Category Archives: Media

Social Media. TV. Radio. Magazines. There are many forms and all that interest me will be found here.

GetGlue.com

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Fringe is having a giveaway. They are giving away props from the set, but to enter you have to be a part of GetGlue and check in with a secret word. The secret word can be found before the show on Friday so you will be able to enter while watching. 

I didn’t want to join another social media site, but GetGlue was interesting. It allows you to check-in to entertainment. For example, I can check in about the artist I’m listening to, the book I’m reading, the move or show that I’m watching and so on. As rewards you get stickets.

When you reach 20 stickers you can request them and GetGlue will mail the stickers to you. I’ve also noticed that a few movies and TV shows have partnered with GetGlue to provide stickers and in some cases, giveaways – as the case with Fringe.  I think I’m looking forward to this sticker the most. Hanna was amazing.

It’s an interesting idea, but, if I was honest, it was the stickers that appealed to me more than anything else. I’m curious to see where it goes and how it will evolve. You can check it out if you want to see what’s going on, just be warned, it can get addicting.

The Ginny European Tour

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The next time I travel to Europe, I want to go to some of the places that Ginny, from Maureen Johnson’s 13 Little Blue Envelopes, visited. Since there wasn’t a map available, I made one using the AWESOME Google Maps. This is a cheat BEDA post as I’m sending you to another blog post, but I think this map should be highlight, because Maureen is awesome and Google is awesome. That’s all.

ps … did I mention that you can download the book mentioned here for free? At least until next week?

Mighty Max Low

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I wrote about this last month, Max is a kid who is battling with Leukemia. I was curious to see a follow up, how many cards did Max receive thus far? I found an article online and the count, as of April 6th, is 73, 716.

As of last Friday, Max was scheduled for a bone marrow transfer, his dad was the donor, I don’t know how the operation went as I cannot find anything online, yet, but I do know that cards are steadily pouring in.

Last sunday some of the children from my church made cards for Max and I was able to send it out this week. There is a video surprise in it with the use of QR codes. It was fun to do and a great activity for the kids.

If you have some time to make or purchase, do take that time to send Max a card.

Mighty Max Low
P.O. Box 111, Neola, IA 51559

If you would prefer to make a donation you can to Max-a-Million/Max Low Fund at any U.S. Bank, or send it to the U.S. Bank in Underwood, 321 Highway St., Underwood, IA 51576.