My lovely wife got me an iPod touch for my birthday, and I really like it. Since it has WiFi and the safari browser, its like having a tiny computer. I have been using it to check email (both through the gmail web page and the IMAP client that comes with it, again hitting gmail) read blogs (google reader), twitter (using safai and hahlo), listen to podcasts, etc. etc. All very cool.

Today I wanted to set up bookmarks to my del.icio.us account (easy enough) and a 'post to del.icio.us' bookmarklet. Setting up bookmarklets on the touch is difficult though - there is no 'drag this link to the toolbar' gesture in the touch interface. Luckily, I found a bookmarklet called iTransmogrify that allows me to see flash videos that are embedded in web pages. They have 2 sets of instructions for setting up a bookmarklet. One involves a PC and sync'ing bookmarks, which I didn't want to do. The second is somewhat tedious, but it is all doable through the device itself. Click on the link above to iTransmogrify and find the link that says 'add iTransmogrify from your iPhone' for a good set of instructions.

I haven't been able to find a delicious bookmarklet in the correct format, so I'll put one here and give you instructions on how to use it.

1. read all the directions first, and get them in your head.

2. Click on the link below, and then bookmark the page that opens.

3. Change the title of the bookmark to 'post to delicious' or something similar.

4. After bookmarking the page, go to your bookmarks, and select 'edit' at the bottom left.

5. tap the newly added bookmark to edit it.

6. Change the URL by removing the leading part of the URL, all the way up to 'javascript:'

7. change the word "username" that is in the remaining link to your username.

ok - now go install the 'post to del.icio.us' bookmarklet using the iTransmogrify instructions

I was reading a set of questions and answers with Robert Riech, and really liked this one:

Q: What should the U.S. government change in its current fiscal policies in order to lead by example?

A: The federal budget should be divided between past obligations (Social Security and Medicare), current expenditures (Medicaid, food stamps, national defense), and future investments (infrastructure, basic research, and education).

Past obligations should be funded by past and current contributions for these purposes. Current expenditures should be paid for by current revenues. Future investments may generate a deficit if the estimated future benefits from such investments exceed the estimated future borrowing costs. Families should do the same, no?

Something I think I need to look at and see if I am doing or not.