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  1. More Than a Beauty Queen

    October 31, 2009 by Blondette

    Beauty Queens are notorious for their waves. Well friends, I too can wave. Google Wave that is.

    I now have the power, but I need contacts with which to surf. If you have Wave, I’m kmleas.

    So far, I’m just logged in and playing with extensions and have sent one wave to my inviter. I call it Kiddie Pool.

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  2. And Updates for All!

    April 12, 2009 by Blondette

    Readers! Oh dearest, loveliest readers!

    I felt like being dramatic. Really, I just wanted to call to your attention a few changes/additions that I made today. In general, I’m pretty lazy with keeping up-to-date, so I tend to make a few changes all at once instead of one here and another there. So, what did I do?

    1. Added a plugin that will allow you, my dearest, loveliest readers to share my wonderful words of wisdom and humor with others via several social media sites. You’ll see icons beneath each post- simply click on the icon and you can pimp my content to others.
    2. I added a plugin that allows you to quickly access my profiles on several social media sites. This plugin displays in the right sidebar. It will also make sure you are getting the real me if ever you search. I have two main screennames on my social sites: Katedid and Trmndsblndtte. I’ve been moving away from the Katedid moniker, only because I like having the tie-in with my domain and screennames. Feel free to add me as a connection on any of the sites. I have other profiles, so let me know if I’m missing one you’d like to see and I’ll add it. These are just my current favorites and most used.
    3. Behind the scenes, I added an SEO plugin. This just neat things for the Search Engines. I’m tired of results for my name being polluted by that wrestler girl.
    4. And last, but not least, I added two new pages! Cast of Characters serves as a quick reference for the wonderful people who allow me to be part of their lives, and to write about them. Essays and Non-Fiction serves as a partner to my page of Short Stories and Fiction to showcase my days (and nights) as a creative writer.

    Enjoy!

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  3. Oh Crap My Hard Drive

    March 8, 2009 by Blondette

    I have a fairly large, partitioned hard drive in my desktop computer.

    I had some issues yesterday that caused my computer to felt down- OH WAIT, NO I DIDN’T! All I tried to do was “browse” for an image that I was planning to upload to Twitter so people wouldn’t have to look at my feet and so I could have some “brand” unity between my blog and my Twitter account.

    So, I did the old tricks of restarting (which it wouldn’t do) and hard restarting (aka, hold down the power button for approximately 10 seconds until the computer turns off.) I let it rest for a night and then booted up this morning. Only, Windows didn’t boot the first time. So, I reset. On attempt #2, Windows booted. The scans ran and all was fine.

    Er, not.

    Now all of my partitioned hard drives–you know the place where all my pictures and writing is stored– are showing up like this:

    IT WAS FORMATTED YESTERDAY!

    IT WAS FORMATTED YESTERDAY!

    *sigh* This is going to take effort to resolve. *double sigh*

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  4. Teh Internets or Why Rob is Wrong

    July 12, 2008 by Blondette

    Bamboozled by a debate I was not ready to have (no prep time!) I was surprised to see just how impassioned one person could be about the presence of one little bitty “s” at the end of a word. Indeed, I never knew the plural could be so offensive. Even my stepdad, who loathes the use of the word “anyways” [because it should be "anyway" and whenever I said "anyways" he would grimace and correct me. (I also went on a kick of overusing "annoying" and he never failed to comment on that, forcing me to use my synonyms.)] never became as adamant as one man did the other night.

    His main contention was that real technical people would never call the Internet “the internets.” At first, I was offended, thinking myself a technical person. After all, my job consists of a great deal of technical knowledge and dialogue. I’m fluent in the language. If I did not understand our technology, I would not be effective or innovative in my job. And one of the most rewarding parts of my job is brainstorming with the programmers to solve problems and create solutions. But really, when it comes down to it, understanding of technology, query structure, database structure and knowing CSS and PHP don’t really make me a “real technical person.” Or do they?

    Let’s examine the definitions of “real”,”technical” and “people.”

    real: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; “real objects”; “real people; not ghosts”; “a film based on real …

    technical: of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill; characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences;

    people: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively;

    [So maybe he meant to say or did say a "real technical person" as "people" is plural and we know how he feels about plurals (though this one doesn't have an "s" so maybe he didn't know it was plural or wasn't offended because it excludes that scary letter "s.") We'll carry on using "people" for our current argument.]

    Hmm. Well, my existance is verifiable; I am not an illusion, therefore I am real. Technical modifies people, and I am a person within a group which shows skill and specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences (English, technology, critical thinking), therefore I’m a technical person. So, I’m a real technical person. I also say “the Internets.” (and I even type and say it as “teh Internets.”)

    But, according to someone, that can’t be!

    I suppose he’d have you believe that All Your Base (do not) Belong To Me, Chocolate Rain isn’t funny, parody’s aren’t real humor, and that there aren’t any Mother F*##@% Snakes on the Plane.

    Let’s ask this guy what he thinks- answer

    So, that’s why real technical people do call the Internet “the Internets” and Rob is wrong.

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  5. Can it Be?

    June 15, 2006 by Blondette

    I saw a this on cnn.com and it made me go “eh?”

    Bill Gates is the same age as my mom. Think he’d donate a little to her debt repayment efforts? No? eh, she uses Ask anyway…

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