Are you a doodler? An absent-minded scribbler? Do you draw the same thing all the time, or do you like to challenge yourself and scribble something new every time you’re stuck in an endless meeting or waiting through a conference call? Do you find yourself filling the page with dots, or do you stick to a corner? Do you draw animals or people, or dots and lines?
Actually, if you’re a dull-meeting-doodler, you’re in luck, says science. A study from a few years ago suggests doodlers may remember more information than those well-behaved, goody two shoes non-doodlers.
So, let’s see ’em. Grab the nearest piece of paper and doodle away. Or draw us a picture. Or paint a masterpiece. Scan it in or take a crummy picture with your phone, like I usually do.
1) If you want to use a pic from your computer, you’ve got to first upload it to the web. Click on either of these links: imgur or tinypic. Follow the directions to upload.
2) After the upload, you’ll see various links for your pic. Copy the direct link; you want the one that ends in .jpg
3) Come back here. Type this exact code (including the brackets and quotation marks) into the “Post A New Comment” box: <img src=“ ” /> and paste your direct link in between the quote marks. There should be a space between img and src (img src), but otherwise, no spaces between anything.
4) It should look like this: <img src=”http//www.yourphotodirectlink.jpg” /> Make sure to include those brackets.
5) If you’re using a photo already on the web: Right click (or ctrl-click on a Mac) on an image and select “View Image” or “Copy Image URL/Location.” Copy-and-paste the URL and use the <img src=“ ” /> code above.
Photo from doryfour’s Flickr.
