Avatars

Isn’t it fascinating how many words have changed their meaning over the years.  When I first dipped my toe into computing it was a whole new language. Mouse, driver, wallpaper, copy and paste – everything seemed to be old words with new meanings.
The word I found hardest to use was avatar [ the little picture [...]

Embedding a YouTube video in a blog

Wow! Am I chuffed!  I managed to embed the YouTube video in the previous post.
I had tried a few times a couple of weeks ago – but got no joy. I don’t know what I was doing wrong. But the process is simple enough.
When you see a video you want to embed (rather than merely [...]

About RSS feeds

What is RSS? What are feeds? Why should I use them? These questions were all answered for me when I found a great wee video on YouTube.
Learning about blogging makes me want to visit other blogs and learn from them how things might be done. Having found Technorati, and visited a few blogs today, I [...]

Technorati

I have just discovered Technorati. What a great way of getting to know what other blogs are out there!  they offred me a way to “claim my blog”, so that it can benefit from the tools available at Technorati. Writing this post is part of the process. It will be fun to explore and learn more [...]