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Internet Click or Treating: Be Your Dog Dressed a Pirate

October 31, 2008 by Liz Leave a Comment


Think of the Neighbors Who Might Want Children

The neatest part of Internet Halloween is that you can be virtually anything. Mix the theater of the mind with a little creativity and who knows what will develop? You could be the creator of spectacular click or treating innovation. I say, “Go for it!”

But before we do, let’s review a couple of disasters of Internet Halloween last year.

You might remember . . .

  • certain click or treaters . . . ahem . . . replaced their empty heads with jack-o-lanterns. A number of computer laptops melted on an equal a human lap tops. The folks whose laps they were haven’t been the same since. None of them will be having children.
  • one click or treater stood too close to his USB port. When a blogger sent out a 98 page FREE BUILD A BUSINESS ONLINE KIT, he was seriously injured by falling brick and mortar.
  • a dark costumed click or treater wandered into the DarkGravity WordPress theme and hasn’t been seen since.

The idea is to know what works for you and have fun without hurting your Internet neighbors who might one day want to have children of their own. Here are some ideas for this year.

Try on a new personality. Remember in a virtual world you can be anything.

image: i-pets.com

Or kick things to the highest level, be your pet dressed as your pet’s alterego.

Unfortunately the click or treaters above are no longer in the blogosphere. As they say . . .

These days on Internet even the dogs know if you’re a dog.

Happy Halloween. Safe click or treating.

What will you be for Halloween?

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Thousands of Ways to Play on the Web

September 27, 2008 by Liz Leave a Comment


Worldwide Day of Play

Today is the Official Worldwide Day of Play. So I thought I might send along some things that would encourage you to take part.

Click each screenshot to explore what they’re about.

Button Generator

Button Generator

13,000 Free Fonts

Search Free Fonts

40 Places to Get Free Stock Photos

Free Stock Photo Sites

18 Best Color Tools

color-tools.Jpg

Draw Space — Nearly 200 Art Lessons

Draw Space

JibJab

JibJab

Hundreds of Kongregate Games

Kongregate Games

Deep Fun — Just read the whole blog

deep fun - drinking straw construction kit

Glogster — Create!

Glogster

Motivator: Create your own customized motivational poster

Motivational Poster

Hundreds of Painting Games

painting games

String Spin Toy

string spin toy

More and More Crafts for Kids

crafts

Enjoy this Worldwide Day of Play!
Hope this made it a little more fun!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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The WHOLE WORLD Is Playing Today!!

September 27, 2008 by Liz Leave a Comment


Worldwide Day of Play

KaBOOM!

That’s right! Today is the day to get serious about playing. Yeah, I didn’t know either until I met up with Annie from KaBOOM! She let me in on the news that today is the Worldwide Day of Play. Here’s the news about it.

    She also sent everything you need to know about setting up a Play Day and making your city / town / neighborhood a safe place to play:

  • Play Day Resources
  • Playful City USA
  • Imagination Playground
  • KaBOOM! Playspace Finder — complete with widget
  • KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes

Now that you’re in the spirit, how’re you going to celebrate?

Don’t forget to play — at least a little!
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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The Brand-New Blogging Feeling Goes Out to . . .

September 9, 2008 by Liz Leave a Comment

 

Thank you!!

Thanks to everyone who participated in

BLOGGING FEELING EVENT

 

to get a copy of these:

The Secret to Writing a Successful and Outstanding Blog

and

Edge Theme Screenshot

 

I’m putting the slideshow together as I write this . . .

Hello World Project Cover

 

It will feature the photos and captions from all 50 winners!

    1. Kristen
    2. Don
    3. Sal
    4. Char
    5. candy
    6. Dilip
    7. Dee
    8. Deb
    9. Jorge
    10. Pearl
    11. Beth
    12. Matt
    13. Jayme
    14. Pamir
    15. Amy
    16. Maxine
    17. Karen
    18. Diana
    19. Jenna
    20. SE7EN
    21. Jacob
    22. Margaret
    23. Michael
    24. Pelf-Nyok
    25. Beth

email me

    1. Amy
    2. Matthew
    3. Héctor
    4. Kathy
    5. Matt
    6. Satish
    7. Gina
    8. Chris
    9. Lionel
    10. David

email me

  1. Dion
  2. Mary Pat
  3. Elaine
  4. Sue
  5. Ronen
  6. Scatterbrain
  7. Travis
  8. Zsolt
  9. Michael
  10. Kew L.
  11. Kirk
  12. Philip
  13. Georg
  14. Leefe
  15. Ema

Emails with the prize information will be out to the winners even before the slideshow goes up this weekend.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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2008 Labor Day Blog-Lib Link Love Stories — Brilliant!!

September 6, 2008 by Liz Leave a Comment

Thanks for Participating!

Link_love_heart

It was fun last year, and this year was no disappointment.

The challenge was to get creative by finishing the story in an unexpected using a blogger’s name, a trait, a post title, a blog title and linking back with some love for all of them.

I promised I’d present your story links back to you in my own way.

Here we go. . .

Title:

Notes from a Dented Reality

I was Going my own way, walking my own walk, but The Journey turned out to be a boatload of WritingAdventures in Self-Discovery.

I saw a sultry, silent supermodel with a smarty-pants, speaking duck making a Chris Brogan list about 50 ways Liz loves Labor Day Blog Lib Link Love.

Meanwhile, bloggers were wandering aimlessly and asking, “Has?” And others were answering, “Has what?” That sort of thing can happen when you don’t get expert Writing Advice from the Blogosphere.

As a result, two thousand people decided to take up Labor Day Blogging.

No one seemed to notice the group in a candlelit corner talking in whispers. I was sure they were conspiring to plan a surprise birthday party for someone’s sister, but they said they were finding ways to lighten their burdens whileLiving Life’s Labor.

Wow! Go figure. Maybe I need more self-development than I had thought.

End of story.

Follow the links above to read some great stories of Labor Day Link love in the blogosphere.

Thanks again, everyone who played along. 🙂

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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The Case of the Err-ant Blog Post

September 6, 2008 by Liz Leave a Comment

It Didn’t Seem Adventurous When I Wrote It

Ant_from_sxc.hu

Yesterday, I followed my promise. I took my time and worked at a fine leisurely pace, seriously to attending to what I had to accomplish. I finished things that had been towering over me. In fact, I found a few minutes to fit in a couple of new things.

This morning, I find . . . well actually I didn’t find one of the blog posts I’d put together. Apparently though my all-too-human error, I left some door open for that missive to crawl away like an ant striking out across the virtual desert.

Thus, the Case of the Err-ant Blog Post. If you see a tiny ant-like thing wander across your screen in the next hour or so, could you direct it back this way? After that, let it keep going. I’ll have already replaced it.

Don’t you hate it when inanimate objects don’t behave?

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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