Week 4- Thing 9 I spend some time on MERLIN, just looking around. What is the big deal with second life. I can't find all the time I need for my first life. How does anyone have time for a second life. I did have lots of fun creating my Avatar. I (it) whoever, even has a pet rooster. Way Cool stuff. I think I need to go shopping for more stuff for me? it? whoever?.

Week 4- Thing 8- First off the podcast doesn't seem to be working. has anyone else noticed this?
I set up by bloglines account. I was trying to select the feeds that I wanted, didn't realize that I was making selections and ended up with lots of feeds. I had to go back and edit and delete the ones I didn't want. I'm still checking out some and may edit as I go until I find the ones I really want to keep. It was interesting to explore and view all the choices.

Week 3- Thing 7- Something technology related.
I guess the biggest thing this week has been the new iphone. Not something I will be running out to get. I don't really see what the big deal is. I do have a new cell phone, with a real minute program. Unlike my first phone that had 10 free minutes a month. And now that I can call anywhere anytime, I do find that I use it alot. More than I ever thought I would. But do I need to watch movies, surf the net, and take picture on a phone with a tiny screen. I think not. I happened to be out at a shopping area the day they went on sale, I saw this long line of people waiting and then I realized what they were doing. Some of them had been in line for over 5 hours. This was in Harford County, not a big city location. I just don't get it.

Week 3- Thing 6 Flicke fun. I started playing around with Flickr, found Flickr Colr Pickr. You can get different images and change their color. That led me to Flickr Chia Pet. Where you can "draw" on an image and have it "grow" before your eyes. It was pretty cool. Then I found a site where you can make your own Kaleidoscope. Using jpeg you can create a downloadable picture. I will try and post the picture on my blog. Speaking of posting pictures, after I got help from one of our CAs on Monday. I came back on Tuesday and posted a picture all by myself. Very cool stuff. It is a picture of my dance group performing during the Saint Patricks day parade in Baltimore.

Week 3- Thing 5 Alright I set up my yahoo account and then set up my flickr account. Then I wasn't sure what to do, so I ask one of the CAs for help. Justin walked me through adding a picture. The sunset picture.