tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274982082024-02-19T05:47:55.342-08:00Zippin' AlongFirst we'll save the planet, and then we'll take in a classic film.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-3611690729753902172010-04-23T10:04:00.000-07:002010-04-23T10:06:39.327-07:00I'VE MOVED<br /><br />If you're looking for zippychik, I've got a new blog at <a href="http://jcapella.tumblr.com">jcapella.tumblr.com</a> and a totally redesigned <a href="http://www.joannecapella.com">Web site</a> at the same address.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-35435221354654862882009-03-25T10:07:00.000-07:002009-03-25T10:37:01.912-07:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">My Latest Time Sucker</span></strong><br /><br />Recently I after much feet dragging along with a myriad of privacy concerns, I finally joined <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1526406234&ref=profile">Facebook</a>. One of my biggest issues with it being, "Oh no, not another online time sucker." Surprisingly after setting up my account, I've limited my Facebook time to about 10 minutes in the morning, 5 to 10 minutes at lunch and around an extra 15 minutes on the weekend.<br /><br />So while Facebook turned out not to be a time sucker at all, what turned out to be a huge time sucker is <a href="http://playlist.com/">playlist.com</a>. I found the site while spending time on <a href="http://goldenageofhollywood.ning.com/">The Golden Age of Hollywood</a>, I've noticed that several members had embedded playlists on their personal blogs. I decided to check it out. Three hours later I had created 3 playlists and a fourth one I added a few days ago. I knew that there were sites where you could tailor your music streams, but never realized how much fun they were. You add a couple of songs and then start thinking of a couple more you need to add. Next thing you know it's midnight!<br /><br />According to <a href="http://playlist.com/about">playlist.com</a>:<br /><br />"Our purpose is to help you find and enjoy music legally throughout the web in the same way that other search engines help you find webpages, images, and other media, but we also add a social /community twist. We make it easy for you to create playlists, share your playlists with friends, and browse playlists of others. We connect you with the coolest music on the web, and we connect people who are passionate about music."<br /><br />The application is still in beta, and the selection is somewhat limited, but the most popular songs seem to be avialable. For instance I could only find a half dozen songs by <a href="http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#Peter%20Gabriel">Peter Gabriel</a>. (But then I believe that Gabriel is launching his own media site, so that could explain the scarcity of his music.) Also you can only search by artist name or title of song or album. There is no search by genre function. You can, however, search other members playlists and if you find a member who shares your musical taste you can become one of their followers. A big plus with playlist.com is the sharing ability, similar to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a>, the site allows you to generate code that you can paste into your site. The one drawback at this point is that there is no sharing capability with Facebook.<br /><br />Well, here's my favorites playlist. I have <a href="http://www.playlist.com/user/44059848">three more</a> to listen to if you're interested. Enjoy!<br /><br /><div style="VISIBILITY: visible; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 450px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><embed style="VISIBILITY: visible; WIDTH: 435px; HEIGHT: 270px" name="mp3player" src="http://www.profileplaylist.net/mc/mp3player_new.swf" width="435" height="270" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" border="0" wmode="transparent" flashvars="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Fext%2Fpc%2Fconfig_regular_noautostart.xml&mywidth=435&myheight=270&playlist_url=http://www.indimusic.us/loadplaylist.php?playlist=61069631&t=1238000738&wid=os" allowscriptaccess="never"></embed><br /><a href="http://www.profileplaylist.net/"><img alt="Get a playlist!" src="http://www.profileplaylist.net/mc/images/create_gray.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mysocialgroup.com/standalone/61069631" target="_blank"><img alt="Standalone player" src="http://www.profileplaylist.net/mc/images/launch_gray.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.mysocialgroup.com/download/61069631"><img alt="Get Ringtones" src="http://www.profileplaylist.net/mc/images/get_gray.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-27479424380043689572009-03-18T09:35:00.000-07:002009-03-18T09:57:30.206-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Green TV</span><br /><br />Okay I know I'm a day late for Saint Patrick's Day, but isnt' any day is a good day to go green? Pardon the pun, but I've just been turned onto <a href="http://www.greentv.com/">GreenTV</a>. Green TV is like You Tube for people who want to learn more about saving our planet. Green TV, the brainchild of Lori and John Lake, features videos and blogs devoted to promoting sustainability. Green TV produces their own videos, but members are also encouraged to submit. Video topics range from building green homes in Johannesburg, South Africa to the Aptera2 elecrtic car.<br /><br />If you think having a name like GreenTV means that the site is only devoted only to videos you'd be greatly mistaken. GreenTV features a wealth of energy saving information,<a href="http://www.greentv.com/expos.html"> a calendar of green events</a>, blogs, and a tremendous amount of help if you're interested in becoming a <a href="http://www.greentv.com/b2b.html">Eco-Entrepreneur</a>.<br /><br />Here's a sample of one of GreenTV's offerings:<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="kickWidget_8771_26837" width="420" align="middle" height="338"><param name="movie" value="http://serve.a-widget.com/service/getWidgetSwf.kickAction"><param name="FlashVars" value="affiliateSiteId=8771&widgetId=26837&width=420&height=338&kaShare=1&autoPlay=0&mediaURL=http%3A%2F%2Fserve.a-widget.com%2Fservice%2FgetFeed.kickAction%3FmediaId%3D292658%26mediaType%3Dvideo%26as%3D8771&revision=3"><param name="wmode" value="window"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://serve.a-widget.com/service/getWidgetSwf.kickAction" name="kickWidget_8771_26837" menu="false" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" allowscriptaccess="always" alt="KickApps Widget" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="affiliateSiteId=8771&widgetId=26837&width=420&height=338&kaShare=1&autoPlay=0&mediaURL=http%3A%2F%2Fserve.a-widget.com%2Fservice%2FgetFeed.kickAction%3FmediaId%3D292658%26mediaType%3Dvideo%26as%3D8771&revision=3" width="420" align="middle" height="338"></embed></object><br /><br />Check back soon, I plan to post more videos from Green TV in the coming weeks.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-90039563782709317232009-03-14T09:47:00.000-07:002009-03-14T09:49:02.311-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >Happy St. Patrick's Day!</span><br /><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="350"><tbody><tr><td bg="" style="color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14;color:black;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Your Shamrock Says You Are Alert</strong></span><br /></span></td></tr><br /><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><br /><center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/theshamrockpersonalitytest/shamrock-4.png" height="100" width="100" /></center><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />You have a logical mind, and you pay a lot of attention to details. You are very organized.<br />Sometimes you find thinking creatively to be a challenge. You prefer to deal with the facts at hand.<br /><br />You don't really consider yourself a lucky person. In your view, people create their own luck.<br />You are traditional, easy going, and appreciative of the simple things in life.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/theshamrockpersonalitytest/">The Shamrock Personality Test</a></div>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-17551884033831057322009-03-07T09:42:00.000-08:002009-03-07T09:47:34.693-08:00<h3 style="font-family: arial;" class="ghost_wrapper clear_fix"><span style="font-size:130%;">Time For Another Stupid Quiz</span></h3>It's spring break, with no class assignments due this week I figured I could afford to waste some time with another stupid. This one was called "Which character from 'The Office' are you?" I was a bit surprised that I ended up as Jan, and not Pam.<br /><h3 style="font-family: arial;" class="ghost_wrapper clear_fix"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="foreground"></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="ghost">Your Result</span></span></span></h3> <p id="copy"> <strong>The Over-Achiever</strong> You may or may not be the boss, but you're in charge, or you like to think that you're in charge. When it comes to working with others, you can have a short fuse. You like things to be perfect, and will go to great lengths to accomplish this. Beware of getting drunk on your own power though, or else you might find yourself without a job. </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.quizrocket.com/office-character-quiz" title="Office Personality Quiz"><img src="http://www.quizrocket.com/static/images/quiz/badges/office/f_overachiever.gif" alt="Office Personality Quiz" /></a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.quizrocket.com/office-character-quiz">Office Personality Quiz</a> » QuizRocket.com's <a href="http://www.quizrocket.com/">fun quizzes</a>!</span><br /></div> <span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><a href="http://yourspaceisbest.com/category/6/myspace/quotes.html"></a> </span>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-21623955752719062812009-02-26T09:42:00.000-08:002009-02-26T09:51:57.595-08:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Orange Goes <span style="color:#003300;">GREEN</span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#003300;"></span></strong><br />Two teams of Syracuse University students submitted videos they had created promoting sustainability as part of NBC Universal's Green Week (Nov. 16-23, 2008). The video was below, produced by Kelsey Higgs and Ryan Kelly, was chosen to run on the <a href="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/27829411">NBC Sports web site</a>.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27827378#27827378" frameborder="0" width="425" scrolling="no" height="339"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.greenuniversecity.syr.edu/StudentGreenBeat.html">More Details >></a>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-60771962238961469582009-02-12T09:49:00.000-08:002009-02-12T10:24:04.625-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;">Shop Without Guilt!</span> <a href="http://myearth360.com/main.sc"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301972459978089698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 105px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-CrRoe0NpCq8HhrtHdNWBBgVg5yyIiF6yU3ZKf8nof2fenuRqD6OL8tKKbxlLgschVPEn49Is2MkOMXe0VTONmFo1Bhm1UTSlxfFH8Ih58CviJnW5ox1rXnecw8P75O0OwIk/s200/360_logo.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://myearth360.com/main.sc">myEarth360.com</a> is a nifty shopping site where all products offered are environmentally sustainable. Can you believe that the cute <a href="http://myearth360.com/product.sc?categoryId=75&productId=288">clutch</a> pictured below is crafted from recycled truck innertubes?! You can also find <a href="http://myearth360.com/category.sc?categoryId=74">accessories from Brazil</a> made from food and candy wrappers, and many beautiful examples of <a href="http://myearth360.com/product.sc?categoryId=75&productId=288">Sea Glass Jewelry.</a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301971187186768914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 175px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LYoPeNTdvBjxtNG7LWdY45NdedsktSdEPv07tj_IqhF2y6sMnZMGHmP7W9qi9tcERnqXkO4lPs7fvdYa8LzUMiCSLUfiQ3fKWyYt94YqICV_DgII0ej_hXXCZwjAg5zECrrs/s320/clutch.jpg" border="0" />The site also features <a href="http://myearth360.com/category.sc?categoryId=73">reusable tote bags</a>, a large assortment of <a href="http://myearth360.com/category.sc?categoryId=4">BPA-free beverage bottles</a>, <a href="http://myearth360.com/category.sc?categoryId=62">green dog stuff</a> and much more!<br /><br /><p><br />PLUS, a portion of the proceeds go to fund <a href="http://www.neefusa.org/">NEEF</a>, the National Environmental Education Foundation. According to NEEF's site the organization supports a "network of health professionals, weathercasters, land managers and teachers. Our programs reach hundreds of thousands of households and translate into direct actions, saving millions of dollars as well as reducing energy use, protecting nature, and improving the health of thousands of children."<br /><br /><p>Don't forget to visit the <a href="http://blog.icountformyearth.com/">myEarth360 blog</a>! Why not show your loved ones that you how much care with an "eco-chic"sustainable gift from <a href="http://myearth360.com/main.sc">myEarth360</a>?</p><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Note: I am not being compensated in any way by myEarth360. I just want to spread the news about a web site that promotes sustainability.<br /></span></em>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-68350252712733066092009-01-30T06:30:00.000-08:002009-01-30T06:54:09.440-08:00<a href="http://gwsolutionsbook.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297096247525476290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtMkr2PfWksUcJi-FMabNlIS7zvgJQ5erhCXj2nCVTNLfPTul9LiTEE2VbT5Q1S9vo-nEa2fg1UtH9Sxti55I4BOttku437qw-_WclQ9tbEn1UK0XX8QS5sl8AmZdaUoYM7EZ/s320/carl_ann.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Free E-Book on Global Warming Solutions</strong></span><br /><br /><div>Retired Syracuse University professor Oliver Clubb has posted his most recent book online. "Global Warming Solutions: A Concerned Citizen's Guide to Climate Protection," is not only paperless, but it can be <a href="http://gwsolutionsbook.com/">downloaded free</a>! </div><br /><div>If you are in the Central New York area, and are interested, a book release reception will be held at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry on Thursday, Feb. 5, from 1-2 p.m in Room 110 of Moon Library; refreshments will be served. The Department of Environmental Studies is sponsoring the event. <a href="http://sunews.syr.edu/story_details.cfm?id=5642">Details >></a></div><br /><div><strong>Thank you very much, Dr. Clubb!</strong></div>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-59839701636768387342009-01-25T10:11:00.000-08:002009-01-25T10:13:22.557-08:00I was memed by <a href="http://outofthepastcfb.blogspot.com/">Raquelle</a> to list my favorite twenty actors. You can read the list of my top twenty favorite actresses on <a href="http://goldenageofhollywood.ning.com/forum/topics/twenty-favorite-actresses">The Golden Age of Hollywood</a>.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://perfectnika.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/gregory-peck1.jpg" height="300" width="240" /><br />1. Gregory Peck</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.the-planets.com/star-biography/Paul-Newman-Biography.jpg" height="300" width="240" /><br />2. Paul Newman.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Cary_Grant_in_Every_Girl_Should_Be_Married_trailer.jpg" /><br />3. Cary Grant</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://daily.greencine.com/lon-cheney-170l.jpg" /><br />4. Lon Cheney, Sr.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.radioarchives.org/pictures/Lew%20Ayres.jpg" height="300" width="240" /><br />5. Lew Ayres</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.nndb.com/people/714/000026636/jack-lemmon-hs.jpg" height="300" width="240" /><br />6. Jack Lemmon</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.meekermuseum.com/FARRELL.jpg" height="300" width="240" /><br />7. Charles Farrell</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://ratmmjess.tripod.com/lloyd.jpg" /><br />8. Harold Lloyd</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Jack_Carson_in_The_Hard_Way_trailer.jpg/250px-Jack_Carson_in_The_Hard_Way_trailer.jpg" /><br />9. Jack Carson</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/catesby_1999/quinn.jpg" height="300" width="240" /><br />10. Anthony Quinn</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://wizzyswandrings.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/humphrey-bogart-hulton-collection-105609.jpg" height="300" width="240" /><br />11. Humphrey Bogart</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.burt-lancaster.com/burtlancaster.jpg" height="300" width="240" /><br />12. Burt Lancaster</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_6059%7EKirk-Douglas-Posters.jpg" height="300" width="240" /><br />13.Kirk Douglas</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.altfg.com/Stars/d/defiantones.jpg" /><br />The Defiant Ones: 15. Tony Curtis & 16. Sidney Poitier</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://files.blog-city.com/files/D05/153426/p/f/sterling_h.jpg" /><br />17. Sterling Hayden</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00021/obits270308_21361t.jpg" /><br />18. Richard Widmark</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/WiO7IdsbrHddHUW5bbpfq-l7gKk795Lk-h6TYCAU3-XklhyBRthHECxmCQpTIukwYTpEfN8MNKoEKky4xeuwXgPJioMUGEfs/bates_reed2.jpg" alt="" height="240" width="412" /><br />Wrestling Buddies: 19. Alan Bates & 20. Oliver Reed</p>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-47543032677241822082009-01-23T09:29:00.000-08:002009-01-25T07:50:30.795-08:00<p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Yet another Stupid Quiz</strong></span></p><p align="left">Although I think this quiz, is pretty appropriate since I have such an interest in film. I have to say I'm a little disappointed, I was hoping my life would have been directed by Billy Wilder.</p><p align="center"><em>Your result for The Director Who Films Your Life Test...</em></p><h4 align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sofia Coppola</span></h4><p>Your film will be 70% romantic, 21% comedy, 33% complex plot, and a $ 27 million budget.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cdn.okcimg.com/php/load_okc_image.php/images/0x0/0x0/0/8367022855338478041.jpeg" height="417" width="386" /></p>With few films under her belt (The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation, Marie Antoinette) as a writer/director, she's already highly respected and connected -- her dad, Francis, directed all The Godfather movies and Apocolypse Now. Sofia's good at making the romantic drama that is your life with poignant sullen moments of introspection. You saw how she stylishly handled Marie Antoinette's life, no? And who didn't have at least a lump in the throat at the end of Lost In Translation? She's already won one Academy Award for her writing, now she'll be the first woman to receive one for directing -- YOUR FILM!<br /><div><a href="http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-director-who-films-your-life-test">Take The Director Who Films Your Life Test</a> at <a href="http://www.helloquizzy.com/"><b style="color:#131313;"><span style="color:#ac000c;">H</span>ello<span style="color:#ac000c;">Q</span>uizzy</b></a><br /></div>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-72392508746930135932009-01-23T09:00:00.000-08:002009-01-23T09:20:44.775-08:00<div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Calling All New Yorkers!</span></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294539784359258338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkgcq1115TVLRfJ030u8dQEpas1m99c_MifpGomSRvzFexRhX9_6B4ixebFX340hrhyphenhyphen38c3MPtrzk1wP13i2DFbM1b3cp37bdoptTGrAxD7Idqn-przZO7a2UpFYgnIVpFpd_n/s320/water_bottles_caps.jpg" border="0" /><br />In 1982, the New York State Legislature passed the <a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8500.html">Returnable Contaner Act (RCA)</a>, better known as the bottle bill. Since that time the bill has resulted in reducing litter by 70%, and in the recycling of 90 million bottles. Non--carbonated beverages, such as water and sport drinks , however, are not covered under the bottle bill. A "Bigger Better Bottle Bill" has been introduced in both houses of the New York State legislature. If you live in New York State, and share my concern for the environment, please take a moment to contact your legislator and ask them to support this very important piece of legislation.<br /><br />Find your New York State representatives here:<br /><br /><a href="http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/">New York State Assembly Members List</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.senate.state.ny.us/senatehomepage.nsf/senators?OpenForm">New York State Senators List</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.senate.state.ny.us/Senatorbio.nsf/Public_MemberEmail?openform">E-mail List of New York State Senators</a><br /><br /><br />For more info:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocrra.org/about_legislative.asp">Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.container-recycling.org/" target="_blank">Container Recycling Institute</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8500.html">New York State Department of Environmental Conservation</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/waterbottles.pdf">Water Bottle Fact Sheet (PDF)</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-14525124770891932009-01-22T05:13:00.000-08:002009-01-22T05:16:22.998-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVGU5nKE1TSm03W0O4phuQUC38aCrfO3ZS6lA-22gFfvcKR0dvXjYVA8nN57J4i6K4Id5RPq1ZbRJk9RmdDJ-es80koOcP_cKSLhV0OYjUWN7Ru1Gnf06b0l1jS2uD4E97fXQ/s1600-h/frog_preview.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294106097938100290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVGU5nKE1TSm03W0O4phuQUC38aCrfO3ZS6lA-22gFfvcKR0dvXjYVA8nN57J4i6K4Id5RPq1ZbRJk9RmdDJ-es80koOcP_cKSLhV0OYjUWN7Ru1Gnf06b0l1jS2uD4E97fXQ/s400/frog_preview.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Search Goes <span style="color:#003300;">Green</span></span></strong></div><br /><div><br />I recently started using an Internet search engine that saves 0.1 m² (0.11 yd²) of rainforest with each search you do. The website delivers the same search result as Google, is free and makes your internet searches green!<br />The address of the "green search engine" is: <a href="http://www.forestle.org/">http://www.forestle.org/</a></div><div><br />So far Forestle already has saved 72,673.9 m² (79,476.2 yd²) of rainforest! </div><br /><div>Read more about Forestle on <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090120-forestle-eco-friendly-search-engine-returns-via-yahoo.html">ars technica</a>.</div>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-53741763545085107302009-01-19T05:34:00.000-08:002009-01-19T05:38:30.795-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Fy4UQQHL3wp7sQ-bV3jvcg4489U5KfIYu7s7Nu0qALsvM5o2NhgScBRxa_uQ1StCnxt4iswiWiMe_5e6A4U6pm1dsyXXKXrucOsepeR3jhwcX7TqVFAioTyZqI_Vraxdamcr/s1600-h/Sargent.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Fy4UQQHL3wp7sQ-bV3jvcg4489U5KfIYu7s7Nu0qALsvM5o2NhgScBRxa_uQ1StCnxt4iswiWiMe_5e6A4U6pm1dsyXXKXrucOsepeR3jhwcX7TqVFAioTyZqI_Vraxdamcr/s320/Sargent.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292998670293601522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >One More Day!!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">I can't believe that we've finally arrived at Bush's last full day in office. Words just can't express how thrilled I am that tomorrow the United States will have a new president.</span></span> I'd be thrilled just to have anyone other than Bush, but to have a person as intelligent and articulate as Barack Obama as our next President is tremedous!zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-7411306191706188522009-01-01T08:44:00.000-08:002009-01-01T08:48:23.087-08:00<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy New Year!</span></span><br /><br />It's January 1, 2009, and you know what that means? Only 19 more days of suffering through the Bush Administration!!!<br /><br />I spent today visiting the <a href="http://change.gov/">Obama transition site</a>. Here's the <a href="http://change.gov/agenda/energy_and_environment_agenda/">agenda for the environmental issues</a>.<br /><br />I'd like to wish everyone all the best for the coming year. If we all work together we can make America stronger!zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-23973151531819984092008-12-19T07:52:00.000-08:002008-12-19T08:02:25.156-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Let's Call for a Clean Slate</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">The Sierra Club</span> has created the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Clean Slate Energy Agenda</span> and is asking citizens to contact President-elect Obama to ask him to seriously consider the following actions to reduce global warming:<br /><ol><li> End the rush to build new coal plants by directing the EPA to require all new power plants to limit their global warming emissions.</li><li> Direct the EPA to approve plans by 15 states to require clean cars. </li><li> Direct the EPA to end mountaintop removal mining by stopping coal companies from dumping rock and waste into valleys and streams.</li><li> Restore America's international leadership in the fight to end global warming by publicly committing the US to cut its CO2 emissions at least 35% by 2020.</li></ol>For more information or to send youyr message visit <a href="http://action.sierraclub.org/cleanslate" target="_blank"><strong>http://action.sierraclub.org/cleanslate.</strong></a><strong> </strong>Send your message now. President-elect Obama needs to know that our government needs to take immediate action to slow down global warming.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-43143616383441903262008-12-16T09:26:00.000-08:002008-12-16T09:47:15.683-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwSyERLrrPYVskOc0Cic2Snh5QuGAcUpBx_UAFUKJStwooBSJTbT0htIrMEpTTMW9_F1LXkFSmoG4DxNx2RJ-SCtDg7ao-lgVJabfimSj91LBLMQWWFRDsNSjQMKjJcczoQM8/s1600-h/elvisXmas.jpg"><span style="color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280445447097814226" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwSyERLrrPYVskOc0Cic2Snh5QuGAcUpBx_UAFUKJStwooBSJTbT0htIrMEpTTMW9_F1LXkFSmoG4DxNx2RJ-SCtDg7ao-lgVJabfimSj91LBLMQWWFRDsNSjQMKjJcczoQM8/s320/elvisXmas.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#006600;"> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Green Christmas</span></strong></span><br /><br /><em>This is my first post after being AWOL during the end of the fall semester; I hope to post bit more during the coming weeks.</em><br /><br />Bing had a White Christmas; Elvis had a Blue Christmas. This holiday season the staff of Syracuse University will be having a GREEN CHRISTMAS with an extended paid holiday break! In past years the University operated on a reduced schedule during the business days between Christmas and New Years Day. This year as an energy-saving measuer all non-essential offices will be closed during the period. The <a href="http://greenuniversecity.syr.edu/">program</a> is a pilot and will be evaulated after the holidays to determine if it should be implemented during future holidays. It's part of the University's ongoing <a href="http://greenuniversecity.syr.edu/Policy_Statement.html">committment to sustainability</a>.<br /><br />We'll have to wait and see if the break will add much to energy use reduction, but when the holiday extension was announced to the employees, the reaction was so positive one would have thought that Santa had landed on the Quad and was handing out bags of cash! It's possible that SU may not only reap energy savings, but could also experience a productivity increase among a happy staff that was given the opportunity to enjoy extra quality time with family and friends.<br /><br /><strong>Happy <span style="color:#006600;">Green Christmas</span> to one and all!</strong>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-51332947965208633992008-11-08T09:55:00.000-08:002008-11-08T10:04:37.369-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <p class="raw-score"></p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">I am a Marilyn!</span></span><br /><br /><img src="http://vintagegriffin.com/images/uploads/mm.marilyn_.jpg" alt="mm.marilyn_.jpg" /><br /></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>You are a Marilyn -- "I am affectionate and skeptical."</strong></span></span></div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><p> </p> <p>Marilyns are responsible, trustworthy, and value loyalty to family, friends, groups, and causes. Their personalities range broadly from reserved and timid to outspoken and confrontative.</p><p><strong>What I Like About Being a Marilyn</strong> </p><ul><li>* being committed and faithful to family and friends</li><li>* being responsible and hardworking</li><li>* being compassionate toward others</li><li>* having intellect and wit</li><li>* being a nonconformist</li><li>* confronting danger bravely</li><li>* being direct and assertive</li></ul> <p style="font-weight: bold;"> What's Hard About Being a Marilyn</p><strong></strong> <ul><li>* the constant push and pull involved in trying to make up my mind</li><li>* procrastinating because of fear of failure; having little confidence in myself</li><li>* fearing being abandoned or taken advantage of</li><li>* exhausting myself by worrying and scanning for danger</li><li>* wishing I had a rule book at work so I could do everything right</li><li>* being too critical of myself when I haven't lived up to my expectations</li></ul>I knew it. I knew I was a Marilyn all along. Here's <a href="http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/are-you-a-jackie-or-a-marilyn-or-someone-else-mad-menera-female-icon-quiz">the quiz</a>.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-17450072818553804022008-10-29T05:37:00.000-07:002008-10-29T05:39:08.349-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Al Gore Web Cast Tonight</strong></span><br /><br />On Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 8:30 p.m. EST/5:30 p.m. PST, Al Gore will call upon youth around the country to help repower America this November. Watch the live address <a href="http://www.powervote.org/GoreWebcast">here</a>.<br /><br />Be there or be square!zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-15180698151833817942008-09-19T09:21:00.000-07:002008-09-19T09:35:12.156-07:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Update on Me and Clean Fuel from Garbage</span></strong><br /><br />Sorry it's been a while since my last post. I knew my posting would slow down once classes started. this semester I'm taking Managment Principles for Information Technology Professionals. I was pretty bus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkGWbhtw4B8A3WljW7W9EfiuyRgSDbMklAaZKQE80h9U5woDd2I1PxwD_Ye8cQIr7v_iwZJfly6hhSjuf37T_6u2DuhfNO1tx3pxa_J-w3EEXICdxaJ6PUlto_ZqbyoUtSF0m/s1600-h/imac.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247769109694857234" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkGWbhtw4B8A3WljW7W9EfiuyRgSDbMklAaZKQE80h9U5woDd2I1PxwD_Ye8cQIr7v_iwZJfly6hhSjuf37T_6u2DuhfNO1tx3pxa_J-w3EEXICdxaJ6PUlto_ZqbyoUtSF0m/s320/imac.jpg" border="0" /></a>y last weekend installing my new iMac! It's a great machine, and the final puchase for my new revamped home office. (Although I may be shopping around for an area carpet when I get some spare cash.)<br /><br /><br />I'd like to pass along to you <a href="http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2008/09/18/News/Green.Gas-3438138.shtml">this interesting story</a> about researchers from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry who are turning garbage from Syracuse University dining halls into biodiesel fuel.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-64111224809644261952008-09-06T16:05:00.000-07:002008-09-06T16:07:58.147-07:00<div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Random Blog Visit 9</span><br /><strong>Wes in Europe</strong><br /><br />Ever want to spend your summer vacation in Europe? Yeah, well me, too. Not ever having the opportunity, this summer I lived vicariously through the <a href="http://weshaskell.blogspot.com/">adventures</a> of a young man from the U.S. Mid-west named, you guessed it, Wes.<br /><br />Wes's travels take him to Italy, The Alps, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and London. But don't think it's all leisure time for Wes, through the blog he documents his <a href="http://weshaskell.blogspot.com/2008/07/days-10-15.html">performing arts studies</a> in Hamburg.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishLkD8ZqQwRgGhzVCywP5MM_7LCiKvqUyw9hby8X-TCEAKmYuU_wPeEkbstB38znjA-4BU2_IvXtKkonwiIYcNqzt6Z_L9AmFcut912Ua-f4FPREXojVKMyBuF1gBuznMLvPN/s1600-h/Wes_Europe.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239985068121109570" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishLkD8ZqQwRgGhzVCywP5MM_7LCiKvqUyw9hby8X-TCEAKmYuU_wPeEkbstB38znjA-4BU2_IvXtKkonwiIYcNqzt6Z_L9AmFcut912Ua-f4FPREXojVKMyBuF1gBuznMLvPN/s320/Wes_Europe.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-64281196123874649782008-09-01T06:16:00.000-07:002008-09-01T06:41:08.855-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYmKTjKO167ymdrAXWF01ea_CbcIn-WoJz-V1qu4JTzqk4SaAuprAxnRQUnBcMDbuJY4TmveZEvyRFC9WFTDVlOhBt5fx9pQq3DVALMpmU0rNDDRTdY5erA_WEaRKpLFy1YTe/s1600-h/sarah-palin2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYmKTjKO167ymdrAXWF01ea_CbcIn-WoJz-V1qu4JTzqk4SaAuprAxnRQUnBcMDbuJY4TmveZEvyRFC9WFTDVlOhBt5fx9pQq3DVALMpmU0rNDDRTdY5erA_WEaRKpLFy1YTe/s320/sarah-palin2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241045525850659570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wrong, Wrong, Wrong</span></span><br /></div><br />While I try to avoid using my blog for political purposes, because I'm interested in environmental issues, I just can't let this one go. John McCain's choice of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is wrong on so many levels, but he's actually found a running-mate whose record on backing big oil over the environment is WORSE than President Bush's!!! <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3987891.ece">The Governor actually argues that polar bears don't need protection!</a><br /><br /><a href="http://yubanet.com/opinions/Sierra-Club-McCain-VP-Pick-Completes-Shift-to-Bush-Energy-Policy.php">Sierra Club <span class="articletext">Executive Director</span>, Carl Pope</a> says, "With the pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for his running mate, John McCain's race towards the Bush administration's failed energy policy is now complete." Furthermore <a href="http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=8885438">Palin over stepped her authority as governor to advocate against a clean water initiative</a>.<br /><br />I just don't understand how someone like Palin, who identifies so strongly with being a "mom" can justify selling out her homeland's future to big oil and mining interests.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-8065253197644509672008-08-29T09:39:00.000-07:002008-08-29T09:46:47.188-07:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Random Blog Visit 8:</span><br />A Good Idea Ahead of Its Time?</strong><br /><br />Recently I had the opportunity to ask <a href="http://www.saberseven.com/jim-anderson.php">Jim Anderson</a>, technology entreprenuer and founder of <a href="http://www.standardid.com/">StandardID</a> if there was one thing concerning his business that he wished he could do over again. He told me that there was one product that he wished he could reintroduce to the market, because it was too far ahead of its time; the market wasn't ready for it.<br /><br /><a href="http://paybytouch.blogspot.com/">Pay by Touch</a> seems to have suffered the same fate.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-90542306310929341712008-08-20T16:22:00.000-07:002008-08-20T16:30:53.793-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Hometown's Mayor Gets Award from EPA</span></span><br /><br />Mayor Matt Driscoll received a <span class="story"> leadership certificate for environmental stewardship from the <a href="http://www.epa.gov/">Environmental Protection Agency</a>, but I'm so proud to say that my good friend, Carolyn King was in part responsible for the efforts that earned that award. <a href="http://news10now.com/Default.aspx?ArID=122316">Details.</a><br /><br />Carolyn also highly recommends visiting <a href="http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/">Sustainable Thompkins</a>.<br /></span>zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-48941574663587216992008-08-18T09:25:00.000-07:002008-08-18T09:31:23.442-07:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">What Can I Do Without?</span></strong><br /><br />This is the question that Juneau residents were forced to answer when their electricity supply was severly curtailed due to an avalanche last spring. <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93619395">The story recently broadcast on NPR</a> sproves that people can react positively in the face of adversity. Unfortunately now with power restored, usage has begun to increase again. Perhaps rising energy costs may motivate the citizens of Juneau back to conserving again.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27498208.post-4679620311509631992008-08-15T10:01:00.001-07:002008-08-15T10:15:54.483-07:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Guest Posting on Out of the Past</span></strong> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWGxbN_MFxze0OWyw8sXxGyr7asRsKmUboJgjktamv8iU60EjsemWxXyif4nOhwjiCdzyfSxBHi7YJ0c07sT54vI9v-CpgG3vC9edoCgVwin90yRUk51azF9A5oHPNFoAYDo4/s1600-h/capexterior-sm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234791825265788594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWGxbN_MFxze0OWyw8sXxGyr7asRsKmUboJgjktamv8iU60EjsemWxXyif4nOhwjiCdzyfSxBHi7YJ0c07sT54vI9v-CpgG3vC9edoCgVwin90yRUk51azF9A5oHPNFoAYDo4/s400/capexterior-sm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Last Sunday I attended <a href="http://www.romecapitol.com/Capitolfest.html">Capitolfest,</a> a classic film festival held at the <a href="http://www.romecapitol.com/">Capitol Theatre </a>in Rome, N.Y. You can read my guest posting on <a href="http://outofthepastcfb.blogspot.com/2008/08/day-at-capitolfest-6-by-joanne.html">Out of the Past: A Classic Flim Blog</a>.zippychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06965056129449792062noreply@blogger.com0