I also find the add to scratchpad option very useful - the link shows up as HTML markup in your scratchpad and can then trivially be added to your homenode, which is where I keep things I want to have around.

My personal nodelet, in contrast, carries few links - the ones I miss in the navigation at the top:

• User settings
• Nodes to consider
• ignored users
• scratch pad viewer
• the Default Node (which I use for bouncing on the chatterbox)

Makeshifts last the longest.