News Bloopers To Tickle Your Funny Bone

Does it make you laugh, or chuckle, or chortle?

Touch of Gold

State Capitol Building in Des Moines, Iowa - lovingly restored inside and out in the 1990s. If you are an architecture or history buff, it is worth a visit.

MP3 -- Who me?

Yes, I have now downloaded some songs to MP-3 player (with the help of the lunchtime tech experts). I've noticed that MP-3s are are popular with both teens and sixty-somethings. I think it is because they are so portable.

Technorati Talk

In exploring top favorite blogs, top searches, and top blogs noticed that "making money blogging," "libraries," and "politics" were big blogging topics. If we combine all three the topic becomes "Can librarians or politicians make money blogging????"

Google sharing

Googling Away

I was surprised to learn that one can create and share word, spreadsheet, and powerpoint and store online on Google. Life is easier on Google.

Flickr - ing away

Latest techie exploits. Set up flickr account. Posted Halloween pix. (Along with all the other flickr afficionados and Halloween fans.) I am a fan of flickr. It's easy. It's fast. It's fun.

Blogging about techie stuff

What has the Hawkeye Hoosier been doing lately?

1. Setting up an RSS Feed. (includes some Iowa sites)

2. Joining the bizillion people on MySpace (with a briefest of brief profile.)

Blogging about blogging

Blogs are everywhere. Now even the fed govt has blogs. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I did log onto one of Uncle Sam's blogs today and found a fed employee blogging about how many "Tastycakes" she ate watching the Phillies win the Natl League East. She says she needs to take her own advice and lay off the Tastycakes and check out some of our government's fine information on nutrition. More power to her and to the Phillies.

Iowa to Indiana

I am an native Iowan (Hawkeye) who moved to Indiana earlier this year. What have I noticed about the difference between the two? Sports are big in Iowa and even bigger in Indiana (especially basketball, ice hocky, and car racing). I was amused to see the carts little kids can drive around the grocery store are made to look like race cars. Must be close to Detroit.