Look at the Stars, see how they Shine for you

...and everything that you do, and they were all yellow - Yellow by Coldplay. What a song, watch the music video here.

I had a shot at adding a blog post rating system to my blog a while ago, but was shot down in flames - just met too many complications. I hit Google again tonight, and came across this beauty at...

Not only is it a single copy & paste of a simple bit of javascript, but you don't even have to register! Coupled with this, the stars look really pretty. It also appears to be a highly intuitive piece of code,

The widget works with a personalization algorithm, which tries to compute a unique Personalized Relevancy Score for each reader, and for every item that is viewed. If the widget has enough data, the reader will see a message indicating how relevant this post may be. The algorithm is mostly based on a reader's rating history so... the more ratings that are cast, the more content can be personalized for each reader... more info here.

Just as cool, they go on to say "We don't stick our logo or any 'powered by outbrain' stuff through the widget." This is extremely unusual for free web applets, but also extremely cool. Get it. If you need a hand, drop a comment :D