I hate the word 'webinar.' I get that it's a portmanteau of web and seminar, and that it might be more efficient to say one word rather than two, but I still hate it. It just sounds uncomfortable.
What words bug you?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Visual evidence!
So, you think I'm making up these marvelous stories, eh, Mr RR? Check out these photos from The Oregonian:
Yes, those are goats!
I read the story today (10/13/10) in The Oregonian, front of the Metro section. As I was reading it I thought, I wonder if RR reads the local rag in addition to his east coast paper? I had been at work about an hour when I received a telephone call from the man himself confirming that he had read the paper and had to concede that, yes, this shit is true!
Remember, you saw it here first! The Portland Report is ahead of the curve, people! We are on the street, checking out our little slice of heaven and reporting back to you, our faithful readers.
Yes, those are goats!
I read the story today (10/13/10) in The Oregonian, front of the Metro section. As I was reading it I thought, I wonder if RR reads the local rag in addition to his east coast paper? I had been at work about an hour when I received a telephone call from the man himself confirming that he had read the paper and had to concede that, yes, this shit is true!
Remember, you saw it here first! The Portland Report is ahead of the curve, people! We are on the street, checking out our little slice of heaven and reporting back to you, our faithful readers.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Today's commute
I took a different route to work this morning. I'm glad I did! It wasn't a great commuting route, but it gave me a big smile.
I was heading east on SE 11th towards Madison and the Hawthorne Bridge. I passed Morrison and Belmont, and along that stretch before Madison there is a vacant lot. Actually, it might be an entire block. I think there was a warehouse there a few years ago that burned down. You know, by Grand Central.
Anyway, it's a vacant lot now and full of weeds and grass and blackberries. As I rode by, some movement caught my eye. I looked over and there was a flock of goats noshing on the grass and weeds! Little pygmy goats, at least a dozen of them, maybe as many as twenty.
Nice!
I've heard of goats for clearing land before, but I've never seen any in Portland. And, man, we can use them on the blackberries!
Go little grazers, go!
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I was heading east on SE 11th towards Madison and the Hawthorne Bridge. I passed Morrison and Belmont, and along that stretch before Madison there is a vacant lot. Actually, it might be an entire block. I think there was a warehouse there a few years ago that burned down. You know, by Grand Central.
Anyway, it's a vacant lot now and full of weeds and grass and blackberries. As I rode by, some movement caught my eye. I looked over and there was a flock of goats noshing on the grass and weeds! Little pygmy goats, at least a dozen of them, maybe as many as twenty.
Nice!
I've heard of goats for clearing land before, but I've never seen any in Portland. And, man, we can use them on the blackberries!
Go little grazers, go!
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How to use Google Reader
Do you ever log onto the computer, open up the internet, look at your favorites list and think, “I wonder if anyone has posted something new on their blog? But, I don’t want to go through and check every single one! I wish there was a way to see just the updated ones…” Well, there is a way! It’s called Google Reader.
Oh, one thing before we get started. I’m using Google Chrome, and I suggest that you do as well. All of these directions are for Google Chrome.
Do you have a Gmail account? Get one. Just go to Google and create an account. It’s easy and if you don’t know how, call me and I’ll walk you through it. Once you have your account, open up Gmail. Under the very top toolbar, there is a space with various Google applications; Calendar, Web, etc. One of these is Reader. Go ahead and click on it! It opens up a new window.
On the new screen, right under the colorful “Google reader” in the upper left corner, there is a button that says, “Add a subscription.” When you click on it, it opens a box where you type in the url (address) of the blog you want to follow. You can follow blogs from blogspot or wordpress, or any other blog host. If the blogspot blogs you read have a ‘follow’ button, clicking on that will automatically put that blog in your reader.
Now that you have a blog or two entered into your reader, close it up. Tomorrow when you do your daily email check, click on Reader in the top tool bar. It pops open and if there is a new post on one of the blogs that you follow, it will open in the reader window. You can either read the post there, or click on the name of the blog and it will take you there – convenient for commenting!
Google reader can do many other things, but this is a handy tool for quickly browsing fresh content on the blogs you love… like mine!
Oh, one thing before we get started. I’m using Google Chrome, and I suggest that you do as well. All of these directions are for Google Chrome.
Do you have a Gmail account? Get one. Just go to Google and create an account. It’s easy and if you don’t know how, call me and I’ll walk you through it. Once you have your account, open up Gmail. Under the very top toolbar, there is a space with various Google applications; Calendar, Web, etc. One of these is Reader. Go ahead and click on it! It opens up a new window.
On the new screen, right under the colorful “Google reader” in the upper left corner, there is a button that says, “Add a subscription.” When you click on it, it opens a box where you type in the url (address) of the blog you want to follow. You can follow blogs from blogspot or wordpress, or any other blog host. If the blogspot blogs you read have a ‘follow’ button, clicking on that will automatically put that blog in your reader.
Now that you have a blog or two entered into your reader, close it up. Tomorrow when you do your daily email check, click on Reader in the top tool bar. It pops open and if there is a new post on one of the blogs that you follow, it will open in the reader window. You can either read the post there, or click on the name of the blog and it will take you there – convenient for commenting!
Google reader can do many other things, but this is a handy tool for quickly browsing fresh content on the blogs you love… like mine!
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