Comfortdoc on Squidoo

I am very pleased to report that the How to Prevent Getting H1N1 Flu or Swine Flu has been nominated in the 2009 Giant Squid Awards under the category of Best DIY How-To Lens Nominees for the year. It is quite an honor. Earlier in the year, this lens received one of the coveted Purple stars.

Understandably, the How to Prevent Getting H1N1 Flu or Swine Flu lens has gotten steady traffic since I created it in the Spring to get some decent information out about keeping yourself and your family safe from getting the H1N1 flu.

You can vote for my H1N1 Flu lens in the Giant Squid Awards any time until Sunday December 20, 2009 EST by visiting the Vote Now for the 2009 Giant Squid Awards lens under the Best DIY How-To Lens Nominees section.

Thank you for your support.

I am pleased to announce that my How to Use the Polaroid Module was the winning lens for the Giant Squid Community Showcase.

RMS noted:

This outstanding lens creatively uses the story of The Three Little Bears to give in depth directions on how to get your photos to look just right when using the polaroid module to feature them.

Comfortdoc’s great lens includes information about photo size, adding borders to your image and making composite images. It also describes the best ways to include copyright and photo credit for the pictures you are displaying in the module and supplies links to online sites where you can easily polaroidize (and add graphics) your own photos.

How to Use the Polaroid Module is also a member of  The Answer Deck where the Giants share their best tips and advice with the Squidoo.com community.

This lens was was fun to do. I was inspired by seeing too many of images being not quite right and messing up otherwise very nice lenses.

I hope that lensmasters get inspired after reading this lens to use this fun module.

The We Can Solve It lens was judged to by the community to be the winning Giant Squid Community Showcase Lens for the week.

According to the blog,

This weeks winning lens in the Choose Your Favorite Giant Lens Contest is We Can Solve It by Comfortdoc. The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection and Kirsti has done an amazing job showcasing this charity.

Her lens includes numerous videos that champion the environment, I especially like the one from Al Gore. The We Can Solve it lens donates to the Squidoo Charity Fund, Global Giving and Earthjustice.

Thanks guys for helping spread the word.

In addition, “We Can Solve It” was the one of the recipients of the Squids Choice Award for the Month of July where the theme was “Going Green” along with my other green related lens Save Energy – You Have the Power.

Mamma Mia is being called the feel good cinema event for the summer, or “Grease” for the older generation. For anyone who remembers listening to ABBA, this is the summer fun film for you.

I am *so* excited about the Mamma Mia movie coming out this month (July 18) that I not only made one, but two lenses on the topic.

We love Mamma Mia! is a Squidflix lens that explores the Mamma Mia! Movie. Weigh in your whether you’ll be seeing the Movie and whether or not you like the music of ABBA. It is currently ranked # 5 on the Top 100 Best Squidflix Films.

Mamma Mia! – The Movie, The Music, The Musical, The Song explores even more about the movie, including the connection with September 11, 2001 (9/11), interviews with some of the stars, a look at the Mamma Mia, the musical that the movies is based upon and finally the song by ABBA that inspired it all.

We’ve been listening to the album since it came out on Tuesday and they’ve been dancing in their “car” booster seats. My girls even wanted to take it over to Grandma’s yesterday to keep listening to it.

I’ve added both Mamma Mia lenses to the Favorite Giant Lens Contest. It would be great to have these lenses featured on the day that Mamma Mia comes out in the theater.

Featured in the Giant Squid Showcase

My Squidwho lens Who is Diana Princess of Wales? was featured on the Giant Squid Showcase on June 3, thanks to Robin (rms).

Also mentioned were several of my charity lenses namely the AIDS Research Alliance and We can solve it, and my pretty cool Squidoodles.

About The Giant Squid Community Showcase

The Giant Squid Community Showcase was developed to exclusively feature lenses made by the Giant Squids.

News Updates – Comfortdoc is a Recognized Masterpiece Movement Lensmaster

I am honored and humbled to have been recognized as one of the Masterpiece Movement lensmasters.

These lensmasters are a group who are committed to bringing the highest quality, most relevant information, best writing and greatest ideas.

In order to qualify you need to present your best work, your best ideas, your most fabulous, over the top lenses.

Two of my Masterpiece lenses:

* Loss, Grief and Bereavement
* We Can Solve It!

According to Margaret, “The grief page IS a masterpiece, IMHO”

Giant Squid Discovered at IKEA

When we were at IKEA yesterday, my daughter’s came running up to find me…they were very excited to discover a Giant Squid Office set up.

With a desk on one wall and the Giant Squid, Dresser, Storage and Lights on another, my family decided that this would be the perfect environment for me to work on my Squidoo stuff.

Too bad the Giant Squid wasn’t for sale.