Thing 25 Continued

I changed the clocks to a world clock which I liked much better.

I finally found a weather gadget that would let me really change it to my local weather. I'm sorry but I don't care what the weather is in other places at first glance.

I moved some more stuff around.

I did like the Youtube videos on gadgets.

Thing 25

Ok, I analized my blog. According to typealyzer I am ESTP- The doers.



I had already added clocks. See bottom of the site.



I just got through getting rid of a floating hexagon of Italy, so I'm not planning on adding another anytime soon.



I added a search box. I like search boxes on websites.



I end up doing enough photo-editing in real life that I don't particulary care to do it for this right now.

Tried adding the google map feature that maps visitors. I'm not sure if I like it or if it's working. I'll have to wait and see.

I may try more of this when I'm off the desk.

Thing 24

Back at more things on a stick. BT started freezing up, so I figured I'd wander over here. If I'm going to be going crazy from the Internet it might as well be educational crazy.

They certainly have added widgets to this blog menu. I changed my format a little earlier. I added some of the new widgets. I'm not sure I like the weather one since I wanted the default to be MN not NY. The clocks get cut off, so I may switch it around. The clocks also make no sense in the order they are on there. It took forever to find USA MN, USA CO and Viet Nam. I noticed over 5000+ widget additions and gave up looking.

I deleted my turning hexagon with pictures of Italy and a few other things. I got rid of that avatar. I'm not crazy about avatars.

I am not adding more information to my profile. Some things I consider non-negotiable, this is one of them.

I have blogged some on this blog since 23 things but not much. I tend to blog more on my adoption blog. I've had more to say there. I do continue to use the tools I found the handiest.

I read coworkers' blogs and adoption blogs primarily. And yes, I do comment sometimes. However, I make no guarantee as to spelling and typing.

So registered again. I asked to be allowed to comment on the wikiblog thing. Ready or not here I go again.

MN Birth Certificate here

Yippee! Michael now has an official MN birth certificate with his new name Michael Paulson Frey. I was beginning to wonder if it would ever come. Guess, where I'll be on Christmas Eve? Over at the local SSA office getting him a SS # and card. Then I can finally open a bank account in his name. After that, I can work on savings bonds. I'll also be prepared come tax season. Anybody know a good tax preparer? Between the adoption, the stock market and daycare deductions, I may throw in the towel on doing my own.

Temp Location & budget passed

Yahoo! We get to have a temp location. No trying to answer phones while jackhammer's hammer away. Been there, done that and don't mind not repeating the experience.

Why?

Why does Proquest ask me to take a survey? I tried to fill it in 4 times. It didn't work. It told me not to respond to the email, but gave me no information on how to contact them that their survey was broken. Why?

Websites/Databases etc.

Why is it that I never notice how a database or website is so handy except when it's not working right? Ipage is finally working better again. It was up and down for awhile and driving me nuts. Titlesource acting up is even more devastating on my work flow. Since I order quite a bit it feels like I live on this websites/databases.

Lately work's email has been a challenge. Something got infected or something and the spam has gotten out of hand. I deleted over 100 messages on Monday. Today I only had around 4o, so that is some improvement. The email and IM have been going up and down like a yoyo while they've been fixing it. Hopefully it too will stabilize soon at least for awhile.

It's a short week and I've actually had time off the desk. Now if I could just get all that snow shovelled, life would be good.