Technology - I'm still learning

I've had some success lately and a failure, which makes it difficult to wile away hours on something and not have it work.
I was successful in putting a project together, with pictures and text, and copying it to a CD. I had to do this for UVM because I had to finish my graduate course. That seems pretty simple, but I tried three kinds of discs before one of them worked. I knew it wasn't the size of the project, only 4 pictures and 5 written pages of text, but getting the computer to transfer the work to a disc. My tech teacher told me to save the stuff in a folder, and that eventually worked.
My unsuccessful venture was today, actually. I had created, on a MAC in my library, a Keynote presentation that I made from photos and video I had taken of robins that had built a nest below my deck. The photos and videos took 2 weeks to gather as the birds matured and I was quite proud of how much you could see as mom and dad robin fed the babies. I wanted to be able to transfer the completed work to a CD so that I could show it anywhere. On the MAC, the movie was only 2" high and wouldn't work at all on my PC. I know that the easiest way is to have the original program on a laptop and run it from there, but I don't have a laptop or a MAC. When I leave this school, I really wanted to take it with me. I'll try again.

flickr image

I was successful somewhat in taking this off of Flickr. It came in vertically instead of horizontally. All I did was copy the letters and paste it here. Using the "Add Image" choice from my blog did not do it. At least I got this far!

Flickr mashups

This week's Vermont's 23 Things wants us to look at some mashups available from Flickr. I was certainly amazed at what one can make! I liked the "Catchy Colors Colr Pickr" site. I'm sure one could waste a lot of time playing with it. I tried uploading a photo but had no luck. I tried using a picture that was not copyrighted, but it wouldn't work. I'll try something else.

Holidays coming!

It seems that I "dropped the blog" during the last 7 weeks and am way behind in Vermont's 23 things. Is anybody else? I wanted to post again before I completely forgot how to do it.
I was very pleased that I was able to turn a photograph into a watercolor picture that has become my holiday greeting card this year! If you want to try it, go to Staples with your picture and card stock, and they will do it for $.49 a card. I bought enveloped there also. I'm actually excited about sending out Christmas cards this year. Now I've got to write them.

Vermont's 23 Things

This is a place to begin. I just watched the video that talks about the habits of successful people. My most difficult habit to keep up is the very first one. I can make small goals all right, but making big goals about what I want to do with the rest of my life is something I have been thinking about for two years. And still no answer. I love to travel and hope that by seeing the world I will be able to find my next "big thing", but so far nothing. My goal is to learn how to make a PowerPoint presentation for others to see about my trip to Thailand.
One thing I remember from my line dancing teacher is, "Everyone here was a beginner at one point." I will try to keep that in mind with my own goal.