Scribblings & Greetings

[dadadadio]

DW sent me a few invite codes. I've extended an invitation to LJ refugees looking for a new home. Since my paid account has 100 userpics I can invite my monkeys and keep the signs. I may come up with a permanent theme but if not, no big deal.

I've spent more time on Facebook in the last two weeks than any time prior. In mid July I logged in for the first time this year to wish my sister a happy birthday. I've really tried to like FB. Because I have these big gaps between logins there's always something new. When I login I check up on people, play with the site, but eventually get bored and go away .... until the next birthday.

I have a pet peeve about greeting cards. I think they're a total waste of money. I refuse to spend $5 for someone else's words which rarely say exactly what I'd like to say. I find Facebook to be useful in sending greetings to far away people. When I do buy a card I usually opt for blank inside and write my own greeting. Back in the day I made my own cards with cartoons.

I'm still learning DW. It's similar to LJ but different. I'm sure I'll figure it, find a style, colors, a blog theme, and maybe discover a community or two to connect with people. I'm not obsessive about these things so it takes time for me to catch on. Right now I'm just happy I can access my account when I feel the need to scribble my thoughts.

Comments

[sharpchick_2011]

The only gripe I have about DW right now is that you can't upload photos from your own computer...you have to host them at another site. For me, that's photobucket.

I made a suggestion to the DW team about that, and got a nice reply. They'd love to do it, but they just don't have enough server space to store everyone's photos.

In the grand scheme of things, it's minor annoyance.

[openscarf]

I figured that out last night when I posted. I can imagine how much space it saves so I think its worth it. I went to photobucket too.

[dadadadio]

That sounds too complicated for a primate.

[sharpchick_2011]

It will be a piece of cake for a guy who builds stuff using measurements in micro millimeters.

Sign up for a free photobucket account and I'll walk you through uploading some pics over the phone.

If you are writing your entries here in HTML, all you have to do is copy and paste the HTML code of your photo.

And you can size them as you upload to Photobucket.

[dadadadio]

It's more of a laziness issue than lack of technical savvy. I'm sure I could manage but the at first sign of trouble I would play my "fuck it" card.