Monday, July 30, 2007

Learning RSS & Merlin

Week 4 - (Thing 8) Getting familar with RSS but still need more practice.
(Thing 9) Merlin


RSS while time consuming and sometimes difficult it is a very interesting way to get short cuts to information that you want to read and skip all the junk. I know that I will be changing and expanding my RSS after I get more comfortable and learn about new sites. Merlin was fun to look at and my son now thinks that I might know something about computers.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Moth to flame


Moth to flame
Originally uploaded by Epinym

How foolish I am
Why am I drawn to the flame
Which extinguishes?
Hiku by Jack Prelutsky

Getting a little more comfortable with flickr.
Week 3 -(Thing 5 & 6) While Flickr was fun and I had a chance to look at hundreds of pictures - adding them to my blog was a little confusing. I was afraid that it would not come out right but it did, so I decided to do another picture.

Week 3 (Thing 7) While I was looking at my pictures from London and Greece I thought of the post about technology. The camera I used on my trip was my first digital - I had been using an old 35mm and it finally died. So my kids bought me a new camera - one that I didn't know how to use. After going to Ritz Camera show and looking at the instructional DVD, I think I learned a little - at least how to change the batteries and delete pictures but was still not sure on how to turn off the flash so that I could take pictures in the Greek museums. Even with my limited knowledge the pictures I took were great and I plan to take my camera with me to Disney and Egypt.

Macro - Candle Flame


Macro - Candle Flame
Originally uploaded by AndrewRichardMills
Flame at night matches the mood of dark and light. Flickr is not easy
and sometimes difficult to use.