Monday, October 25, 2010

Firefox Personas

Firefox personas are pictures that you can put into your toolbar to personalize it. It's very cool to have because it spices up the web-browsing experience. It makes being on the internet just that much more fun! You can import your own pictures, choose from defaults, and browse for ones from other people.

Email Post!!!

This is yet another attempt at the email posting.  Please work!!!

Bibme

Bibme is a site where you can make your very own bibliography. It would definitely help out with a school assignment if you needed to write one for English class. You can also write a works-cited page by using this website. I think it is very handy and I will most likely use it in the future for papers.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Google Utilities







Google maps, news, books, product features, translate, and search are very useful tools. They all have their own purposes. Google maps (top) is very useful for when you need directions to a place. Just put in where you want to go and it will automatically tell you how long it will take to get there from the place you put in as your location according to how you are traveling. Google news (third from top) is very good to put as a homepage so you can be caught up in the events going on in the world. Google books(second from bottom) allows you to read some books, but not all. Just go to books and type in what book you want, if they have it you can preview it or it gives you a list of where you can buy it. This is useful for people who like reading. Google product features (second from top) allow you to get a more in-depth search for things you want to buy. It shows you where you buy things from, people's ratings on the product, and price. Google translate(third from bottom) allows you to translate from any language to any other language you want. Say you wanted to learn the German word for "Television". Just put English in the "from" box and German in the "to" box and then type in Television. Then it will tell you the German word for Television. Google search(bottom) lets you search for tings that you are interested in. It definitely helps when you need more information for a paper, or just when something you're trying to remember is bugging you.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Publishing vs Drafting Messages

Blogger lets you draft or publish messages. The drafting can be useful for when you have an idea for later but don't think you will remember it. You draft it and it saves the message for later! Publishing is just publishing it to your page. This is obviously for when you want to talk about something on your blog.
I have a few new gadgets on my blog. One of them is the Virtual Pet gadget. You have all kinds of choices as to what pet you want, like ducks, wolves, dogs, cats, etc. This is a fun gadget! Not the most entertaining gadget in the world but it's pretty fun to have. I chose a duck (you can change the color) and colored him blue. I named him Mr.Fluffy! When you click on him he quacks :)