Monday, February 18, 2008

4 of 23 things on a stick: Winter Rainbow

A rainbow in February isn't one of the 23 Things, but I sure enjoyed seeing it as I drove to work this morning. Took a little of the sting out of the 20 below wind chill. WHAT is with the temperature swings this month anyway, Minnesota PMS, or what?

If my cell phone had a camera I could've taken a picture of it and posted it on Flickr, now that I've opened up an account. Although, as a lifetime member of the Hang Up and Drive! club (or at least, I would be, if I could find the clubhouse) I suppose I wouldn't have my cell phone handy anyway.

I have a feeling it's going to take me awhile to get throught this Thing, because it's just too much fun.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

3 of 23 things on a stick

RSS FEEDS: I've just started exploring this very powerful tool. People who love being in front of the computer screen are going to love RSS. It's a cool idea if you follow a lot of websites and blogs closely, but I don't. I can see it's useful, but I'm just not that addicted to instant updates on everything.

For practice, I opened a Google Reader account and I also picked a few RSS feeds to add to my 23 Things blog. But it seems to me that this Thing, RSS feeds, could be as big a time-eater (not necessarily a time-waster) as email. Still, I certainly wouldn't be willing to part with my email, and who knows? Maybe I'll be saying the same thing about my RSS feeds in another year or two!