Social networking

I already had a Facebook account but had not accessed it for ages and I had not really used it fully. I have yet to post a photo there, but updated my profile and added more friends who had contacted me. I also set up a 'family list' to communicate just with family members. I'm still exploring!

Rose ©

Rose ©
Originally uploaded by chrissie2003

Looking at Flickr mashups, I found this photo using Flickr Color Pickr where I selected flowers in the colour pink. It was easy to use but I have had trouble editing this page and have now realised It is best edited in html.

Kim & Phil arrive home

Xmas 2008 006
Originally uploaded by jdthschroder

I found this photo on Flickr - I must have put it there some time ago when I was having a look at it. On the 4th October 2008 Kim & Phil arrived back in Christchurch after spending 2 years working in London and 6 months travelling throughout Europe and the United States. Great to have you home guys!

RSS Feeds and podcasts

Having returned to this after a few days I had to refresh my memory. I found the copying and pasting of the RSS feeds (URLs) ok but have been having trouble with the podcasts - haven't quite got them sussed yet! The amount of information you get once subscribed to RSS feeds is rather overwhelming and I think I would be very selective.

Visiting Author

Tonight, I took my grandchildren to the Town Hall to listen to Australian children's author, Andy Griffiths. He had been invited to speak to groups of school children and families as part of the 150th Anniversary celebrations. Andy talked about his latest book 'Just Macbeth!' and how he linked his characters (Andy, Danny and Lisa from the Just series) with the Shakespearian play Macbeth.

When writing, Andy is always looking for the worst things that can happen to his characters and aims to 'surprise' and create the unexpected, always with humour. He likes to work with everyday events rather than fantasy and likes to create 'bad' characters rather than 'good'.

Andy stressed the importance for budding writers to have a cheap exercise book in which to write down their ideas.

With plenty of opportunity for questions and audience participation, this light and humorous presentation was enjoyed by a small but appreciative crowd. To find out more about Andy Griffiths and his books visit his website: http://www.andygriffiths.com.au/

Blog progress

I had trouble creating 'My blog list' but with the help of a colleague figured it out and have added three team members blogs so far. My next task is to write a comment on those blogs.

Have had fun playing around with the layout and changing the colours. Have yet to try and customize my blog.

Blog underway

Have set up my blog but still have a way too go yet adding pictures etc. Good fun so far!