Froggy finishes up Thing #25

Thing #25 officially done! I added some fun gadgets to my site. I think that finishes thing #25. Woohoo! What's next?

Froggy is now tired after working on Thing #25

Ah. Widgets and gadgets and gizmos, oh my! I read over the 20 usability tips. Some of them seemed to be common sense, like not giving details about work-related items. Who would do that, anyway? And some of it seemed overwhelming. So, I'm supposed to organize my posts and put them in an archive on the sidebar. I don't think I'm there yet. And since I only have one person (thanks Andy!) who's following my blog, I guess I'm not going to worry about all the commenting items just yet.

Posting by e-mail would be handy on certain occasions, but I don't think I'm that attached to my blog right now. I used to get AvantGo on my old Palm. I've since upgraded and didn't realize it was still out there. That's pretty cool. A friend of mine recommended Gcast instead. Hmmm... more research to do.

Seeing all the gadgets was interesting, yet again overwhelming. I like simplicity. I don't want to muck up my blog too much with unecessary things. But you can see I've already added my Shelfari shelf. So, on to adding more widgets/gadgets. Maybe tomorrow, or another day. I need coffee. Mmmm... Caribou coffee.

Froggy does housekeeping for Thing #24

I'm working on Thing #24. I think I got most of it. Maybe even all of it. I looked at the new templates for my blog. There are lots that weren't there when I started. Some of them are pretty cool! I didn't like any of them better than the one I have now, though. I like my look. I've been playing with some of my digital scrapbooking software and have thought about creating my own look, but it's a bit overwhelming right now. Maybe later.

I've added widgets. You can see my Shelfari widget. I added it before I started up with more things on a stick. I like widgets. I like the way the Shelfari widget displays as a bookshelf.

I added information about myself. I actually don't want to put it out there because I have another blogger blog that I'll be using for work purposes. The info's there now, but will disappear shortly.

I like my display name. I'm not changing it. I can't think of anything else I'd like to change it to. I don't want to put my real name out there, for now. I might at a later date.

I gave my avatar a new look for winter. You can go back in my blog posts and see where I did this. If it ever warms up here, I'll change it to more springy clothes and sites. I plan to put up some pictures of a "froggy" on my other tween blog for work. I just haven't gotten to it yet.

I registered my blog with More Things on a Stick. I keep getting updates by e-mail. Things are a-changin' every day, sometimes every hour. You guys must be busy! And I got the e-mail when my blog was added to the wiki. It's in the right place. Thanks!

Thing #24 DONE!

Anyone ever watch Monster House? I wish I had that big stamp and the echo-y sound when I put that in...

Oh dear. What have I done?

I signed up for More Things on a Stick. I'm so in trouble, now. Why do I do these things? It must be that life-long learning thing that I'm addicted to. Bummer. (And also, why does my inner voice sound like a "valley girl"? No idea. I'll have to work on that...)

Playing with video

The topic of video came up because online booktalks are cool! Thought I'd play around with posting video and so found this cool clip of my puppy a few years back trying on booties to protect his little paws from the snow. The hope was to get him to play in the snow, but as you'll see, he didn't go near it. He seemed so much happier to be outside in the cold with the booties on. Fun!

Winter is here...

I winterized my avatar. I guess it's time to admit that winter is finally here. Shoveling the driveway will do that for ya!

My Dewey Number

Who knew? I have a Dewey number. Here's the scoop!

Froggy's Dewey Decimal Section:
460 Spanish & Portuguese languages
Froggy = 685775 = 685+775 = 1460

Class:
400 Language

Contains:
Linguistics and language books.

What it says about you:
You value communication, even with people who are different from you. You like trying new things don't mind being exposed to unfamiliar territory. You get bored with routines that never change.

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