Add a Gadget!

Classmate Michael asked how to add a gadget, so here goes!



On the Blogger Dashboard, click the button for Layout. Then, click the button for Add a Gadget. A window pops up to display a list of typical gadgets you can add. Pick the one you want, and select Add (or something to that effect). Once the gadget appears on the Dashboard Layout screen, you can grab the left-hand section of each gadget to move it around, and place it where you want. You can easily add and remove gadgets with the new Blogger templates, until you find the look you like. In fact, it's rather fun. So, give it a try - and let me know how it works!
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How Many of US?

Here's a cute use of web technology: Find out How Many of Me there are in the US. Here's what I found out: 629,822 have the same first name as I, and it is the 78th most popular name. 642 people in the US have the same last name as I, and it's the 41520th most pospular. However, only I have MY name. I received this info in a circulating email, sent to me by cousin Kathy.

HowManyOfMe.com

There is 1 person with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

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Add a Voice

I am interested in finding a way to post to a blog using voice. Specifically, I would like my father to be able to post information directly onto the blog I set up for Marian and Phil, Inc.

I have searched the internet, and come up with a few likely possiblities. Here's one: Talkr.

Do you know of any other? Blogspot used to have a connection with a company that allowed such a thing: the ability to phone in a post for a blog. But now it's gone! SO - write me if you've got any suggestions!
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Welcome, Classmates!

Welcome, COIN 63 classmates! This blog was created for Lab 5 of our class in Advanced Web Technologies at Foothill College. Hope you like it! Feel free to make comments, offer suggestions, subscribe, or just read. If you have any ideas to share, write me!
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Puppy Slide

Here's our neighbors' puppy on Slide.

How'd I do that? It's easy! Create an account at Slide, upload your photos, and choose your presentation format. Then, save the slideshow, and copy and paste ("embed") the html coding onto your blog page. Enjoy!
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Add a Blog List

One of our assignments in COIN 63 is to add a Blog List. If you don't know how to do that, check out this video:



The advantage of a Blog List is that you can easily post links on your blog to other blogs your like. This means your favorites are always within easy reach, and your readers find out what YOU like to read!
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What a Wonderful

Here's an uplifting video posted by Dianne's cousin:



Check out Paul's blog Do Something Today.
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TV Challenges US

Here's a look of what's in store for us oldsters as we negotiate the switch to digital TV. Get ready!!



Looks like you have to CLICK on this video to see it at the website where it was originally posted. The size of the video was too big (512 pixels x 296 pixels ), so I cut it down (to 400x230). I wonder if that left off the video controls? Anyway - I'm just proving the point: technology is challenging!
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Blidget Added to Blog

I have now added a "blidget" to my blog! What you may ask, is a blidget? Well, as far as I can figure out, it's a widget for a blog that lists the most recent postings. If I'm not mistaken, someone could click on Get Widget, and they will be led to a page with instructions how to add my blidget to your blog.

Why would one want to do that? Well, I don't know! But, I'm checking it out. Take a look for yourself - it's currently installed at the top right of my blog.
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Hockey Moms Live On

True, the election is over, but there is still much that circultates yet on the Web. Check out this video posted on the Feminist Peace Network:


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See Craig Vote

Craig Newmark, creator of Craig's List, joins "millions of Americans", or at least 948 so far, who have taken YouTube's challenge to Video Your Votes!



Craig's List, by the way, is located on my postal delivery route! Not that I actually deliver their mail anymore (being retired these last 3 years). However, it gives me a vicarious sense of pride to have such a remarkable company in my small world. Want to read more about my postal career? Check out My Inner Sunset.

News about the voters' videos can be found at Yahoo! News.
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COIN 63

I'm currently enrolled in Sandi Watkins' class on Advanced Web Technologies - COIN 63, delivered online from Foothill College. If you haven't taken any Web classes, maybe you should! If you're interested, be check to check out Foothill's catalog. They have a wide variety of offerings, and the courses are relatively inexpensive, and only 12 weeks long. What can you lose?
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Add a Gadget

Do you know how to Add a Gadget? If not, check out this video by Google:



It adds so much to the functionality of blogs for the users to be able to interact with it. After all, we're not just readers - we're also doers, and listeners too! So, don't forget to Add a Gadget!
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MoveOn Voters Alert

See what dear friends Cindy and Bob sent? Don't let this happen!



Note: actually posted 11/7/08; emailed video received 10/29/08
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