Blogging from Havana

Interesting story about Cubans (less than 2% of whom have Internet access) who are finding ways around the system and managing to blog. Going to Unusual Lengths - MSNBC

HTML - You won't believe where I'm learning it!

NeoPets has an excellent beginner HTML guide - it got me going, quickly and painlessly.
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If you want to see my pets while you're there, you can do a User Lookup. In the Search box in the yellow bar on the left, type booradley21.

Bon Jour

It's Sunday morning in Cannes. I think my entries from here will be pretty short - I forgot how annoying it is to type on a French keyboard - different configuration. Here's what the previous sentence would have looked like if I typed it using the keys I'm used to:

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War is On - I am Traveling

I will be posting for the next week from France, where I'm attending the MIP-TV conference. I was supposed to go with (and have my trip paid for by) Sesame Workshop. They, like many American companies, have cancelled out of MIP because of the war. I couldn't even imagine not going - so, I'm going on my own. I've downsized my accomodations, and I'll be there Sunday morning.

I have such a yearning to be with my European friends....it's hard to put a finger on exactly why. I suppose partly because I feel like my country has abandoned its principles.... we're acting as aggressors, instead of protectors. And, all the Americans who are meant to be at this conference are suddenly afraid to be in Europe, home of the people who refused to sanction this aggressive action in the first place! I can't bear to be one of those Americans. I want to show my face and speak with the voice of the many, many Americans who don't support this action taken in our names. As Susie said from Sydney, the world needs to hear that alternative American view as a shout. This is my shout...soon to be coming your way from the Cote D'Azur. Ciao.

Tuning up, tuning in to blogging

Woah - this excursion into blogging prompted a MAJOR reorg of my computer files this morning. Switched over from Netscape to Internet Explorer, exported my bookmarks, and ended up cleaning, alphabetizing, categorizing my bookmarks. Major job, but I feel great. Better than spring cleaning - my mental cobwebs are all blasted away and my files a pristine troves of information, poised to fuel my daily writing time. Yippee!

Check out the Neopets HTML guide

NeoPets has an excellent beginner HTML guide - it got me going, quickly and painlessly.
The NeoPets HTML Guide Check it out.
If you want to see my pets while you're there, you can do a User Lookup. In the Search box in the yellow bar on the left, type booradley21

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