Apparently, we were a little confused when we heard about Weblins, the avatar-based social web-surfing tool we heard about last week. There's somewhat of a confusing difference between Weblins -- the software that lets users "adopt" a website and discuss it in a user-moderated forum -- and Weblin, the program that creates avatars so that friends can see what websites you're surfing.

With Weblin, you choose an avatar that will appear to other Weblin users on all the sites you're navigating, and you can chat with other friends whose avatars will appear as they surf simultaneously to you. It also has a virtual currency, "Kala," and users can buy additional functionality or trade gift items with one another. Weblin users also earn points for their activity that can be used to unlock exclusive avatars, and show bronze, silver and gold medals that demonstrate your web-surfing proclivity.