#4 Instant Messaging

This task was pretty easy as I am familiar with both MSN messenger and GoogleTalk. I used to use Trillian, but you had to download the software and that won't work in internet cafe's out of country. I used ICQ for about five years. I loved that one as the friends I had that were out of country found it easier to access, and you could have all your friends on it.

I had never tried Meebo but it was easy to set up and customize. I added my MSN and my Google accounts, then had fun with the skins. None of my buddies were online at the time I set it up, but I have sent out invites and we will see what happens.

I go through a kind of love/hate relationship with IMing. On the one hand, it IS a great way to keep up with friends and family who are far away and I am better at IM than I am at talking on the telephone.

However, if I am online at the "wrong" time of day I can spend so much time answering the IM's of some bored buddy with nothing else to do, that I get nothing else done or get too distracted to get necessary tasks done. When I was in school this last couple of years, I would keep "invisible" during finals week so I could stay on task. On my MySpace account I usually let folks know when I am online, as my family keeps in touch through their MySpace pages. With my son Lukas in the Navy and spending most of his time overseas it has sometimes been the only way I can get updates on how he is doing.

I guess overall I like IM.

Thing #3 -Thinkin' aloud

This week in the midst of working on reading and commenting on some of the other blogs I discovered what a wide range of interests and ideas are covered in the Sno-Isle group. I think that this is one of the most thoughtful, thought provoking bunches of people I have ever run into and I find that very energizing.
We (my husband and I) just celebrated our 25th anniversary. I keep trying to figure out how that much time can have possibly passed.
Glancing over some statistics I am surprised to read that the fact that this is a second marriage for both of us AND we are happily, gloriously, still glad of the fact is incredibly rare. I attribute it to regular make-out sessions.
My beloved says I need to show some of my work on this blog so I am going to take some photos and add them on this week.
It may sound a bit sappy (ok no MAY about it) but I work with some of the best folks around, on a job I love. How COOL is THAT?

Just for Web 2.0

Hello again!
I needed to create a blog for my Web 2.0 class. I dislike the idea of making a whole new blog on another site so I am adding my Web 2.0 stuff to this one. This means someone may actually read this. Grin. So far, so good, as far as tasks for class. I look forward to what will come next. The picture you see here was taken behind my house last winter. It is the Sauk River. Yes I like it too.
Thank you Sno-Isle folks for the fun both now and in the coming weeks!

It's March Already!

I really really meant to post something sooner, but came down with that icky flu, then bronchitis.
Anyway, my lovely old server that I had crafted from cast off parts finally bit the dust. The power unit went out and being as it was an old Compaq SP750 with Xeon PentIII dual CPU's it was not the easiest thing to find a PSU for. It has 2 motherboard connects one a ten and one a twenty. The only PSU I could find was $350 so I just gave up and built my first new computer from scratch. I am very pleased with it.
I realize that there are many techies out there who think nothing of this leap but I came to the game late and at 51 years old I am the oldest "Tech Diva" I know.
At my job at Sno-Isle we are starting to take the Web 2.0 class. It is looking like it will be pretty simple, which translates to a lot of fun for me since I already do most of the basics. It means I will be able to play around a lot.
If you have not seen it yet check out VodPod, it the vein of youtube, but members can save much larger files and it has a very clean look and feel. I am encouraging my son Seth to try it out for some of his music and videos that he creates.
I better get back to the "real world" Hugs, fellow travelers and more later.