http://merrym.squidtop.com Mad ramblings and random announcements related to my lenses Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:55:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got a great comment on my Gift Knitting for the Holidays lens from enslavedbyfaeries about her daughter getting up at five in the morning to secretly loom knit before school. I laughed, because I can totally relate. Though with me it's the other way around. I have to stop ... http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/11/14/looms-added-to-gift-knitting-lens/ While perusing the forums at squidu, I rac across this thread about Mashable's 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, honoring innovation in web technology. To nominate squidoo, visit: http://mashable.com/openwebawards/home/ Just remember to check your e-mail to confirm your nomination! You can even grab a widget to put on your blog! http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/11/09/nominate-squidoo-for-the-open-web-awards/ This is a copy of a post on my blog about my newly started effots to generate online income: The Bluebird Sings. I'm thinking about making a lens around it (the post, not the blog.) Please feel free to leave me any feedback. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been hanging around squidoo, making lenses ... http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/11/08/tracking-lens-stats-with-squidoo-provided-services/ Just a blurb to let everyone know that I've updated two of my lenses today. 1. Amigurumi: Cute, Cuddly, Crochet:  I added a new link to My Humble Scribblings. It's a recent article I've written on how to use intarsia and Fair Isle to create color patterns in knitting. I also added ... http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/11/07/2-lens-updates-amigurumi-nerd-gear/ In my last blog, i announced my first squidlit lens, a review of Farewell, My Subaru, the story of a guy leaving the city to live carbon neutral as an organic goat rancher. Well, when I checked my e-mail this evening there was a thank you from the author! How ... http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/10/30/thanked-by-an-author-for-a-squidlit-lens/ I've been wanting to explore lenses other than the regular one. So, I went hunting for a lens to explain them all and found Thrivingmom's.  After reading up on the variety of lenses out there, i decided to go with squidlit. I've just read "Farewell, My Subaru" and really enjoyed ... http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/10/29/my-first-squidlit-page/ In my last post, I was all excited about the benifits of posting your squidoo lenses on stumbleupon. Well, I should have read Katinka's lens on how to stumble first, because I've tripped the spam filters and am no longer receiving hits from it. I swear I had no intention ... http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/10/16/confessions-of-an-unintentional-spammer/ Ever since I started out here on squidoo, I've heard from the giants that you should post your lenses on places like digg or stumbleupon. So, I finally took a deep breath and gave it a try. I published a lens this afternoon about nerd gear and submitted it to stumbleupon.com. The lens isn't ... http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/10/12/i-heart-stumbleupon/ Rocket stoves are very efficient wood burning stoves, used both for cooking and for space heating. Popular with natural builders, rocket stoves are being used world-round to reduce fuel consumption. Learn more about them, and how to make one at my new lens: Rocket Stoves: Cool Name, Hot Stove. http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/10/11/rocket-stoves/ Thanks everyone who voted for the strawbale b&b, Milkweed Mercantile. They've made it to the monthly showdown! If you want to keep showing them some love, stop by and vote for them again. :) http://ideablob.com/ideas/3233-Strawbale-off-grid-business-ope http://merrym.squidtop.com/2008/09/22/strawbale-business-in-ideablob-monthly-showdown/