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  • Typepad for Dummies is Out

    This actually throws a few cents my way.  Love Typepad, that's what I use for blogging.  I have actually purchased this book — the Kindle version — and am reading it on my PC.  Why did I pick the Kindle version?  $9.99 and I don't have to wait for it.

    Okay, it took a few seconds to download.

    Like all dummies book it is an easy read and has a lot of good information.

  • Blogging With Windows Live Writer

    I’ve made a recording of setting of Windows Live Writer and It will be here in a few minutes.

    I like to use Windows Live Writer to put program code into my blog:  Here is an example:

    	Me.Label1.Text = "This is a test"

    If you want to give it a try, use coupon code called RESOLVE2BLOG2010 which will give you 20% off for life –> Click Here to Try It!

  • Lynda.com — Training Website

    One huge problem I have as a teacher, is the technology keeps changing.  Lynda.com helps with that.  I signed up for it originally for myself, but recently the district has made it available to us for free.  Love that!


    They have really good videos over most of the high school technology software. 


    If you want to give it a try, see Free 24 hour pass to lynda.com.

  • Testing Blogging on Facebook

    I’m trying to see if there are still multiple Facebook posts.

  • I love Audible Books — seriously

    One of my absolute favorite websites is Audible Books and they have an affliate program that I just joined.  Whenever I drive on a long trip, I take advantage of their books, plus I listen to the New York Times every morning.


    Download audiobooks to your iPod, iPhone, Blackberry & over 500+ devices. Save 50% for 3 months, only $7.49/mo.

  • Testing Facebook to Typepad Posts

    I got 4 posts when I tried this yesterday, but I think I know why.

  • Linking Blog Posts to Twitter (Typepad Feature)

    One of the things I really like about Typepad is the ability to automatically post a link to your blog post, to Twitter (and other accounts).  Here’s an example:


    2-24-2010 10-00-29 PM


    See in the screen capture that I have Twitter picked — and if you go out to my Twitter feed at http://www.twitter.com/kathweaver, you’ll see a link to this post.


    By the way, the ability to put in a picture is very easy too, and something I’ll show in a later blog post.  If you want to try out blogging with Typepad, there is a coupon code called RESOLVE2BLOG2010 which will give you 20% off for life –> Click Here to Try It!

  • Posting to my blog from facebook

    One of the features of Typepad, is to allow users to update their blogs (and Facebook), through their Facebook account.

    So I’m giving that a try. I had to go into Facebook, add the Blog It Application, and put in my Typepad username and password. Found my blog pretty quick.

    Once I go to Post to Blog, it’s a simple interface. Just type and Post.

  • Daily Steal – Wireless Headphones

    There are two websites I love — WOOT! and Daily Steals.  Thankfully they don't have something I'd like every day, but it's bad enough.

    I also have an unending quest to find a way to stay on the treadmill a few extra minutes.  Last week I scored a deal on Daily Steal that arrived to day, that helped the treadmill thing.

    Wireless headset.

    Yeah, I have bluetooth headsets but this headset is designed to work with your TV output.  And it DOES.  The hardest part for me is to get the TV loud enough so I can hear everything over the treadmill.  Probably drives my husband nuts, I have to have it on full blast. 

    No longer.

    These are iPhones, they were really cheap — I think $10.00 and are powered with AAA batteries.  Since my husband works at Tuesday Morning, he's always scoring those cheap too.

    Love em.

  • It is so fun to see yourself quoted on someone else’s blog!

    I know that Steve Tate is talking about me, because

    • I know him
    • I remember the occasion
    • It’s my favorite observation about Computer Science students.

    Quoted from http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/:

    Knowing and Doing

    One of my favorite comments in all the on-line discussion of cheating in CS is Comment 1 to Mark Guzdial’s blog entry, by Steve Tate:

    About a decade ago I was chatting with some high school teachers when my university hosted a programming contest for high school kids. One teacher pointed out that her best CS students were those that also played either music or golf — her theory was that they were used to tasks where you are really bad at first, but you persevere and overcome that. But you have to be able to accept that you’ll really stink at it for a good long while.