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Possessions

mashadutoit — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:05:16 -0600

There is something so attractive and scary about this.

A couple of years ago we moved from Durban to Cape Town. There was the packing up of all our possessions, going through that torturous process of deciding "keep or toss" for every single little thing. And then when it was all in the moving van, watching the van driving off and feeling very strongly that I would not care if it all got lost in transit and I never had to see all that stuff again.

Did you read about the artist, Michael Landy, who destroyed all his possessions? I saw the documentary and it was fascinating and quite frightening too. Here are two links -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2002/feb/13/artsfeatures.arts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/feature_michael_landy.shtml

Regarding Google Wave

reneehendricks — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:09:55 -0600

I was one of the early testers with Google Wave and have found that it serves two great purposes - inter-office collaboration and brainstorming. I use it for the later, myself. But as a complete mainstream "everyone-has-got-to-use-this" sort of tool, not so much.

Great article, by the way!

Renee Hendricks http://www.socialurl.com/reneehendricks

It continues with the DoD

reneehendricks — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:04:16 -0600

I recently wrote an article on Technorati about the latest guideline that the Department of Defense has put in with regard to open source software. It seems a bit of clarification and clearing up of confusion was needed.

I have to say, it's really a great thing to see our government open up to the possibilities that open source technology can afford.

Great article here! I plan on coming back for more!

Renee Hendricks http://www.socialurl.com/reneehendricks

Amazon.ca is very limited

sassymonkey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:30:34 -0600

It's pretty much books, movies, cds and software. No MP3s or Kindle store. A few electronics. I saw something a few months ago about some electronics on Amazon.com being available for international purchase but I (personally) think it's too complicated to try to figure out whick ones qualify for that.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Thanks

Virginia DeBolt — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:20:27 -0600

I'm a hopeless early adopter, so stay tuned.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology CE | Web Teacher | First 50 Words

I can never decide

Virginia DeBolt — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:18:33 -0600

if the Canadians are lucky or mistreated to not have the full array of Amazonian ways to spend money. :)

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology CE | Web Teacher | First 50 Words

I personally wouldn't use

sassymonkey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:42:54 -0600

And just because it doesn't seem to be available in Canada (like so many things, sigh). I generally don't even set up one-click payments. It's too easy to impulse buy and it's something I try really hard to avoid. But I can see this being very useful for parents. Just set your teen up with an allowance and a password and let them pick out and order their own stuff.

If it was available in Canada (which it's not, alas) I'd be tempted by the mobile purchasing, at least for ebooks.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Great info!

jpapakalos — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:29:05 -0600

This is great info! I love learning about new technologies and look forward to future posts.

Jenna Papakalos

Was the blog deleted

Virginia DeBolt — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:37:50 -0600

when you deleted the account? If you can still get to the blog you may be able to export it to some other account. Be sure to post a question in the Blogger Forum at

http://www.bloggerforum.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=6769e03ab91715f0177d4b89...

and send mail to Blogger support.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology CE | Web Teacher | First 50 Words

Oh no!

Denise — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:45:00 -0600

I have no idea if you can get your blog back if you delete the google account attached to it. I've never stopped to think about that before. Ugh.

~Denise BlogHer Community Manager
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I want to say Great Post!

marcusborg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:54:05 -0500

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I have the opposite problem

Virginia DeBolt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:58:19 -0500

and need to be reminded to stop concentrating on something. The timer idea is great for that too.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology CE | Web Teacher | First 50 Words

Fujifilm

jkirschner — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:31:35 -0500

Beyond the nostalgia angle, I have to admit that I'm a little perplexed by the interest in instant photos. However, Fujifilm just came out with a new instant film camera, the Fujifilm Instax Mini 7S, for only $85. The prints are about the size of a credit card, with an image area of 1.8- by 2.4-inches.

Josh Kirschner
Techlicious.com

TIMER IS GREAT

SweetWICK — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:17:23 -0500

I love the timer idea. I do it with my cell phone alarm. My times usually go for shorter periods like 30 minutes or so and a 5-10 minute break. Anyone can stay focused for 30 minutes, right? Great method. www.SweetWICK.com ~*~SweetWICK~*~

How odd

paulag01 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:26:37 -0500

Wow - getting invited to re-connect with someone who passed on, now that is one very spooky email. Similar but not as bad as receiving a letter I wrote to a friend that was returned to sender (me) about 2 weeks after his funeral.....that was a sad moment indeed.

Paula Gregorowicz
The Paula G Company
http://www.thepaulagcompany.com

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