Wanna make a Website

Weebly vs. WIX

I know some people that would like to make a web site easily and fast. I have come up with two popular sites that do this. But which one is the easiest , more interesting, more efficient , and less expensive website maker? That is what I will be answering today.

First , Weebly isn't free. In other words to get the most out of it you have to pay real money. You can use it for free but that has only a few options . WIX however , is free and has more options than the free version of Weebly.

Weebly can create a blog , high quality website, or online store . WIX can do all those things and more! With all its apps you can create chat rooms , show YouTube videos , use Google apps , Etc..

Weebly is a drag and drop program that is easy to use. You can drop buttons and change themes whenever you want. WIX is the same but with more options. Like I said , WIX has many more apps (over 200) to create websites , so you can do more stuff.

Weebly is able to create a website that can be used on mobile devices and computers. WIX is also able to to do this .but you don't have to check and see if it fits on a screen like Weebly.

I started out liking Weebly better than any other because I thought it was the only game in town. My Spanish teacher and my younger cousin both used Weebly. I was surprised to find out how good WIX seems to be.

In the next week I plan to build a website using WIX. Then we will be able to see if WIX is decent to use.

Talk to you soon,

Thomas

Andrew Carnige libraries

     Hi, this is Thomas. I am taking over the East Nashville Living blog with permission from my mom. This is my first blog post. I will not be putting up posts regularly, but here is the first one. I will be talking about Andrew Carnige (pronounced car-ni-gy)and his libraries.

     Andrew Carnegie was born November 25, 1835. His father was a linen weaver and his mother was a “stay at home mom”. One day His father was kicked out of weaving because steam powered machines could do it faster, with less mistakes so Andrew's mom created a grocery store and started fixing shoes. During this time Andrew tried to get jobs of his own. All of the jobs he got he tried his hardest on.

One day Andrew met a man named Thomas A. Scott. He was beginning the Pennsylvania railroad. This man gave him a job as a private secretary and personal telegrapher at $35 a month. Andrew was so happy! But one day the war came and the railroad needed to give military transportation . Andrew was his right hand man.

     When he got older he resigned from the railroad company and worked in a company that replaces wooden bridges with stronger iron ones. In this type of work he made $50,000 a year. He resigned the iron bridge rebuilding company at 35 . When he quit he created a steel making company and became very wealthy

     He made a few mistakes .For example his employees were pushed to long hours and low wages. In 1892 he gave his support to plant manager Henry Frick who did not listen to workers and hired Pinkerton thugs to scare strikers. ots of people were killed during this time, so Henry Frick was killed by Andrew Carnige to stop what he was doing.

     Andrew's company was unstoppable. soon he sold it to a man named J.P Morgan for 480 million dollars and became the richest man in the world. He did not want to die rich because he found that time was running out, he won't live forever, so what would he do with his money?He started a competition with Rockefeller to see who would give away the most money.

     He started giving dimes to kids but that wasn't a lot of his fortune, so he made public libraries .these were rare in this time , but he made it common to see a public library. He made these libraries special, he wanted learning to be special, like a palace of learning.

    In East Nashville, Andrew created a library. It's called “The East Branch Library” . There is also one in North Nashville, South Nashville, and West Nashville but the one in East Nashville is the only one standing. I went there today and saw it. It was marble with dark oak doors and when you go inside it smells like a private pool. It has the original desks and tables from long ago. If you live in Nashville, I recommend it.

Maker's Page EN - Build a Couch

          East Nashville has always been a community of builders and makers.  We have been really fortunate to add our artists and others who embrace diversity and creativity to our neighborhood.  I dedicate this posts to all of my fantastic maker/artist friends in EN and abroad.

If you want to try this project at home here is a link for you:
http://homereserve.com/shopping/index.cfm?class=Loveseat&style=25&fabric=402

        I am rearranging things in our home and it was time to get a new something of another but when I started looking at prices of new furniture I got a little bit of sticker shock.  Even small love seats of decent quality were running over $800.  I begin to think about what a couch really was.  It's really just a bunch of wooden boxes attached together, covered with soft stuff and then a skin of fabric.

         When I began to think about making my own couch, I considered several different designs.  Then one day I came across a business that catered to the kind of people who would choose to build their own couches.  I bought a kit from them. It came in the mail in two boxes.  Here we are with our quintessential EN couch on the front porch picture- only slightly different.

     
The Wonderson helped bring the boxes in and we opened them.

     
         All of us worked together to put in the tabs the screws go into then WS and I began following directions and WD (Wonder Daughter) provided the play list and kept the tunes coming.

        When you look at the skeleton of this piece you can see what I meant.  It's just a series of boxes.  This pic has 2 boxes which will be the arms and another box which will be the seat.

         I was able to cushion and upholster the arms before we built the last box.

In order to get the cushions to work into the covers easily we had to cover them with a slick fabric.  It took a little while to get everything lined up and in place.

         Now we have a nice new love seat. Plus the kids are policing themselves about not eating on the couch.  This was a nice family project and we made some neat memories.

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Local Taco in East Nashville

         We really enjoy the Local Taco in Sylvan Park and we have eaten there with friends a few times.  Yesterday, I was craving some of their cuban corn but I did not feel like driving across town to get it.  You can't always get what you want... but some times you can. Today I discovered Local Taco has opened up a new restaurant in East Nashville.
          Local Taco in East is over behind Five Points.  It has two garage doors which open to the porch.  The cool, sweet Spring air was delightful and we had a nice view of the outdoors from our vantage point.

          The restaurant itself is a fairly small space but the designers made good use of what they have.  The mixed media in the design of the place, white subway tile, copper and reclaimed wood along with the works by local artist give this place a vibrant-creative feel.  When we go out to eat we like to enjoy a place with ambiance.

Local Taco in East End delivers a neat experience and the food is good too, especially the cuban corn.

         We aren't the only ones who enjoy Local Taco.  While we were out we were fortunate to see the duo the Wright Darlings.  These ladies not only sing beautifully together they also write their own music.  They were so gracious to allow us to take a picture.  They could be working on their next song right now!

        That's one of the things I love about living here.  You never know what you might luck up on or who you might meet in East Nashville.
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East Nashville Living

       This blog is about life in East Nashville.  We will take you to some of the local events and activities around our area. We can take a few days to explore the local art scene.  Together we will try some of the local cuisine and search out some of the best EN has to offer. I will review some products and possibly even some books.  This is a great place to live.  The people and places are so wonderfully unique..  Blogging about our community is going to be so much fun.
        If you have any suggestion of places you want us to go: coffee shops to try or events you would like to see covered just shoot us an email so we can chat about it with you. We hope you will join us each week on East Nashville Living.