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05 March 2008 @ 09:50 pm
tech and chic  
Got to sit in on a cool work presentation on using Web 2.0 technologies for distance education. Most of the stuff I was familiar with, but not the application to formal education, since we just do this social networking thing on tha El-jay and Flicka. I think it is about time I checked out del.icio.us or ma.gnolia.com or something for my bookmarks since I access from work and home. Also, as annoying as wikipedia can be, (but useful if you are Nia and looking up info on scorpions or something), I wonder if a SCA-LJ-wiki would be of any use or not? I was also reminded that I need to go back and add tags to older entries here before I started really using them. I've also been meaning to cross-post my memorable DLand entries here, since I do use my back entries as reminders of what has come and when what happened.

So, tonight is the finale of the season of Project Runway. I agree with Belphoebe that Sweet P was a diamond in the rough and I am sad she didn't make it to the finals. I also wish I could have seen the rest of Chris March's crazy human hair trimmed line. Of the final three, I liked Jillian's knitwear, but hated her crazy hats and found them distracting. I loved Rami's line, especially his gown of vintage lace and the brown silk basket-weave bodice ball gown. Christian was crazy and over the top, and I loved his hats, but found the black on black on black to be too much of a light-sink. The textures showed better on the runway and under the big lights than they do in photographs online, but I can't help but wonder how those jackets would pop over another neutral or non-saturated colors. The Fug Girls made a cool post on the finale and odds with links to the collections if you care. And the winner is: crazy Christian and his ruffles and fierce looks.

Hmm... need to get back in the sewing room and being creative and productive...
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Jennifer / Guenievre[info]lady_guenievre on March 6th, 2008 04:01 am (UTC)
Del.icio.us is *wonderful*, and there's a lovely plug-in you can get for your browser (ok, if you use firefox) that makes it completely transparent as far as using it instead of normal bookmarks.
Letters Worth the Postage[info]chargirlgenius on March 6th, 2008 04:03 am (UTC)
I really wanted to see the red pieces in Chris's collection.

I'm glad Christian won, though. He may have been annoying at times, but he was pure talent.
pinkleader: monster[info]pinkleader on March 6th, 2008 04:26 pm (UTC)
Thanks to our friends at BravoTV you CAN see Chris's collection here: http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/4/final_collections/index.php?n=chris

I do love his, wonderful goth look, but high fashion. No teenagers with poorly done black nail polish here.

I will admit, Christian is very talented, and I was glad to see that before the winner was announced you could see the cocky facade falter a bit to show he is human and not a total snot-nosed-punk. :)
sans loy[info]gamelyn on March 6th, 2008 02:54 pm (UTC)
Have you seen diigo.com, too? I think that is my new favorite online tool.
pinkleader: smile[info]pinkleader on March 6th, 2008 04:16 pm (UTC)
Wow. Diigo is pretty cool, if aesthetically not terribly pleasing to look at. I could definitely see its use in online research. Thanks for sharing!
belfebe: Minerva Dressing[info]belfebe on March 6th, 2008 02:57 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I would have liked to have seen Chris' whole collection as opposed to Rami's -- although that kind of basketweave dress was delicious.

Perhaps it is that I hated Rami's personality and approach to design and clients. Or maybe it is that Chris is a true original.

It will be fun to see where all of them go from here :-)
pinkleader: evil pink[info]pinkleader on March 6th, 2008 04:23 pm (UTC)
OMG! You can totally see Sweet P's collection here: http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/4/final_collections/index.php?n=sweetp
Not as cool as I'd hoped, but I love the brown and purple stripe fabric!
Letters Worth the Postage[info]chargirlgenius on March 7th, 2008 06:10 pm (UTC)
Huh? Why does Sweet Pea have a final collection?
Can’t see the pics at work. Bummer.
pinkleader[info]pinkleader on March 7th, 2008 09:29 pm (UTC)
You know, I don't know why Sweet P has a collection. In previous years some others not in the top whatever got to display too, like Kara. Perhaps they found a sponsor or something.
Ealdthryth of Humberstone[info]ealdthryth on March 7th, 2008 10:17 pm (UTC)
del.icio.us is great! I have been using it for a while. Here are my bookmarks. I also started a list for our library.