Today is Earth Day! You can tell because Google has a different logo!! My school is hosting the local Earth Fest this weekend and it should be nice (please, no rain!). But, my Techy-Feely thoughts are turning to some neat sites I have seen that showcase our world via mashups and APIs. First Up: Flickrvision…
Category: Techy
Hello from the latest beta of Firefox
We’ll see if the scribefire plugin will work better now!!!
Earth Hour – turn off your lights on Saturday between 8 pm and 9 pm local time
Maybe change out some of those bulbs with CF or LED? Earth Hour US site Slightly associated, I have been interested in the argument about white backgrounds vs. black backgrounds for web sites (see Google’s response). Not sure which side is right but I know I tend to design more on the light side so I would like to…
A map of the blogosphere…
Isn’t it cool being part of a groovy black, teal and blue map like this?? Discover Magazine: Welcome to the Blogsophere Data Mining: Mapping the Blogosphere
Mixwit – make your own virtual Mixtapes
I know I had my missive to the mixtape earlier. This site allows you to make your own. Their old skool skins made me smile because I probably had a lot of tapes that looked like those. Here is my first go at it.
Excuse me, your fangirl is showing…
I admit it..when I get a new computer, I get giddy. It is a bit crazy. This is (by my count) my ninth Mac in my household since 1990. But, I still get excited. Plus, add on a new iPod shuffle and iPod touch and it is just about more than my little Apple-lovin’ heart…
OMG BBIT
oh my goodness blown away by iPod touch! ! And I am writing this post using the nifty mobile admin plugin for WordPress. Slick!! Big thanks to cogdogblog for pointing me in the right direction. Now to get better at typing on this tiny keyboard onscreen. NOTE: Delayed linktribution to the CogDogBlog post pointing me…
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…
Techy-Feely on your Celly
While I don’t have a cell phone that will even read this page…I do understand that the world is moving in that direction. To that end, here is a mobile version of this blog via MoFuse. Just to see if I could do it. Off to find someone with a phone that can read it!