Know Your States

Just drag the states into the right position.

http://jimspages.com/States.htm

Gadwin Print Screen, another cool utility

Another freebie I wouldn't want to do without. I downloaded this to make my Spirograph Illustrator tutorial, because it has the option to capture the cursor. Now it autoloads with Windows and I wouldn't want to be without it. I use it constantly for saving a view of something that I otherwise wouldn't be able to (Ebay's annoying new popup pictures, for instance) or a snapshot of something I'm working on to send someone. It has the option of copying to the clipboard or to a file, very customizable.

http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/

Wordpress!

I’ve had "learn Joomla" on my to do list for a while now. But I really think Wordpress is a better deal. It goes together so easily! A couple clicks and it's done, everything obvious, intuitive. Voila.
Not that Joomla might not be more suitable for the purpose… more powerful… more everything… and I can learn it if I need to! But can THEY? I read in an article (here):

"When I train clients on how to manage their websites It usually takes about 40 minutes with Wordpress, often a few hours with Joomla, though Joomla has more powerful features, every day tasks the client wants to learn take much longer to train.
"Unfortunately once a client has received training in Joomla they often need tips or hints at how to perform a task again a few weeks later, that scenario hasn’t come up once with Wordpress."

Now that is what matters to me! The people who want my help want it because they’re NOT the techie type. They just want to be able to update their own websites, not be dependent on me. That’s it, I’m sold. Wordpress it is.

Now goes on the to-do list "learn to customize Wordpress" and that’s a much smaller and funner-sounding assignment, honestly.

So with the sunshine today… I am a happy girl.

Links to other cool articles,

http://www.leveltendesign.com/podcast/drupal-vs-joomla-vs-wordpress-speak-easy-drupal-01

http://www.goodwebpractices.com/other/wordpress-vs-joomla-vs-drupal.html

Gütermann Nähseide

Gütermann Nähseide

Okay yes, that is showing off Colemak’s shortcuts for international characters :-)

I went to the fabric shop yesterday and no fabric or supplies hopped into my basket, but this did. A tin for $4, and not empty, but with spools of thread inside. Tin made in China, thread made of polyester, so my authenticity antennae were wavering, but I just couldn’t resist that picture.

Comes with four spools of sewing thread inside!

More not-exactly-cookies

Baking NOT cookies again.

I felt like trying molasses and sour cream this time, so I mixed up:

3 eggs
1/2 c butter
4 cups flour
1/2 c molasses
1/4 c sour cream (I'll put more next time)
2 tsp baking soda
2 bananas
(was going to put in raisins but ah plumb fergot)

See!

No sugar not-cookies

The challenge, make cookies with no sugar.

I guess it was cheating to use vanilla yogurt because that's sweet, but there was a container of it on the counter in front of me at the time :-)

So what I used was:

3 eggs
1/2 c butter
1 c vanilla yogurt
2 mashed bananas
3 c flour
2 c oatmeal
2 tsp baking soda
2 c raisins

You know the drill, mix the wet stuff, mix the dry stuff, add the raisins. I chilled the dough in the freezer while the oven was heating, but from the looks of the cookies they might not have spread too much anyway. I baked them at 375 for 13 minutes.

Light Snacks

Have a look. It's chopped spinach and onions mixed up with sour cream. By the time you're done chewing you've burned as many calories as this has in it.

Next item is spinach, tomatoes and cucumber mixed in sour cream.