Thing #7-Blog Post about anything Technology-Related

While I am quite familiar with computers and many computer applications, I admit that until this Learning Libraries activity, I used the internet mainly to check email and read the news. I am getting more comfortable with the new technologies I am learning, but it will take awhile! I am, however, quite familiar with the Apple iPod. My husband bought me one for Christmas and I had no idea how to use it. I downloaded the tutorial and taught myself. Now, I can't imagine not using it! It is so easy to make numerous music "mixes" and is much lighter to carry (or clip on!) when running than is a portable CD player. I remember the days of making mix tapes -- that was quite a lengthy process. Now, a mix can be created in the time it takes to download the songs. This is the technoloy advancement I use the most at this time.

Thing #6-Flickr Mash-ups & Third Party Sites

I visited the recommended Flickr mashups sites and am not too sure that I will use mashups a great deal in the future. I found Mappr to take a long time to load images (maybe it is just my pc). I really liked the Flickr Color Pickr and could see myself perhaps using this site. Montagr was interesting as well, but I doubt I will ever need to create a photo mosaic! Looking around these sites makes me realize it is possible to find a picture of pretty much anything and do countless things with these pictures. People are so creative!

Thing #5-Explore Flickr

Flickr is quite an interesting site! I can see how one could spend a lot of time there. I explored their site and learned how to search for and find various categories of pictures using keywords. I chose to upload pictures from my computer and post them on my blog instead of uploading pictures from Flickr. As you can see, I am now able to add a title, and I wish to thank everyone who helped me with this!

One more picture...I jumped back online because I thought I had figured out how to add a title (I received a credible tip), but it looks as though I still cannot figure it out! This is my adorable niece, Caroline. She was a ladybug for Halloween 2006. She is now 14 1/2 months old. I don't get to see her very often (she lives in Buffalo, NY), but this picture makes me smile!

Since the first post with a picture was successful, I didn't want to leave my other two pets, the cats, out. The big grey cat is (appropriately named) Fluffy. He was a stray cat that came to my house over 5 years ago. The black cat is Hocus. He is unique, shall we say?! I am getting more familiar with blogging, but cannot figure out how to add a title. It won't let me click there.

I am going to attempt to post a picture. It is of me and my two dogs, Rusty (the golden retriever) and Duke (the German shepherd) on the boardwalk at Ocean City, NJ. We participated in the "Barks on the Boards" benefit for the Ocean City Humane Society. It is the only time of the year dogs are legally allowed on the boardwalk. We had fun, but it was HOT that day!

Well, it has been a while, but I am back. It is hard to find the time to do this! I will try to do the next "thing" this week. I am still having enough trouble with this "thing"!! I guess this is something you grow more comfortable with as you become more experienced, but right now it feels quite strange!