Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Thing 1.2: Blog on a stick

Well, I spent way too much time yesterday setting up this blog. I need to read over everything before I start and then check out all the options. I guess the avatar took the most time. It was a lot of fun choosing all the options. I finally settled on something simple and professional looking to start. I know I can change it later. I suppose I tried too hard to make it look like me. Failing that I chose, perhaps, something that I imagine I look like or would like to look like. Ah, the joy of virtual worlds!

I figure I know a little something about computers having used them for over 30 years. In ancient times I wrote math programs using the Teletype machines (connected by modem to the computer) in high school. We saved them on long strips of yellow paper with holes punched in them. Am I really that old? Well, I won't go through the history of computers here. I have advanced to PCs (Windows and Mac) and the internet and email but don't know much about blogs and social networking sites and all that. I'm hoping that these 23 Things on a Stick will bring me up to speed or at least give me a better idea of what's going on out there.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Thing 1

I have created my blog and am now working on my avatar. So many choices!