Wan Ting's podcast

Questions of the Week:

1. How much do you know about blog reading via RSS, RSS agregator?

2. Find a blog that you like and describe what it is.

My responds to them:

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndicatinon.
In my understanding, RSS or RSS feed is a kind of document which implies different subjects and information.

The purpose of RSS is to effectively manage the blogs that a user has checked and update the blogs for the user.

Taking Blogline for an example, I've checked the theme that I'm interested to know when I first added account.

It first displayed a quick search for a user to review different themes. So I've subscribed websites of subjects, such as entertainment, movies, music and fashion. Whenever I log in, i can instantly see how many unread news or articles on each website. It really saves a lot of time for me.

Draven99's Musings
http://draven99.blogspot.com/2006/05/movie-review-stick-it.html
is the one that i recommand for music and movie lovers.

He provides his opinions about CD and movies. So you may take a look before you go purchase the music or go to the movies.

It's a personal opinion, I know, but what he thinks about some movies is not too far from what I think.

Don't hestitate to check on it.
It won't bite if it's not your favorite.

:p

Questions of the Week:

1. How much do you know about blog reading via RSS, RSS agregator?

2. Find a blog that you like and describe what it is.

My responds to them:

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndicatinon.
In my understanding, RSS or RSS feed is a kind of document which implies different subjects and information.

The purpose of RSS is to effectively manage the blogs that a user has checked and update the blogs for the user.

Taking Blogline for an example, I've checked the theme that I'm interested to know when I first added account.

It first displayed a quick search for a user to review different themes. So I've subscribed websites of subjects, such as entertainment, movies, music and fashion. Whenever I log in, i can instantly see how many unread news or articles on each website. It really saves a lot of time for me.

Draven99's Musings
http://draven99.blogspot.com/2006/05/movie-review-stick-it.html
is the one that i recommand for music and movie lovers.

He provides his opinions about CD and movies. So you may take a look before you go purchase the music or go to the movies.

It's a personal opinion, I know, but what he thinks about some movies is not too far from what I think.

Don't hestitate to check on it.
It won't bite if it's not your favorite.

:p

Questions of the Week:

1. How much do you know about blog reading via RSS, RSS agregator?

2. Find a blog that you like and describe what it is.

My responds to them:

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndicatinon.
In my understanding, RSS or RSS feed is a kind of document which implies different subjects and information.

The purpose of RSS is to effectively manage the blogs that a user has checked and update the blogs for the user.

Taking Blogline for an example, I've checked the theme that I'm interested to know when I first added account.

It first displayed a quick search for a user to review different themes. So I've subscribed websites of subjects, such as entertainment, movies, music and fashion. Whenever I log in, i can instantly see how many unread news or articles on each website. It really saves a lot of time for me.

Draven99's Musings
http://draven99.blogspot.com/2006/05/movie-review-stick-it.html
is the one that i recommand for music and movie lovers.

He provides his opinions about CD and movies. So you may take a look before you go purchase the music or go to the movies.

It's a personal opinion, I know, but what he thinks about some movies is not too far from what I think.

Don't hestitate to check on it.
It won't bite if it's not your favorite.
:p

Question of the Week:
Q: According your own writing experiences, in what kind of situation will you use these writing tools(listed below)? Explain and provide expamples.

Writing Tool:
1. Alta Vista
http://babelfish.altavista.com
2. One Look
www.onelook.com
3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Here is what i think about these 3 tools for writing:

*Longman-- Although I don't have the disk, I might go buy one. After seeing the demostration in the Monday class, it not only works as a dictionary but also provides database of collacations. Ex. have operation on
*OneLook-- I find it really useful that it has the reverse dictionary. It can be a great help when we are studying for a certain concept. Ex. house (a big concept) -> bungalow, douplex, chamber and so on.
*AltaVista-- It is a powerful tool when a user looks for certain word or a special term. It can function as a translator, either from any language to English or the other way around. Ex. Renaissance and hypochondria which are specialized terms. If you don't know the words, it will take you a while or long enough before you find the exact word.

Base on the previous writing experiences, I personally think these 3 writing tools can help tremendously language learners. I'm sure I'll be using them a lot in the future.

Thanx for the listening and the reading. (Ha ...)

Bye~

Opening music: Regret by Case of The Mondays.