Slide Show

I got some pictures loaded and created a set, which can be viewed as a slide show.

Which, according to my classy dad, "looks like pictures from one of those booths where people take 5 pictures of their butt for a dollar." Which, technically speaking, they are. But, I mean, However, we probably didn't stay late enough at the fair to see that kind of thing. Demolition Derby, on the other hand, was pretty great, mostly because my pick won (GO, station wagons!).

I think the problem I had before was not making the pictures public; I think only people with Flickr accounts can be among friends and family to view private photos.

Apparently, I need some Flickr friends!

More than meets the eye

So I've got one photo uploaded to Flickr.

It's a start, right? There are so many really beautiful pictures on Flickr, and some very strange pictures as well (Why does someone take a photo of every outfit she wears and post it? Better question, why did I look at two months worth of outfits?). Mine tend to be more mundane, and all of the same subject. New parent's prerogative, I guess.

I'm still exploring a lot of the options, like creating contacts. I've invited one person to be a contact, so I'll see how that goes. I'm also thinking about what I want as my Buddy Icon. I could get so bogged down in that type of thing that I never really use the site! Once I get a few more photos uploaded, I can play a little more. I used to have photos on Yahoo, which got dumped onto Photobucket. Yahoo was quick, but I think Flickr and Photobucket will take a bit more tinkering.

Getting Started on 2.0

I'm a little creaky - this is a late start for the Web 2.0 challenge, but I think I'm ready to get going.

I think I'll kill two birds with one blog, and use this as a way to log what I've read as well - something I wish I'd done back in the days I actually read a lot. Now I'm reading fewer books, but I have more trouble remembering them! Using the fancy-schmancy machine here as a book log will satisfy my Luddite tendencies.

I am excited to have received an advanced copy of E.L. Konigburg's newest, The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World. I'm just getting started on it, but I have high hopes; her last two were wonderful.

I'm also reading Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, and a recent chapter actually made my inner Martha Stewart consider making cheese. Because a person who can barely throw together three of the four food groups for dinner needs to be making cheese.