Laura's Blog

St. Francis Bay, St. John, USVI

laurazic — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:25:20 +0000

Francis Bay, St. John, USVI

Were I saw my first seahorse.
Were I wish I was right now.

Typophile Film Festival Opening Titles

laurazic — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:26:40 +0000

“Handcrafted with love by BYU design students and faculty, for the 5th Typophile Film Festival. A visual typographic feast about the five senses, and how they contribute to and enhance our creativity. Everything in the film is real—no CG effects!

Shot with a RED One, a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, a Canon EOS 40D, and a Nikon D80.
Stop motion created with Dragon Stop Motion.”

Hard to believe that this is just the promo or “opening titles” for this Film Festival! I can’t imagine the films that would surpass this video!

Truly inspiring. Fascinating. Excellent!

Toonces the Driving Cat

laurazic — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:26:41 +0000

Remember Toonces the Driving Cat from SNL? I loved that cat! Came across this video from YouTube, just had to share!

Some great Twitter tools

laurazic — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:30:41 +0000

What the Hashtag – In case you are ever wondering what those hash tags are about (#), this site is for you. It’s a user-editable encyclopedia for hashtags found on Twitter and there is a search function to enable you to find a certain hashtag you might be wondering about.

http://wthashtag.com/Main_Page

Twitter Grader is a free tool that allows you to check the power of your twitter profile. It looks at a variety of factors including the number of followers, power of those followers and the level to which you are engaging the community. It takes just a few seconds to generate your free report.

http://twitter.grader.com/index.php

TwitterKeys is a small tool developed at The Next Web Blog which provides you with a floating window with all those funny symbols you can use in Twitter. i ♥ that! ☺

http://thenextweb.com/2008/09/16/twitterkeys-enhance-your-twitter-conversations/

Twitter

laurazic — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:07:50 +0000

Love Twitter, let’s face it, I’m addicted! I am always looking for, and finding sites that have cool stuff for Twitter. This site is just the ticket:

http://justtweetit.com/cool-stuff-for-twitter/

Has lots of cool links plus a directory for all things Twitter. Must start place if you are new to Twitter!

Follow me @debweeva

Christmas Wine – Mitolo G.A.M. Shiraz 2006

laurazic — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:12:57 +0000

Mitolo G.A.M. 2006 McLaren Vale Shiraz

Larry bought me 4 bottles of wine for Christmas. We decided to open this little beauty for Christmas dinner and I am so glad we did. Sometimes when you think you want to splurge on a bottle of wine, this is one that you should definitely splurge on! When Larry brought this home, I immediately went and looked it up on Wine Library TV to see if Gary V. had done a review and sure enough, he had. Not only did he give it a good review, he went on and on and on and on…well, you get the idea.

The Wine Spectator gives this wine a 95 while Gary rates it a 93. The wine has explosive complex over-the-top rich flavors and worth every penny imo.

Recent books from my library

laurazic — Sun, 25 May 2008 20:09:48 +0000

Some new additions, some currently reading, some read. Well, truth be told…mostly additions. I need more hours in the day for all the reading I want to do!!

Updated: 1-2-09
Hopefully I will be able to find time to do more reading in 2-0-0-9!