Friday, June 22, 2007

I have been tagged! 8 things about me

1. My elbows are double jointed.

2. I once wanted to be a veterinarian but after spending several years working for one, realized I would never be able to make a living because I brought home every unwanted animal.

3. My significant other is deathly allergic to animal hair. We currently have 2 eastern painted turtles, a garter snake, a bearded dragon, some fish and 4 tree frogs.

4. I visit my Mom and walk our dog every morning and evening.

5. I am the youngest of five and the only girl.

6. I like to fish.

7. My favorite thing to do when I have free time is to sit outside and read.

8. I have been dogsledding twice in northern Minnesota. It's a lot of fun, but way too cold. If you ever want to go dogsledding, click on the link below:

http://www.dogsledding.com/testsite/

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Week 3, Thing 7: Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week.

A neat article with links to lots of blogs:

http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=5051140"

Week 3, Thing 6: Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites

Okay, There are way too many cool pictures to look at here. I could spend all day looking up places I have visited; dogs; wild animals; etc. etc. But I have to actually get some work done.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Week 3, Thing 5: Photos & Images



Week 3: Photos & Images Thing 5. Explored Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site. Found a lot of neat images. I might look into buying a digital camera, since I don't have a cell phone.

I placed this photo in a new post and didn't mean to; I went to delete it and got this message:

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Friday, June 8, 2007

Week 2, Thing 3 and Thing 4: Setting up your own blog; registering your blog

Week 2, thing 3:
Setting up your own blog:

I created and added my first post to my blog - then I lost it (the blog that is). I registered it; when I signed back in Blogger said I was signed in; but would not let me add any new posts. I used the Help menu to reset my username and password, it recognized the username but still would not let me do anything.

Week 2, thing 4:
Registering your blog:

Blogger kept taking me back to the page prompting to create a new blog so that’s what I did. I registered it and I sent Ellen the URL of the new blog to add to the BCPL participants’ page. Blogger seemed slow and bogged (no pun intended) down that particular day. This can happen if there a lot of users on the website at the same time. Other staff reported slowness, freezing and inability to upload pictures right around the same time I was having trouble.

Tracking my progress will have to wait until next week.

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Week 1, Thing 2: Pointers from lifelong learners

Hardest:
Habit 2: Accept responsibility for your own learning.
Habit 4: Having confidence in myself as a competent effective learner.

Easiest:
Habit 5: create your own learning toolbox.
Habit ½: Play!

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Bonnie



This is her highness Bonnie!


She is a rescued Siberian husky, 8 1/2 years old, extremely vocal (doesn't bark much but she can wooooo all day) and full of mischief. I was quite surprised the day after I got her to find her standing on the dining room table drinking my coffee. When I shouted "get down," she promptly laid down - on the table.


She has taught my family and I many useful things. A good sized, strategically placed throw rug will hide the stain from a full can of Quaker State motor oil. Wrapped Christmas and birthday presents should be kept behind closed doors until the actual recipient has had a chance to unwrap them. Dog hair is meant to be freely shared with everyone and everything. If you actually want to read the paper rather than pick up shreds off the floor put it somewhere up high. And always try to remember to keep the dining room chairs pushed in.
Here she is showing off her guard dog skills with my neice:

Week 1; Thing 1

Week 1, Thing 1: About This Program

I'm always had an interest in new technology and gadgets. Over the years I've discovered I like to tinker with hardware; I enjoy taking things apart and putting them back together and it's especially rewarding if whatever it is works afterwards. I'm hoping the program will help me become more profficient with the aspect of technology I've always been a bit nervous around, the software.
Having had a few years of experience in Technology Support it is always interesting to see that with software and hardware combined; just about anything can happen. It's also somewhat comforting to hear co-workers with many more years of experience say "hmmm - I've never seen THAT before!"