Quick! Run outside and take a quick peek at the Moon. Tonight, Jupiter is supposed to be extremely close to the moon, and I actually got pictures! Yay! So, they aren’t particularly good pictures, and Jupiter is more like a small blot than a planet, but you get the message. I saw Jupiter! How awesome is that? You actually can see the planet pretty distinctly. Even though it is right next to the moon, it looks like a ginormous star. If you get a pic, post it here. I’d love to see if anyone gets a really good one 🙂
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Avoiding Coffee Spills
13 JanHere is my random tip of the day!
I don’t know about anyone else, but I am constantly spilling coffee all over my hand. Trying to carry the open cup from the coffee pot to a table-top usually leaves me with burn marks and rather loud expressions of words better left unspoken. 0_0
But then, a waitress offered me a little tip. Did you know that it is easier to carry an open cup of coffee if you don’t look at it?
How To Add Basic Amazon Associates Links to WordPress.com or Blogger.com
5 Jan
YES, I AM A NERD!!!
I spent all day playing around with Amazon Associates since I have recently been recommending books via my “Many Books, Little Time” link. However, I quickly discovered that it is practically impossible to post the widgets for Amazon Associates via WordPress.com or Blogger.com. I’m assuming it is far easier on WordPress.org, but the free blogs make it inconvenient. Then I discovered that most of the instructions offered online right now don’t seem to follow along with the newer layout of the modern WordPress.com and Blogger.com sites.
So, after great aggravation on my part and victory signs waved about after success, here is how I managed to add the links to my own pages.
Travel Abroad with a Language Scholarship!
3 JanTap, tap, tap. . .
That is the impatient tapping of my foot as I sit here checking my email every 15 minutes (literally–I’m just that sad) to hear back on a scholarship I applied for. They say we’ll hear by email in January, and last year the results came out the first Friday of the month. Ergo, my tap, tap, tapping. Wait, I need to check my email again. . .
Okay, I’m back! Since I am stuck here waiting until at least tomorrow, maybe another week, I thought I’d share the news about this awesome opportunity for students interested in studying abroad.
Travelling in a 외국의 (foreign) Land
8 NovTravelling–the great journey into the unknown. Dun dun duunnn… They tell you the world is vast, and you sort of understand that when you begin to travel. But nothing quite seems to prepare you for that first step off the runway and into a whole new world. Luckily, at least in the countries I have visited, that new world has seemed just familiar enough (they had normal American toilets and a Dunkin Donuts. . . always a plus) that I wasn’t completely dumped into culture shock.
However, I was recently asked by my supervisor to draw up some tips for fellow students visiting countries where the language is a barrier. I got to thinking about it, and I decided to focus on what I learned on my most recent visit to Korea. By miracle alone, I had the luck to be roomed with a local girl for the first two weeks, or I have no idea what I would have done. Travelling in a new country without the benefit of language proficiency is difficult, but there are a few things that can make your life so much easier.
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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