Week 5: Thing #10 Image Chef

We just "sprang forward" an hour this past weekend, yet spring seems so far away with bitter cold temperatures of 7 degrees here in Juneau. That's why this image of flowers pushing up through the earth so joyfully seemed appropriate for this week's assignment. I haven't had a chance to thoroughly explore Image Chef, but the images I did view were just not my cup of tea: too cluttered and commercial. This site is easy to use and upload into blog posts. Out of the three online image generators: Comic Strip Generator, Flickr Toys and Image Chef; I've been most impressed with Flickr Toys because of its easy link to my blog and its curricular connection possibilities.

Week 5: Thing #10 Comic Strip Generator

I didn't have any difficulty generating this comic through Comic Strip Generator but found how best to publish it on my blog much more challenging. On the layout tab, you can add a HTML/Java Gadget, but there doesn't seem to be a way to add these gadgets to a posting. I tried pasting the HTML into the post, but it only appears as a link, not as an image. In the end, I used the Capture tool on my computer to Grab the image and turn it into a jpeg. Any thoughts out there about how to embed comics from this generator into your posting, so that it appears like flickr photos? In the end, I used the Capture tool on my computer to Grab the image and turn it into a jpeg. Here is the link to my Spider Man comic: spider-man comic strip