Project Exploring the Internet: Day 89

I thought this site, New Years Ideas was cute.

I especially liked the balloon idea where the husband and wife filled up hundreds of balloons with little notes.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 88

Comedy.com seems like, "Geez, why haven't I been there before?" but it's a new one to me.

Examples of what is there:

Kid Jumps on the Frozen River and goes through the Ice - It's funny in a way, but dangerous as all heck. What were those kids thinking?

Dumb Animal Activist Sign

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 87

Check out this cool Alarm Clock download for you computer.

I think it's kinda cool. You don't need the clunky alarm clock in your room anymore.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 86

I happened across a site called FlickPeek.com today.

It's basically a links site but just about any movie or show online that you are interested in, they have a link to where you can watch it online.

Y'all know I love the free online shows.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 85

You like museums?

Go to Virtual Museum Tours.

Some of them are cool... others, not so much.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 84

I watched a TV show on gangs a while back and thought I'd look up gangs online.

There's a site called Knowgangs.com that will teach you all about them and you can learn about the gangs in your area.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 83

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

NowPublic.com is a site I've never heard of before. I just happened across it today.

It's a news site with links to very interesting stuff.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 82

Ultra Condensed Movies breaks movies down(writing) to a condensed reading that gives you an idea about the movie.

It's an interesting idea.

I read the condensed version of Avatar, and it gives you an idea anways.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 81

Christmas in Knoxville has a LOT of Christmas stories that go well with this time of year. Enjoy the site.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 80

I went to the Lego website and found a cool page there with Free Lego Games that you might like.

I always like free games.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 79

Maya Ruins is a site to go see pictures of Mayan ruins.

If you can't go see them in person, this might be the next best way to see them.

It's really cool.

How's Christmas going for everyone?

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 78

A place to get updated on new movies?

Go to Fandango. It's a good place to get to know movies.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 77

Olga's Gallery is an interesting site if you like artwork.

You can view paintings of:

Pablo Picasso
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Henri Matisse
Joan Miro
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Vincent Van Gogh
Rembrandt van Rijn
Edgar Degas
Max Ernst
Rene Magritte
Paul Gauguin
Alphonse Mucha
Wassily Kandinsky
Paul Cezanne
Salvador Dali
Hieronymus Bosch
Diego Velázquez
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Raphael
Marc Chagall
Amedeo Modigliani
Caravaggio

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 76

GO SEE AVATAR 3D!

We just seen it and it is THE BEST MOVIE IN OVER A DECADE!!!!

It's definitely in my top 3 ALL TIME!!!!

It could just be the best movie EVER!

IT IS INCREDIBLE!!!! ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!!

So this, today, is find Avatar 3D sites online.




IMDB AVATAR CAST

Avatar Official Website

Avatar theme song 'I See You' by Leona Lewis

"Just like a baby."

LOL

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 75

Helium is a site where people write educational articles. You just create a page and start writing away.

Do I really need another writing site?

LOL

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 74

Now, people in the medical profession may like this better than some but some of y'all may be interested. I think my boys might like it.

Ever interested in watching a surgery done?

ORLIVE is a place to see real surgeries done.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 73

Wanna stay up on science?

Popsci is a good place to go.

I just read about a robot that will help you grocery shopping.

That's cool!

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 72

Ok ok (cheated a little bit on this one) LOL

Zoo World Tips

I'm getting addicted to this silly little game. If you have a Facebook and like this, visit my zoo.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 71

Dude, I was totally in bed, falling asleep to Will Smith's '7 Pounds' movie (I hate it when people say film), when I realized, oh crap, my blog!

So I Googled, OH CRAP.

LOL

This is what I found....

Funnypart.com

It's mostly funny pics. LOL. Will I get to sleep now?

The Before and After pic really made me laugh.

The Be Careful pic was OK.

BUT

The Hello It's Me just really cracked me up.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 70

Wow, 70 days in.... still going.

I think some of my entries have been good and others have been blah.... LOL. Would it be cheating if I went back and fixed some?

:)

The Weather Channel and their desktop application is probably my favorite weather site online. I can see the temp in my area any time jus looking at my desktop (lower right hand corner). That's one of the best things.

AccuWeather.com - Type in your zip code and the weather in your area is there. They also have some videos and maps.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 69

OOOOOO

Hey Y'all!

I found a really good site today!

:)

1980 Games has free games from the 1980's that some of us grew up with.

Now, for your kids, they might be way dumb but they hold good memories for many of us.

I just got my butt kicked on Mrs. Pac-Man LOL.

They've also got Donkey Kong, Mario Bro's, Kung Fu, Rushin Attack, Frogger and many others.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 68

Budget 101 Christmas has some good Christmas ideas especially some good homemade ideas.

New ideas this time of year are always welcome eh.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 67

It's time for Christmas crafts with the kids eh.

Family Fun Christmas Ornament Crafts

Some of those look like a blast!

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 66

Trees Are Good is a tree care site....

Arbor Day Foundation is another good tree site but they charge $10 for admission but they will send you 10 "free" trees, which aren't really free if you pay a $10 admission LOL, but what the heck, you get 10 trees.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 65

Democracy Now has tons of great news stories. They also have many videos that are interesting.

One of my favorites is the hour they had with Buffy Sainte-Marie on November 26th, 2009.

Most of their shows are an hour. Another I found interesting is, Climate Change and the Global South: A Roundtable Discussion.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 64

Future Movies is a site that lets you know about movies that will coming out in the future.

I'm excited about the new movie Avatar right now.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 63

Grist.org is a site that deals with the environment and living a green life.

It has many articles to keep one updated on the fight for a better environment.

I've never heard of it before so I thought I'd check it out and share.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 62

You ever just want to show your kids the same Christmas videos you watched as a kid? I was just thinking that. So I did some research and came up with some online!

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (52:06)

A Charlie Brown Christmas (25:43)

Frosty the Snowman (25:00)

The Smurfs Christmas Special (22:54)

Twas the Night Before Christmas (21:12)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 61

Up for some quizzes?

Try FunTrivia.com.

Have fun with it.

I totally bombed my first quiz there.

LOL

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 60

Ok I found something kinda funny today.

There's a site where people actually write in complaints about their boss or whomever to get it off their chest.

It's called B****ingNetwork.com.

Here are a couple of examples:

SHADOW: I laugh my ass off when I see a cop in a NO Parking Zone and hes Parked there Runs into Starbucks and grabs coffee and runs back out before the what ??? THE COPS GRAB HIM??? 2 sets of laws in our society folks

BITINGMYTONGUE: My boss gave me a raise and then spent too much money on shit for the workplace, stuff we didn't ask for or need and took my raise away. Then she yelled at us for spending too much money! WTF?! She frieked out on a coworker who called in sick with the swine flu!! As if it was her fault she was sick!

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 59

ESPN is driving me nuts.... well it always does so I don't try to watch it much but if I'm needing a sports fix.... What else are you going to do?

ESPN has pretty much a monopoly on sports and they are so east-coast-biased it makes me sick. What also bothers me about them is that they blow up stories that shouldn't be and they just drive them into the ground.

Take the latest Tiger Woods incident.... Tiger crashed his car into a tree in front of his house. ESPN is making it into this big deal where EVERY 5 MINUTES they are talking about it. On Mike and Mike in the Morning, they were actually talking about wether or not they should talk about it.... FOR AN HOUR! Well, I listened for less than 5 minutes, turned it off, and then about an hour later switched back and they were still talking about it, then I shut it off again.

LOL

It's either that or it's NY teams this, NY teams that. I don't like NY teams! So I try to stay away from ESPN.

I'll watch NBA TV when I can or Fox Sports North. FSN though doesn't have the same coverage. They have a lot of fishing shows etc.

So I started thinking, where can you get sports online that isn't the Eastcoast SPorts Network?

All Sports:
Yahoo Sports

NFL:
NFL.COM

MLB:
MLB.COM

NBA:
NBA.COM

Boxing/MMA:
BoxRec

Sports Talk Radio:
Fox Sports Radio, KFAN MPLS (Although KFAN is becoming less and less sports for some reason. It think the radio personalities have just gotten bored talking sports. Maybe time to get someone in that WANTS to talk sports on a SPORTS TALK RADIO STATION!), The Ticket Dallas, Atlanta 790, Calgary 770, Florida 790, Toronto 590, St. Louis 590, Utah 1320, Oklahoma 98.1, Seattle 950, Memphis 560

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 58

Somebody speaking a different language on some website or chat room and you want to know what they said?

Google Translator

World Lingo

Or if you are on a different language site, you can take what you want to say in English and put it in that other language.

Try it.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 57

Looking for some Daily Blog Tips? That site has some good ones.

There are some good tips there such as keeping a consistant blogging schedule and be authentic.

It's a HUGE site though with many things to read. I'll probably be there on and off all day checking it out looking for new ideas.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 56

I have recently come across an online contest....

Ziploc Challenge - Enter Ziploc's Save Your Food with Ziploc Challenge Sweepstakes for your chance to win a $5,000 grand prize, two $1,000 first prizes, two $500 second prizes, or 150 instant prizes of a $25 Target gift card.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 55

I'm having fun this morning exploring different places on Google Maps.

The first time I checked out Google Maps I got directions. But it was just a street map. Then I did some more exploring into it and found out that if you click the "Satellite" tab in the upper right hand corner, you get a satellite view. In most places it even lets you zoom in so far you can see the top of your house or car, close enough you can accurately describe someones place with color and size etc.

They make it pretty easy to find your place or someplace you are looking for. All you have to do is type in an address. It takes you right there.

So, I used my imagination and typed in "Vatican City." I was curious to see what it looked like there. I didn't really notice much. There were a LOT of cars.

Next I typed in "White House." It's very green, lot's of trees.

Then I went to the Dallas Cowboys new stadium. That view must have been a couple years old because it was just being built. They just started playing there this year but the stadium only looks half built in the satellite view.

Well, then I went to WhitePages.com and started typing in the name of a friend I grew up with to get his address. Then I went back to the map and found his place.

Wow, it's amazing what you can do online.

It sure does make getting directions to a place a LOT easier.

LOL

You can see the road with your own eyes and take the trip that way before you actually physically take the trip.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 54

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Did you know you can put a chat room on your blog page?

ChatRoll is another way to do it.

Back to TURKEY DAY!

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 53

Thanksgiving for us has to be done a certain way....

It has to be TURKEY! None of this ham BS!

You must wake up to the smell of the meal cooking.

The parade must be on in the morning.

It has to be the jellied cranberry sauce that makes that sound when it comes out.

The meal MUST be served at Noon (give or take a half an hour).

The COWBOYS game MUST be on the TV!

Now THAT'S Thanksgiving!

I found some Thanksgiving Day Stuff online:

President Obama Pardons the Turkey

Thanksgiving Recipes

Thanksgiving Song for Kids, Thanksgiving Song, Turkey Jive Song, Turkey in Your Belly Time

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 52

Put Your Photo on a Magazine Cover is a fun little thing for a webpage.

:)

MagMyPic is another site that does the same thing with different magazines.

Another one is Fake Magazine Cover.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 51

What the Movie is a site where they put up a picture from a movie and you have to guess what movie it is from.

I think I got something like 2/10.

LOL

CAN YOU BEAT THAT?

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 50

NewlyWebsite is a site that discusses brand new websites out there. They update quite often.

It's a nice website to keep updated.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 49

This site is HILARIOUS!

It's called FailBlog.org.

They have pics/videos of people messing up big time to put on your blog/facebook etc.

Here are some examples:

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 48

My wife really wanted to see Twilight 2 last night. It was at the local theater (in a town of about 770 people) at midnight.

My thinking was, if they are showing it at midnight they are probably expecting a few people so I tried calling a couple of times just to see if it was going to be sold out.

Nobody answered the phone. They just had their automated message up.

I stayed up until midnight, drove all the way to the theater and got there at 11:45. We get to the door and she says, "We can put you on the waiting list. There are 11 seats left and 17 people on the waiting list."

What the #$%^@$%^@$#^#%&#@#$&%#$%*$....

I was nice, but I felt like screaming ANSWER YOUR *&%^%*&%*&^&*$^%^#$&^%^&*^*(%^$ PHONE!!!!

How does a vampire movie sell out on a Thursday night at midnight, in a town of 770 people, in NORTHERN MINNESOTA, made up mostly of Christians?

It kind of annoyed me even more when I looked in and it looked like mostly teenagers. It's a SCHOOL NIGHT!!!! HOW DO THEY MAKE THE MIDNIGHT MOVIE ON A SCHOOL NIGHT?

I thought the first movie was ok, maybe a 7/10. I didn't even know it was popular enough to open up at midnight. Then to sell out? I guess I don't watch enough E-Network. LOL

So I decided to look for a movie theater review site. I couldn't find one.

I did find movie review sites though.

Rotten Tomatoes is s decent site to review movies yourself. You write your own review and you can read the reviews of others.

It's ok but the format is confusing. It's hard to find things but it's the best movie review site I've come across.

I think there needs to be a movie theater review site though.

So as I'm writing this I decide to look one more time. I FOUND ONE!

Box Office Mojo let's you review movie theaters. The only thing about this site is that there aren't that many reviews yet. Even the Mall of America theater only has 3 ratings and it still doesn't have any reviews. So while you can express yourself, you can't really read much about a new theater before you go there.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 47

I found a site called Blog Things that has some cool stuff on it.

They have a What vampire are you quiz.

It said about me:

You Are Count von Count (The Count on Sesame Street. LOL)

You? A vampire? Well, maybe in name only. There's nothing really vampiric about you.
You are the kindest person in the world. You wouldn't hurt a fly, let alone suck someone's blood.

You are a natural teacher, and you enjoy the company of children. And not because you find them delicious!


Found a new personality test at Blog Things Personality Quiz.

It said about me:

You Are An INFP
The Idealist

You are a creative person with a great imagination. You enjoy living in your own inner world.
Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships.
It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close to you.
But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop.

In love, you tend to have high (and often unrealistic) standards.
You are very sensitive. You tend to have intense feelings.

At work, you need to do something that expresses your personal values.
You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.

How you see yourself: Unselfish, empathetic, and spiritual

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Unrealistic, naive, and weak.


Check out their 50 Most Popular Quizzes.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 46

I just started checking out Aviary. It's a full and FREE image editing suite.

I haven't done a whole lot with it yet but I can't wait to get into the photo editing. I watched a video about what you can do on their site and I can't wait to start monkeying around with my pics.

LOL

Something NEW, that's really COOL, and totally FREE?

I'm into that.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 45

I'm starting to do Facebook a little more lately for some reason and I found the Noupe.com's 35 Facebook Applications site. I'm hoping it helps my Facebook page some.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 44

I hope everyone is doing great today.

This Southgate Gadgets Page may have something useful for your blog. I kinda like the National Geographic widget. I haven't used it yet though.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 43

The Paul Sadowski Birthday Calculator is interesting.

This is what it had for me: (I have some comments after some of these)

1 April 1973

Your date of conception was on or about 9 July 1972 which was a Sunday.
(Seems to me mom and dad got frisky on the 4th of July weekend LOL)

You were born on a Sunday
under the astrological sign Aries.
Your Life path number is 7.
(Yeah, I was almost born at home because dad thought mom was pulling an April Fools joke.... until her water broke. LOL)

Your fortune cookie reads:
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 4 & 22.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 3, 6, 8 & 11.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2441773.5.
The golden number for 1973 is 17.
The epact number for 1973 is 25.
The year 1973 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/3/1973 and ending 1/22/1974.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Ox.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Hawk; your plant is Dandelion.
(I do have one question about it though. WHY does my plant have to be a weed? A Dandelion? Really? Are they saying my Native American plant is a Dandelion? LOL Now I know it's BS! I just happen to teach Native American Studies and I KNOW that the Dandelion was brought to the Americas by Europeans. LOL.)

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paony, the second month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 28 AdarII 5733.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 29 AdarII 5733.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.19.12.9 which is
12 baktun 17 katun 19 tun 12 uinal 9 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Sunday, 27 Safar 1393 (1393-2-27).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 22 April 1973.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 7 March 1973.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 10 June 1973.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 17 June 1973.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 27 September 1973.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 17 April 1973.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 6 March 1973.

As of 11/15/2009 10:30:18 AM EST
You are 36 years old.
You are 439 months old.
You are 1,911 weeks old.
You are 13,377 days old.
You are 321,058 hours old.
You are 19,263,510 minutes old.
You are 1,155,810,618 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Hannah Spearitt (1981) Ali MacGraw (1938) Gordon Jump (1932)
Debbie Reynolds (1932) Anne McCaffrey (1926) Toshiro Mifune (1920)
Abraham Maslow (1908) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873) Otto von Bismarck (1815)
William Harvey (1578)
(I don't know who most of those people are.)

Top songs of 1973
Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree by Dawn
My Love by Paul McCartney & Wings You're So Vain by Carly Simon
Crocodile Rock by Elton John Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
Keep On Truckin' by Eddie Kendricks Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce
Top of the World by Carpenters Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips
(They forgot an all-time great 'Monster Mash', Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers)


Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 5.23561643835616 years old.
(I'm a 5 year old dog. That's not too bad I guess. LOL)

Your lucky day is Tuesday.
Your lucky number is 9.
Your ruling planet(s) is Mars & Pluto.
Your lucky dates are 9th, 18th, 27th.
Your opposition sign is Libra.
Your opposition number(s) is 6.

Today is not one of your lucky days!
(I know it didn't mean that today was going to be unlucky, just not the "lucky day" but it still rubbed me wrong. Any day you wake up, it's a LUCKY DAY. You have to be thankful for everyday. When you wake up and nothing bad has happened, it's a VERY lucky day. I had breakfast brought to me in my room and IT WAS GOOD! That was very lucky. Also, my 7 year old came in my room and gave me a hug. That makes it a very lucky day. My 3 year old daughter brought me her Teddy Bear to make me smile. Today is a very lucky day. The maker of this site better correct himself/herself.)

There are 137 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 37 candles.
Those 37 candles produce 37 BTUs,
or 9,324 calories of heat (that's only 9.3240 food Calories!) .
You can boil 4.23 US ounces of water with that many candles.
(This is incorrect if you buy the numbers 3 and 7. Then you only have 2 candles. LOL)


In 1973 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1973 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1973 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1973 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

Your birth flower is DAISY.

Your birthstone is Diamond.
The Mystical properties of Diamond:
Diamonds are said to increase personal clarity to help one see things clearly as well as be straight-forward and honest. Supposedly, the higher quality the diamond, the better it is supports these qualities.

Your birth tree is:
Rowan, the Sensitivity
Full of charm, cheerful, gifted, without egoism, likes to draw attention, loves life, motion, unrest and even complications, is both dependent and independent, good taste, artistic, passionate, emotional, good company, does not forgive.

There are 40 days till Christmas 2009!
(Oh great, remind me I need to hurry up and buy presents. LOL)

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning crescent.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 42

I found a little helpful site tonight.

ATDHE.NET has a video/audio of a lot of sports games and they also have live TV feeds.

I've been sick all day.... cold/flu, I don't know. I think I'm getting better now.

CAN'T STOP THE BLOG THOUGH! LOL!

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 41

This is a cool site especially if you have kids: Learn How To Make Paper Airplanes.

They show how to make various paper airplanes very easily.

I think I'll probably put a bunch together and just winging them at the kids and see what happens.

LOL

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 40

Almost headed out the door to a poker tournament and forgot all about todays entry.

WHEW!

That close to ruining the whole thing.

So.... dang that was close.

LOL

I Googled "country" and came up with CMT - Country Music Television.

They have their own online radio channel and everything else country music.

It's good stuff.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 39

There's ANOTHER re-make of one of my favorites.

They remade The Dukes of Hazzard and TOTALLY SCREWED IT UP! IT WAS HORRIBLE. They hacked a classic.

They remade Scooby Doo and TOTALLY SCREWED IT UP! IT WAS HORRIBLE. They made Scrappy a bad guy. What the crap was that? HORRIBLE!!!! They hacked another classic.

They remade Battlestar Galactice and TOTALLY SCREWED IT UP!!!! IT WAS HORRIBLE. They changed all of the characters! If they wanted a totally different show, they should have just changed the names of the show and characters!

Now, they are re-making one of my favorite movies of all time into a new series: V!

I'm excited and scared all at the same time.

Are they going to hack another classic?

It looks like all of the episodes will be on Hulu.

The Pilot Episode is there right now.

I work Tuesday nights when it's on so I hope they have all of them.

They don't have the same characters, which I'm ok with, as long as they don't change the old characters. You know, don't make Mike Donovan into Lisa Donovan and don't make Diana into Bob.

The aliens in the new V didn't have the same voice change like they are SUPPOSED to have, which I HATE!!!! They are SUPPOSED to sound funky! Why change that? It doesn't make sense. It's only going to piss off guys like me who LOVED the original!

I'm not ready to crush the whole thing yet though. I did like the newer looking ship and the big video screen on it. That was cool.

I did like some of the newer characters and I liked the actors/actresses. They were good.

Anyways, I liked the first one. I posted a link. Hope you like it.

Matthew Gilbert's Review of the show

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 38

Want a vampire name?

LOL

Go to http://www.emmadavies.net/vampire/.

Mine said:

The Great Archives determine you to have gone by the identity:
Hanzi Cromwell

Known in some parts of the world as:
Master of The Highway Thieves

The Great Archives Record:
Takes more than gold from the rich on the highway - takes blood too.

Yeah, I've never heard of that site before either. Kinda fun eh.

Then I got to thinking, what other name generators are there out there.

I find a Fairy Name Generator.

For me, it came out:

Your fairy is called Tangle Rainbowshimmer.

She is a fortune bringer.

She lives at the bottom of tangled gardens and in hedgerows.

She is only seen when the first flowers begin to blossom.

She wears tangled dresses of multicoloured petals. She has multicoloured wings like a butterfly.

Ok, but I'm a guy. Come on Fairy people! Jody is a GUYS name too! LOL.

Then I found a Pirate Name Generator.

We'll now call ye:

Hackin' Dan Hacke

Ummmm.... OK LOL

Then I found a Renaissance Name Generator:

Ahhh We know just the name for you!

Garrison Conner Blair


Have fun with those and let me know what it came up with for you.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 37

So today I was checking out this new site called aNobii.

Yeah, I don't know why they don't capitalize the "a" but they do capitalize the "N" eh.

I absolutely LOVE it!!!!

You enter the books you have on your bookshelf at home. The book then comes up on your bookshelf on the site. You can write your notes/review of the book.

You can talk to others who have read the same book.

You can look at the review of others on books.

You can look for similar books.

You have the option on the site just to show off and discuss what books you've read or you can put your books up for sale or for a swap.

That's AWESOME! I think I may go up to the library and get some old books they are giving away. Then put them on here for a swap for something I really want. LOL

For now, I'm just putting up my favorite books that I have on my real book shelf.

:)

Check out my book shelf.

In the upper right hand corner of the book shelf there are different boxes to click. Explore that. One view will show you the covers of the books on the shelf and another view will allow you to see if there are any reviews....

I just started this site this morning so if you are interested in my book shelf and reviews you'll have to check back once in a while. It's going to take me a long time to put them all up and review them on that site. It looks like a blast though. I've got a few of my books up now though and a quick review on one of them.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 36

Big thanks to Kortney for suggesting Retailmenot.com. That site helps you find deals on a BUNCH of stuff to buy on sale and offers printable coupons.

The grocery coupons part of the site is my favorite.

And after I seen printable grocery coupons on that site, it got me thinking about looking for other printable grocery coupons.

Coupons.com

Smart Source Coupons

Then I thought, I'm going to check out About.com for what they say about internet coupons. They usually have reliable links.

Oops, it kinda ruined my coupon buzz. LOL

This is what I found on part of the site: Readers Respond: Does Your Grocery Store Accept Internet Coupons?: "My Store Does Not Accept Internet Coupon. Walmart Supercenter in my city does not accept internet coupons. I was surprised when I handed the pharmacy a coupon on Claritin and they turned it down quickly." — Guest Crystal Newhouse

That really bummed me out about it because I do most of my grocery shopping at a Super Walmart.

I guess one can just call the store they shop at first and ask before they try it.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 35

Native American Tube:

This site is all Native. It's got Native videos, Native News, a Powwow calendar and more.

A couple of my favorite vids there:

Bill Miller - Reservation Road

"Pimadiziwin" Drumming in Wakefield

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 34

Well, I thought I'd see if you can learn Karate online, through some websites with videos and such.

You wouldn't believe how much crap one has to sort though.

There are a ton of sites but I was looking for something free.

Some free sites I came across either didn't have videos OR the videos didn't work.

I did find How to tie a Karate belt.

Well, it was a start.

LOL

I gave up on that one. It's the first time that happened. There was just too much junk to sort through.

So ok, what to explore....

I Googled "philosophy" and clicked on the first site. It was a site called "Philosophy" that was selling perfume and make-up.

What the ####?

That's just wrong.

GEEZ! Today's entry isn't starting off so well here.

Hmmmm.....

It's been snowing here on and off the last few days.

I DID IT! I found a cool new website!

HA!

:)

Was I worried for a sec?

NAH!

LOL

Get into the winter/Christmas mood with this Create a Snowflake site.

On this site you create a snowflake on your screen but cutting on a paper on this site. Then on a picture on this site the snowflakes people created are falling in a snowshower. It's really cool. You also put a message with your snowflake. When you are done, you can print your snowflake off or search for others' and print theirs off.

"Create a Snowflake" saved me today. I really like this site.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 33

One of my favorite TV shows is Survivor.

Yep, I'm a Survivor addict.

LOL

Did you know you can watch the latest episodes for free from the main site? It's really nice for me because I have things happening Thursday nights. If you haven't watched the new season yet, you can catch up!

Survivor 19: Samoa

Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7

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Survivor 18: Tocantins Wiki

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Survivor 17: Gabon

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Survivor 16: Micronesia

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Survivor 15: China

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Survivor 14: Fiji

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Survivor 13: Cook Islands

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Survivor 12: Panama

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Survivor 11: Guatemala

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Survivor 10: Palau

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Survivor 9: Vanuatu

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Survivor 8: All Stars

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Survivor 7: Pearl Islands

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Survivor 6: Amazon

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Survivor 5: Thailand

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Survivor 4: Marquesas

Episode 1: Part 1 (This is the first part of the whole season on YouTube. Look at the playlist on the right and you'll see the rest of the episodes)

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Survivor 3: Africa

Episode 1: Part 1 (This is the first part of the whole season on YouTube. Look at the playlist on the right and you'll see the rest of the episodes)

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Survivor 2: Australia

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Survivor 1: Borneo

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Project Exploring the Internet: Day 32

I'm already a whole month into the challenge and I haven't missed a day yet.... It's a miracle!

LOL

Cue APPLAUSE

:)

Anyone got any favorite posts yet?

Find anything new that you like?

Thanksgiving is coming up in a HURRY!

Are you doing your Thanksgiving crafts yet?

I found a cool paper cup turkey craft online.

How about some clip art for your blog?



I suggest you do a Thanksgiving meal out of all Native American foods.... you know, foods from the Americas eaten and developed by Native people.

Oh.... I heard you ask, "What foods are from the Americas?"

Yep, I really heard you.

LOL

The internet is full of Native food recipes. I'll sprinkle some links throughout this entry.

Well, it will be easier than you think. TURKEY is from the Americas.

Meat you might use:

Turkey - Traditional and Thanksgiving should NEVER be allowed to happen without turkey.

Buffalo - If your local grocery store has it.... Wouldn't it be cool? You might be able to order it online as well, I'm not sure. I'm not saying as a substitute for the turkey but as another option on the side. Maybe you could mix small chunks with some wild rice.... Wouldn't it be cool to say we had buffalo for Thanksgiving? (Unless you're a vegetarian.)

Deer - Don't substitute for the turkey but a side dish would be nice.

A Wild Rice dish is nice on the side.

We always like to have frybread as a side dish.



Cranberry sauce always goes with Thanksgiving. I prefer the jelly kind in the can but cranberries are traditionally a Native food.

The potato is also a food from the Americas.

I think you also should have corn on Thanksgiving.

We don't really do much soup on Thanksgiving but sunflowers are a Native food and sunflower seed soup might peek the interest of any guests you have over.

:)

Other Native Foods and recipes:
Squash, Blueberry Wojapi, Cranberry Bread, Swamp Tea, Inca Potato Salad

I thought I'd throw in this Native American Food Pyramid just because I found it interesting.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 31

I'm a Texas Hold'em FREAK. I LOVE the game. I thought I'd search for some Texas Hold'em sites.

TexasHoldemPoker.com explains the basic rules.



Do you know how popular Texas Hold'em poker is getting?

Check out these celebrities playing:
Lou Diamond Phillips, Ray Romano, Jason Alexander, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Brad Garrett, Travis Tritt, Maura Tierney

Before you go to a live game, you should check out poker terminology or you might not have a clue what people are talking about.

Places to play online?

Pokerstars.com - Right now there are 206,615 players playing at 9:45am. That's crazy! In the morning, as it is right now, there are a LOT of players from Europe. I play at pokerstars. One can play for play money or real money.

If you have Facebook you could try Facebook Poker. I'm more of a serious player. My experience on Facebook poker (1 time) was not good. Everyone on the table I was at did NOT know how to play. Everyone would bet with absolutely nothing hands. I didn't like it at all.

I feel pretty much the same way about Yahoo Poker. It's a bunch of people betting with nothing hoping to get lucky. Against 1 player, you can take all their chips because they are playing so poorly. Against a bunch of players doing that, one of them will get lucky against you.

I'd go with the Poker Stars play money site if I were just starting.

If you do play real money or know somebody that does, you should check out Official Poker Rankings. There, they show you how you or your friends finished in tournaments.

Poker to watch online:
2009 National Heads Up Poker Championship (49 min) - Hulu has all of the episodes. If you scroll down, you'll be able to watch all of them.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 30b

So I was just messing around on the Internet and found something interesting.

I found a site called Human Metrics.

On that site they have a Personality Test (click "do it").

I came out INFJ - Introverted 44, Intuitive 19, Feeling 81, Judging 33

HOLY COW!

At first I wasn't sure how accurate this test was going to be because I was answering the questions quickly to get it over with and many of them I thought that there wasn't a for sure answer. It all depends on situations. But this test hit me right on the head!

"Beneath the quiet exterior, INFJs hold deep convictions about the weightier matters of life. Those who are activists -- INFJs gravitate toward such a role -- are there for the cause, not for personal glory or political power. INFJs are champions of the oppressed and downtrodden. They often are found in the wake of an emergency, rescuing those who are in acute distress. INFJs may fantasize about getting revenge on those who victimize the defenseless. The concept of 'poetic justice' is appealing to the INFJ. "There's something rotten in Denmark." Accurately suspicious about others' motives, INFJs are not easily led. These are the people that you can rarely fool any of the time. Though affable and sympathetic to most, INFJs are selective about their friends. Such a friendship is a symbiotic bond that transcends mere words. INFJs have a knack for fluency in language and facility in communication. In addition, nonverbal sensitivity enables the INFJ to know and be known by others intimately. Writing, counseling, public service and even politics are areas where INFJs frequently find their niche."

Famous Personalities that are INFJ:
Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King jr

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 30

Anyone got candy hangovers?

LOL

I found something interesting today. It is an Online Eye Exam. You can test your eyes at home now.

:)

I remember that lady that asked me what you can do online....

What can't you do online?

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 29

Trick or Treating was good last night with the kids.

I got a little tired of people hiding in their living rooms with the TV on!

COME ON PEOPLE! That's HORRIBLE!!!!

I'll say it! If you hid in your house last night in front of the TV instead of giving out candy for Halloween you were a HORRIBLE person last night (not saying overall, but you were last night).

People went out and bought candy for you when you were a kid and took the time to hand it out to YOU! Now it's your time. Don't be a loser hiding in your living room in front of the TV.

One house, they actually took a tarp and nailed it up over their front porch so no one could knock on the door.

At about 7:30, there were 3 or 4 houses within a block that said they just ran out of candy.

What?

There weren't THAT MANY trick or treaters out there. If you don't hand out a handful every time and you bought a bag of 100 pieces for $3 or $4, you should easily have enough so you don't have to turn a kid down.

When we lived in town and had trick or treaters, I vaguely remember running out of candy one year (because I did hand it out in handfuls) and we didn't turn the kids away. We said, "hold on a sec" and we went and found something. Some kids got nickels, dimes and quarters. LOL. Others got a can of pop.

There were also about half the houses on every block with the lights off.

HORRIBLE!!!!

Mom and Dad BOTH do not have to go trick or treating with the kids. One of you stay home and hand out candy and PAY BACK what was given to YOU as a kid!

Don't get me wrong, we had a GREAT time trick or treating last night. The kids were laughing and running and enjoying the decorations many people had.

We were so into it, we didn't even notice for a while that we had lost a winter cap and some butterfly wings. LOL

:)

And yes, I took my "daddy tax" in candy bars. LOL!

But the behavior of some people last night got me thinking about paying it forward. You know, doing good for others when you had things done well for you, as in you got Halloween candy as a kid, now it's your turn to pay that forward yourself.

So I googled pay it forward. I found the Pay It Foward Foundation.

"Pay It Forward” is a book written by Catherine Ryan Hyde, but it's also an idea. It's an action plan within a work of fiction. But does it have to be fiction? We're hoping not. In fact, since the book was released in January of 2000, a real-life social movement has emerged, not just in the U.S. but worldwide. What began as a work of fiction has already become much more. The Pay It Forward Foundation was established in September 2000 by author Catherine Ryan Hyde and others to educate and inspire students to realize that they can change the world, and provide them with opportunities to do so. By bringing the author's vision and related materials into classrooms internationally, students and their teachers are encouraged to formulate their own ideas of how they can pay it forward." -- Pay It Foward Foundation

There are some success stories on that site and they even offer a free bumper sticker.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 28

So I was thinking, what cool internet thing can I explore or share today....

And I thought well, I should put some Halloween message up on the blog. So I Googled Halloween glitter for some pic to put up.

I found a nice one as you can see above. Then I thought, why don't I just share this site with everyone. You can use it for many different holidays and messages.

The site is called, Glitter Graphics Now.

Another example:





Now go fancy up your blog.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 27

It's kind of a shallow site in a sense but it's kinda fun too. Hot or Not is a different kind of a site.

It's a place to put your picture up and have people rate your looks.

I took mine down. LOL

I had it up there for a while and had a high score. Then I got up over 100 ratings or something like that and my score started going down, as it should have LOL. I quickly printed off my pic and score and deleted my account. LOL

Then I said to my wife, "see honey, I really am a 9/10."

:)

Yeah, I don't think she bought it either.

LOL

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 26

Ok ok, I know this will probably be one of my lesser popular posts but I LOVE boxing. I thought I'd share one of my favorite boxing sites to go to.

BoxRec is a great site where you can see the record of ANY boxer that has EVER fought.

Examples:
Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, Archie Moore, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Jim Braddock, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, James Jeffries, James Corbett, John L. Sullivan, Charlie Mitchell, Jack Burke, Sugar Ray Leonard

They've also got rankings, a schedule, news, and a forum.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 25

Comedy Central Jokes.com has a bunch of funny comedian clips and some funny jokes on the site.

My Comedy List on PPL is full of good comedy. On that list are full shows by Carlos Mencia, Dave Chappelle and Robin Williams.

Best Comedians:
Redd Foxx - Jokes I Can't Tell On TV Part 1, Jokes I Can't Tell on TV Part 2, Jokes I Can't Tell on TV Part 3, Jokes I Can't Tell on TV Part 4

Bernie Mac - Def Comedy Jam

Cedric the Entertainer - Def Comedy Jam,

Don Burnstick - Winnipeg Comedy Festival

Jeff Dunham - Spark of Insanity Walter Part 1, Spark of Insanity Walter Part 2, Spark of Insanity Walter Part 3, Spark of Insanity Peanut Part 1, Spark of Insanity Peanut Part 2, Spark of Insanity Peanut Part 3, Achmed The Dead Terrorist

Elen Degeneres - The Beginning Part 1, The Beginning Part 2, The Beginning Part 3, The Beginning Part 4, The Beginning Part 5, The Beginning Part 6, The Beginning Part 7, One Night Stand Part 1, One Night Stand Part 2, One Night Stand Part 3, One Night Stand Part 4

Mylo Smith - Powwow Comedy Jam Rapid City

Gabriel Iglesias - Hot and Fluffy Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

Chris Tucker - Arsenio Hall Show

Kat Williams - Weed

Steve Harvey - Michael Jackson

Russell Peters - Beat Your Kids

Chris Rock - Rap Music

Dave Chappelle - SF Part 1, SF Part 2, SF Part 3

Bill Cosby - Brain Damage

Comedy Bits:
Some Things Change

Shows:
Def Comedy Jam - Chris Tucker, Bernie Mac, and Martin Lawrence

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 24

There are more than 15,000 free worksheets for your kids at School Express.

Here are some examples of the many worksheets they have:

Social Studies
History
Hand Writing
Phonics


I do have a problem with one of their history worksheets though. It says, "Who discovered America in 1492?"

My answer to that is that one cannot discover a place where millions of people already live. How are you going to tell the Native students in your class that Christopher Columbus, who was completely lost, discovered you? That's just wrong.


They also give you the option to create your own worksheets.

Right now, I'm creating my own Ojibwe language wordfind. SWEET!

I used to make word finds the hard way. Have you ever done that? It takes forever.

:)

I love this site. The days of me spending $5 on a workbook for the kids are OVER!

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 23

I kinda like WebMD. At WebMD you can use the site to help diagnose any physical illness you may have.

WebMD also has about a thousand health tips.

They also have a bunch of videos.

This one on Swine Flu is a good example of the kind of videos they have.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 22

Writing about a familiar site to me and that's Yahoo Games.

Don't you wish you had free games like this growing up?

I mean, when we were growing up we had to play board games, and then you needed someone to play with, and it wasn't always easy to find someone.

Nowadays, you can sit at home on your computer at any time of the day and play just about anyone in the world. I'm in Minnesota and I've played games against people from just about every state and people in other countries including England.

That's COOL!

I'm a big fan of:

Literati - It's almost exactly like Scrabble.

Chess - I'm not very good at Chess, but I can beat beginners. LOL

Cribbage - My wife loves this game. I think it's too much LUCK! LOL

Word Racer - It's fun against other beginners but against pro's.... it sucks. And the pro's on this game have no problem whooping up on beginners.

There are a bunch of other games as well. Check 'em out, have fun and don't forget to ask the person you're playing where they are from.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 21

Whoa! The "Followers" are back up. Right on. It's been a few days.

So last night coming home from the store, where I bought a new set of headphones with an attached microphone, I wondered outloud to my wife if there was any site that offered karaoake where you could sing to a song and then record it and save it.

So when I got home, I did a search for one, and yep, there is one!

Karaokeplay.com has a lot of good songs to pick from. You create your own profile there (of course it's all free) and then add a picture. It's kinda like blogger with music instead of blogs.

You also have the option to go check out the recordings of other users.

Nope, I can't sing well, so I'm not recording anything except for maybe some kids songs with my kids. LOL

Some other Karoake sites I came across but haven't tried yet:

Redkaraoke.com - You can rate other users' recordings. I don't want people rating my singing. LOL

and

KaraokeParty.com

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 20

The boom of online radio stations is really cool for me. I live way out in the country and we can only pick up a handful of radio stations on the regular old radio.

Here's a list of online radio stations:

Country:
CMT Radio Stations, AOL Country Radio, KVET Texas Country Radio

Here's a List of Country Radio Online.

POP:
KDWB MPLS

Sports Talk Radio:
KFAN MPLS, The Ticket Dallas, Atlanta 790, Calgary 770, Florida 790, Toronto 590, St. Louis 590, Utah 1320, Oklahoma 98.1, Seattle 950, Memphis 560

Native Radio Stations
Gathering of Nations Radio, Kili Radio

Live365.com has thousands of online radio stations.

At Pandora.com you can make your own radio station where it plays (at random) the kind of music you request.

Project Explore the Internet: Day 19

Kaboose Halloween:

They've got cool Halloween stuff and Ideas:

Crafts - Vampire Bats

Costumes - Sunflower

Recipes - Creepy Crawly Nightcrawlers

Coloring Pages - Wolfman, Frankenstein and Dracula

Games - Halloween Tic Tac Toe

They have a lot more but those are just some examples. It's a really good site. If you have kids at home, it's a must see.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 18

Day 18 of this project and I'm still able to find interesting sites.

:)

How about Day 318? Hmmmm....

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Fora TV is a site to watch educational shows. I guess one could say it's a library of discussions and lectures on science, environment, politics, economy, technology, and culture.

For example:

A REALLY Inconvenient Truth: Dan Miller (68 min) - He talks about climate change.

Michael Moore on "Capitalism A Love Story" (64 min)

Peter C. Doherty: The Science of Climate Change (86 min)

Re-Greening the Emerald Planet (73 min) with David Hayes and Tom Lovejoy

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My oldest just turned 13 in August.... my first teenager. I remember I used to sleep a lot as a teenager, and sleep in. It was hard to get me up. Now maybe I'm being paid back for giving my mom a hard time getting me up for school. It is HARD waking that my 13 year old up sometimes!

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Project Exploring the Internet: Day 17b

Big props to Amy for introducing me to Kate Voegele - Lift Me Up.

I've never heard that song before or Kate Voegele.

Thanks Amy.

I thought I'd share that song with y'all too.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 17

I guess Flu season is going strong. I heard about a website that tracks the Flu on the radio this morning.

At Google Flu Trends you can track which states have the highest flu trends and how the percentages of the flu go up and down.

At the CDC Flu Activity and Surveillance, they give you numbers of people with the Flu in the states and they also have a map.

I know, I know, it's not as cool as free online TV episodes or free online movies or free school lessons, but I found it interesting for a couple minutes anyways.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 16

I just found a site called Academic Earth and I absolutely love it!

I LOVE finding new GOOD sites!

This site has FREE video courses from big Universities:
Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA, and Yale.

Some of the Subjects they cover:
Advanced Placement (AP) Test Prep
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Economics
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
History
Law
Literature
Mathematics
Medicine
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Pre-Med
Psychology

If you like learning new stuff, this is great!

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 15

I really wanted to share this cool game/online world called Second Life with y'all.



I've never even heard of it before I started going there a little over a year ago. How does that happen?

You see, that's EXACTLY why I started this Blog.

When I logged in and finally started playing it, I noticed that there were over 50,000 people in the online virtual world. Unbelievable. I later found out that there were 1.5 million people that knew about it and I had no idea. I heard in a news report that over 6 million people have played it. I thought that number was a little high but it's not just Americans and Canadians playing it. People from countries all over play it. The online world has translators that translate your typing into the language of the user so it is really possible to communicate with anyone there.

Second Life is so cool. It's like a virtual chat room. Why do people even go to regular chat rooms anymore? And in Secondlife, you don't have all of the spammers like a Yahoo chat room does. Secondlife is basically a chat room where you have a 3D Avatar/character that you can make look like whatever you want.

I made my Avatar look a lot like myself. Most of the people on there make their Avatars look like supermodels but not everyone. You can be Robin Hood, Elvis, a midget, or just about anyone you want. I think most actually just make themselves regular people.

In Second Life, one can meet someone and even go on dates LOL. I'm married, I can't really do that, but I'm just saying.... Why would one even go to a dating site? You can go to Secondlife and meet all kinds of people and find out what their personality is like before you go any further.

Where can you go on dates to in Second Life? There are bars, concerts, and there are even CHURCHES. Yes, there are REAL churches in Second Life people go watch a real life video feed on Sundays.



There are also other spiritual sites to go to!

There are beautiful gardens and beaches to go to. In Second Life, one can go to just about any place one can in real life.

They actually have EDUCATIONAL sites on Secondlife. They have libraries and other places where you can go learn. One of the first educational places I went to was an ocean site where they teach you about ocean fish. I was also once in an old Egyption tomb learning about old Pharoahs and such.

Through Second Life, there are also news casts and group discussions. They can get very interesting. Here are some examples, check these out:





I've met some really nice people on Second Life. I find that when you get away from the crowd and meet someone 1 on 1 away from everyone else, it works out better. Some places can be full of cliques of regulars. Some people even give you things such as different clothing items and such. Someone even gave me some dance moves. LOL! I wish they could do that in real life.

:)

There is also LIVE music there! YES! Real musicians go in their studios and play/sing LIVE over Second Life. It's a way for them to get their names and music out there.

Here is a concert given live on Second Life by Suzen Juel:



Second Life Youtube Videos
EDUCATIONAL:
Second Life in Education, Educational Uses in Second Life, Ohio University in Second Life, Murdoch University in Second Life

Real Life Newscasts Report on Second Life:
CNN in Second Life, Second Life on BBC News, NBC News on Second Life

Music in Second Life:
Irene Grandi Concert, Grace Cylindrian - Float Away, Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner, Lyn Carlberg

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 14

Just about everyone already knows what "Twitter" is so I don't need to explain much about it. I have a Twitter page but almost never update it so I won't even waste anyone's time sharing it.

Could you imagine doing this blog AND keeping up on Twitter?

I thought I would share some popular Twitterers today though because it's kinda fun to see what your favorite actor/athlete/singer is doing.


Popular people on Twitter:

Ashton Kutcher: Star of That 70's Show and Demi Moore's husband.

Ellen DeGeneres: Comedian, Talk Show Host

Christina Applegate: Star of Married with Children.

Bill Maher: Comedian

David Hewlett: Star of Stargate Atlantis.

Oprah Winfrey: Talk Show Host, Actress

Kevin Love: Minnesota Timberwolves PF.

Wil Wheaton: Actor on Star Trek the Next Generation.

MC Hammer: Rapper with hits "Can't Touch This" and "Hammer Time."

Barack Obama: President of the United States.

Jerry Zgoda: MPLS Star Trib sports reporter.

Chad Ocho Cinco: NFL WR for the Bengals

Terrell Owens: Buffalo Bills WR

Britney Spears: Singer

Lance Armstrong: Bicyclist

Snoop Dogg: Rapper

Levar Burton: Actor from Star Trek and Roots

Penn Jillette: Actor

Al Gore: Politician

Demi Moore: Actress and Mrs. Ashton Kutcher

John Tesh: Singer, Author, Radio Show Host

Ryan Seacrest: TV Show Host

Brent Spiner: Actor(Data on Star Trek)

Shaquille O'Neal: Basketball Player

Jimmy Fallon: Actor

Kim Kardashian: Ummmm.... I don't know why the heck she's famous! I guess she's like Paris Hilton, just famous for being famous. LOL

Hugh Jackman: Actor


I'm not that interested in the big time actors/atresses Twitters but I do find the actors like Brent Spiner and Will Wheaton very interesting.

Other Lists of Twitterers:
Comedy Central Top 100 Comedian Twitterers
Musicians on Twitter
SarahCPR's Fomous People on Twitter List

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 13

This is a site I've used in the past but wanted to share it. It is called FreeLang.net.

With this site you can download just about any language dictionary you want.

You don't think they have the language you want? Here are a few examples:

ABENAKI-PENOBSCOT, AFRIKAANS, ARABIC, ARMENIAN, BLACKFOOT, BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE, BRAZILIAN VENETO, BURMESE, CANTONESE (romanized), CHEROKEE (ANIYAWIYA), CHEYENNE, CHOCTAW, CORNISH, CROATIAN, CZECH, DANISH, DUTCH, ESTONIAN, FINNISH, FRENCH, FRISIAN, GEORGIAN, GERMAN, GOTHIC, GREEK, GWICH'IN, HAIDA, HAITIAN CREOLE, HAWAIIAN, HEBREW (romanized), HINDI (romanized), HMONG, HUNGARIAN, ICELANDIC, INDONESIAN, INUIT, IRISH GAELIC, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, KHMER, KOREAN (romanized), KURDISH, LATIN, LATVIAN, LITHUANIAN, MACEDONIAN, MAORI, MISKITO, MOHAWK, MONGOLIAN, NAHUATL, NORWEGIAN, OJIBWE, OTTOMAN TURKISH, PASHTO, PERSIAN, PHOENICIAN, POLISH, PORTUGUESE, PRUSSIAN, PUNJABI (romanized), QUECHUA, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SAMOAN, SANSKRIT, SCOTTISH GAELIC, SERBIAN, SLOVAK, SLOVENIAN, SOMALI, SPANISH, SWAHILI, SWEDISH, TAHITIAN, THAI, TIBETAN, TONGAN, TURKISH, UKRAINIAN, VENETIAN, VIETNAMESE, WELSH, YIDDISH, ZULU

This site is incredible but it gets even better....

Did I mention it is totally free?

Did I mention the download is very fast?

It's a great option to help learn a language. It's especially helpful if you have a child in a language class such as Spanish or French.

I downloaded the Ojibwe dictionary. I LOVE it!

The dictionary allows you to search for words Ojibwe-English or English-Ojibwe.

When you search for words, you can add them to a list. You can create as many lists as you want. After you have made a list, you can print it off and study it.

Another option with your list is to practice online with it. You simply click on "Start Practice" and the word will pop up on your screen like a flashcard and you'll have a set time to say the word. It's pretty good practice, better than making out your own flashcards.

The best part about this is that it is on your computer. You don't have to be online to use it.

Did I mention that it's free?

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 12

The YouTube Downloader is EXCELLENT!

Go to that page and download the YouTube Downloader. With that tool, one can download any YouTube video. Please be careful not to download any copyrighted material. You don't want to get into any trouble, but this tool is PERFECT for downloading something another user did that isn't copyrighted.

Downloading a relatives videos is a perfect use of this tool.

This downloader gives you the option to download the video in various formats also so you can use it with your MP3 player etc.

Using this will also allow you to watch videos while you are offline.

I've been having fun with it today. I thought I'd share.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 11

Anyone think I was going to miss today?

Busy busy day.

This is actually becoming a challenge now.

LOL

It's not really hard, but the consistency of it....

I found a some cool quotes pages:

QuoteDB:
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -- Martin Luther King Jr.

Brainy Quote:
"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children." --Sitting Bull

The Quote Garden:
"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Legends of America:
"The land is sacred. These words are at the core of your being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies." -- Mary Brave Bird

World of Quotes:
"A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles." -- Chinese Proverb

DahlilamaQuotesDaily.com:
"Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided."-- Dahli Lama

Good Quotes:
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". -- Gandhi

Quote Cosmos:
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson

Some of those sites will email you a quote of the day. I thought that was really cool anyways.

:)

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 10

Have you ever heard someone say something like OMG instead of Oh My God?

I understand OMG but people use all kinds of letters and numbers that I don't because I don't text. So when I came across Net Lingo today, I was happy.

I think every parent should probably learn these. This site reports that, "95% of parents don't recognize the lingo kids use to let people know that their parents are watching" and that, "89% of sexual solicitations are made in either chat rooms or Instant Messages."

Those are some scary numbers eh.

Some examples:
420 - marijuana
831 - I love you
AITR - adult in the room
182 - I hate you
KPC - keeping parents clueless
PAL - parents are listening
WYRN - what's your real name

I really don't use any of these but I do overuse the simple LOL a lot, many do but you know you're on the internet too long when you actually say the letters L-O-L instead of laughing. Yes, I've heard people do it.

LOL

The other thing I like about this site is the Smiley's page. It tells you how to make all kinds of smiley's.

@>--;-- for a rose.

*<|:-) for Santa Claus.

Project Exploring the Internet: Day 9

Who needs cable anymore when you can just watch your shows online for free?

Well, I guess I do since my internet is hooked up through the cable.

LOL

Some of these shows I posted here change regularly. The website hosting them is only licensed to show them for a short while, and then they change episodes.

Here are some full episodes on Youtube:

MacGyver(112 episodes), Beverly Hills 90210 (87 episodes), Jericho(Season 1), Bewitched(105 episodes), Star Trek (original, 72 episodes), Look-a-Like (22 episodes), American Gladiators (26 episodes), Sex Wars (5 episodes), The Peoples Book of Records (9 episodes), Fear Factor UK (26 episodes), Battle Dome (44 episodes), Funniest Pets and People(20 episodes), Gemini Division (9 episodes), Starhunter 2300 (22 episodes), The Last Enemy (5 episodes), The Dresden Files (12 episodes), Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (29 episodes), Fantasy Island (20 episodes), I Dream of Jeannie (51 episodes), He-Man (13 episodes), The Lone Ranger (13 episodes), Married with Children (100 episodes)


Here are some full episodes on Fancast:

Highlander(120 episodes), The A-Team(97 episodes), Battlestar Galactica (original - 25 episodes), Buck Rogers (37 episodes), Doogie Howser (97 episodes), Eureka (5 episodes), ECW Wrestling (83 episodes), The Fall Guy (22 episodes), The Flintstones (9 episodes), Gilligan's Island (17 episodes), Growing Pains (13 episodes), The Incredible Hulk (62 episodes), Knight Rider (newer) (9 episodes), Knight Rider (older) (22 episodes), Land of the Lost (17 episodes), The Love Boat (16 episodes), Monk (3 episodes), Punk'd (40 episodes), Sliders (46 episodes), Scare Tactics (5 episodes), Stargate SG1 (154 episodes), Stargate Atlantis (10 episodes), The Bionic Woman (14 episodes), Survivor Samoa (4 episodes)


Here are some full episodes on Hulu:

Stargate Universe (3 episodes), Lost (93 episodes), Reba (46 episodes), Firefly: Serenity(5 episodes), Stargate SG1(Seasons 1-7), The Simpsons(5 episodes), House (2 episodes), The Pretender (22 episodes), Angel (5 episodes), Highlander (118 episodes), The Outer Limits (118 episodes), National Geographic Specials (11 episodes), Doogie Howser (97 episodes), Hell's Kitchen (23 episodes), The A-Team (97 episodes), Roswell (22 episodes), Married With Children (70 episodes), Psych (3 episodes), Cops(4 episodes), Sliders (46 episodes), The Practice (53 episodes), Stargate Atlantis (10 episodes), John Doe (21 episodes), Monk (3 episodes), Airwolf(75 episodes), Major Dad(96 episodes), Quantum Leap (31 episodes), Journeyman(13 episodes), Knight Rider (older)(22 episodes), Charles in Charge(21 episodes), Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader(63 episodes), Heads Up Poker Championship(24 episodes), Tremors (11 episodes), Crusoe (12 episodes), Sanctuary (5 episodes), Empires (4 episodes), Charlies Angels (62 episodes), Maury Povich(20 episodes), Kings(6 episodes), The Best of Comics Unleashed(108 episodes), Bones (5 episodes), Dog Whisperer (3 episodes), Kings (12 episodes)


Here are some full episodes on AOL Video:

The View (5 episodes), Jericho, King of the Hill, Quantum Leap, Stargate SG1 (88 episodes), The Moment of Truth, The Pretender, WCG Ultimate Gamer, Head of the Class, CHiPs, Wonder Woman, Hangin with Mr. Cooper (31 episodes)


TV Land:

Leave it to Beaver(9 episodes), Andy Griffith(5 episodes), Sanford and Son(5 episodes)


ABC:

Wipeout(3 episodes), Dancing With The Stars(11 episodes)


Unique Single Episodes/Shows:

American Holocaust (30 Min) - "This is the only film to date that addresses the Jewish and Indian Holocausts together. This powerful, hard-hitting documentary reveals the link between Adolf Hitler’s treatment of German Jews and the U.S. government’s treatment of American Indians. This film was entered into the OSCARS for consideration in 2000."


There are many more shows on those sites but I just posted some popular shows and then my favorites. I like sci-fi....

Where was the internet when we were kids???? Kids today don't know how great they got it. Some of us only had 4 or 5 channels growing up until cable hit, and then you still couldn't see any show anytime.

My favorites in no particular order: MacGyver, Stargate, Sliders, Survivor and The A-Team