Flickr'ing Pics

I created a Flickr account, and then borrowed a camera to take a (rather gloomy) picture of the RAI. (Have now ordered my own camera, so may add more pics later...). Picnik looked interesting - my photo needed something drastic doing to it. After trying out various things I found one that turned it into a pencil sketch. Let's see if I can manage to add it to my blog...as you can see I succeeded (though I did need a little help).

RSS feeds

I signed up for Google Reader and also added it to my iGoogle page. I subscribed to the 23 things feed and a couple of other 23'ers,  plus the BBC monthly weather update, Gardners' World blogs, and the VHL blog (which I had never really taken much notice of up until now.) I have yet to work out how to mark an item as unread or how to stick a star on something  - maybe someone can enlighten me? It's bound to be something glaringly obvious!

Blogging

Despite registering my blog a week ago I've only managed 2 posts so far - I seem to spend too long browsing other peoples blogs and then don't have time to experiment with my own! I don't have many thoughts on blogs at present, being a mere beginner, but looking at the various library ones they seem to be quite useful things. My own blog looks a bit boring so I must try and add some interesting bits to it.....OK, done that now: I decided to add some friendly fish, which are quite fun (but which remind me that I have a dentist appointment soon!), and a bit of colour to the background...much brighter now!

iGoogling

This bit was easy as I already had a gmail account. I have just added useful gadgets so far - I did experiment with things like fish and penguins, but they very soon became boring. I picked a flowery theme to remind me that the weather will warm up at some point! I think having a customised start page will be quite useful, as I can check my latest emails and keep an eye on the weather and news without having to go to another screen.

Into the Unknown...

Twitter, Flickr, Delicious...I've often wondered what exactly these are, and with "23 things" I have a chance to find out. I'm a little nervous about it as some of the "Things" look a bit complicated, so I will probably end up pestering people with lots of annoying questions!