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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