Things 8 & 9

Bloglines...What a challenge! Definitely the hardest step to conquer as of yet. Especially Blogrolling! Yeesh, I'm glad I was finally able to do it the right way! O.K., enough complaining, once I set up my Blogline account I was pleasantly surprised to see that I am able to scale back on the amount of bookmarks I have and subscribe to sites while not having to worry about clogging up my e-mail account.

Thing 8

Rudolph Valentino-Tango

Thing 7

Well, we are now supposed to post a blog on anything related to technology so I guess I will focus on the Internet and blogging. First I'd like to say that doing this exercise with the 23 things is incredible. Most of us aren't aware of what is available on the Internet and this is a great way to find out more about just some of the things we can do with it. I use the Internet on a daily basis at home so I am very comfortable with it. I didn't know much about blogging. I have read blogs before but I never knew how to create one. I think it is a fantastic way of communicating with others I plan on passing along what I have learned to a couple of people I know.

Things 5 & 6

Flickr is fun! I uploaded the Starry Night and Valentino images through Flickr. It is amazing what you can find on there. I also checked out Montagr which was very cool. This tool creates mosaics with Flickr photos. I checked out some cat mosaics. I may at some point upload photos to Flickr myself!

You Tube

Yes, I know I'm jumping ahead. I am already familiar with You Tube so for me the main challenge here was to post it to my blog. I'll post another video later on when I'm supposed to. I just couldn't resist throwing a Chris Isaak video on my blog!!!

Chris Isaak - Let Me Down Easy

Rudolph Valentino

Just because ...

Rudolph Valentino
Originally uploaded by rodridge119

Vincent Van Gogh - Starry Night

Vincent Van Gogh - Starry Night
Originally uploaded by leestephenprall

This is one of my favorites. I love Van Gogh! I found this while exploring Flickr. It was fun to see what people will share with each other. You can find almost anything!

Lifelong Learning

Habit #6: Use Technology to Your Advantage

This is where I would like to focus my attention to expand my technological abilities. For me this blog that I am creating is a personal challenge and a fun one at that! I'd like to come away from this exercise with a greater sense of the web 2.0 technology that is available to me.