simple really, type in the boxset/dvd etc you're looking for and it'll bring back a list with the cheapest price and where to get it at the top and going down to the most expensive.

http://www.livejournal.com - because we all like to have a moan in our journals/diaries - what better way to do it online! You can make them private, friends only or public view - tis upto you. There's also a million zillion communities for everything from swapping to the oc to join. I'm suertetortura on there :D

http://www.swap-bot.com - ok, so i'm counting this one, but not really - because obviously we all love swap-bot. I'm a new member, but i'm hooked - even to the point of paying for the net' on my phone so I can check my mail, messages and swap-bot! There's some great people & great swaps XD

http://www.letraset.com - my girlf just got into drawing manga/anime and these sell all the pens/markers etc.

http://www.interpals.net - penpal website. Quite slow at loading but there's loads of different/interesting people on there.

http://www.rathergood.com - funny videos XD

http://www.homestarrunner.com - ok, so not so funny videos - but strongbad and his emails always reminds me of being 14 and "checking my sbe-mails" as I called them ^_^ such a geek that I am

I emailed these to my partners and will post here as well. Don't forget to rate your partners!!

http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr this is a site where you can translate into/from mulitiple languages

http://consumerist.com/ THIS IS MY FAVORITE. Get the phone number of the CEO at the store that provided horrible customer service or the airline that ticked you off and much more

http://www.bennetyee.org/ucsd-pages/area.html area codes

http://www.swapbabygoods.com/ a place to swap baby goods

http://solaas.com.ar/dreamlines/index.htm a visualization of your dreams...fun

http://www.couponcabin.com/ all kinds of coupons

http://fcmx.net/vec/get.swf?i =003702 this is the drawing (you can see it take place) of a woman from the inside out.

http://alexa.com/ rates web traffic. Great place to find new websites to check out

http://www.worldtimezone.com/ get the time anywhere in the world

http://www.fonefinder.net/ look up the owner of a phone number

http://www.kropla.com/howtocall.htm directions on how to make international calls

http://www.kropla.com/dialcode.htm international dialing codes

http://www.internic.net/whois.html learn who owns a particular URL and if it is available for purchase.

http://www.liveops.com/becomeanagent.html legitimate work from home business

http://www.rebit.com/index.html this is a product. A small easy to use computer back up. I LOVE mine.

http://www.gather.com/ a community site for publishing, join communities and more

http://www.mymms.com/customprint/ order custom printed M&M's

http://www.wisedecor.com/index.html buy "sayings or words" to put on your wall

http://calorielab.com/index.html Calorie counter

http://www.ibogleif.dk/spil/flashspil/minigolf/minigolf.swf a fun golf game

http://www.linkedin.com/profile?trk=tab_pro online business networking

http://www.scam.com/index.php check to see if you are being "scammed"

http://spacewander.com/USA/english.html pictures of outer space

http://www.zillow.com/ learn what a house is worth...anyone's. All you need is an address

http://www.skeptic.com/index.html for the Skeptical or questioning minds

http://www.bluethongsociety.com for women fighting frump and not ready for the Red Hat Society

http://ewomennetwork.com This is networking for businesswomen

1. This site is so fun. You can add your address and fill out a profile, which enables random strangers to post you something. You also can post things to random strangers:

http://postcardx.net/

1. A local site with many awesome mama writers. If you are not a mama, pass this on to the mamas in your life, as it's a very cool site:

http://www.austinmama.com/

1. This is a great site for some inspirational thoughts. I really enjoy the insights I receive in my inbox daily:

http://www.dailyom.com/

1. Fun paper toy projects to make:

http://www.thetoymaker.com/2Toys.html

1. Interesting concept...someday I will get around to creating a drop spot in my town. See if there is one in your town:

http://www.dropspots.org/

1. Funny quotes of conversations overheard in New York:

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/

1. This is how my journey into swap-bot began:

http://www.1001journals.com/

my profile there:

http://www.1001journals.com/directory/blissful_mama/

1. Lots of interesting recipes, entertaining and travel tips.

http://www.epicurious.com/

I know she said not to email partners, but im going to anyway as i've only received one rating of the 3 we should be getting. lots of good sites listed too you guys!

I haven't gotten any ratings yet even though I emailed my partners yesterday & posted my links here. :/

ha! i posted here AND emailed my partners thru swapbot so i'd know their spam filters wouldn't get it. still only 1 rating. how sad - i left 5's and even 1 heart for my partners. tis nice to reciprocate folks! :)

Hi! I want to let my partners know that I just got back from a mini vacation and just sent my fav's out now. When I left on Friday the partner list hadn't been sent out.
Thanks! Bethany

Bethne ~ I didn't receive your email, my filter might have rejected it, could you send it through the Swap-Bot message system? Thanks a bunch! :)