computer mania day’s blog

Some of the girls yesterday didn't have email addresses to sign up for Vox, so we used a temporary email address.

If you'd like to sign up for a Gmail email account, you can follow these instructions to make one and change your vox account's email to match your new email address:

Creating a Gmail Account

1. Type http://www.gmail.com in the URL address in your web browser, or click on that link and open it in a new window.
   
   
2. Click on the blue link that says "Sign Up for Gmail".
   
   
3. Fill out all the fields, including the weird squiggly password question.  Make sure you remember your username and pasword, because you'll need those to log in on all computers.  Then, click "I accept.  Create my account." at the bottom.
   
   
4. The next screen gives you a peek at what Gmail looks like.  Go ahead and click the blue 'I'm ready - show me my account' link in the top right.
   
   
5. You'll be led to your Inbox, where a new email message from the Gmail Team appears in bold.  Feel free to navigate around your gmail account now.  To write an email, click the blue link on the left that says 'Compose Message'. 
   
   
6. To log out of gmail, click the 'Sign out' link in the upper right corner of any page.  To sign in and check your email at any time, just go to http://www.gmail.com/ and type in your username and password.  Piece of cake!

Changing your Vox Email address

1.  You have to be logged in to your Vox account to change your email address.  If you don't know what email address we used to sign you up, you can email cmdblogs@gmail.com, telling me what your vox Blog was called, and I'll be able to look it up for you and email you back with an answer.  To log into Vox, go to http://www.vox.com, and type the email address used to set up your blog along with your password, and click 'Log In'.
   
   
2. While logged in, there is a row of links at the top that should say "Hi [your name]", "Messages", "Account", "Help", and "Sign Out".  Click on the "Account" link.
   
   
3. On the left side of the 'Vox Identity' page, there are a number of gray links.  Click on the last one, called "Your Account".
   
   
4. The first field you should see on the 'Vox Sign-in Settings' page is your email address.  Click 'Change your email address' to change it.  [ You'll also notice that this is where you can change your password.
   
   
5. Under the 'Email Addresses' section, click 'Add Email', and type your new gmail address (with the @gmail.com) at the end and click 'Send Confirmation'.
   
   
6. Vox has sent you an email to make sure that you really own that email address.  Check your gmail, and when you receive a message called 'Adding a new email address to Vox', click on the blue 'click here' link to continue.
   
   
7. Now you should be led to a Vox screen that lists the old email address, along with your new one.  Set your new email address as the primary one by clicking the "set as primary" link right next to it.
   
   
8. That's it!! Now, whenever you log into Vox, you'll use your new gmail address as your login name and your Vox password.

these are some blogz i showed to you yesterday, for your viewing pleasure:

• Alyssa Milano's MLB blog - http://alyssa.mlblogs.com
  
  
• Third Year Medical Student's Blog - http://www.goofygirl.org
  
  
• AMC TV blogs - http://blogs.amctv.com
  
  
• Talking Points Memo - http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com
  
  
• Huffington Post - http://www.huffingtonpost.com
  
  
• Serious Eats - http://www.seriouseats.com

enjoy!

SAY HI!!!!!

hi!!!!

leave me a comment!!!!

KTHXBYE!

gimme your vox url and your name.

happy computer mania day!!!

[ 9:00 ]  arrived at the UC Ballroom; checked in at the Role Model table.  Ran into Lindsay Mannchen's dad!  Nice guy!
  Danish count = 2
  Coffee count = 2

[ 9:15 ] headed over to ITE240, worked with B-Rad to reboot all computers into Windows. 
    We made a test blog and learned (the hard way) that you have to be 13 or older to make a blog on vox.  Good to know!

[ 9:45 ] Walked over to the RAC for CMD's opening festivities.  Ran into these creepy giant girls!!!

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  [ 10:00 ] Danish++
               Coffee++
               Danish++

  [ 10:23 ] Jewel Jameson, the digital character, interviewed two really awesome women from Northrup Grumman and Dell.  Girls in the audience got to ask Jewel questions and everything!!! Totally awesome!!

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[ 10:57 ] Setting up all of SixApart's Vox, TypePad, and Movable Type schwag!!!!

[ 11:00 ] First session starts.  Enter  Dongle Debacle.  Bad. 

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    Students came in before we had set up the presentation.  See "Dongle Debacle" above.
[ 11:05 ] Windows decided it was time to reboot.
[ 11:06 ] Akward solliloquy on what blogs are, how to get into technology career, etc etc
[ 11:10 ] Ran out of things to say
[ 11:11 ] Windows came back to life, presentation back up.
  
[ 11:25 ] Brad and I agree that www.talkingpointsmemo.com is not the most enthralling blog for girls to see

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[ 11:39 ] created role call entry.
             rolecall++

[ 11:40 ] the blogging begins (part I)

[ 11:45 ] Somebody guessed my age!!!!

[ 11:47 ]  "I'm gonna go to Las Vegas." 
              " BLOG ABOUT IT!!!!!"

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[ 11:59 ] We encourage all girls to hurry up and close their windows as 30 girls are crowding outside. 

[ 12:00 ] Second Session begins. 
    No auto-restarts from Windows, so the session went much much smoother.
    Fun group!!

[ 12:29 ] rolecall_entry++

[ 12:30 ] The blogging begins (part II)

[ 12:45 ] G1RLZ HAZ BLOGGINGD!!

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[ 1:00 ] Final group comes in!!

[ 1:15 ] presentation going smoothly....crowd follows and nods head when i explain how blogs make dollaz!  feels like rock* !!

[ 1:22 ] "This is serious eats.com.  Their pictures looks so yummy it might make you drool."
           "I love drooling."

[ 1:30 ] blog started (part III)
[ 1:31 ] rolecall_entry++

[ 1:45 ] gave away all the sixapart schwag!

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[ 1:55 ] girls wanted more t-shirts!!!
[ 1:56 ] more, MORE they cry!! MORE BLOGS, natalie!  WE LOVE THEM!  WE LOVE EVERYTHING! 
[ 1:57 ] wakes up from day dream

[ 2:00 ] Brad "Conclusion: Massive Success.  Death Rate: Low."

[ 2:30 ] Close up shop.  Head home.  All in a day's Computer Mania Day.






*** I want to give a special shout-out to BRAD for being the MOST AWESOME Role Model Supporter today!! He helped me in every way possible, including that time Windows reboot on us mid-presentation.  I would not have been able to do my session without you! THANK YOU!

now start your own blog so we can comment on it. :)~ *****

this is a video that CWIT made to pump anybody and everybody up to rethink the rest of his/her life.  you can be ANYTHING!  you may not be anything now, but you have the power to become anything.  and i admit that i have no shame...because i like the theme song as well

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This is the first post of my Computer Mania Day blog on Vox, and I absolutely CANNOT WAIT for CMD next Saturday!!

See you all next week!

--Natalie