Blogging Sueblimely

As I was preparing my recent posts on images I came across image generator tools you may find a place for in some of your less serious posts.

Yearbook Yourself

Its amazing how much I look like my mother once I add a 1960′s look.

Wigflip

A range of generators including:

• Superstickies

• Easy Street – street sign generator

• Say What – add speech bubbles to an uploaded photo
• roflbot Add text to an image -create lolcat or lolband type images

Dumpr

Another site with multiple generators. e.g.

• Rubics Cube Generator – upload an image and turn it into a rubics cube

Doppel Me – create your own avatar.

Reflection Maker

Image Chef

There are many different kinds of generators at Image Chef – example:

• Fun Generators

Comic Strip Generator – choose backgrounds, characters and add your own text.

Create a graph

Why would you want to do this for fun you may be asking – well, you may want to submit them to graphjam:

Big Huge Labs Flickr Toys

LoonaPix – add frames and borders and trim your images

Why would you want to create silly images?:

• As a break from tedious work.
• You need more practice perfecting procrastination
• To add special effect images to your blog and possibly get them Stumbleupon Photoblogged – hint hint.
• You want to be a star contributor on:
  • icanhascheezerburger sites (lolcats, loldogs, pundit kitchen….), althouth they do provide their own generator (if you need to learn lolcat speak try the Definitive Lolcats Glossary) or take a PAWS Universitee course
  • graphjam
• Just to be silly – the only reason needed?

Thanks to the Generator Blog for putting me onto some of the image generator tools- it would have saved me a lot of time if I had found this site to begin with.

Motivation for blogging has been lacking today and I have just realized why. My daughter has been visiting from Perth, along with a Canadian friend of hers who is doing a long world tour. It was the first time I have seen my daughter since she was transferred with her job to WA 3 months ago and her week long visit was wonderful. Now that she has gone back I am feeling flat. I am relieved now I have come to this realization, I have not gone off blogging after all

I have been catching up on some pingbacks and which has cheered me up no end.

Meg of Dipping into the Blogpond has awarded me the “Be the Blog Award”. Thanks Meg.

I would like to recognize some new blogs which have provided me with much interested reading already. I encourage you to go and visit them and give them support in their forays into our world of blogging.

• Anja of Rat in a Cage
• Widdleshamrock from Widdle Shamrock’s Weblog

These ravishing ladies are two of the three members of “The Coven” and although the third is not a new blogger I do not want to miss her out here. Anyone that can convince others of the rewards of blogging is worthy of it Therefore my third awardee is:

• Bettina of Dances to the beet of her own drum.

I think it is wonderful that you three have developed such a supportive community.

If you do not want to accessorize your blog with pink you can choose one of the alternative badges provided by the award originator, Mark of Me and My Drum

I have started compiling a blogroll of those who have awarded and been awarded the Blogging Mentor Award. I will add more as I find out about them. Congratulations to all the recipients and well done for the help you have given to fellow bloggers.

Blogging Mentor Award Blogroll

I have gained so much more knowledge of blogging than I could possibly have learned just by researching the subject. This is all due to the help, support and encouragement I have received from other bloggers. I have therefore created the ‘Blogging Mentor Award‘ to recognize and thank those who help us on our path to blogging, be it encouraging and helping us to start blogging or helping us to be the best we can, once we have started.

Unlike most awards, it is not necessary to have received it yourself to be able to pass it on to others. It is free for anyone to use; anyone who wishes to say thank you to their own blog mentors. All that I ask is that you include a mention and link to my Blog Mentor Page. This way I can compile lists of those who have been generous enough to give the award and those who have received it, giving them recognition myself by some backlinks

There are two formats to choose from – the graphic or the button:

What prompted me to create the award was reading that January is National Mentoring Month.in the USA. This is an initiative spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project of the Harvard School of Public Health, with the aim of recruiting volunteer mentors to help young people achieve their full potential. The US ‘Thank Your Mentor Day™’ is dedicated to thanking or honoring individuals who have guided us and had a lasting impact on our lives.

Although the Blogging Mentor award is not restricted for use in January’s Mentoring Month, ‘Thank your Mentor Day‘ may be a particularly good time to use it. The date for 2008 is 24th January.

There are so many ways I have been helped – people have offered advice and guidance, taught me how to do all sorts of blogging things, provided very welcome comments, replied to my comments on their blogs.

I would like to thank the following kind hearted people who have offered me help, support, praise and encouragement in my blogging venture. Thank you too for making me feel part of the blogging world, which was so important to me especially when I first started out. Please accept this Blogging Mentor Award – you can choose either of the above graphics

• Blog Bloke – Blog Bloke
• Bobby – Revellian.com
• Colin - Life and Free PC Security
• Colin Campbell - Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe
• Deborah – Life in the Fast Lane
• Kim Laketrees and Poeartica
• Kuanyin – Blog Blonde and her other blogs
• Lani Blogging Personal
• Meg Dipping into the Blog Pond
• Megan – Imaginif
• Mig – Online Public Relations
• Pearl – Interesting Observations
• Renny – Renny BA’s Terella
• Saboma - Maryannasville
• Sandy Carlson – Writing in Faith
• Snoskred – Life in the Country