Loving my MacBook Pro…

After just over a year, I am really getting rather attached to my MacBook Pro.  I have to admit that the classes I’ve been taking at the Apple store have contributed greatly to this “attitude change”, as well as setting up the “free wi-fi” that I can get at Starbucks (with my registered “Gold Starbucks card”).  

Sitting here at my local Starbucks may help me put more attention on using more of the features of my Facebook, Plurk and Flickr accounts, but it is definitely helpful in playing more on my WordPress blogs!  I think the fun part about having this blog is just having an avenue to ramble through some of the thoughts in my head, and “who cares” if they make sense to anyone but me?

Oftentimes when I sit down to write in this blog, I think I might only have a few sentences to type….not really much to say, and such.  And then I get on a roll, and more words want to jump out and be typed out.  I’m always surprised to see just how much I might have written when the out-pouring is done.  I don’t think I really have anything earth-shaking to say, as I am not one for political or controversial commentary. Then there are those times I would just like to strike out on a line of conversation, just to see if anyone out “there” is listening (reading), and wants to converse with me.  In any case, I don’t feel like I’m all alone in either my feelings or thoughts.  This does help to break down my inclination to be shy & reserved, among those that are my friends, and maybe even a little bit eager to reach out to make new friends that might share similar thoughts.

In learning more about my MacBook Pro, and Garageband in particular, I am feeling more confident in producing my podcast, “Fantasy & Folktales”.  And to think that less than a year ago, I had no idea ‘how’ to produce a podcast, even though I’ve been podcasting for the past three years (nearly 3 yrs!)  I have been fortunate to have learned alot of “quality” on production from a former podcasting partner, and I often find his “instruction” echoing through my head as I work on editing and mixing new episodes of my “show”.  It really is helpful to be trained by someone who has a flair for promotion, and presentation, and I am glad I paid attention.  (altho, he prolly would be a lil surprised to find out I was taking notes, and learning all I could from him on the finer points of “production & promotion”.)  And now, I am just taking my learning experience to higher levels, as I work on more of the fun features my Mac has to offer in the “media” department.

Next learning curve will be making movies…

-cya

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Working on my Mac in SL

working on my Mac in SL

Originally uploaded by Yxes Delacroix

I love my MacBook Pro, in RL… and I have a lil laptop in SL that I have tried to make look like my RL Mac. I do have a pink cover on my RL Mac!

When I go to Starbucks, to work on bookkeeping stuff, or just play on the Mac using my “Starbucks wi-fi”, I love the looks I get with the pink Mac. People do stop and chat with me about it, wondering where I found a pink one!

I didn’t find a pink Mac, just a hard plastic cover that happens to be pink. It just snaps over the aluminum cover, and looks very cool. A clear pink cover… much like the picture here.

I set up my Flickr account to actually blog directly from Flickr to my blogs…just trying to get more immersed in the social networking ambiance, in my own way, at my own pace. So, here ya have it… maybe I’ll post more like this when I have some fun pics to share.

til next time,
Yxes

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I took the Past Life Quiz on Facebook…..

I thought it would be fun to see just who or what I might have been.

So, I answered the few questions on the application on Facebook to take the “Past Life Quiz”, and the results follow here:

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Result: A Romantic Poet

You know how you’re kind of…you know…sensitive? There’s a good reason for that. Long, long ago, you were a romantic poet – the kind that made all the ladies swoon with your sexy sonnets.

Even if you’re not much of a poet now, you’ve still got a lot of creativity brewing in your soul. And you’ve got a strong ability to notice details and understand other people’s emotions.

If you ever have writer’s block or just need some creative inspiration, try to harness some of that poet power in your soul’s past.

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Funny, isn’t it?   I find it most amusing, especially since I was told, back in the old days of High School, that I was a poet in another life, perhaps someone like Walt Whitman (or him even? hehe)  They told me my poetry was vaguely similar to that of Mr. Whitman’s style. I’m glad they thought so.

Well, if you get a few minutes, do a search on Facebook for “Past Life Quiz”, give it a whirl, and see who you were “back in the day”!

Til then, GO CARDS! :)

-cya

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