Each day in April I will be blogging and I’ll be using the topics from Sarai’s Blog Topic List! Other awesome Snark members are also taking part in this. For day 3 I chose #19 on the list, which is “Best *insert browser* add-ons and why”

I started using Google Chrome about the time it came out. Previously I was using Firefox but kept having problems with it to the point where I just removed it from my computer entirely. Since I’ve been using Chrome I’ve been downloading so many addons and extensions to make run, feel, and look the way I want it to. I have one favorite, that I can not live without. It’s called Speed Dial.

Basically you can add thumbnails which contain your favorite links right on your home location of your browser. I LOVE this addon. Instead of housing some of my favorite links into bookmarks I just use this addon. While trying to get the version of Speed Dial on my macbook pro to work I found an even better version of Speed Dial, called Speed Dial 2 Which is simply amazing. I really love how customizable this one in, and think I’ll spend most of the day getting it to look pretty

Since I got my Kindle Touch for Christmas I’ve been addicted to reading on it. I’ve already read the first two books in The Hunger Games series (which I recommend!) and just purchased the third (final book in the series) to read. I was never really that big into reading when I was little. Sure I’d read a book but never read them as much as I do now. Now I can sit for hours and often find myself reading an entire book series in just a day or two. Back then, it’d take me AGES to read that many books – assuming I even really tried. I enjoyed reading then and books in general but just never got into any series (except for maybe Lord of the Rings).

The first book series I read in a matter of days was Harry Potter (books 1-6).  My best friend and I decided we wanted try the books and see what the hype was about. Both of us purchased the first two books and both of us read them that night. Since then I’ve been into reading series after series. I’ve also started reading the Sookie Stackhouse series (love the True Blood show too!), Northern Lights, and a few more that I still need to finish. Reading is something I LOVE to do and just can not get enough of! I almost wish the Kindle was around when I was little because it probably would have gotten me into reading even back then. The Kindle also makes it a lot easier to just sit and read for hours. Even though I love reading on my Kindle I also love having hard copies of books and probably will still by my favorites When I have my own house I hope to have walls covered in books shelves.

I’ve also been trying to update my Goodreads account more, so if you have an account feel free to add me

Do you enjoy reading? Any favorites that you recommend that I should add to my ever growing collection?

Web Development

This is not our final project. We had to build a social networking website. I chose to create one about gamers. With the help of my super-awesome professor we were able to add the ability of people to upload screenshots to display on their profile. I am really loving this class and sad it’s almost over! Our final project is creating a Wordpress site – think I should be fine with that one  Already turned in this website, just waiting for my grade. And my professor emailed me asking if he can use my website as an example for future semesters YAY!

Here is my website. Feel free to sign up!

Painting I

I think this is a method I may use for a future painting. Creating something in photoshop and then painting it. I am really loving how my painting is turning out so far (the picture is kinda bleh :P). I plan on creating a blog post just about this painting once it’s completed to show the full process for it. As well as discuss why I painted what I did. This project is due Wednesday!

Media Print Problems Workshop

I finished the book resume we had to design and showed my professor on Thursday. She basically told me that I could design something better – and she’s right! I am currently working on a new book (which I’ll post pictures of once it’s finished) but have also been coding away at the website. Still have quite a bit of coding to do but it’s up if people want to see it so far.

Go here to see my portfolio.

In other news, I also opened two new blogs over the last few weeks! ChicksPwn.us which is a group gaming blog! Will post reviews, general gaming chat, and more. I also opened TradeChat.us with my boyfriend (although I’ve been the only one posting haha) where it’s all about World of Warcraft! I also even opened back up my youtube channel (nacochan) where I have been posting WoW videos and soon will post gameplay from my xbox 360 as well as vlogs.

I am taking part in the Veracity 31 day blog challenge! Week 3 theme is Picture-A-Day! Post a picture of your cellphone. How long have you had it and why did you choose it?

I made a post before when I first got my white iPhone 4 back in May, and since then I am still totally in love with it. I chose to get an iPhone because I wanted to get a new iPod and I also needed a new phone so it fit! I love having a phone with 3G on it and months later it’s still entertaining me The picture above is from when I first got it, and I still have the same case on my phone but have my eyes set on a few that I may purchase over the next few weeks.

I am taking part in the Veracity 31 day blog challenge! Week 3 theme is Picture-A-Day! Post a picture of the book you are currently reading and tell us how you are enjoying the book so far. If you’re not reading one, show a picture of a book you would like to read and tell us why.

I started reading The Hunger Games a little over a month ago and I am only a few pages in, because I fail – haha. I’ve heard nothing but good things about this book but have been a bit distracted, but I am enjoying it so far As you can see I only have one book currently on my iPad because once again, I fail. I have quite a few books on my laptop that I need to put back on my iPad but I have yet to do it One of which is The Game of Thrones which I am SO excited to read (loved the first season of the show!) and may start reading that instead of The Hunger Games.

I am taking part in the Veracity 31 day blog challenge! Day 13  prompt is: How has having a website and being involved in online communities and forums changed your life? What do you think you’d be doing online if you never got into making websites or online communities?

I  have made several friends through the years because of the internet and having a website alone allows me to interact with people I normally would not (due to distance, age gap, etc). I’d say it has changed my life for the better, I would not be wanting to be a professional graphic designer and would not be in school for it if it was not for the internet and having websites and of course the lovely online communities I have been apart of.

If I didn’t make websites or wasn’t involved in forums and such I’d probably game a lot more on my actual xbox 360 verses spending hours coding or just being on the computer in general. I love having websites though and I couldn’t imagine not doing it let alone fully imagine what I’d be doing without it. Internet has affected me and I am sure the majority of people in both a positive and negative way, but the positive out ways the negative by a lot

I am taking part in the Veracity 31 day blog challenge! Day 12  prompt is: What are some of your must have programs on your computer? For those with smart phones or tablets, what are some must have applications on your devices? List no more than 5 for each.

For my computer(s) I must have:

• Photoshop, even if it’s just for editing a quick photo verses making a full fledged layout I must have it.
• FTP, on my macbook pro I use cyberduck and on my desktop I have FileZilla. I must have some sort of an FTP program.
• iTunes, mainly use it now to sync stuff on my iPhone and iPad from my macbook pro but when I do listen to music on my laptop or desktop it’s my program of choice.
• World of Warcraft,  it’s a must when it comes to my desktop! I took it off my laptop since it’s not needed on both devices but it’s a must have for me.
• Google Chrome, the only web browser I use and will only use. On both my laptop and desktop.

For my iPhone or iPad I must have:

• Bing, I recently installed it on my iPad and I LOVE using it to do searches!
• Weather HD, the best weather app I have used on both my iPhone and iPad. It shows visually what the weather will be like which I like.
• Weight Watchers Mobile, I have it installed on both my iPhone and iPad. I signed up a few weeks ago for Weight Watchers (which I am enjoying so far!) and having access to it right in the palm of my hands makes it easier to track what I am eating. Although I am not using it as much as I should be I am trying to use it everyday!
• Games, from angry birds to cut the rope I have to have some sort of games on my devices. For those days at work when I am bored during my break or when I am at school I like to entertain myself with something.
• To Do List, I have used several apps when it comes to do lists and keeping things in order. For regular to do lists I love one called aNote but for school I recently installed iStudiez Pro on my iPad to keep track of my assignments and grades.

I’ve been brain storming a post with a list of my favorite and must have apps for both the iPhone and iPad which I will post in the future but this is a general idea of my must haves.