I looooooove google earth!  Ever since I was young, I enjoyed poring over and creating maps of places I visited.  I had fun typing in the addresses of all of the places I've lived over the past 30 years and seeing them again!
I created a Picasa account and uploaded some pictures.  I must say that many of these applications didn't really appeal to me, though.  I enjoy my privacy and don't like the idea of having to make all of my appointments, pictures, etc., public to people I know.  It kind of creeps me out to think that my stuff is out there in the vast interwebs.  I also cringe to think of some of the things that students may upload onto such a site if I were to have one for the class.  
I created a google alert for "Heart of Darkness," and I'm interested to see what comes of it.  I would definitely use this function during the year as I complied lit crit and other information on the texts my students were reading.
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