http://blogsquawks.com Talk & squawks AKA rants: Information & wandering thoughts about life's issues, currents events, and blogging resources Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:50:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Are you a visual learner? Do you find it much easier to learn how to do something new if you can see it done rather than just reading how-to? Then WordPress.TV is for you. The recently launched site is full of videos which will teach you how to do almost ... http://blogsquawks.com/wordpresstv-launched-how-to-video-tutorials-visual-blogging-help/2009/01/19/ [caption id="attachment_28" align="alignnone" width="214" caption="Homeless in Bangladesh"][/caption] Photo Credit: Md.Saiful Aziz Shamseer [caption id="attachment_29" align="alignnone" width="138" caption="Homeless and Cold"][/caption] Photo Credit: Bob Jagendorf [caption id="attachment_30" align="alignnone" width="180" caption="Homeless in Atlanta"][/caption] This gentleman told the photographer that he had been out in the storm the previous night. I ran as fast as I could; dove into the ... http://blogsquawks.com/faces-of-the-homeless-a-photo-essay/2009/01/15/ [caption id="attachment_17" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="They Used To Work Here"][/caption] Does the Mainstream Media (hereafter abbreviated as MSM) tell you what to think and how to feel? They sure as hell try! They lead us down the garden path during every election campaign and, lately, they seem to be planning a funeral ... http://blogsquawks.com/is-mainstream-media-trying-to-kill-the-us-auto-industry/2009/01/13/ Do you want to add a YouTube video to a post on your WordPress blog? Remarkablogger , Michael Martine, shows you how:   http://blogsquawks.com/how-to-embed-video-in-wordpress/2008/08/19/ Professor Randy Pausch has passed away at the age of 47, leaving behind a wife and 3 young children. After being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Randy Pausch wrote the book "Last Lecture" which inspired thousands and thousands of people. His attitude, under the circumstances, was amazing.  His loss will be deeply felt ... http://blogsquawks.com/randy-pausch-last-lecture-author-has-died/2008/07/25/ When I started this blog, it was intended to be for general rants as well as for ecommerce information, blogging resources, and WHATEVER. I realize now that being a generalist is much harder than you would expect. To begin with, I am not the most organized person in the world and ... http://blogsquawks.com/changing-direction-finding-a-niche/2008/07/17/ 7/24/08 UPDATE Because of the changing direction of BlogSquawks, I am updating this post and changing its Category. It will now reside in the Resources for Bloggers category. While this post has nothing to do blogging, I am putting it in this category because it is possible to use one's blog to sell items using Google ... http://blogsquawks.com/how-to-use-google-checkout-guide/2008/06/02/ Are you looking for information about how to sell on Ebay? While not to be considered a comprehensive guide, I've put together my own little FAQ about selling on Ebay. If you are already an Ebay seller, you might want to read this, too. It's not your basic How-To.   It sounds ... http://blogsquawks.com/selling-on-ebay-warning/2008/04/03/                                                                                                        When you think you have run out of ideas for something to write about, what can you do? When you feel like your Muse has deserted you, where can you go?   Maybe you aren't likely to run out of ideas. I know I have more ideas than I will probably ever ... http://blogsquawks.com/blogging-resources/2008/03/29/