TOOLS EXCERCISE

I think I am a long way behind in my studies.

I have been reeling all day after a late night submitting an assignment for another subject, and have come to the conclusion that I may be a long way behind in my studies at this point in time. My intention is to spend the remainder of the weekend being responsible and studying. We will have to see how that goes!

I have just installed the Tools to a PC ... there are a lot of tools here. Password revealer was the one I chose to test first.

From my webmail homepage I tested the revealer, to find it only contained the URL from the homepage as the password.

Password revealer does not work (subject to retesting)! I have limited confidence in this toolbar, and am more concerned about working out how to move it from it's very annoying position!

Waiting for LMS...

still waiting for the LMS outage to be completed. I probably did not check properly, but I sat down on Sunday afternoon with a view to study for the rest of the day. As I could not access the system, I accessed beer.....

Module 2 tasks (to be edited)

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Module 1 Tasks (to be edited)

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Top 5 tips for bloggers ....

1. Investigate / Choose blog software - compare the different resources around and also discuss with other people about blogging. If you are new to blogging, like me, then this will give valuable insight.
2 Regular posts - keep followers updated with new content to your blog
3 Edit posts - check all posts for spelling, picture placements
4 Keep it simple - keep text simple & relevant
5 Plan your blog - having a plan / general idea of how you would like your blog to look will help keep structure

Adding pictures ....

I think I just worked this out. Saving the picture first has major advantages in this process.

Telnet task

Start > Run > Telnet resulted in some issues. I downloaded Putty, and if I got to this point then that's connected, and that's Blinken excellent!

Tracert is utility to trace the path an Internet Protocol (IP) packet takes to its destination

Telnet task

What the blazes is a Telnet?
After attempting Start > Run > Telnet, things were looking promising....

Learning about blogging....

After doing more investigation on "blogging" I learnt a few new terms....
What is a blog?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
What is the plural of blog?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogosphere
White hats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_hat
Sideblog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideblog
Internet trolls
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

I am still investigating which blog internet sites are available, however, this one seems to be one of the easiest to use.

Set up

Thurs 17:40:4/6/09 - Blog created