Thing 10

I used Meez and liked the variety of options for creating my ice skater. I'll be playing around with this in the future when time permits.

Things 8 and 9

I've set up my RSS feed I am surprised at how many there are . I've subscribed to several RSS feeds about animals and nature that interest me. I am quite surprised at how quickly I've received feeds. And how many in so short a time! So many that I feel a little overwhelmed. Even if I had nothing to do but read feeds all day, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to read all that are sent. I 'm glad that I can revise and narrow things down a bit to suit me better. But this all takes time, time and more time.

I found Merlin interesting. I'm sure I'll be using it in the future.

Thing 7: blog post about anything technology

There is so much to pick to talk about.
I have 4 boys. Bill is now 34, Anthony is 30 and Jon and Joe are twins at 14. I also have 2 granchildren.
Technology really took off when Bill was about 10 and Anthony 6. They received a Nintendo game station for Christmas. But the system was rather large by todays standards, attached to the TV, and had to sit on a shelf close to the TV so that the cords would reach between the two. And the games were about 5 inches square and inserted into the system. They enjoyed this gaming system even though they had to sit close to the TV because the controls wouldn't reach far.
Jon and Joe each got gamesboys as about age 7. These gameboys are hand held, the games were much smaller and these handheld systems could be played anywhere, anytime. JnJ wanted to know if Bill and Anthony like their gamboys and did they beat so 'n so in a particular game. They were floored to find out they Bill and Anthony had nothing like this and that technology has come so far in about 20 years.
Now there are such a variety of systems, each with their own games. There are several generations of gameboy. Each with their own set of games. First was Gameboy, then gameboy color, then gameboy DS . I don't pay attention anymore. My grandson wants a particular game, but can't get it because he doesn't have the next generation gameboy. . He just has a plain old 2nd generation gameboy color. Playstation has its own games. Gamebox has its on games and never the two shall meet. But you can buy separate systems, continually if you want. And then you're talking mega bucks. It's a shame that there are no universal games that could be played either on Playstation, Gamebox, etc. interchangeably.
Technology changes so fast that it's pretty hard keeping up.

Thing 6: Mashups

I decided to look into retrievr. While in this site
http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/#sketchName=2007-09-13-14-39-17-167548.7
I drew straight line with the colors blue and red and received many pictures. I thought this picture was interesting:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94683006@N00/19922873

Thing 5: explore Flickr

I'm hoping to visit Alaska someday so decided to search Alaska on Flickr. After looking at many photos, I decided I like this scenic one at Cook's Inlet.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/willkenny/277489207/

Wilson's warbler:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/akjphotography/264216952/

Thing 1 and 2 and 3

Lifelong learners, an interesting point. Many years ago, in the old days, when we had to walk 20 miles to school in 10 feet of snow, my grandmother told me that you will never stop learning as long as you live. She has been proven right, I am a lifelong learner, now it just takes me a little longer to comprehend, store and retrieve all that information.
It's been interesting getting to this point. With the help of Holly I finally made it.