Amazon Kindle

The Amazon Kindle is definitely something that is technology related and interests me. If you are not familiar with the Kindle it is a ebook reader. The Kindle is improved over earlier models that I have used. I like the wireless features that it has that enables it to download new books and feeds without needing a connection. I have heard that it is going to be redesigned and the slider bar that I currently like is going to be removed and replaced with a wheel similar to blackberries and iPods.

At this point I do not think I will add this to a list for Christmas for me but maybe once the new model is out it will be worth reconsidering at least.

More with Photos

This was another fun exercise. I played with the Montager, photo mosaic, tool. Since this is an OSU bye week I did lots of OSU searches. This was very fun. I did one with OSU, of course this could have been other schools so I changed it to Ohio State. Then I did Brutus and got a very cute dog but it wasn't what I wanted so I did Brutus Buckeye. Also if you click a picture in the mosaic it will change it use that it base the picture on. I didn't see a way to save these results but it is still very fun.

Image Generators

Image generators are very fun and I could spend a lot of time with this activity. I play around with photos normally just with the tools provided in the photo sites so this is fun. My only complaint, which really is not a complaint, is that I will be spending much more time with this.

I did a few different ones that I found the one that I'm going to upload is from the Movie Clapper Board generator. This one I did as a tribute for my husband and nephew who both like a certain movie, by viewing the picture you will be able to figure this out. The part that is not clear is who has what nicknames, let me just say it is not what you think.

Finding Feeds

Can you have too many feeds in your RSS reader? Well, I guess you could have more than you can keep up with but I think more variety is better. At home I learn interesting facts from my husband who subscribes to MetalSludge, normally he needs to tell me what band his is talking about but it keeps him up on events.

In this exercise I had already completed the first part using the search function of Bloglines in the last exercise. I find Bloglines search to be useful and easy to use. I think the other three listed will depend on what you are looking for. Tonight, I did the same searches using all three and with the results I had I liked Technorati the best. Overall, I normally look for the RSS symbol when I'm on sites and find new feeds that way.

BlogLines

I'm playing catch-up with Learn & Play. I've been following along with the activities, or at least knew what the activity was, during the past weeks but have neglected to do my blogging. So you will be seeing many post in the next few days.

RSS Feeds

I find RSS feeds very useful and have used bloglines in the past but not recently because I use the RSS reader that is built into gmail. However, in doing this activity I found a few new RSS feeds that I like and will add into my gmail reader as well. I found a great recipe for Baked Salmon with Tropical Rice, on the AllRecipies feed. This is not the most technology related thing I know but it definitely helps plan what is for dinner and makes more efficient use of my time.

I use added the Learn & Play feed and viewed the most recent video on it where you will see LibraryJoy and OD Maria2.0. If you haven't seen this yet you must checkout this feed and view it because I couldn't stop laughing. This was great another example of the Learn & Play team keeping it simple and fun.

If you would like to see my blogline you can checkout my current picks which I will be adding more to at Missy's Bloglines.

Halloween Fun at Work

Random Things

For fellow co-workers reading this, I'm a little behind in my Learn & Play 23 things currently so I'm glad next week is a catch-up week.

So in the meantime I've been to two OSU football games. I love going to the football games and being in the atmosphere of Ohio State. One of my favorite things to do when going to a game is to go to Skull Session. For anyone not familiar with this it is the band's practice before the game at St. John's Arena. My favorite song that the band does is "Eternal Father (The Navy Hymn.)" I just think this is a powerful song.

I'm still trying to determine the cause of my back issues that have been ongoing for a year. I have a few opinions and am waiting to see the treatment options. Since this has limited my movement and flexibility over the past year I've had time to find odd things online such as the following blog.

The Post Secret project was a art project where participants sent in postcards anonymously and on the opposite side of the postcard people revealed a secret about themselves. The postcard was supposed to give a clue to the secret using art. This made me think about secrets we keep or lesser known things. A simple example that people have learned about me later is I have a slight obsession with Kat Von D anyone that sees my laptop desktop will learn this and it doesn't match what most people think as my personality.