Flickr has added the cool new Interestingness feature that identifies interesting photos based on what other users think of those photos. Using this new feature you can generate calendars that display the most interesting photos by using urls like this:

• http://flickr.com/explore/interesting/2004/05/ for May 2004 or
• http://flickr.com/explore/interesting/2005/01/ for January 2005

I could not find a simple URL like http://flickr.com/explore/interesting/thismonth to display the calendar for the current month, so I created a bookmarklet to automatically create the URL. A bookmarklet is simply an URL that contains a JavaScript snippet instead of an url.

To use this bookmarklet, you can simply drag the link below to your favorites or bookmarks folder:

Flickr Calendar

To make Flickr Calendar your browser’s default home page, copy the code below and follow the instructions for your browser:

In Internet Explorer, click on the Tools menu then choose the Internet Options item. Next, make sure that the General tab is selected, then paste the above text into the field that says Address:

In Firefox, click on the Tools menu then choose the Options… item. Next, click on the General icon located at the top left of the options window, then paste the above text into the field that says Location(s). Remember that in Firefox, you can have multiple start pages (each one opens up in a new tab) by placing a pipe (|) character between each URL. So if you like to visit Yahoo and the Flickr Calendar, type http://www.yahoo.com| followed by the pasted code above.

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