Most of my three readers have seen my signature in my work email. It sums up pretty darn well how I feel about all this tech…sometimes, it is just magical. I found the original saying on a card someone gave me a long time ago but it was a paraphrase I discovered when I finally…
Category: ruminations
It’s official – I am an old fogey!
I love hearing music live! I always have. (Although this new iPod Touch has me back in headphones again and I was reminded about HOW MUCH I enjoy music through headphones because you hear all the nuances…but I digress.) Back to live music…I do enjoy it. The energy from the performers, the stories between songs,…
March 20 – Mr. Rogers would have been 80 – Won’t You Wear a Sweater? I will.
In honor of what would have been Mister Rogers’ 80th birthday on March 20, Mr. McFeely — aka David Newell, the public relations director for Family Communications, Inc. (the nonprofit company founded in 1971 by Fred Rogers) — has a special request. “We’re asking everyone everywhere — from Pittsburgh to Paris — to wear their…
Is it just me….
…or does this icon for the new IM client, digsby, look a lot like a Homestarrunner character??
I mean really…
Lesson learned: ITunes does not like having 4 different iPods connected to it and trying to sync things. Bad idea!!!
Oh, you KNOW I am all over this one
I saw something about this in an RSS feed last week but didn’t take the time to follow through. Today, I found the Flickr pool and now I am completely in awe and hooked. My little frustrated inner wannabe graphic artist mixed with my little inner information scientist and inner DJ just found the mother…
What Obsolete Skills do you have?
I was amused and intrigued by this wiki that has been developing in response to a post by Robert Scoble regarding the techy stuff we used to know how to do but are no longer needed. Things like: Dialing a rotary phone Changing tracks on an eight-track tape Using a slide rule Using the eraser…
Dis-Enchanted: A Story of User Control
My three readers know that I enjoy my photos. And I enjoy playing with them. Museumr based on my Flickr photos Simpsonize Yourself Elf Yourself! I’ve done a lot of playing around with the pix. So, after seeing and loving the movie Enchanted this past weekend, I was playing around with – of all things…
My Missive to the Mixtape and a new option for us all
My new toy – a cassette deck with a USB output – has me on a new project, digitizing cassettes so I can listen again to these long silent songs. As a good little GTD girl, my next action was to collect and purge all the cassette tapes that are all around my house. With…
Happy T-F Holidays!
It’s been a whirlwind the past few weeks preparing for visits, having visits and anticipating even more visits! Here are a few links of things that have fascinated us or helped with the celebrations! Family Wiki – use a wiki to create “wishlists” and to post info before traveling – we used Wikispaces Elf Yourself…