Twitter (Module 7)

This is my second Twitter account, started specifically for this exercise (like the 23 Things blog). To be frank, I get annoyed trying to post on Twitter because of the 45-word limit. I'm an expounder-at-great-length (in writing) and it just isn't worth my time to post such short comments. I feel restricted. Also, it's good for "conversations," but in my previous account, I never got one response, from anyone. Being that I've been live-journaling as a fiction author for about 10 years, I'm used to getting much more attention.

That said, just because I don't like it, I believe Twitter can be valuable for getting news out--witness our library blog. Some people like to give little reports on stuff, which is fine.

My new account is: ar_moss. I also posted a recipe for Banoffee Pie and a pic of my daughters, who are my two favorite people in the world! of course.

Picnik

I've spent a number of years trying to become proficient in photo-editing programs like Photoshop 7 and Paintshop Pro. I could never find a book that assisted much in the process, and a couple of years ago Photoshop 7 disappeared during a harddrive-blitz to get rid of a virus. So it's been a couple of years since I've worked much with photos. I'm not a big picture-taker myself (if other people hadn't taken pix of my kids while they were growing up, I probably wouldn't have any) and get most of my images from other sources.









This is the initial image I picked with which to tinker. It's a photo of a statue on a gravestone monument in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bay City, Michigan (my home town).







Here's the image tinted Sepia







A pencil-sketch version. All these options are contained in the "Effects" menu.







This is a long view of the same monument







This is the same pic, "sharpened".

Flickr: Discovery Exercise

--credit: megamuffin

I decided to look for photos of Dean Winchester.



credit: bsfag

who's brave, smart and really loves his car.



--credit: Amanda541890

Looks good scruffy.



--credit: MissBlaze3838

He's also aware he's God's gift to women, takes absolutely no guff from anyone, and has been to Hell and back--literally.



--credit: Angel of Vengeance

He has a complicated relationship with his brother Sam but at the end of the day, they’d die for each other.



--credit: Cah Keynes

Both of them are the best ghost & demon hunters there are!

The most important thing to Dean (next to Sam) is his car, a ’67 Impala.



It belonged to his dad, John Winchester.



Credit: The School of Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Castiel, an angel, is another of his friends. Well, sometimes they're friends, sometimes enemies.:)



--credit: caitlinlost06

BTW: I'm clearly not not the only person who likes Dean:



--credit: emphyria



--credit: Andrea Robertson



--credit: EimieChan



--credit: mysteriousmage



--credit: burakki62

RSS Feed Folders

Folders always help organize documents: I love 'em! I've often had the experience of the "create folder" option not working in various programs, or not displaying properly, in cases that don't SEEM like "user error," but that perhaps are.

We'll see how it works with the RSS feeds.

RSS Feeds:

I spent a long time in the past wondering just what these were, and why I would want them. Often, with new technology, options just "show up," are suddenly all over the place, but info defining what the options are and what they provide is sometimes not readily visible, accessible or available. That leads to anxiety about being left in the dust as new technology "marches on."

Once you find out what these anagrams stand for, and what service is provided, they aren't so scary after all.

First 23 Things post

This is my inaugural post for the 23 Things activity. I have had various online blogs on different topics for years, but it's always fun to start a new one. In this one, I will be posting the results of my participation in the 23 Things activities. Full steam ahead!!