Monday, July 30, 2007

Rollyo

I just got back from vacation today so I have travel on my mind. This was very easy to do and fun!
http://rollyo.com/lguenthner/travel/

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Week 5 - LibraryThing

I had heard of LibraryThing before, but had never used it. I was not that impressed because the internet connection was slow and all my books could not be added on the first try. Maybe if I would try this at home I would feel differently.
I added several Great Books for Teens that I am reading. Some were new so they didn't seem to have very many people connecting to them. If I had to guess, I would say adults use this service more than teens.
Personally, I keep a reading journal so this isn't useful to me. But, there are people who do not remember what the last book they read was so this could help them. I will recommend it for that.
I didn't understand what the Suggestion link did. It said loading but nothing appeared. And, I had a hard time finding books because I tried putting the author's last name first. It seemed to work better when I did first name and then last name. It is a new way for me to think.

I forgot to add my link in my earlier post, so without further ado, I give you my library:

Monday, July 16, 2007

My avatar

Yahoo! Avatars U.K. & Ireland

This was my third attempt to get this thing posted. For some reason, I was having difficulty saving my avatar in Yahoo. While it is nice to customize them, it would be helpful to have a search box for the things you are looking for instead of having to flip through all the pages.

This picture is part truth and part wishful thinking. The scooter and the puppy are the latter.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Discovery - RSS Feeds

Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use?

I liked Bloglines newsreader because of the way it was organized.

I am going to stray from the prepared questions now. I have seen the orange logo on many websites before. When I added Merlin, I first tried to click Subscribe beside the logo. All that did was show a page that had HTML. I'm not sure what that was about. However, I was able to find the listing by searching feeds in Bloglines. But, I noticed that I could not pull up Google feed that way. Maybe searching by feed was not correct. If someone could let me know, that would be great.

While I think the RSS idea is cool, I can't say I would use it all the time. I would rather type in the web address and see that new material hasn't been posted than log into Bloglines. However, I am glad to know what the orange icon means because I see it a lot.

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Week 3: Technology-related post

I own a digital camera, an iPod, a PDA, and a cell phone, but I wouldn't say I am techno saavy. I can use the most basic features of each of these devices without reading the instructions. I just wish there was a way to eliminate batteries. Each of these things has to be plugged in and I am not good at remembering that part.
The best technology to me is email. Lots of information can be conveyed that way and it is accessible almost anywhere there is an internet connection. I often find myself checking my work email at home. I'd say it's an addiction.
In other technology related news, the iPhone was released this week and the AL Direct newsletter had an article about 15 or so laws of blogging. If any of you subscribe to it, it might prove to be an interesting read.
Over and out.

Monday, July 2, 2007

Stephen Colbert in Lego


Stephen Colbert in Lego
Originally uploaded by lleugh
Could there be anything more American than Stephen Colbert in red, white, and blue? I should add that the picture was done by Lachme.
Flickr is like a flea market. One person's junk is another person's treasure.

Polar Bear Cub Knut


Polar Bear Cub Knut
Originally uploaded by TheTings
I think Knut is the most adorable thing ever! I wish he'd come and stay at my house. My apartment has a pool for him and I have a nice tree outside my window. I am just worried how he'd get on with the cats...
It took me like 30 minutes to figure out Flickr. I say the easiest way to do this is to add your blog and then blog the photo. So far I have showed one other person how to do this. I am being a mentor like one of the steps suggested. Go me!

Flickr

This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.