Music can soothe the heavy heart and the troubled spirit.

Photos make posts more interesting. But if there are many photos to accompany a post, or if one is posting a series of photos to describe a place or show a series of events, there should be modifications done to the photos.

What specific modification?

Have the photos resized. How? Resize the photos by reducing the pixels. Instead of just uploading the photos from the camera and posting these in the blog, resize them by utilizing the different software for photos available in the market.

Why the need to do these?

For easier viewing and loading of photos. Not everyone has a fast internet connection and when photos are not resized to a smaller size, it would be painfully slow to have these appear. It looks funny sometimes when the photo even goes beyond the margin where the posts appear. Interest in viewing blogs like these are not sustained.

Even when emailing photos, it is best to have these resized. Ideal size would be anywhere from 500-800 pixels, ideal for viewing purposes.

I use 300 pixels in width for photos in this blog.

Below is a sample of 300 pixels x 400 pixels, resized from the original size of 1200pixels x 1600 pixels.

Below is a sample of a 400 pixels x 534 pixels photo.

The second photo looks huge. In my opinion, the first one is better. What do you think?

A Tag About Blogging

Liza of Moms…..Check Nyo tagged me on this. I am going to tag the following bloggers to do this: She, Rachel and Emz. My apologies if you have been tagged already, just let me know.

• How long have you been blogging?

~ Greenbucks as a subdomain of TeacherJulie.com has started October 2007.

• What inspired you to write a blog and who are your mentors?

~ GreenBucks is a collaboration of the family to be able to come up with a blog about blogging and about the different interesting events, places and things that are happening around us. GreenBucks take inspiration from the many respected probloggers who are willing to share what they have learned about blogging.

• What are the 3things that you love about being online?

~Blogging has enabled me to meet new friends, rediscover long-lost friends in the blogosphere and learn something new, not just for blogging but life lessons as well.

• What are the three things that you struggle with in the online world?

~ Knowing what to write. Choosing relevant and helpful but easy to understand topics. Trying to understand the intricacies of the technical aspect of blogging.

Where exactly am I?

No, I am not in Korea. I am in the Philippines. But why are these things written here, at the supermarket?

Its as if they have taken over the country. Everywhere one goes, its as if they are there. Oh even if one does not see them face to face, one can hear their voices, booming. One can smell their cigarette smoke even if the sign says “No Smoking”. Plus a lot more. Not saying all of them but most give their nationality a bad name.

For real. Read here and here.

Paper boxes anyone? Paper boxes are great for organizing knick-knacks around the house or in an office, just label the boxes according to what’s inside and one would not have a hard time looking for what is needed. These can come handy too for gifts, just add a big ribbon or glue some embellishments and a card.

Great for a business venture too.

No, they don’t know I am blogging about them.

These paper boxes are available here -> He Cares Foundation