I bought a new laptop recently (note to self: send rebate form in to get my $180 rebate!) and last night I finally got around to moving files from my old laptop to the new machine. It’s been a while since I switched laptops, and I had forgotten what a pain it is. I used one of those Belkin easy transfer cables to move everything, and that was simple, but I still had to download Firefox, and add in the extensions and add ons I use with it.

When I did the Firefox install, one of the questions I was asked was what did I want my homepage to be? Because I was in a bit of a hurry, I just kept the standard Google Firefox search homepage I’ve been using on my old laptop. BORING! The laptop came with a Toshiba homepage in IE, and it’s sort of neat - but it doesn’t look right in Firefox. I’d like to have something a little more custom, a little more fun, and a lot cooler than the lame-o Google page, which is what led me to HomePagle. I can use this site to create a cool custom homepage for Firefox, complete with a picture of moi, or some celebrity, AND the functionality of Google search.

When you create a HomePagle homepage you’ve got your choice of premade templates featuring female celebrities, male celebrities, cars, animal images, sports themes, landscape pictures, holiday themes, and music as well. The Google box on your homepage moves, and you can drag it around the image and place it where ever it fits best. This is so easy, my mother could do it!

Here’s a screenshot of my Homepagle homepage:

Easy, fun, cool, and fresh!