JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Well I’m trying my first attempt at “posting a custom field with a value”. I’m still not quite sure what all that means lingo wise, but here it goes anyway.

Sometimes I enjoy going back through the classics. My Microsoft Reader is currently playing Charles Dickens’ “Old Curiosity Shop”.

I first read about this wonderfully amusing item on BoingBoing (which I keep trying to call Boingo Boingo).

Okay, I’ve noticed that many sites are now sporting favorite lists of various types. One of the most popular lists is of the currently reading book type. I don’t read my books. There is a program that does the reading for you. For a long time now, I have been a fan of the Microsoft Reader which has a large list of free books on a wide array of topics. In addition I can rest my tired eyes and let my ears do some of the work by using the text to speech plug-in. Although the program probably isn’t new to most people who have been “plugged-in” to the net for any amount of time, I have found it to be a great way to “read” my book and do other things (such as cooking, laundry, etc.) at the same time. Gen Xers and Yers aren’t the only ones who know how to multi-task. People who manage households have been doing it since the beginning of time! And this is one way that helps us do it. Now how to get a “currently listening to” addition to the book section of blogs. Hmmmm….

For those who are really into the top end of technology, you might want to consider putting this on a wish list for this year.

I was reading the daily offerings of what is going on in our world when I ran across this article. With all the chaos of the “official” holidays coming, it might be something to keep in mind.

My “gentleman visitor” came a callin’ again this mornin’.

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You can view a new video of the visitor here.

After having so much difficulty with getting my videos uploaded at YouTube, I checked into other free video sharing services. I ran across one called JussPress. It allows drag and drop uploading directly to the site from your PC. (However, you should know videos are limited to two minutes and it is a family site.) The site also supports photo sharing and posting to blogs. After signing up, use the help section for a complete rundown of how to accomplish all tasks.

If you want to view the full length video of the hawk below, click here.

Here is a short version of the video that I captured the picture of the hawk (below) from:

(It takes a few moments to load. To rewind and play, right click.)

I’ve been trying to get YouTube to upload a version for almost 4 hours, with no luck. I don’t know if they are too busy or are just having some server difficulties.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, around this time every year we get visited by a hawk or two. This is one of them.

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