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Quotes of the Day

"Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.": - Bertrand Russell
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind.": - Jane Caminos
"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.": - H. L. Mencken
"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.": - William H. Borah

Word of the Day

fallow - adjective: 1. Inactive or unproductive. 2. (Of land) left to lie idle for a season, sometimes after plowing. noun: 1. Land left to lie idle to restore its fertility. 2. The act of plowing land and leaving it unseeded. verb tr.: To leave unseeded.

About iParrot

iParrot is a quickly hacked up replacement for iGoogle that I wrote in a few hours.

The name changes every time the page is reloaded because:

naming things is hard, so I decided to skip it
it's a small tribute to FireSomething, credited with the original idea and many of the animals in the list.

There is basically just one feature - you can set the location for the weather forecast. Enjoy!