Thing 25! Bloggers' Toolkit

The first thing I did was try the Typealyze as I am interested in Myers-Briggs and had recently been referring to the book Please Understand Me by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates, about the types. I am an ENFP, so thought that it was interesting that my blog was rated as ESTP. Now I want to check some other blogs!

I spent TOO many hours on all of the other options for Thing 25 with trying many gadgets and photos. I added the snow effect, star rating and a CNN news feed. After registering for the PIC APP, I explored many photos there and added a Valentine one for Thing 25. I tried clocks and calendars, but do not want too many widgets on my blog. A FLICKR photo one and several newspaper feeds are also options that I tried and may return to later. Like the girl trying to make a selection below, there are too many choices!

Later: Decided to remove the snow effect now being we are in June!

Thing Nineteen!

19. Explore Podcasts.

I often saw links for podcasts on sites such as the New York Times, but had not listened to them till today. Even though I do not own an iPod, it is fun to be able to listen to missed broadcasts at my convenience. I am an MPR/NPR "junkie" who listens often at home and on the road. After being at the Minnesota State Fair on Monday, I enjoyed listening to the goats in the background on the Friday podcast from the Minnesota Public Radio Morning Show today. The Morning Show was broadcast live from Jackson a few years ago in the local theater during a community celebration, so it was fun to see how the sound effects are done. Mike Pengra, the producer, is a Jackson native, and I knew Dale Connelly years ago when he worked at MPR station KRSW located in Worthington.

I enjoyed browsing the On the Road With MINITEX podcasts, and finding their Southwestern Minnesota road trip with familiar folks such as Amanda Raetzman at Willmar and Mary Rae Oxborrow and Chris Lang at Worthington. I hope to return to the MINITEX site later to spend more time.

On my Google Reader page, I have links to podcasts, so will try to go there more often to listen to current news ones.