The Family Now Knows

After I write this message, I will reveal to the rest of my immediate family that this blog exists. They should be assured that they will not appear in a bad light. In fact, the family will only have a "minor" role here. However, I hope to reveal Kendal's "blog" address soon. I'll get the blessing of her parents tomorrow. I e-mailed them weeks ago, but I guess that they were having "too much fun" to respond. This will be the first time that I will hear Kendal speak. Unfortunately, "baby talk" is not one of my talents, but I will do my best to "entertain".

The Truth About RSS and My Great-Nieces

Last week, I planned to add some RSS oriented features to this blog. They are currently sitting near my "Favorites" Area in Internet Explorer 7 on my computer. At least, they aren't hiding in my "tons" of favorites. One of these days, Widgets and RSS will live together in an environment where I can easily deal with them.

I have seen my second great-niece, Amy Marie Sweeney, for the first time this week. Everyone thinks that she looks like her father when he was younger. The jury is still out on that.

I'll see my first great-niece, Kendal Marie Schmidt again in about a week. She does resemble her mother. I'm still waiting for permission to link her blog to this one. Tune in to find out.

An "Official" Definition of "Widget"

According to the Associated Press, Widgets are a Web accessory that people are using to jazz up their home pages, blogs, social networking platforms (Such as MySpace and Facebook), and computer desktops (Microsoft Vista). This definition was included in an announcement that USA Today will be offering widgets that contain news updates and other information from the newspaper for installation on blogs and personal Web pages. This report was featured in the Business section of the Cleveland Plain Dealer on September 6, 2007.

I haven't investigated USA Today's Website to see how easy it is to install. Even if it is simple to install, you will make do with WKYC (Cleveland), KTRK (Houston), and KCBS/KCAL (Los Angeles) for news and other information. More will be added as soon as I become more familiar with RSS (This was discussed earlier.). I am a fan of local news that probably won't make USA Today.

Have fun anticipating what will be upcoming on this weblog!

It Was Really About 10:30 P.M.

I don't know why my post time said 7:23 P.M. Blogger must be on California time.

RSS Is Coming Soon!

Thanks to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, I learned that RSS is another system that makes widgets easier for blogs and other websites. This means that there will be more "education" added to this blog. Of course, I have to become more familiar with RSS. Stay tuned!