I woke up late...again. You see, I'm not a morning person. Even when I was on the US Ski Team I hated getting up early for those cold brisk chair lift rides at 6AM. Not even now, having been retired for two years, do I miss those morning chair lift rides....OK maybe a little. But, even then I would show up late most of time.
Anyway- I got up late enough to catch an early lunch. I made one of my favorites. Turkey sandwich with itallian dressing. I'm not a big mayonaise or mustard person. A little salad dressing tastes much better to me.
I'm not the best photographer as you can see. I've seen some really awesome photographers with awesome foodie blogs (my favorites:
the adventures of super wife or
cupcakes take the cake) Mine shrink in comparison!
I'm not trying to win any awards with this one or anything. I'm just trying to get my point across. This is a really good sandwich.
1 hoggie roll - toasted
a dab of Italian dressing on each half
salad greens on one side, turkey meat on the other
a sprinkle of grated white chedder on top of the turkey. Yumm!!
Now, it would be even better if I had some motivation and cut up some cucumber, avacado, and added some sprouts to the whole mix. But, the sun was shining out ( a rare occurrence lately) and I couldn't wait that long to get out there and see what my husband was doing to the garden.
Here's what he was doing:
My handsome little gardener. I would have to say he's really sprucing the place up!
So, today I just hung out on the patio, read my PC Magazine, while my husband labored away under the hot sun and played with the flowers. It was blissful!
So, in PC Magazine this month they featured 501 Tips For Better Computing. A lot of times when Magazines advertise this kind of "Tips and Tricks" stuff, it ends up being a bunch of crap that's not true. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that the majority of the tips are very very helpful and legitimate!
Now, I cant give away alllll the tips for several very good reasons. But I will give you an idea of what my TOP 10 FAVORITE TIPS are:
TOP 10 FAVORITE TIPS FROM PC MAGAZINE:
10. Taking Digital Pictures in the Dark:
Some of you out there maybe really good digital camera picture takers but I am not. As you can tell from the pictures I am featuring here...I'm a questionable photographer. So, Tip # 213, by David Gussman, was most helpful for me. He says "Many amateur photographers assume that the flash will solve all their lighting issues when they are shooting in a dark environment." Umm... David? That would be me thank you very much! The solution is to ramp up your ISO setting, have at least a small amount of light, and shoot without a flash. I tried this very nifty tip and guess what? It worked! Even just the small amount of light coming from my tiny little LED headlamp was enough light, combined with the increased ISO setting on my camera (it goes up to 400) to take a pretty good picture of the camp site my husband and I stayed at last weekend. You'll get to see that picture in my next blog.
9. Music on your Blog, Myspace, or Website:In the Digital Music Services section, Erik Rhey talks about this cool widget, from lastfm.com, that allows others reading your blogs, websites, myspaces, etc. what kind of music you are listening to. The only downfall that I have found so far is that you have to make a playlist. But I haven't figured out how to do that yet. Any clues? Let me know with your comments.
8. Connecting non-Gmail email to Gmail (say that three times really fast!):
I didn't know you could do this but you can have another email address linked to your Gmail. Eric Griffith says this is really useful when you get a calendar invite from your none-Gmail account and you want to put that date on your Google Calendar. I have a Gmail account but I've never really used it because I have a hotmail account I've been using for ages and everyone knows me by the non-Gmail address. But now I think I'll finally be able to switch over! Cool!
7. Good Communication Tip:
Dont send emails when your mad, says Tipper Michael Muchmore in tip #404. I really like this persons last name by the way. Muchmore. "Hello, I'm Hewy, who are you?" "Muchmore, thank you."Anyway- This is a good tip. Michael goes on to say it's better to save the email you just ravenously wrote as a draft until you've had at least a day to sit on it. After that much time you may have had some time to think about things and maybe change your response...like taking out all the four letter words.
6. Cite your sources when your Blogging:
This is a great idea by Brian Heater (another great name by the way) in PC Magazine. Brian believes in something called Blog Karma. I would imagine this is something like the saying 'what you give out you get back' kinda deal. So if you dont share who gave you the brilliant idea for the Better Computing Tips your going to BURN IN HELL!
5. Blog early and often:
Brian Heater also says it's hard to keep the traffic moving to your blog if there isn't anything new on your blog for days and days and days. Totally true! I hate it when I go to someones blog I really like and they haven't posted in awhile. I start to wonder what happened to them? Did they just quit living?
4. The "Easy Keys" in your Google Reader:
According to Eric Griffith from PC Mag. There is a much easier way to scroll through your many blog subscriptions. The J key will go to the next down through the list, K key will move you back up to the previous subscription article, and the space bar will move one screen at a time so you wont miss anything. Easy peasy!
3. Editable PDFs:
Eric Griffith is a very smart guy. He's figured out how to make PDF files editable. Simply email them to your Gmail. Then view the attachment as a HTML text. Once you've opened it you can cut and paste the info into your word processor and edit it. That's a good one!
2. Make Free PDF's:
Free PDF's? This Tip, #445 really caught my eye because I've looked to see how much it would cost to get a program that makes PDFs and it's not cheap! Helen Bradley explains that there is a great web resource, pdfonline, where you can upload files in other formats, they are converted into PDF's and emailed to you. Now that is slick! It's about dang time someone came up with that one!
1. Web Traffic:
It was really hard to decide which tip to use from the Web Traffic Section of the 501 Tips for Better Computing by PC Mag. because they were all so good! But I think this one is the best. Vicki Jacobson tells you how to get your blog or website listed in an Open Directory Project that allows you to submit your site for more "Organic" (unpaid-for) traffic to your site. Go to dmoz.org and submit your site to the world.
There are 491 additional amazing tips in PC Mag. June 2008 Issue that you have yet to explore. So, pick up the magazine, or read more tips and helpful information about Better Computing.
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Interesting to know.
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