…several hours, 2 unexpected guests, and 1 Internet connection problem later…

I experimented with slow shutter speeds this time, because I think those streaks of light just look really cool. Last time I did Lesson 2, I was more infatuated with catching a spray of water mid-splash — and I was doggone excited about it too, as you can see here.

As promised, here’s a link to the post at Digital Photography School about organizing photos. Natalie Norton describes her method in a nutshell, and it makes good sense. (Scroll down; it’s point #4 on the list.)

She wanted to make a static page her home page, using a WordPress blog. Several techies tried to be helpful, but I think the consensus was that she would have to do it somewhere in the miry depths where code lives.

Thanks to the Web Success Diva (Social Media Marketing Success for Solopreneurs), I found this explanation at Blogging Experiment of how to use a WordPress page as your home page. Apparently you can do it without delving into the murky world of code.

Now I want to tell you how I am so amazingly connected to the who’s-who in what-you-need-to-know. I used a cool Internet tool that brings my RSS feeds right into my inbox.

I’ve known about RSS, and had been using Google’s reader, but I never, ever remembered to check the page. But I check my email everyday. It’s quick and painless to see whether there’s new content at one of the blogs I follow, and because I can see the post title and (at least) a few sentences, I can easily see whether it’s something I want to read. Otherwise, the delete key is a click away.

Newsgator is the service I signed up for because it works directly with Outlook. But there may be others. (Probably are.)

And I know I’m not exactly what you would call an early-adopter, I know a few other folks who weren’t aware of this convenience. So that’s why I’m sharing it here.

Want to know who I have in my feeds? I haven’t added many yet, but the current list contains:

Woulda Coulda Shoulda, Word Count, The WAHM Magazine’s Editor’s Desk, The Writing Mother, Web Success Diva, Mama Needs A Book Contract, HousekeepingChannel.com’s Recent Content, Mind Over Mullis and Christie’s Corner. I recommend them all!

After briefly skimming it, I just might have to add Blogging Experiment.

Who do you have in your feeds, and who do you recommend I add (and why)? 

Hmm. WordPress is new to me, but so far just posting hasn’t been any kind of real challenge.

I did fiddle with the timestamp thingy because I wrote ahead (yeah, I’m a cheater), but I did that for Saturday and Sunday’s posts and they published without a problem.

The thought of diving into the murky WordPress help files has me shaking in my wetsuit. Someone tie a rope around me and pull me back up if I’m gone too long.

(Oh well, at least I got a post written today.)