47. Evaluation

It was fun, and I hope there’s more, but I thought some of the Things weren’t as good this time around, especially some of the later ones (40, 41, 44, and 45, if you want me to be honest). But it was still fun, and I still hope there’s more. Even if all of the [...]

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46. WebJunction Minnesota

I joined Webjunction a while ago, but had more or less forgotten about my account (and hadn’t done anything with it) until this Thing. I’ve joined a few discussion groups, but they don’t seem to be all that active, compared to many other boards I visit from time to time; I should admit right here [...]

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45. Cloud Computing

I guess I’m so far into the cloud that I fail to see the point of this Thing. I do have stuff stored on my actual hard drive, but that’s mostly just pictures and music, both of which can migrate to the cloud without too much bother; I hardly ever create documents or presentations outside [...]

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44. The Economy

I already participate in online banking with my bank, and have two savings accounts. I am also boringly responsible and don’t have any credit cards, pay my bills and student loans on time, and contribute to my pension plan; we bought a house we wanted that we could afford, and Mr. Lush scrupulously pays the [...]

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43. Online TV and Video

I just don’t watch all that much TV, but I completely understand how these services can be addictive. (The only time I tried to use them was when I had set the DVR incorrectly and missed some episodes of “Top Chef” while we were in Hawaii and Japan. Alas, Bravo does not allow full episodes [...]

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42. Music 2.0

Much like digital and actual books, I don’t think digital radio is going to replace actual radio anytime soon. It is nice to have the option of listening to your favorite station through your computer (or phone) if you’re not at home, but until cars come preloaded with digital radios, I don’t think we have [...]

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41. Mashup Your Life

I have absolutely no desire to sign up for any of these services, and looking at them did nothing to change my mind. I don’t want a constant barrage of *everything* my friends are doing *every* minute of the day. And they don’t wan to see that from me either. Next!

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40. Mashup the Web

I guess I don’t quite see why mashups merit their own Thing, but oh well. Onwards and upwards. I’ve signed up for bkkeeper, but have yet to enter in any titles, mostly because I’m reading four (or so) books right now, and don’t really want to start a new book before I finish something. But [...]

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39. Digital Storytelling

These are some of the many, many pictures I took of flowers when we were in Hawaii in February; these five were all taken at the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, near Hilo on the Big Island. It was absolutely gorgeous, even if February supposedly isn’t the best time to see things in bloom. (It beat [...]

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38. Screencasting

I made this screencast of how to add a book in LibraryThing in Screencast-O-Matic. It was actually quite fun, and I think I could even be persuaded to do more. I just need to work on my mouse skills–holy herky jerky, Batman! The only annoying part for me was that I ended up having to [...]

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