A lot of bloggers are doing weekly and monthly regular posts like ShoeMoney’s Free Shirt Friday and John Chow’s Dot Com Pho. It’s a great idea, too. Not only does it give my readers something more regular to look forward to, but it also gives me regular posts that just come pretty easy. So I’m jumping right in with Bookmark Friday.

Bookmark Friday will be a weekly post (starting today), in which I offer up some of the sites, articles, etc. I’ve bookmarked in the past week. Today’s is a bit larger since it’s the first one. If you know a link I might like to share, email it to joe@joetech.com. Don’t just point me to a (your) blog, though. Point me to a specific product or article you think is worth mention. If it is, I’ll mention it in the following Bookmark Friday post. Here’s my bookmarks for today’s Bookmark Friday:

FeedAnalysis from BlogPerfume (more tools)
This is a bit old, but if you have a blog and haven’t seen this, take a look. It gives a pretty good run down of how your feed numbers are coming along.

FusionCharts
This is some pretty cool graphical charting software to make good-looking online charts easy.

Use a Wiimote to Make Whiteboards Out of Anything
The name says it all.

OIOPublisher
This is probably the best way to sell ads on your blog or site. It’s what I use. Go buy ad space from me and see how it works.

passcracking.com
MD5-encrypted password recovery. Don’t ask.

Geek images
I had forgotten all about this one. Which one do you think I am?

BaseSites
I haven’t used them because I’m a web developer and don’t need them, really, but it looks like a great starting place for anyone wanting to get a site up quickly.

Mango
Learn another language online.

Tower Defense
This is an addicting flash game.

Crowdspirit
If you have an awesome product idea but no resources to implement it, head to this site. You lose most of the revenue if it goes big, but if you don’t have the capital to make it happen, a small cut is better than nothing.

Palms Out Sundays
Great source of some good music. I specifically bookmarked this link, but you should see more recent posts, too, since this one’s two years old. Check out the Brice Lee track, first.

Zombo.com
Way old, but still funny. Turn on your speakers.

Imitating A Scanner Darkly in Photoshop
Kinda cool for you graphics beginners

Nexuiz
Free, open source, First Person Shooter. I have bookmarked another one that you actually play in a browser. I’ll share that when I find it again.

MyVu
Head mounted displays. They should send me some product to review and play with.

Instructables: Make a small hover craft
I love techie DIY projects.

Ask A Ninja
Ninjas know everything, y’know.

Geeky wrapping paper
Just in time for the holidays!

newmindspace
Interactive public art… Big waste of time, or just a ton of creative fun?

Incredible little mech sculpture
Just awesome. I want one badly.

Tucker Max
Incredibly funny stories from what seems like a very obnoxious guy.

Here it is!

Obviously, I’m joking and aparently, so was the guy driving in front of me the other day, when he got this plate for his ride. This is why I keep my digital camera in my car.

Take a look at this picture and tell me why anyone would ever do this to a Corvette:

I guess you can find just about anything on Google StreetView with StreetViewFun.com

The funny thing is that picture was from Mesa, Arizona. I guess the heat does things to people’s heads out here.

I wonder what SouthPark creators have to say about this. If you’ve seen the episode of Southpark where Mr. Garrison gets fed up with the airline industry and invents “IT”, then you should recognize how much the new Wheelsurf resembles IT.

Unlike Garrison’s IT, Wheelsurf doesn’t require any, um, insertion to operate, but with a price tag nearing the $7,000 mark, it might feel the same. This thing cruises along at up to 20 miles per hour and you keep it upright much like a motorcycle (with balance). Looking for a little more information, I tracked this article back to Slipperybrick:

Powered by a Honda GX31 4-stroke engine, the WheelSurf 2007 delivers 31 cc of horsepower and 7,000 RPMs, and surprisingly it only weighs 50 kilos. You operate it by sitting down on it like a bike, grabbing the handlebar and then accelerating/braking using the right handle. The outer wheel revolves around propelling you forward while keeping the center level with the horizon.

[via SciFi and Crave]

Today, Google announced that it’s looking for companies with innovative ideas on how to make the world a greener place.

Today, Google.org has issued a request for proposals to the tune of $10 million in order to advance sustainable transportation solutions. We’re inviting entrepreneurs and companies to show us their best ideas on how they can contribute to this important cause. We need catalytic investments to support technologies, products and services that are critical to accelerating plug-in vehicle commercialization.

There’s more about this on the Google.org blog.g