Two Fridays ago, I had the day off so I decided to take a hike at the Patapsco State Park near my house. Climbing up to the waterfall area reminded me that I am a bit out of shape, but the hike was worth it. My camera phone doesn't do the serenity and beauty of the area any justice.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Things 9, 20, and 21
Ok, so I thought I posted these things already, but in all actuality, I just drafted them. Ooopsie! That'll learn me to pay closer attention to what I am doing! Sorry for the lack of order, but I figured it was just easier to cut and paste them and put them all together in one posting. My apologies to anyone offended by my inconsistency. =-D
THING 9- MERLIN
I created a Merlin account and a MD23-ning account. I must say that I am a cheater because when I was looking for things, I used the search boxes instead of searching for things on the page. Also, when looking for newsfeeds, I looked for ones that other people had recommended. There is soooo much information available that it was a bit overwhelming in the beginning, but the more exploring I do, the more comfortable I feel with it.
THINIG 20- YouTube
I’ve been a user of YouTube for a while now. I first became acquainted with it a few years ago when one of my friends roped me into being in a “Don’t be afraid to vote” commercial. Since, then, when I need to find video for something, I go to YouTube first. The only bad thing about YT is that anyone can put stuff on the site and there are great discrepancies in quality. The video that I chose for this exercise is http://youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg and it’s about fainting goats. I discovered fainting goats a few years ago and when I am having a bad day, a fainting goat video can make me smile.
One feature that I think would be helpful to add to the library catalog would be the 5 start rating thing they do. I am sure that patrons would love to be able to rate the books they check out and to see how other books are rated.
Thing 21- Podcasts
I’d never listened to a podcast before MD23, but the experience was a good one.
I added a few podcasts to my bloglines. Although I was not able to listen to them yet, they look promising. One looks like it has things for children to listen to. If it IS indeed what I think it will be, it is an awesome concept. It would allow children to listen to pre-recorded storied via internet. I chose this one because you didn’t need a special player to listen to them. I also added an RSS feed for LibVibe, which is a library news site. The few times I’ve been able to find time to listen to the podcast, I liked it because it was like a radio station of just library-related items.
For grins and giggles, I also subscribed to a few history and education podcasts via iTunes and they have proven mot interesting. I subscribed to a one that is a daily Spanish learning podcast (they didn’t have a Russian podcast, so I settled even though I speak no Spanish just to explore). Unfortunately, the podcasts in iTunes are a bit on the limited side for the subjects that I am interested in, but they are fascinating none the less.
THING 9- MERLIN
I created a Merlin account and a MD23-ning account. I must say that I am a cheater because when I was looking for things, I used the search boxes instead of searching for things on the page. Also, when looking for newsfeeds, I looked for ones that other people had recommended. There is soooo much information available that it was a bit overwhelming in the beginning, but the more exploring I do, the more comfortable I feel with it.
THINIG 20- YouTube
I’ve been a user of YouTube for a while now. I first became acquainted with it a few years ago when one of my friends roped me into being in a “Don’t be afraid to vote” commercial. Since, then, when I need to find video for something, I go to YouTube first. The only bad thing about YT is that anyone can put stuff on the site and there are great discrepancies in quality. The video that I chose for this exercise is http://youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg and it’s about fainting goats. I discovered fainting goats a few years ago and when I am having a bad day, a fainting goat video can make me smile.
One feature that I think would be helpful to add to the library catalog would be the 5 start rating thing they do. I am sure that patrons would love to be able to rate the books they check out and to see how other books are rated.
Thing 21- Podcasts
I’d never listened to a podcast before MD23, but the experience was a good one.
I added a few podcasts to my bloglines. Although I was not able to listen to them yet, they look promising. One looks like it has things for children to listen to. If it IS indeed what I think it will be, it is an awesome concept. It would allow children to listen to pre-recorded storied via internet. I chose this one because you didn’t need a special player to listen to them. I also added an RSS feed for LibVibe, which is a library news site. The few times I’ve been able to find time to listen to the podcast, I liked it because it was like a radio station of just library-related items.
For grins and giggles, I also subscribed to a few history and education podcasts via iTunes and they have proven mot interesting. I subscribed to a one that is a daily Spanish learning podcast (they didn’t have a Russian podcast, so I settled even though I speak no Spanish just to explore). Unfortunately, the podcasts in iTunes are a bit on the limited side for the subjects that I am interested in, but they are fascinating none the less.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Thing 23- Summarizing! Huzzah!
Whew! I finally made it to the end. Because I am horrible at thinking of what to say, I am just going to use the questions in the "if you are drawing a blank" prompt. Please forgive my lack of originality. :)
What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey? My favorite discovery activities were Librarything.com and right now, Project Gutenburg is coming a close second. I have already shown a handful of our regular library patrons Librarything and they love it too. It's an easy and effective way to keep a log of what books you have read. The only downfall is that the free account is limited to two hundred books. My solution to get around this? Start a second listing with the number 2 after your original log in. It keeps it simple. :) Project Gutenburg is running a close second because they, unlike other web-based e/audiobook sites, have literature in foreign languages. I still have many aspects to explore, but I am smitten with it already.
How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals? This program has shown me that not all technology is scary and there are so many resources on line that we don't know about that could prove themselves valuable in the library setting.
Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you? An unexpected outcome for this program is that I feel more confident and comfortable in manipulating technology. Sure, I am not a pro and there are bound to be mistakes, but as long as there is a decent tutorial and I follow directions, I'll be fine and nothing is irreparable.
What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept? I think that having the option to do the program with a buddy would be very beneficial for a lot of people who are not as confident as others. I notices in a lot of braches, there was a lot of natural-pairing with staff, if for nothing more than moral support.
And last but not least… If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate? Probaby yes. It was very helpful in exploring the newer technologies. Without the program, I would have never been exposed to certain sites. It would be nice to have another program in maybe two years to see how technology has changed. (Every year would just become burdensome and wouldn't make as much an impact as a bi-yearly program, in my opinion.)
How would you describe your learning experience in a few words or a few sentences, so we can share our successes and promote this program?
What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey? My favorite discovery activities were Librarything.com and right now, Project Gutenburg is coming a close second. I have already shown a handful of our regular library patrons Librarything and they love it too. It's an easy and effective way to keep a log of what books you have read. The only downfall is that the free account is limited to two hundred books. My solution to get around this? Start a second listing with the number 2 after your original log in. It keeps it simple. :) Project Gutenburg is running a close second because they, unlike other web-based e/audiobook sites, have literature in foreign languages. I still have many aspects to explore, but I am smitten with it already.
How has this program assisted or affected your lifelong learning goals? This program has shown me that not all technology is scary and there are so many resources on line that we don't know about that could prove themselves valuable in the library setting.
Were there any take-aways or unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised you? An unexpected outcome for this program is that I feel more confident and comfortable in manipulating technology. Sure, I am not a pro and there are bound to be mistakes, but as long as there is a decent tutorial and I follow directions, I'll be fine and nothing is irreparable.
What could we do differently to improve upon this program’s format or concept? I think that having the option to do the program with a buddy would be very beneficial for a lot of people who are not as confident as others. I notices in a lot of braches, there was a lot of natural-pairing with staff, if for nothing more than moral support.
And last but not least… If we offered another discovery program like this in the future, would you again chose to participate? Probaby yes. It was very helpful in exploring the newer technologies. Without the program, I would have never been exposed to certain sites. It would be nice to have another program in maybe two years to see how technology has changed. (Every year would just become burdensome and wouldn't make as much an impact as a bi-yearly program, in my opinion.)
How would you describe your learning experience in a few words or a few sentences, so we can share our successes and promote this program?
Thing 22-Project Gutenburg, Overdrive and NetLibrary
I explored NetLibrary, Overdrive and Project Gutenburg. I wound up getting lost in the world of Gutenburg because they have foreign language books in both audio and e-text format. As a linguist, I became quickly fascinated at all of the languages they provide. Granted, some languages only have 1 or 3 items under the language listing, but still, it was far more material than was available elsewhere. Also, it was easier to manipulate than Overdrive and NetLibrary. The only downfall that I came across may just be an error of my behalf, but the etext items were only viewable, not able to be saved on my computer like the audio files were.
I am very curious (and excited!) to see how Project Gutenburg evolves over the next few months and the next few years.
I am very curious (and excited!) to see how Project Gutenburg evolves over the next few months and the next few years.
"7.5 Habits..." AKA "The Accidentally Skipped Thing 2"
I inadvertantly skipped "Thing 2"! Ooops! Thanks for the reminder e-mail!
The easiest habit for me is accepting responsibility for my own learning. I love learning new things and go out of my way to find new things to learn, even if it is something obscure like "the newest symbol to the Internation Phonetic Alphabet is a symbol representing a labio-dental flap, but it not found in Standard American English". (As an aside, I am a language/linguistics junkie and actually had a small celebration with friends over the labio-dental flap.:-D) If ever a day goes by that I fail to learn something, it will be because I failed to make the effort to learn something. Ultimately, I am the ONLY one to be held accountable for my own learning. Besides, how do you get someone to learn for you?
Definitely, the hardest habit for me is to view a problem as a "challenge". I am overly practical at times and I call things as I see them. Problems are problems and shouldn't be sugar-coated. Sometimes I am viewed as having a negative perspective on certain things because I call them like I see them, but to me, it's just being honest without any attempt at deception. The way the distinction works in my mind is like this: A challenge can be accepted or denied. A challenge can also be met or you can fail the challenge. Problems have an immediacy. Problems need to be solved. To me, there is a distinct difference between the two. Problems are a little more immediate and require attention. A challenge is not as immediate and it can be put on then back-burner. I don't know, but to me, it's very difficult to call an apple an orange. Like I said earlier, often times, my practicality is perceived as pessimism, but I am working like a fiend to overcome this. For those of you who know me: Please be patient; I am a work in progress. =-D
The easiest habit for me is accepting responsibility for my own learning. I love learning new things and go out of my way to find new things to learn, even if it is something obscure like "the newest symbol to the Internation Phonetic Alphabet is a symbol representing a labio-dental flap, but it not found in Standard American English". (As an aside, I am a language/linguistics junkie and actually had a small celebration with friends over the labio-dental flap.:-D) If ever a day goes by that I fail to learn something, it will be because I failed to make the effort to learn something. Ultimately, I am the ONLY one to be held accountable for my own learning. Besides, how do you get someone to learn for you?
Definitely, the hardest habit for me is to view a problem as a "challenge". I am overly practical at times and I call things as I see them. Problems are problems and shouldn't be sugar-coated. Sometimes I am viewed as having a negative perspective on certain things because I call them like I see them, but to me, it's just being honest without any attempt at deception. The way the distinction works in my mind is like this: A challenge can be accepted or denied. A challenge can also be met or you can fail the challenge. Problems have an immediacy. Problems need to be solved. To me, there is a distinct difference between the two. Problems are a little more immediate and require attention. A challenge is not as immediate and it can be put on then back-burner. I don't know, but to me, it's very difficult to call an apple an orange. Like I said earlier, often times, my practicality is perceived as pessimism, but I am working like a fiend to overcome this. For those of you who know me: Please be patient; I am a work in progress. =-D
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Things 15, 16, and 17
Thing 15: Because I read the entries for perspectives on Library 2.0, I had to go back and re-read them and the same thing stood out to me both times that I went through them.
"Librarian 2.0 controls technolust. This librarian does not buy technology for the sake of technology. “Techno-worship” does not exist here. Without a firm foundation in the mission and goals of the institution, new technologies are not implemented for the sake of coolness and status. Technology is put to the test: Does it meet the users need in a new or improved way? Does it create a useful service for putting users together with the information and experience they seek? These are some of the questions this librarian asks when planning for technology. This librarian creates and nurtures a living, breathing technology plan." From my personal experience, people believe one of two things- 1: That libraries are outdated and will eventually become extinct on favor of all information being accessible online and 2: Libraries follow the latest trends and have unlimited fundin to roll back and forth on the trends-tide and to be able to follow with popular, no matter how impractical. I like how this passage explains how all technologies have to be assessed and analyzed to see if it will prove useful for long-term use by library users. I think that more people need to take a step back and realize that the library, while not not out dated and well on the way to extinction, that we actually have to take time and effort and energy to apick technologies that are useful and benefitial for the entire library community.
Thinhg 16- I thought that the usage of the wikis for book lists and reviews was a very good usage of the concept of a wiki.
Thing 17- Even though it took me a while to figure out how to add my blog and link it, I think I did it right. :)
"Librarian 2.0 controls technolust. This librarian does not buy technology for the sake of technology. “Techno-worship” does not exist here. Without a firm foundation in the mission and goals of the institution, new technologies are not implemented for the sake of coolness and status. Technology is put to the test: Does it meet the users need in a new or improved way? Does it create a useful service for putting users together with the information and experience they seek? These are some of the questions this librarian asks when planning for technology. This librarian creates and nurtures a living, breathing technology plan." From my personal experience, people believe one of two things- 1: That libraries are outdated and will eventually become extinct on favor of all information being accessible online and 2: Libraries follow the latest trends and have unlimited fundin to roll back and forth on the trends-tide and to be able to follow with popular, no matter how impractical. I like how this passage explains how all technologies have to be assessed and analyzed to see if it will prove useful for long-term use by library users. I think that more people need to take a step back and realize that the library, while not not out dated and well on the way to extinction, that we actually have to take time and effort and energy to apick technologies that are useful and benefitial for the entire library community.
Thinhg 16- I thought that the usage of the wikis for book lists and reviews was a very good usage of the concept of a wiki.
Thing 17- Even though it took me a while to figure out how to add my blog and link it, I think I did it right. :)
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Things 18 and 19- Online Productivity Things
I just experimented with Zoho and Google Docs and was amazed by them.
I am really glad that they are included in the MD 23 because now I have some other options to offer patrons who come into the library and slave over resumes or homework for their allotted 45 minutes and then come racing to the information desk in a sweaty panic with 2 minutes to spare before their time is up because they don't have a disk and/or money to purchase a disk to keep all of their work from being lost and they don't know what to do! (Whew! That was a really long sentence!) Everyone knows the patrons that I am talking about.
With Zoho and Google Docs, they can save their information online and even save documents that had been save on disk to their accounts.
I will most definitely keep these two Online Productivity tools in mind! :)
I am really glad that they are included in the MD 23 because now I have some other options to offer patrons who come into the library and slave over resumes or homework for their allotted 45 minutes and then come racing to the information desk in a sweaty panic with 2 minutes to spare before their time is up because they don't have a disk and/or money to purchase a disk to keep all of their work from being lost and they don't know what to do! (Whew! That was a really long sentence!) Everyone knows the patrons that I am talking about.
With Zoho and Google Docs, they can save their information online and even save documents that had been save on disk to their accounts.
I will most definitely keep these two Online Productivity tools in mind! :)
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Week #6, Del.icio.us and Technorati
I set up a del.icio.us account today and I think it's pretty cool. So far, I only have a few of the homepages listed for some of my favorite authors, but it is handy to have all of the links in one place.
I also played around a bit on the technorati site and I think it is ok if someone is willing to wade through all of the results for tags that they look for to find something that is actually relevant, but it is not really a website for me. It seemed to me to take longer to find things of relevance through the tag searches than looking for things the traditional way, but that may be just me. :-)
I'm going to explore it some more and see if is just operator error and there is a faster way to sort through the results or if I am just old fashioned and don't have the patience to dig through results. We shall see! :-D
I also played around a bit on the technorati site and I think it is ok if someone is willing to wade through all of the results for tags that they look for to find something that is actually relevant, but it is not really a website for me. It seemed to me to take longer to find things of relevance through the tag searches than looking for things the traditional way, but that may be just me. :-)
I'm going to explore it some more and see if is just operator error and there is a faster way to sort through the results or if I am just old fashioned and don't have the patience to dig through results. We shall see! :-D
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Thursday Morning Commute Rant... (not MD 23 related)
This morning, I almost died on the way to work. Here's how it all went down:
I was getting onto 895 from Ritchie Hwy to go to work up in White Marsh and behind me was this minivan. Then this dirty-green minivan gets closer and closer until it is so far up my bumper that it's driver can read the books I had in the backseat. He continues to ride me like a bad donkey and gets super pissed when I let someone else in front of me. (The other person used a blinker and I am a nice person, so I let them over.) The crazed minivan gets so close that I can't even see the hood of the minivan then he gets over in the land that was ending and kept swerving into my lane, threatening to RAM me! I mean, the lane that he got over into was the "This lane ends in a couple of feet lane" and then he got pissed that I wouldn't let him over!!! He wasn't even using a blinker!!! I had to drive on the shoulder to let him pass and then he gives me THE DOUBLE BIRD! I mean, this 70+ year old, bushy-eyebrowed, handicap-tag, kamikaze minivan driving maniac FLIPPED ME THE DOUBLE BIRD! Let me tell you, I was not a happy driver. If I was a petty person, I would have high-beamed him all the way through the tunnel, but I am not, so I didn't. I mean, I am not going to lie, but thought about high-beaming the hades out of him, but my going-thru-the-tunnel mantra was "I am a better person than him. I am a better person than him. I am a better person than him." I also had to stop myself from calling all of my friends that are law enforcement agents (State Troopers, Transit Cops, etc) to pull this maniac over. I wasn't able to stop myself from smiling though when a county cop followed him off his exit.
Anywho, that's how my morning went. I just thought I'd share, just in case anyone is on 895 and happens across this very same kamikaze, overly-agressive, bushy-eyebrowed, dirty-green minivan-driving, double-bird-flipping, handicap-tagged senior citizen.
Here's to a good commute home! :-D
I was getting onto 895 from Ritchie Hwy to go to work up in White Marsh and behind me was this minivan. Then this dirty-green minivan gets closer and closer until it is so far up my bumper that it's driver can read the books I had in the backseat. He continues to ride me like a bad donkey and gets super pissed when I let someone else in front of me. (The other person used a blinker and I am a nice person, so I let them over.) The crazed minivan gets so close that I can't even see the hood of the minivan then he gets over in the land that was ending and kept swerving into my lane, threatening to RAM me! I mean, the lane that he got over into was the "This lane ends in a couple of feet lane" and then he got pissed that I wouldn't let him over!!! He wasn't even using a blinker!!! I had to drive on the shoulder to let him pass and then he gives me THE DOUBLE BIRD! I mean, this 70+ year old, bushy-eyebrowed, handicap-tag, kamikaze minivan driving maniac FLIPPED ME THE DOUBLE BIRD! Let me tell you, I was not a happy driver. If I was a petty person, I would have high-beamed him all the way through the tunnel, but I am not, so I didn't. I mean, I am not going to lie, but thought about high-beaming the hades out of him, but my going-thru-the-tunnel mantra was "I am a better person than him. I am a better person than him. I am a better person than him." I also had to stop myself from calling all of my friends that are law enforcement agents (State Troopers, Transit Cops, etc) to pull this maniac over. I wasn't able to stop myself from smiling though when a county cop followed him off his exit.
Anywho, that's how my morning went. I just thought I'd share, just in case anyone is on 895 and happens across this very same kamikaze, overly-agressive, bushy-eyebrowed, dirty-green minivan-driving, double-bird-flipping, handicap-tagged senior citizen.
Here's to a good commute home! :-D
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Week 4: RSS Feeds
Hey there, y'all!
I set up a Bloglines account about a week and a half ago, but have only managed to remember to check it twice. Some of the things that I subscribed to were LibraryBytes, the Shifted Librarian, Librarian's Internet Index, and this goofy little library cartoon called Unshelved. I am still getting the hang of it. I am trying to break the habit of automatically going to the sites I am interested in and looking for what I want.
I really enjoy the concept that you can have all of the information that you subscribed to sent to one spot. It can be really useful especially for library internet users that only have a limited amount of time on the internet a day. With the RSS feeds, they can subscribe to what they want to be kept up to date on and check the one site as opposed to usintg their time allotments wading through ads.
I set up a Bloglines account about a week and a half ago, but have only managed to remember to check it twice. Some of the things that I subscribed to were LibraryBytes, the Shifted Librarian, Librarian's Internet Index, and this goofy little library cartoon called Unshelved. I am still getting the hang of it. I am trying to break the habit of automatically going to the sites I am interested in and looking for what I want.
I really enjoy the concept that you can have all of the information that you subscribed to sent to one spot. It can be really useful especially for library internet users that only have a limited amount of time on the internet a day. With the RSS feeds, they can subscribe to what they want to be kept up to date on and check the one site as opposed to usintg their time allotments wading through ads.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Just trying to figure something out...
Hey there! I am Just trying to figure out how to put pics from Flickr into my blog. If I am successful, you should see an adorable kitty!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Week #5
Hi everyone! Yes, I DO know that I skipped 4 for now, but I reckoned that because I already generated an image for myself that I would go ahead and play around with the Library Thing. Take a look!
Monday, July 2, 2007
Poems, as per request...
Hi there! There was a request for me to post some of my poetry, so here goes. The first one I wrote just for fun and to help convey to some of my friends why I write. The other two were "situation inspired".
Enjoy and please be gentle! :-D
Playground
Cinderella Abandoned
Enjoy and please be gentle! :-D
My Words
I write because I need to, words are in my veins.
Cut me to the heart, and verses it will rain.
They pour forth, flooding, flooding down.
The daft and the weak, my words they will drown.
My words are my refuge, my shelter from the storms.
Words are my armor, to protect me from the hordes.
Life is a battle, unrelenting and unyielding;
My words are my breastplate, my sword and my shielding.
My words can cut you deep, deeper than any knife.
My words give me power; they are the source of my life.
My words give me courage, and strength against despair.
Strip away my words, and my soul will be left bare.
Words are my existence, my very reason to be;
With the strength of my words, from nothing will I flee.
Playground
Black ochre around her eyes.
Painted jeans hugging thighs.
Lips redder than the Corvette she'd been inlast night.
Hair bleached to translucent white.
Every night, newfound innocence played;
One more lure to get paid.
Turns her head as a cop rides by.
No remorse. No tears. No sigh.
Readjusts her breasts in a shirt too small,
Showing too much, but not all.
Against the light pole she seductivly leans.
She's only a child; she's only fifteen.
Cinderella Abandoned
The castle's burned.
The crown long gone.
Neither prince nor knight,
To carry her home.
No footmen, no mice,
No pumpkin-coaches.
Godmother vanished,
Like glass slippers and gold broaches.
Barefoot, proud,
Yet beautiful still,
Alone she walks
In the moonlit chill.
Loneliness constant,
Never leaving or bending.
Searching constantly,
For her happy ending...
Thursday, June 28, 2007
ARRGH! I've been tagged...
Periodicfrippery tagged me.So, I'll be a good sport and play along.
Rules are:
List 8 facts/habits about yourself.
Post the rules of the game at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed.
At the end of the post, "tag" 8 people by posting their names.
Then go to their blogs and leave them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
So...
One (fact): I am the oldest of five children. I have three younger brothers and a younger sister.
Two (fact): I write poetry and have been published on several occasions.
Three (fact): I agree with the new studies that birthorder does affect intelligence. The older children in a family are most definitely smarter than the younger, but I may be biased. :)
Four (habit): I am a sucker for a good cause and I purchase lots of unnecessary items in the name of a good charity.
Five (fact): Spelling is NOT my forte and I don't care about it because English is a plastic language and is constantly changing anyway.
Six (habit): When I am super stressed and at my breaking point, I cook and bake and do laundry. (How domestic of me!)
Seven (habit): I am addicted to supernatural romances. Vampires, witches, angels, psychics hunting psychos... throw in a romantic angle and I am hooked. I figure hey, I live in the real world, why do I need to read about it? Reading is an escape. :-D
Eight (fact): I am legally blind without the aid of corrective lenses.
I tag : ABC...1..2.3 , The Cheeze , Psychobabe , Four Cats Only , memoir of an amnesiac , liansmom , Swashbuckling Tales , knechtingthedots
Rules are:
List 8 facts/habits about yourself.
Post the rules of the game at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed.
At the end of the post, "tag" 8 people by posting their names.
Then go to their blogs and leave them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
So...
One (fact): I am the oldest of five children. I have three younger brothers and a younger sister.
Two (fact): I write poetry and have been published on several occasions.
Three (fact): I agree with the new studies that birthorder does affect intelligence. The older children in a family are most definitely smarter than the younger, but I may be biased. :)
Four (habit): I am a sucker for a good cause and I purchase lots of unnecessary items in the name of a good charity.
Five (fact): Spelling is NOT my forte and I don't care about it because English is a plastic language and is constantly changing anyway.
Six (habit): When I am super stressed and at my breaking point, I cook and bake and do laundry. (How domestic of me!)
Seven (habit): I am addicted to supernatural romances. Vampires, witches, angels, psychics hunting psychos... throw in a romantic angle and I am hooked. I figure hey, I live in the real world, why do I need to read about it? Reading is an escape. :-D
Eight (fact): I am legally blind without the aid of corrective lenses.
I tag : ABC...1..2.3 , The Cheeze , Psychobabe , Four Cats Only , memoir of an amnesiac , liansmom , Swashbuckling Tales , knechtingthedots
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Still in Week 3, playing around with Meez...
It's me again. I was browsing some blogs last night at work and saw something called a "Meez" ( a cartoony person that you could use as your profile picture identification if you wanted to retain some anonymity) and I thought it looked simple enough to try to create one.
As usual, I SEVERELY underestimated the concept of "simple". Anywho, it took me until just a few moments ago, but after some good, old-fashioned trial-and-error, I finally have a Meez. If anyone is interested, you can go to meez.com and create your very own animated person to use as a profile pic. They even have some library stacks as one of the available backgrounds, which I thought was nice.
If you want to send your Meez to your blog, you have to go to "export" in the meez menu, then copy and paste the URL from the "a direct link to your Meez" to the photograph space in our blogger settings. (It took me forEVER to figure that one out!)
Anywho, I am off to explore more stuff. Just thought I'd share.
As usual, I SEVERELY underestimated the concept of "simple". Anywho, it took me until just a few moments ago, but after some good, old-fashioned trial-and-error, I finally have a Meez. If anyone is interested, you can go to meez.com and create your very own animated person to use as a profile pic. They even have some library stacks as one of the available backgrounds, which I thought was nice.
If you want to send your Meez to your blog, you have to go to "export" in the meez menu, then copy and paste the URL from the "a direct link to your Meez" to the photograph space in our blogger settings. (It took me forEVER to figure that one out!)
Anywho, I am off to explore more stuff. Just thought I'd share.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Woo hoo! Up to Week 3!
Hey there! I am up to Week 3 in the 23 Things list! Fickr was pretty cool. It also gave me the option to move all of the photos from my YahooPhotos account to a Flickr account. It took almost an entire day, but everything transferred over just fine. I thought that was pretty cool, seeing as how after September, YahooPhotos will no longer be around.
I am NOT, however, feeling confident enough in my technological abilities just yet to try to write my own software or to try to do an API (or as the wonderful Flickr site defined for me) an Application Programming Interface. I was happy enough today with being able to access my blog. I am not going to test my luck with trying to do something fancy. :-)
I am NOT, however, feeling confident enough in my technological abilities just yet to try to write my own software or to try to do an API (or as the wonderful Flickr site defined for me) an Application Programming Interface. I was happy enough today with being able to access my blog. I am not going to test my luck with trying to do something fancy. :-)
Monday, June 25, 2007
I came, I blogged, I left...
Hurrah for me! I started a blog. Now, my challenge will be to actually keep up with this thing. :)
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