week 10 podcasts

First I have to say, the video podcast -- YAWN. Maybe I shouldnt have watched it after lunch, but the ninja was lame.

I think podcasts overall are excellent tools and its a great outlet for a wide variety of people and interests.

Audiobooks also are excellent for some people. I know many of my customers who think they are indespensible. For me though, I cannot drive and listen to a book. My mind likes to picture the story and I would either be in an accident or cause one if I were listening to a book in the car. Also, audiobooks read much too slow for me.

My kids love the MP3 player I got for Christmas, so maybe I'll actually get to use this one for my music! The cool thing is, my kids (both boys 9 and 11) are hearing my favorite music and getting into it.

This has been great and I plan on continuing to use this blog for my random thoughts. Besides, I still have a lot of jokes to publish. As they say, I got a million of them and at least three are good.

week 9

What a week! I explored LastFM, Musicstrands, Upto11, LivePlasma, Music Map, Springwidgets, and Yourminis. I really enjoyed these learnings.

To share or not to share. Hmmmm. I understand the arguments on both sides and I am torn. If I were the artist (which I am far from) I would like as many people as possible to hear my stuff and if they liked it, I would hope they would share about me with their friends and then their friends would buy my stuff too. Capitalism at its best!

I also dont see a huge problem with sharing my CD's with a friend and having them copy the songs they like on their MP3 players. I bought it, I should be able to do with it what I want.

It was very cool seeing the info on Emily! I'll be able to say one day, 'I know her!'.

The music sites I visited were interesting. I purposely looked for relatively unknown artists to see how good the sites were. Phil Driscoll (great trumpet man!) and Steve Taylor (very sarcastic) were my searches. While some of them recognized them, they didnt have much to say.

Springwidgets had a lot of good content, but I liked Yourminis better. I signed up on Yourminis (my blog is on there now!) and I loaded two widgets on my blog, the 5 day weather forecast for Orlando and a video game link. So if you are bored of reading this, scroll down the page and play a game.

Sharing Info - week 8

I have been very involved with Flickr since OCLS started using it. I think it is a great tool for us as an organization. Tom, your photos are very nature-y. I would have expected more cars and electronics. Very pretty! :-)

I checked out the protopage. Neat stuff. I didnt create a new page, but I took elements from it and added them to my blog. I added my puppy Max and a link to my favorite new cartoon, Pearls Before Swine.

I know the instructions said no names, but Tom has been a huge help with this. Not only the setting up stuff (of course) but his email encouragements, his visit and suggestions have been great. I have been coming in early when possible and meeting with staff to help them get into this. Time is the biggest factor, there is always something to do in a branch and quiet time is almost non-existent.

Fun Stuff

I dont need any help keeping my new years resolutions. I made a few and havent broken one yet! They are:
1. Not to climb Mt. Everest
2. Not to start smoking
3. Not to wrestle with a Bigfoot

I'm very pleased with my strength and resolve! Traineo did look like a great site for the dieting set.

Blufr was very cool! It can also be very addictive. I stopped when my score went over 1100, but I could see continuing for awhile.

I know this will tick off someone (if anyone is reading this) but I love dogs and do not like cats. I think kittens are the cutest things in the world and love them, but once they become cats, I have no use for them.

Library Thing

Ok, this is cool. I signed up with Book Mooch, what a great concept! I'll post when I send and / or get my first book!

the learn 2.0 map of the world was interesting. I did find us pretty easily, just a couple of clicks.

Propsmart isnt too smart. I looked specifically for houses on my street that are for sale, and it listed them correctly by address, but on the map, they are not even close. I live west of 417 and it showed the house far east of 417.

Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I think Google Maps is better than Wikimapia. Google will show me the house I lived in as a kid in N.Y., but Wikimapia doesnt have the images at that great a zoom.

I did enjoy seeing these sites, if not because I'll use them frequently, but to learn new things.

Joke of the Day 3 - Computer Genders

Are computer male of female? You decide and vote!

Women claim that computers should be referred to in the masculine gender because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data, but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer you could have had a better model.

Men concluded that computers should be referred to in the feminine gender because:
1. No one but the Creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

So, you decide. Respond to this post!

I'm bbbbaaaacccckkkkk!!!!

Ok, I havent been here in awhile, but I have been out sick. Tons of medical tests, multiple meds, I have been poked and prodded and have no dignity left.

Good news is, I probably wont die.

So, I going catch up now!