Greekgeek's Lensography
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Squidoo, Sappho, SEO and... Sea Slugs!?
Here's all my Squidoo lenses, from Squidoo to outer space!
I've been using the web since 1993, when I worked on the Perseus Project website. I've built webpages on interesting topics (here's one I did on ancient Greek astronomy) ever since. I write many tutorials on how to make webpages. (Here's a beginner's HTML guide I wrote in '95). I'm still making tutorials, now mostly on how to Squidoo!
Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveler's Journal
Lens of the Day two weeks after I joined Squidoo, 5th place runner-up for the 2007 Lens of the Year, Best Travel Lens 2008, Top 100 for over 220 days, featured on several Squidoo blogs including this post by Seth Godin -- yes, I'm proud of this series!
Ancient Greece Odyssey Table of Contents:
My Best Squidoo Lenses
Besides Ancient Greece Odyssey, here are the lenses I'm most proud of:
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- Volcanoes Are Hot Stuff
- Jackie Robinson: the Story of an American Hero
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Volcanoes Are Hot Stuff
My lifelong fascination with volcanoes inspired this educational lens series covering everything from famous volcanoes to amazing videos to volcano mythology.
Jackie Robinson: American Hero
Martin Luther King said Jackie Robinson made his task much easier. Find out what Jackie went through, and why Americans have a reason to celebrate April 15.
Greekgeek on Twitter
I share lens and blog updates, SEO tips, #twitlit (original poetry), and thinky thoughts.
My Latest Squidoo Lenses
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On Generosity
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
~ Emily Dickenson
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JoanTheChoirLady
Nov 9, 2011 @ 11:03 pm | delete
- I'm leaving a comment to thank you first for the immense enjoyment that reading so many of your lenses has brought me (and my kids), then for the useful information I've received that has made me a better lensmaster, and finally for the example you are of excellence in writing.
So . . . THANKS, PAL!
(Yes, this is for the quest, but it's also a joy to do it.)
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elyria
Oct 20, 2011 @ 12:55 am | delete
- I arrived here from your other page Who is Greekgeek and wanted to say hi! I read many of your lenses in the past, they are all so interesting. But my favorite is about volcanoes - I love it!
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elyria
Oct 20, 2011 @ 12:55 am | delete
- I arrived here from your other page Who is Greekgeek and wanted to say hi! I read many of your lenses in the past, they are all so interesting. But my favorite is about volcanoes - I love it!
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Ladymermaid
Aug 11, 2011 @ 5:36 pm | delete
- Your lenses are always so informative and helpful that they are a pleasure to visit. Thank you for all the wonderful contributions which you have made to squidoo.
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JenniferV
Apr 15, 2011 @ 7:23 pm | delete
- Wow! Where do you find the time to create all these great lenses? I have really found some great information and help with your Squidoo lenses. Thank you so much for taking the time to create them!
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Educational
EDUCATIONAL TOPICS
Ancient World
Science & Nature
Recent History
Miscellaneous & Fun
Mythology Quizzes
Choose from the menu at right, or use the navigation links at top or bottom of this page to go to a different page.
The Ancient World - Greece, Rome and Egypt
Science and Nature
From Sea Slugs to Spaceships
Other History
Oh, That's Right, More Things Happened After Rome Fell
Miscellaneous
Read and Learn!
Greek Mythology Quizzes
Brainteasers For Students of Ancient Greece
On Scholarship
My Homepage Motto, 1994
"Some scholars beat
the ancient world to death,
when it's already dead.
I try to bring it to life."
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People & Cats
Hey, cats are people too! Here's my Squidoo lenses on interesting people and fascinating felines. Thanks to Vin Scully, I got hooked on baseball. Drat the man.Browse the lenses on this page to learn about some of my favorite people, or use the navigation links at top or bottom to go to a different page.
Photo Credit: "Agreed" by ZoofyTheJi @ Stock.xchange
Sports
Cats
(Yeah, We Know, You Just Want Cats)
Other Interesting People
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Art & Crafts
Browse this page for fun arts and crafts projects and several Photoshop tutorials.I've also got a few of my own art projects to show off.
Or use the navigation links at top or bottom to pick a different category!
Stuff You Can Make
Graphics Tutorials
(Some Overlap with the Squidoo Tutorials section)
My Own Art
Note: The Squidoo graphics are, of course, based on Squidoo's logo. However, I actually drew them (both the squid graphic and the word "Squidoo") from scratch as vector graphics, so that I could resize them, place them on different backgrounds, or distort/reposition them.
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Humor & Oddities
People come to the web for three reasons: for information, for stuff ("I need to buy X!"), and for entertainment.Here's what entertains me!
Browse this page for fun and oddball humor, or choose a different page with the navigation links at top or bottom.
Funny Videos and Web Humor
Funny Reading / Pictures
Truly Random
On Eccentricity
Boom-Boom
Ain't It Great To Be Crazy
Aliquando et insanire iucundum est.
But sometimes it's pleasant to be insane!
~ Seneca
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Books & Films
Books, films, and radio are three ways people have used to tell stories in the 20th century.In the 21st century, some studios are venturing into a new medium for telling stories: video games! Most are shoot-em-ups meant for racking up points and getting the adrenaline pumping. But I've long been hooked on one that revolves around -- you guessed it-- books!
Movies, DVDs & Audiobooks
Books & Authors
A Book I Made
MYST Fanfiction
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Reviews & Rants
I don't usually rant, but now and then I have something I need to say about current events and the world.I also don't usually go for online marketing of any kind, but now and then I find a product worth reviewing -- or panning.
Product Reviews
Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down
Riffs & Rants
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Squidoo & Tutorials
I've put some of my hardest work into writing useful lenses on improving your Squidoo lenses with graphics, CSS and search engine optimization.Also, here's where to find my Squidoo blogs and achievements.
Use the horizontal navbar to scroll up and down sections on this page:
General Squidoo Tips
Web Traffic and Earnings
"How to Get Your Lens Found"
Graphics Tutorials
Where to Get Images and How to Use Them
CSS, HTML and Layout Tutorials
Squidoo Modules List
My Own Squidoo Stuff
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Me & My Stuff
So who is this Greekgeek person?Bard, student, web designer, writer, scholar of the ancient world, and computer hobbyist since 1980.
I'm afraid that I talk more about what I do and what I enjoy than who I am, but here are my personal lenses.
Also, here are my blogs and Cafepress stores that help me pay for kitty litter!
Travel
My Cafepress Shops
My Blogs
Some of Which Are On Hold
Personal Experiences
My Other Web Pages
I actually have had web pages going back to the dawn of the net. Here's a few I'm not too embarrassed to show you.- The Perseus Project
- Back in 1993, I was one of several graduate student lackeys working at this unique project which had created a CD-ROM digital library of major ancient Greek texts and English translations, language tools for students and scholars, and in-depth descriptions and photos of Greek art, architecture, archaelogy and museum collections around the world. Then the web started coalescing, and we moved Perseus online. We uploaded thousands of pages and photos to the internet before Yahoo even got off the ground. Perseus is still growing!
- Updates Blog for my Greece Lens
- Every time I add new photos or a new section to Ancient Greece Odyssey, I post an excerpt and link to the appropriate section here. If you RSS this blog, it makes it easier to track my updates.
- Pacifica Graduate Institute
- Graduate school where I just earned an MA in comparative mythology and depth psychology. I'm just beginning work on my PhD dissertation.
- Personal Web Site
- Nowadays I use this website mostly as a repository for graphics, but I've got some old creative projects there, largely related to my hobbies.
- WayBack Machine: My Second-Oldest Webpage
- It's lost some of the graphics, but here's my second-oldest homepage on the Internet Archive. Now if I could just find the one I had in 1993!
On Happiness
Le Chat
Je souhaite dans ma maison:
Une femme ayant sa raison,
Un chat passant parmi les livres,
Des amis en toute saison
Sans lesquels je ne peux pas vivre.
I desire in my house:
A woman of strong mind,
A cat strolling among the books,
The friends for all seasons
Without whom I cannot live.
~ Apollinaire
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