Archive for November, 2008

Run Amok!

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Better yet, run abroad!
But the amok part is true enough; there were two fantastic lenses of the day recently that didn't get highlighted here. And they're more than worth seeing again.
I love lenses that are portals to other worlds. Especially when they are presented as first person experiences and histories. These lenses are thrilling travelogues [...]

Happy Thanksgiving from Seth

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, and in the middle of all the turmoil and economic craziness, this year is more important than ever.
Let's start by looking at everything we've done together over the last 3 years of Squidoo. We've created hundreds of thousands of handbuilt, passionate, interesting, useful, exciting lenses. We've [...]

2 lensmaster-run contests… lots of winners.

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

I recently posted about lensmasters taking me at my word and running charity contests of their own.
Riffs number two and three in that saga are Comfortdoc's A Month of Thanks and Christopher Scott's A Month of Hope challenges.
They each worked to inspire new and existing Squidoo members to create or donate lenses in support [...]

Turkey’s last stand!

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

Step aside, Fake Steve Jobs.
You've got nothing on Tom the Turkey.
If there were ever a brilliantly bird-brained personality acted out on (afflicted upon?) the web, this one takes the poultry pie.
http://www.squidoo.com/turkeys-last-stand
Tom aside, lensmaster Seedplanter is racking up some serious scores with a growing suite of sweet lenses.

Twilight Movie Reviews by Fans & Foes

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Time to confess.
You've seen the Twilight movie, haven't you.
Go ahead and blame it on your teenage daugher, the 8th grade class you teach, your nieces and nephews, anyone. But you know you saw it, or know someone who did.
If so, sound off on this lens. Or send it to them.
Enslavedbyfaeries is collecting movie reviews, [...]

Say something nice

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Who have you complimented today?
MerryM sent this my way. I liked the story of how she discovered the lens just as much as the lens itself:
"I was hanging out at SquidU when I ran across the link to this lens, Say Something Nice. The lensmaster had a bad day at work, but instead of coming [...]

Huck-a-book

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Okay, did I pick this lens today just so I could use that title?
No, no I didn't. But don't hold it against me if I say Huck-a-book more than a dozen times today.
Today Mike Huckabee's hotly anticipated book, Do The Right Thing, hits stores. Today also launches his megawatt tour of going to 50 cities [...]

Poetry is a Performance Art

Monday, November 17th, 2008

I feature this lens to represent the unbridled opportunity that is Squidoo.
I feature this lens to champion making up your own format and rules and benefits and uses as you go along.
I feature this lens because it shifts expectations of what a lens should be (more important: could be) just a little.
I feature this lens [...]

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