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Friday, April 20, 2007

Wink widget
Current mood:

creative
Category: Web, HTML, Tech

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We've launched a widget that you can use to manage your online identity, and show off your online activity to your friends. You can use it on your blog or on your MySpace account, or any of your other sites. The widget is customizable so you can make it match whatever colors and styles that are already on your profile.

You can see more about the widget on Wink.com at the Wink Widget page.

Cheralyn
http://wink.com/cheralyn--profile

Currently listening:
Takk...
By Sigur R?s
Release date: 13 September, 2005

10:06 PM

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

a-twitter
Category: Web, HTML, Tech

Anyone else using Twitter?

http://twitter.com/winkie

cheralyn @ wink

10:30 PM

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Vintage Macs
Current mood:

amused
Category: Art and Photography

Saw this on Lo-Fi Saint Louis website. It's a video of this guy's basement collection of Vintage Macs.

http://lofistl.com/2007/02/17/episode-140-mac-geek-porn/

Not only are the Macs impressive, but the guy's basement is also nicely designed as well. :)

cheralyn

12:25 AM

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Monday, March 05, 2007

Heroes
Current mood:

cheerful
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Finally got converted to the TV show Heroes. I've been resisting cause I don't really have time to watch TV right now as I'm trying to get my Warcraft characters to 70. :) But my best friend convinced me to watch the last 2 episodes with her and I liked it alot.

*sigh*

Not enough hours in the day.

Though apparently 178,000 other people on MySpace, Friendster, etc., already really love the show. Interestingly enough, that's more than Star Trek has! Try searching for your favorite TV show and see what fascinating people also have excellent taste. :)

Cheralyn
Find me on Wink!
http://wink.com/cheralyn--profile

Currently listening:
The Very Best of Elvis Costello
By Elvis Costello
Release date: 17 April, 2001

10:33 PM

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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Apple iPhone
Current mood:

excited
Category: Web, HTML, Tech

All I can say is, Wow, it looks incredible. Saw the news about the announcement made by Steve Jobs at Macworld 2007 today and have spent all morning thinking about how I might need a new phone in 6 months. :)

Chris Ziegler has some great photos of it here on engadget. Take a look and drool. :)

Oh, and you can actually play with the interface at apple.com.

Cheralyn

Edit: I made an iPhone collection on Wink. You're welcome to add to it as you find more iPhone URLs across the web.

7:41 PM

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Friday, January 05, 2007

New Survey
Current mood:

thoughtful
Category: Quiz/Survey

I've created a new survey using Survey Monkey regarding Wink.com, Wink Me, and MySpace. If you are opinionated and/or inclined to take surveys, I would welcome your responses. :)

Click here to take it:
Wink survey on Survey Monkey

If you have questions or problems about the survey, just let me know. And thanks in advance to those who take it. It will help us improve Wink.com.

That's it for today! Have a great weekend everyone.

Cheralyn

Currently listening:
Love Actually
By Various Artists
Release date: 11 November, 2003

10:53 PM

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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

2 weeks til Burning Crusade
Current mood:

excited
Category: Games

Most of you probably don't know this but I'm crazy into World of Warcraft. I currently am working on my 3rd level 60 character. It's just two weeks until the expansion comes out and I can't wait. I've added the trailer to the Burning Crusade expansion on my profile, under Interests, or you can check it out directly at YouTube or on Wink in my collection called World of Warcraft Videos. It's a collection of videos or movies made in the WoW universe that I liked. I didn't make any of them so don't worry if you don't like them as much as I do. :) You're welcome to add more to the collection if you like.

Anyway, just wanted to share my excitement with you. Also to warn you that in 2 weeks I might disappear into the Outland for awhile. j/k

Cheralyn

11:01 PM

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Finished reading War and Peace
Current mood:

accomplished
Category: Writing and Poetry

Last week I finished reading War and Peace. Let me say that again, with feeling: LAST WEEK I FINISHED READING WAR AND PEACE!!

If you've ever read the book then you'll understand the need to write that sentence in caps. The book is a bear to get through. I almost gave up a few times but I'm not a quitter and if Tolstoy could keep slogging through it, then I could too.

To be fair, it's really just the first 50% that was difficult for me. By the half-way point I was hooked and it was a race to get to the end. My advice - If you can make it through all the philosophical discussion on fallacies of historical analysis and concentrate on the romance, then you're home free. :)

So, what did I do after finishing the book? Well, as a true child of the internet, I first went to the Wikipedia entry about the 1812 war between Russia and France. Then I logged onto World of Warcraft and created a character named Natashka in honor of one of the heroines in the book.

Then I was curious to find other people who had read it, so I decided to do an interest search using Wink People Search for anyone who had cited the book as one of their favorites in their profiles. So I searched for War and Peace in the "Book" field and....voila....over 23,000 people liked it enough to put it on their profiles! Even more interestingly, the top results included a Russian Duchess, a robot from Robocop, Mr. T., and a late-nite talk show host. Wow, what erudite people....er....robot....er....

It's actually really fun to find people this way. I had a great time looking at their profiles and discovered, not too surprisingly, that the Russian Duchess was friends with lots of other Russian nobility, the Robocop robot was chummy with Dick Jones, and Mr. T. is pals with David Hasselhoff. Well, the Mr. T/David Hasselhoff connection wasn't as obvious, but think about it - it still totally makes sense.

Well, I'd better get back to my other light reading of the moment - Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. I'll let you know when I finish that one too. Cheerio!

Cheralyn

10:47 PM

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Thursday, December 07, 2006

December 7 already?
Current mood:

anxious
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping

Is it just me or are the holidays approaching a wee bit too quickly? Here at Wink we've been so busy focusing on new features and indexing more social networks that we haven't really stopped to smell the poinsettias or taste the fruitcake. If you find yourself to be as behind as we are, there are a few collections at Wink that might help you catch up.

Top Selling Gifts Holiday 2006
Not sure what to get your niece or nephew? Top selling gift item = instant happiness (well, not always, but close enough).

Shopping Search Engines
You already know all about Amazon and Best Buy, but what if they're out of stock on that item you absolutely have to get? These search engines can help you get hard-to-find items at other merchants.

Christmas
Already finished with your shopping? Ready to plan Christmas dinner and decorate your tree? Michele has compiled a great collection here with help on everything from writing a letter to Santa Claus to handling the ethical dilemma of choosing a Christmas Tree.

Feel free to add sites to the collections or thumbs up/thumbs down the ones you find most helpful/least helpful. Or start your own collection! The more the merrier.

Gotta go! see ya later...
cheralyn

7:58 PM

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