#10 Image generators & Twiggy

Oh, goodness! You'll never believe who I interviewed for the mag this morning! Can't guess, well I'll tell you - TWIGGY, yes that icon of all fashion icons! Lucky for me Brace Caldwell took violently ill this morning (nothing to do with the help of the Nujol I slipped into his tea!), and I had to step in and cover the assignment for him. Poor sod's been on the crapper all day they tell me.
Anyhoo, can't divulge the details of the article just yet, but here's a teaser for you...taken by David Bailey no less!

Image generators - what fun! If you'd like to achieve the same effect as the Twiggy shot, visit Warholiser. More pics soon I hope, there are so many generators I could spend the whole bleedin' night here. Ta ta for now - H.

#9 RSS feeds

Ok; I've done it. Thanks to Zoya, I have been able to create my blog line and as you can see, you can view the different sites and feeds I have subscribed to. They are a mixed bag of news, personal interests and library blogs.

What do I think about all of this? I think it is great if you have a particular interest, but as I said earlier, you still have to go looking for it. The advantage is that it is in the one place, the disadvantage is that you now have a heap of stuff to read when you get home and by the time you get through it you are pale and emaciated and you realise you no longer have time to cook dinner, you need to upgrade your prescription lenses because your four eyes are getting worse, you then need to take all your clothes in because you've lost weight (or get someone else to do it becasue you can't see very well....)......AND then it dawns on you that you haven't had any face to face communication with any REAL people for hours, maybe even days and your inbox starts to get overloaded with mail from concerned friends, and the library fines are piling up because you just haven't had time to watch those DVDs or pray tell READ A BOOK! Start talking to people again....remember friends and family, and if you live alone, talk to yourself, use the telephone...VOIP if you have to!

#9 & 11 So frustrating! Bloglines and widgets...

I'd like to tell you I added a blogline to my blog but I can't! I have been trying for the past hour but I can't work out how to do it. I am sure it is simple, but I am obviously missing something!!! The picture on the left indicates what I felt while TRYING to it figure out.
So...I gave up and added a widget to my Library thing, so now my top 5 books are displayed for you. Actually, there are only books 5 books listed, but I will add more...one day...promise! Now I am sooooo exhausted, I don't know how I am ever going to get the shopping done. Of course, I could do it online and have it delivered....ah, technology!

#9 Beyond the blog

Aloha - I've been surfing again (in my bathing suit complete with modesty skirt - yes!) and riding the library blog waves, and as usual have drowned in information super highway overload once more. Some of my favorites library blogs are:
librarian.net
tales from the liberry
cool librarian

but of course there so many more to discover. Catch your own.
H.

#8 Bother! RSS information overload...

I am not even sure where I am at with this diary, blog thingy, but I can tell you I've been all over cyberspace and am a bit over this time-consuming, hour muncher, insatiable thirst for my time and patience. 15 minutes a day - what rot! Everytime I go near this thing I get lost out there in some parallel universe, only to forget why I went there in the first place. I've done the RSS feeds thingy, have subscribed to the BBC news (goodness knows why, I can watch it on the telly), and half a dozen other feeds I've lost interest in. I cut it back to 3, but don't even get time to look at those let alone read them. Being a naturally curious and enquiring person 'n all, I am happy to find things I am interested in, WHEN I am interested in them.

I did come across an interesting site called Read it Swap it
where you can do just that. Alternatively you can just leave a book on a park bench. Good karma will bring you another book to read.

#7 Got the film back!

Sorry it's taken so long, but I haven't had a chance to take my film into Boots for a week. Here are the shots from our fun fashion parade. The oldies loved it. Shame David Bailey wasn't on hand to do the shoot! These ones turned out rather well! It's such a long process;waiting a week for a film to be developed. Some clever chap should invent a camera that let's you see the images straight away so you can toss them if they're no good. We went through rolls and rolls of film. Anyways...these are my favorites. Until later....ciao.


Amazing how far technology has come. From old film roles to instant uploading of photos to your pc. Now back in the the day we had polaroid instant cameras, but NOTHING like today's capabilities. I have to say though, I do miss flicking through photo albums, even if digital storage takes up a lot less shelf space. We used to have slide nights, where everyone would gather round with finger food and drinks. It was a party! Now we email photos to each other, and talk less. We don't talk to each other as much, we type to each other! H

# 6 Harriet's first vinyl release....

Out now, available at Polyester Records, Missing Link and Off the Hip Records, Yes; our very own Harriet has a released some wax. Go-Go to the grooviest sounds, shake it to the hip-shaking beats, and shimmy to the irresistible charms of Harriet Cracknell, hipster beat mod girl extraordinaire! Get your copy now!


This is cool! Mashups are fun...
http://www.says-it.com/record/

#5 Week whatever and photo fun

1964
I'm so excited! To cheer up Susie's 'ol gran who's just been put in an old people's home we're putting on a fashion show for their entertainment. We get to show off our latest threads from Carnaby Street.

2007
I dug out some old photographs last night of my friends and I way back when. We had so much fun putting on a fashion show for the local retirement home in Camden Town. This is Susie, Judy and I. Weren't we the most! I remember it like it was yesterday. Thank goodness for technolgy - I was able to scan the photos and upload them to flickr so they can be preserved forever. They were beginning to fade, but with a bit of photoshopping I was able to restore some colour. And check out that bagde! Technology hey - amazing what one can do these days!

Another day another bill paid

September, 1964
Toast is burnt, tea's gone cold and there's a run in my stockings! My white patent leather boots will cover that. It's raining out, again. I almost trip down the stairs as I grab my mac and brolly and head off to work, late as usual....

I work for Honey magazine - this is the latest issue.


September, 2007

It's drizzling outside, a gray dull day, but that shouldn't distract me from today's deadline. I need that article posted by three o'clock. A cup of tea, some toast as I settle down to work at my Mac...

These days I freelance, and from time to time I get my short stories published. Mostly I self-publish.

#3 & 4 Welcome to Harriet's way

Finally, a place to exercise my inner curmudgeon! Stay tuned crazy kids... we're in for a swinging time!