tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60455053432193779822011-04-21T11:45:21.872-07:00rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04801350613893168997noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045505343219377982.post-69901324786324677312008-12-13T13:12:00.000-08:002008-12-13T13:55:43.377-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Mash It Up</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't pursue 'fun' so much as absurdity and wonder. FlickRandom scratched that itch. It's a web app that generates random Flickr photos. Give me the mundane! these crazy little windows, the quiet vacuum of everyday life.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tortri667/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_71Sq3kzcCs4/SUQs_THEaCI/AAAAAAAAAF0/UCDXUbMrEOM/s400/flickrandom3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279394129158367266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Followed the links from random</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> to </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tortri667/">flickr</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. An obscure image relented virtually identical security camera photos. And I don't know which is stranger -- that someone would post these photos or that I would be writing about it now.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6045505343219377982-6990132478632467731?l=ambientinformation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04801350613893168997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045505343219377982.post-40204616343881931422008-12-09T10:50:00.000-08:002008-12-09T11:12:41.634-08:00<span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Flickr Fun</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Sooo. Here's something for the project. Our resident technophobe and most avid reader will soon be blogging about her weekly favorites on our site. Yaay Earlene! We needed a mug shot for the blog, so here's one taken this morning and uploaded to Flickr:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/3095183551_c9b263a0c0.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 387px; height: 372px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/3095183551_c9b263a0c0.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Did lots of stuff today. Set up a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laketravislibrary">flickr account</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Joined a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/librariesandlibrarians/">group</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> and geotagged. And posted here!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6045505343219377982-4020461634388193142?l=ambientinformation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04801350613893168997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045505343219377982.post-73092281990074047272008-11-25T08:13:00.000-08:002008-11-25T08:53:08.049-08:00<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Avatars</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Complete with snotty tissues.</span><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_71Sq3kzcCs4/SSwklBJR2tI/AAAAAAAAAFE/JmpnxI_LkKA/s1600-h/avt_rebecca_kankkunen_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 235px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_71Sq3kzcCs4/SSwklBJR2tI/AAAAAAAAAFE/JmpnxI_LkKA/s320/avt_rebecca_kankkunen_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272629482125122258" border="0" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6045505343219377982-7309228199007404727?l=ambientinformation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04801350613893168997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045505343219377982.post-27046357595345572352008-11-21T15:37:00.000-08:002008-11-21T16:14:02.291-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Google Apps</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't want to do a commercial, here, but I will say it's good Google is making the web more accessible. Even if I don't have an immediate need for many of the applications offered, I can see their utility and appreciate that they are free. Free tools can only be a good thing. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I took the command to wantonly explore Google's offerings as an excuse to look up a friend's music recommendation on YouTube. I got sentimental thinking he had me pegged, once again: listen to </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsSE94vKsh4">Wilco</a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6045505343219377982-2704635759534557235?l=ambientinformation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04801350613893168997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045505343219377982.post-72400329719691141112008-11-21T09:37:00.001-08:002008-11-21T15:23:51.058-08:00<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2 of 7 1/2 Habits</span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">I can't <span style="font-weight: bold;">teach</span>! Life is too vast! Where would I begin?</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Play</span> is the background hum of creativity. The easiest place to be. The place I miss most when I'm not there.</span></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6045505343219377982-7240032971969114111?l=ambientinformation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04801350613893168997noreply@blogger.com0