#8 RSS

At first I wasn't sure how an RSS feed is more efficient than the favourites folder on your internet browser. I do see possibilities for Feedster though, if you are trying to keep up with information on a particular subject. Unfortunatately the subject I chose - Baha'is in Iran - had so many information links I still don't know when I could possibly have found time to read them all. I also wonder about how to distinguish sites with integrity from less reliable sites, since Feedster just seems to grab them all. My home browser is also apparently a bit too old as the Feedster site didn't load with an rss link.

#7 Blog about technology

Personally I like the whole Harry Potter take on technology. You know, its that stuff Muggles do because they can't do magic. If only I had a wand like Harry (or perhaps like Hermione) I could just wave it a couple of times and then all my Flickr stuff would be done in the twinkling of an eye and it would look really professional too (I WILL get over how long it took to upload those photos eventually...)

Imagine if the fellowhip of the ring had had mobile phone technology with email? Merry and Pippin could have left a voice message for Aragorn and the others to let them know they were safe and sound with Treebeard. Frodo and Sam could have let Gandalf and Aragorn know just where they were in Mordor. In fact, if this technology had been around in Middle Earth, Gondor wouldn't need to light beacon fires to call for aid; it could just send text messages. And Saruman wouldn't have had to mess around with palantirs to contact Sauron...

Seriously, the best thing about emails, blogs and the like is the way they enable muggles to stay in touch with one another. Since a no. of my friends live overseas, I really value the way it helps me stay connected to them. Its hard to remember how much slower communication was before we had email.

Still waiting! (for my photos to upload onto Flickr - see previous post)

My creation, originally uploaded by cjmiltonau.

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IMG_0142, originally uploaded by cjmiltonau.

Frodo (and the ring) go to China. Where is Gollum?

Don't upload too many photos onto Flickr at one time. I had time to travel from Hobbiton to Mordor, dispose of the ring, return to Hobbiton and knife Saruman while waiting for my 12 photos of China to upload.