BigPinkCookie

Where Is My Chocolate?

It has been a long day. It isn’t over yet. I’m tired. Fortunately, I’m not grumpy. These ears get me every time though, so just in case I start to move towards grumpy I thought I would post them here to share with everyone. Isn’t she just the cutest thing?

I can see it now – my Flickr stream is going to end up wildflowers, oranges, babies, oranges, babies, wildflowers, oranges, mimobots. But it is all so much fun! I must wrap things up though. Session proofing hardcore tomorrow. For now, this quick grab will have to hold me over. Hope she brings you a smile too!

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Help Make Me Number 1!

GAH! Until I few weeks ago, I was #2 in Google for my name, Christine. Yes, just my first name. At one point in time I was actually #1 in Google, but I’m ok with a movie beating me out of my spot. Then Wikipedia knocked me out of #2 sometime over the past few weeks. Now? Now I’m hanging on to third place, and I want to move back up!

Won’t you help make me number 1 again? Or even number 2. I’m ok with number 2. I don’t want to slip further down though. It is a matter of geek pride, or something like that. Just write a post and link to me as Christine. Or if you link to me in your sidebar as BigPinkCookie, put a “Christine” at the end or change it. Anything helps.

Together, we can do it! Lets make me #1 again! (Let me know if you do it, so I can help you out too!)

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Scrapblog Away!

I just spotted the link on the Scrapblog site – their Scrapblog Builder is available to the public!

This is what they have to say:

As you visit us and create your scrapblogs, please bear in mind that we’re still tidying up and tying up some loose ends. We’re a small team that has worked incredibly hard to get to this point and are still in test mode with our friends; our “official” launch was due for early next week, but word got out a few days early.

Having said that, we will strive to make your experience more enjoyable and your feedback helps us serve you better. If you like what you see or have some suggestions for improvement, please leave us a comment or email us at feedback[at]scrapblog[dot]com.

Have fun with it – and let me know where to check out your creation at!

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Stop Cyberbullying Day…

Do you have a presence online? Do you have kids that use the internet? Then you should stop and think about this.

Maybe these headlines will catch your attention:
Cyberbullies scare schoolgirls into stripping online.
According to iSafe, 43% of the youth population report being bullied online.

Yeah, you thought it was just a geek thing, didn’t you? I wrote my long, emotional post the other day about the latest round of drama in one area of the blogosphere, but this post? This isn’t about emotion. This is about thinking about what we can do about cyberbullies and really, bullies in general.

Wait. I’m not sure that there is any way to stop them. Because bullies, in one form or another, have been around since the beginning of time.

So instead, lets focus on what we can do to keep ourselves, and our children, safe. Today has been declared “Stop Cyberbullying Day” and I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with links that I think are insightful and worth reading. Do you have tips you want to share, or thoughts on the whole thing? Then I welcome the discussion – feel free to comment about it.

:: NOCyberBullies on Twitter – follow a LONG stream of links there.
:: Stop Cyberbullying Ning Network
:: The Bamboo Project – “What is happening online is just an extension of what’s happening in our society.”
:: 11 Steps to Online Parental Supervision

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Scrapblog Update…

I mentioned when I returned from SXSW that I had learned about Scrapblog while I was there. I had this total fangirl moment when I met Hugh MacLeod, and after I settled down I then spoke with Alex and he explained to me somewhat how it all worked. Of course, it didn’t make sense until I saw it. Now there are some coming online, such as the Friendly Gnome (I’m a sucker for a cute gnome), and many others.

I’m really curious to see more about all the options available to the end user. Alex told me at SXSW that you use your photos from Flickr, and you can make “scrapbook” like pages from them – like the one of his. It appears that the notes from Flickr move over too.

I wonder if you can restrict who post your scrapblog to their site, or if they are open for anyone to use like YouTube? Because I don’t allow people to take my photos off of Flickr, and if I made a layout of photos to share online, I am not sure I would want other people displaying them on their blogs. I guess that is the main thing that I can see so far that people need to be aware of if anyone can use them; you need to proceed knowing that fact.

From what I have seen so far, it looks really interesting. I can’t wait for it to be open so I can test it out further!