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Thing 24

I used Zamzar today and it worked wonderfully!!! I had to convert a file I had found on the internet from PDF to DOC, so that I could write within the file. Within seconds I was able to get my converted file downloaded. I was extremely impressed with the speed of this website, and I will definitely use it again in the future!!

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Backtracking to Things 8, 9, and 21

Bloglines is the skum of the Earth. They do not like my Kent email address either. But, I did look at Bloglines anyway- I just did not sign up for anything (since I can't). Anyways, I learned a lot about RSS (and I am glad to know what that stands for now, too). I am really hoping that this will work in the future. I am excited to have my news available in this format. I have heard about the fact that people do not use TV and newspapers anymore for their news. Most people get the news off the internet. I seem to live in the past. I watch the news religiously every single night at 11:00.

So, I looked for feeds using a few of the other options that were mentioned in #9. Topix was the easiest to use. I simply typed in my city and state, and some news came up (from Vindy.com and the Tribune Chronicle). This seems like a really nice site. I did not care for Syndic8. I was confused about how to use it, and I did not like how the results appeared.

I looked for some podcasts using Podcasts.net. Some of the podcasts that I found, and liked include LitListen Books, Epstein's Podcast, and Fred's World. I found a lot of useful podcasts that I will add to my Bloglines account when I get one up and running.

Thing 23

I had a lot of fun exploring these different things, and reacquainting myself with others. This has been a great journey! I am excited to continue learning new things past #23, and to play with many of the great sites I have found along this journey. My favorite thing was, of course, Google Docs. My least favorite was Bloglines, which has yet to confirm my request. I am still bitter and angry! I would definitely participate in another activity like this... or even one that was different than this. And I swear that I would start a lot earlier the next time around.

Skipping ahead to Thing 22

I am so glad that Thing 20 worked for me! Due to my skipping Things 8 and 9 (due to some technical difficulties), I am forced to skip Thing 21, as well. For some reason, Bloglines has not sent me a confirmation email that I can use the site. I tried to use it anyway, and it reminded me that I needed to get the email. Technology angers me from time to time. Once I get through Things 22 and 23, I will try again, using my school email. I hope that that works. By the way, an earlier step said that I needed to write a reply- and I did to "Ag's World." So, check it out- I am doing really good. Heck, this website is really good and easy to use.

Anyways, on to Thing 22. I was surprised to find that we had soooo many e-books (or digital books) to offer. I never realized that we did. I have heard about these books, but I never looked into them. I found a lot of "books" I'd like to hear and I am excited to be able to use this site. Digital books are a great source. I started to think about how useful they can be when doing research. Libraries cannot hold every single book on a topic... but they can offer a whole lot more when they have digital books. That will allow more room in the physical library for popular books- such as new books of fiction.