You can post photos here...

Emma and Corben playing with blocks

You can post photos using "Hello" and "Picasa 2" -- both are free from Google.

It's nice because you can do "two-click" blogging. If you download and install Picasa, it goes through all your digital photos on your computer and groups them by date.

You find the photo you want to post, click the "Blogger" button, then a program called "Hello" opens and allows you to type some text. When you're ready you can click "Publish" and it just shows up on our web site.

You will need to set up Hello so it knows your login settings for the blog, and the great part is that it posts photos to your free Blogger blog.

You don't have to publish photos this way if you don't want to -- you can even just post text without having to log in and all that -- just use Hello.

If folks can post frequent, short blurbs, that will breathe life into this.

Let me know if you would like greater explanation on using Picasa and Hello.

motivational post: random memories

So we're getting some posts, GREAT!

Thought I'd share a few random memories from the day and see if anyone can corroborate these or add your own.

Baseball:

• One day during Varsity practice, Robby was at bat and for whatever reason started driving multiple shots (a lot of them) over the center field fence and bouncing them off the football building that was about 50 feet past the fence. I was pretty impressed.
  
• The day I hyperextended my knee sliding into home during the early innings of a game. I think it was Junior year. I remember poor Allison (who was the mananger at the time) applying Icy Hot in vain. I played the rest of the game and was on crutches for 6 weeks after that.
  

Band:

• Pretty much all the band trips. The memory of them is strong in my mind even after all these years.
  
• Playing "Sleigh ride" in some mall at Christmas several different years. I still hate that song.
  
• Mr. Cran'
  

Senior Year:

• The songwriting around my love-affair with someone named "Nancy" I met in Colorado the summer before Senior year.
  
• The shock on everyone's face when Nancy was at graduation.
  
• "We gotta get out of this place" posted on my locker
  
• Senior Seminar [cold chill up my spine, shudder]
  
• Senior Trip
  
• "Vision"

Please relate, respond, add your own. Supply photos if possible.

slow posts = embarassing photos

Ok, the first rule of blogging is that you need to post. Thanks Jeannie and Brooke.

It doesn't have to be much, just a "shout out to my peeps from the day"

We need to start getting a little momentum going here.

In the spirit of motivating posts, I offer this.

(Here's a preview):


Not everyone from our class or who is a member of this blog is pictured here, that is not by design, I just don't have a ton of pics of this particular event -- don't be mad -- just post your own photos!

Week one roundup

Well after just a few days, we have a growing list of members as part of our class blog. Thanks to those of you who have joined.

There are some things I want to make sure that everyone understands about how this works so we can hopefully avoid problems or misunderstandings.

First off, this blog is not private. It is conceivable that anyone on the web could visit this page and see what we have written. For that reason I would discourage sharing addresses and phone numbers on this page.

Secondly, images are going to be a recurring issue. This web site is free from Blogger, and does not include posting and hosting images.

I would recommend that if you want to post photos, go to flickr and get a free account. Then you can link to any photos you want to. This is my Flickr page. Flickr is free up to 100 photos.

Flickr is also nice because it does have optional security built in so only others who are allowed can view the photos. If you are interested in using Flickr, email me. I will send you an invitation from Flickr then you can get started sharing photos of all those cute kids.

Here is a photo hosted for free on Flickr:


Third, set up your blogger profiles with at least a little information. Jeannie Lee did this so you can at least see some of who she is (click her name at the top-right of this page).

Fourth, if you already have a website, photo-sharing account, blog, or whatever online that you would like linked to on the right side of this page under "links", let me know.

Finally, post! (Way to be, Brooke) Tell us all what's going on, leave comments under existing posts, let's bring this thing to life, eh?

Our meeting space

Hey everyone from CHCS Class of 1992.

At our reunion 2+ years ago, I told everyone that I would build a web site for us to be able to keep up on each other.

As you are by now aware, I have not yet done this. Well that changes today!

Here's what I'd like to do with this:

• Get everyone who is willing to be a contributor to this "blog"
• When folks post they put up things that are related to our years at CHCS, major events in our lives since then, photos from "the day" or any information about getting us together or photos and accounts of those meetings that have taken place

Here's what I need you to do:

• I would like as many contributors to this as possible. The last thing any of us wants is to have me throwing my 2 cents on this page once a week.
• If you want to contribute, it's free [and super easy] but I need you to follow a few instructions:
• Create a blogger account
• go to www.blogger.com
• create a new account (please use your real name, not something like "superfrizz73")
• add as much or as little personal information to your blogger profile as you want
• once you have your account, let me know by e-mailing me at john@daharsh.net
• I'll add you as a contributor to this blog


• I want to lay a few ground-rules
• We'll try and keep this blog as a "general class stuff" space. If you are a contributor or have a blogger account or another web page, you can link to that and put more personal information (or information specific to you) on that page.
• Obviously we'll keep it clean so no one feels like they can't read or participate
• As I mentioned above, please use your real name to make this more reader-friendly. If you are concerned that putting your name on the web will somehow put your identity at risk, just don't put any more personal information in your profile or on your web page.

If you want to contribute but are unsure about how it will play out, just read the blog and add comments, when you are ready, create your account and let me know.

As we go along, if you want help with web or computer-related stuff let me know and I can help you get set up so you can participate as well.