Floglines #8

I have had a Bloglines account for some time, BUT let's just say I have been negligent- an unattended patch of weeds in my cybergarden. So for thing #8 I am changing my learning style drastically and reading all the tutorials about RSS feeds and aggregators FIRST then I am tackling the challenge. I have been frustrated with creating playlists in bloglines b/c it is cumbersome and annoying. So I will read the manual first. I promise. Sigh***

Boning up on photo editors

Here is Sasha edited using the photo editor Picnik. I found this editor much easier to use than the more sophisticated Splashup. While I was able to bring my image onto the Splashup canvas I couldn't make it do anything to my photo.

Sasha reading before the Edit

As you can see this is my amazing pooch Sasha who seems to be sleeping through Jonathan(not Jack) London's Sled Dogs Run. I had this image stored on my work computer so I decided to share it first off and then I wanted to play with the different free photo editors suggested by our challenge.

Voila!

A roundabout way of getting Flickr to behave is by linking to a post on a blog without the relational problems. I set up a second blog to chart this very process.

Flickr to Blogger broken

Evidently this is a glitch that others are having. There are several discussions about the issue on Blogger Help Group, but I haven't yet seen a reolution. I was able to register with Wordpress where I have a partner blog.

#5 Is this what we mean by sketchy?

I found this image on Flickr and tried the "blog this" button which takes you through a process of connecting Flickr and Google (blogger host) so that you can actually post the image to your blog BUT access was denied so I am bummed this image of Spitzer and his wife won't be immediately visible but check it out. I was so taken by the photos of this disgraced couple. I think this EtchASketch artist did an amazing job at capturing the rage, shame, shock, and bewilderment on the faces of the disgraced couple.

Crafty dolls

I like to share quirky stuff so consider this a commercial break. I invite you to visit 2 friends Chloe and Louise- 2 9 year olds with varied interests. You can ask them questions if you'd like (just click on comments) or just ogle at their beauty. You may be surprised that Chloe's most checked out books are Nancy Drew mysteries. She loves movies with Grace Kelly. Remember this is not only a "commercial" post it also includes a helpful web 2.0 tip and that is "Leave comments."