Skype

Skype is an instant messenger service like Google Talk, or MSN. With it you can type messages to your friends who have Skype, or chat with them. When chatting you have two options. You can choose to just talk to them, or you can choose video chat, where you can chat and see each other provided that you have a webcam. Aside from doing all the normal things you can also do a few different things. You can buy Skype credit, and using it, you can text or call mobile or land line phones. You can also share your screen with your friends, so if you need to show them a document then all you need to do is click a button. You can also play games like checkers or chess. If you wish to download Skype then go to: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home. I would rate Skype at 8 out of 10. This is also my 4 post of my summer challenge.

Wordpress

Wordpress.com is a free website for making blogs. Just like blogger, you can do all your normal things such as making posts, and adding categories. It can also so things quite different from blogger though. It can also do things like have multiple pages, choose from over 100 themes, help you make a great design, and have multiple editors. Having multiple editors can be a great thing when you have more than one person who needs to edit the blog. All you have to do is write their email, add some personal information, and then they can edit your blog. You can also set them to different ranks. For example: you might have a person who you want to publish and change posts, but not be able to change anything big. You would set this person as an editor. When you start your blog on http://wordpress.com/, then you will be automatically be set as the administrator, who can do anything. You can also set people to contributor, but all they can do is write their own posts. Here are the links to some of the Wordpress blogs that I have made for my friends: http://neen2010.wordpress.com/, and:http://brantfordfencing.wordpress.com/. I would rate Wordpress.com at 9 out of 10. This is also the 3 post of my summer challenge.

Fencing in the Summer

This summer I took part in the afternoon fencing course at the Doug Snooks Eagle Place community center in Brantford. It was my second time ever going to this camp, which means that I have been fencing for a total of 1 year now. I also take part in a fencing club that takes place from April to September from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. It is at the SC Johnson Costain Community center. If you want to know more about this club, then go to: http://brantfordfencing.wordpress.com/. This is also post number 2 in my blog challenge. Make sure to keep updated on my awesome blog!!

My Summer Challenge

This Summer my dad has given me a challenge to do over the summer. If I can manage to bike 700 km by September 5, then I will get a new computer with 2 monitors, Windows 7 and office 2007. I can also do another challenge. All I have to do is complete six of the challenges on this page on my website: http://www.my-happy-life.org/summerchallenge.html. So far I have already done the swimming challenge, the running challenge, the reading challenge and the web challenge which is what the link to my website is. I am also trying to do the blog challenge, which is what this is. I have to post an entry on my blog a minimum of 8 times every week. Each one also has to be 100 words or more long. So far this is my first one.

My cavity

Once I had discovered that I had got my first cavity I was really scared about what it would be like to get it filled. I thought the needle would be very painful and take a long time. I also expected the drill to be huge and take a long time, and that it would make a huge hole in my tooth. I thought that I was also going to have to take laughing gas to help me get the needle(I am really afraid of needles).When I got to my dentist I felt like I had been sitting in the wating room for hours. Once I was finally called the dentist took me to the big chair where I was going to get my cavity filled. At this point I was really freeking out. Then to my surprise the dentist told me that my cavity was so tiny that I didn't need a needle or laughing gas. The drill was so small that the drill bit looked like one of thoes small screwdrivers. He slowly started to drill through my cavity, and it didn't even hurt one bit, he put a tiny silver filling in my tooth, and says that I am done. The filling is so tiny that most people say that it is white because they can't see it. In the end getting it filled was not so bad. I guess It was nothing to get all scared about.

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 is a program that uses the HTML or "Hyper Text Markup Language" code to make websites. To see my website which is made on Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 please visit http://www.my-happy-life.org/. To make a website on Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 you have to know the HTML code. To start a website on Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 you have to use the HTML code to create a template. Once you have the basic template you can start to work in the "design" mode of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8. In the design mode you can do things such as insert an image into a picture box or type in a text box, but if you want to do something like add a link box, or a text box you have to use the HTML code. If you are in the "code" mode of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 you can do much more than just type or add pictures. You can do things like add links, ads, and if you know other types of coding like Java, or Flash you can add games. On Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 you can have more than just one page. All you have to do to get a new page is go on to an existing page, click on "file" then "save as" and create a different name that you want the page to be called an the new page will be created! If you get really good with the HTML code then you can start to add trickier things such as Google Ads which is where Google puts ads on your website, or Google Analytics which is where you put a big code on each of your pages and Google will track how many visits that page has, and which links get clicked on the most. If you want to see what the "Hyper Text Markup Language" (HTML) code looks like then right now right click on your mouse and click on "View source". I rate Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 at 9 out of 10.

Blogger

Blogger is the blog making website that many people including me use to share our thoughts. On blogger you can type posts, add pictures to your posts, and If you know how (I know little about it but I can still do a few things) edit the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) code. As well as making posts, you can edit your personal profile. You can type your age, where you live, favorite books and movies, hobbies, and a random question. Your blog is not the only blog you can go on. You can visit other blogs and if you enjoy them, you can become a follower. Visitors to your blog can become followers, and leave comments on your posts. I rate Blogger at 7 out of 10.

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Olympic Torch.

Over the Christmas holidays my family and I went to see the Olympic Torch. I was really excited to go see the torch. We waited on the street for about an hour until the torch arrived. There were lots of cars and sponsoring trucks in front of the torch, but when the torch finally passed us it was not as interesting as I thought it would have been. All it was, was a lady running by caring a fancy flaming stick. The experience only lasted about 5 seconds. I guess it was nothing to get worked up about.

New Google Chrome

You have all probably read my last review on Google Chrome, and I said that it was only the first version. Well now Google has come out with the SECOND version of Google Chrome and you still can't download the Google toolbar! I have already downloaded the new version so I can't get rid of it, but i have not really noticed anything different between the old, and new version. I will keep playing around with it to see if I can find anything new about it. I have also noticed that everything from my last post on Google Chrome will still work on the new Chrome. I hope this helps. I rate the second version of Google Chrome at 9 out of 10