The Wily Filipino

All Consuming.

There's a whole slew of cool blog plugins and whatnot out there, from my GeoURL box in the lower right (not that I click on it very often), to my FastCounter (which, unfortunately, counts my refreshes as hits as well), my referrers list from Stephen's Web, to everyone's favorite, Blogrolling. (I would have installed that Weather Pixie if I found one that looked like me.)

But my current favorite -- and surely the coolest one I've seen in a long time -- is Erik Benson's All Consuming, which takes the place of my "Now Reading" list on the right. The little bit of javascript code reads from your All Consuming collection (of books you're currently reading, but you can also list those just finished, or about to read, or your favorites), fetches an image, adds a link to the book on Amazon.com with your Amazon Associate ID, and even includes your optional comments. The best part, though, is the All Consuming website itself, which tracks books mentioned in the All Consuming-enabled blogosphere every hour, and ranks them weekly.

All Consuming is obviously a real labor of love, and Erik Benson -- who helped me with a problem getting the results to display, above and beyond any kind of call of duty -- deserves your support (if only to spread the word about his great program).