tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84641236923595140662024-02-18T18:47:11.580-08:00TheBlueLambTheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-74192797982614147832011-01-31T17:03:00.000-08:002011-01-31T17:37:44.769-08:00Books, Books and More Books<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTX5QCSRVwwaVguIC1gnojDcY1mcisY6A8cYY1ukKcaDROBHk8phEgRq0w9-jbPVSLMRVD_jw9pWUHMBzi9W-SuoVJily7Od9rgvL3AXrjtPECKFo9vJufSKi-U78t458F-k9AqBXSqw/s1600/Eyre+Affair.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTX5QCSRVwwaVguIC1gnojDcY1mcisY6A8cYY1ukKcaDROBHk8phEgRq0w9-jbPVSLMRVD_jw9pWUHMBzi9W-SuoVJily7Od9rgvL3AXrjtPECKFo9vJufSKi-U78t458F-k9AqBXSqw/s200/Eyre+Affair.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568525802231939810" /></a> So I convinced the book group I run at work to read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I love the series and they wanted to read something a little sci-fi/fantasy. I figured this would be a good option since it's a bit of both plus so much more and it didn't require a map and list of characters in order to figure our what's going on.<br /><br />The group meets this coming Thursday night, as long as the weather isn't horrendous as usual, and I've heard from two of the members. One rated it a 6 on a scale of 1-10 and the other said that at first she didn't like it, but after the first few chapters she changed her mind. I'm curious to see what everyone else has to say. Fingers crossed.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdDh8aORlHPWe2Pwpd7TnHtiBSYxn503wbn6KC7VIPfNyz4GiBxp_e2KMj64Y3au9_JKQDit4fY9YUm56fdQEVtLDKc97SB8d19_39Id1auy9aQXE31vSgTIqTmembkczYCOSeXWFKQ/s1600/Girl+Who+Kicked.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdDh8aORlHPWe2Pwpd7TnHtiBSYxn503wbn6KC7VIPfNyz4GiBxp_e2KMj64Y3au9_JKQDit4fY9YUm56fdQEVtLDKc97SB8d19_39Id1auy9aQXE31vSgTIqTmembkczYCOSeXWFKQ/s200/Girl+Who+Kicked.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568525986934006386" /></a><br />As for the other things I'm reading: I'm about a 1/3 of the way through The Girl Who Kicked a Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsen. I'm listening to it while I walk and since the weather has been total crap, I haven't been able to get outside without falling on my butt. When I started the second book, I was annoyed that the first section was nothing but Lisbeth on vacation which had nothing to do with the main part of the plot line. Then when it ended so abruptly, I was jonesing for the 3rd one. Now I'm quite enjoying the third one and am sad that there may never be a fourth book. I'm definitely going to have my book group read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KwS_5-Fu9euw9Eq_9x8gTmvXKqpzNGjkZpEpFBcosUo-xKeiifpcNLUVxoKkKc1L7BcGg5J8ilsCx8DZzVP-t0-igqOxlDH6oc3YrL0HYG6txmI5pz4HrNbeFZplqxn-Bsl-CQF5hA/s1600/Evolution.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KwS_5-Fu9euw9Eq_9x8gTmvXKqpzNGjkZpEpFBcosUo-xKeiifpcNLUVxoKkKc1L7BcGg5J8ilsCx8DZzVP-t0-igqOxlDH6oc3YrL0HYG6txmI5pz4HrNbeFZplqxn-Bsl-CQF5hA/s200/Evolution.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568528058068656066" /></a><br />I'm also listening to Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande. I've had this on my "To Read" list for quite a while but never got around to it. While I was waiting for something else to come in on audio, I decided it was finally time. So far I find it quite intersting, but I wish Mena would spill the beans about what exactly she did to get ostrisized by everyone. I almost feel like I missed a book and this is the sequel.TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-22139509455202938662010-05-28T09:54:00.001-07:002010-05-28T09:58:14.313-07:00End of the JourneyOverall this has been an interesting exercise. I was familiar with quite a few of the tasks, had fun playing with the ones I didn't know and am kind of glad it's over. <br /><br />I'm already using the things that I like and will probably cancel the rest of the accounts I set up, but it was still nice to learn about new technology and social networking so when someone mentions del.ici.us or podcasting I'll know what they're talking about.TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-22166033220054567682010-05-28T09:43:00.000-07:002010-05-28T09:53:25.390-07:00SuffolkWaveI love, love, love Suffolkwave. I think it's very easy to use and I download books all year long then transfer them to my IPod when I walk. Suffolkwave gives me another way to listen to books so I can then read three of them at once - an actual book at home, a BOCD in my car and a downloaded book on my MP3 player while I walk.<br /><br />Suffolkwave really comes in handy when I have to read books for a meeting like Battle of the Books. If the books are available to download, I can get through them a lot faster and it takes me half the time. <br /><br />It's also nice to use when traveling. When I go home at Christmas, I can load a few books on my MP3 player to use while I walk there and if I finish them, I can always use the computer to download more.<br /><br />Suffolkwave also gives you the option of adding titles to a wish list. If I'm not ready to download something or I need to read a series in order, I can add the titles to my wish list so I remember them for later.<br /><br />Suffolkwave isn't all puppies and rainbows, though, it does have its downside as well. The two major complaints I have are selection and availability. There aren't always a lot of titles to choose from. Often, I'm looking for popular YA titles to download or a series that everyone is talking about, but it's not available on Suffolkwave. My other complaint is that often there is only 1 copy available of a title and if someone has it checked out, you have to wait for it. It seems strange since it's not a physical book, but I guess it has to go with licenses, etc.<br /><br />Overall, though, I think Suffolkwave is a great program.TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-46953030050125594102010-05-28T09:27:00.000-07:002010-05-28T09:42:44.135-07:00PodcastsI went to a Podcast meeting at SCLS about a year ago where Andrew Bollerman of Sachem showed everyone how to create their own podcasts. It was kind of cool and a neat idea. He said he did them with his teens and they posted them on the Library's website (at the time, I believe he was working at Hampton Bays). <br /><br />As far as listening to podcasts goes, I'm not really interested. I find it boring to sit here at the computer and listen to someone talk. I did try looking at a few different types just to check it out though. <br /><br />I looked at a cooking webcast where a woman from Good House Keeping showed you how to make different things. It was ok and I might go back to look at specific recipes, etc., but I didn't feel the need to subscribe to it in order to watch it every week. Before I found this one, there were also some creepy ones with weird people cooking. <br /><br />Then I tried an audio cast of a walking tour of a London neighborhood to see how the travel podcast was. The idea of this one is to download it to your ipod, etc. then use it when you're in London or whatever other city they're covering. This is an interesting idea and probably would be useful because it's an insider's view of the city one is traveling to. Often, people only visit the main tourist areas and miss the lovely, local ambiance. Again, I'm not going to subscribe because just listening to it at my computer made me start to yawn. However, I might think about it if I'm traveling.<br /><br />Lastly, I went to the Lindenhurt Library's site because I know their Director is big on podcasting. They have a section on the website where children's books have been read, author interviews have been done and where they're using podcasting as a way to document local historical narratives. They also have a section set up for music where you can listen to the school's jazz band, etc. All of these things are a nice idea, but again, thinking about sitting at my computer listening to these things for 15 minutes, half an hour, etc. puts me to sleep.<br /><br />We're going to try a TAG here at the Library in September and I mentioned to Ms. Peter's who will be running it that maybe as part of the TAG the teens can do book talks or book commercials for their favorite titles or recent books they have read and we can put them on the teen page of the Library's website. I'm not sure if anyone will listen to them, but it will definitely give the kids something creative to do.TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-92181655422076381262010-05-10T09:06:00.000-07:002010-05-10T09:34:03.395-07:00YouTube<span style="color:#336666;">I've used YouTube here and there to look things up, like when Jennifer Lopez fell at the Grammys. I totally had to see that again. LOL. I also watch movie trailers here and there - checked out the Eclipse trailer today just to see what it looked like (and can I just say that Kristen Stewart's hair extensions look horrible). I also used YouTube once to watch an instructional video on how to tie a tie.</span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;">This time around I used it to check out some of the Glee music videos because quite a few of my friends love the show and can't get enough of it. I thought, "Well, let me check out a few videos to see if it's something I might want to watch." It actually looked interesting and the singing is pretty good so I headed over to the catalog to reserve season 1. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p2VEZgoJxnE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p2VEZgoJxnE&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> </span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;">I don't think I'll be downloading the soundtracks any time soon, but it was good to see that not only did I have to reserve season one since it was checked out, but that all of the Glee soundtracks that we own are also checked out. Apparently the Library is up on the current pop culture which is always a good thing.</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-52992432642633688492010-05-05T09:48:00.000-07:002010-05-05T10:00:05.889-07:00Library Thing 19Since I update the Myspace and Twitter feeds I guess I shouldn't really talk about them. Although I will say that I'm not having much luck getting people to follow the Library on Twitter.<br /><br />As for facebook, I love facebook. I'll admit it, I'm addicted to facebook. I don't really use it as the social networking tool that it's meant to be though. I'm mostly on there to play games. I do enjoy looking at other people's pictures and catching up with people I haven't seen in a while, but I don't really post anything of my own.<br /><br />To help the Library, though, we could post pictures from programs on Facebook and Flickr to show people how much fun everyone has at the Library. Between the music and cooking programs it's a rip-roaring time! We could also use FB to post when new books from popular authors come in or to announce when new DVDs are released to the public since that's all anyone seems to want anyway. LOLTheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-41170260167465240332010-04-30T11:57:00.000-07:002010-04-30T12:22:24.720-07:00Web 2.0 DirectoryFirst I went to the entire directory and browsed a little bit. I'm thinking about trying my hand at cooking, ok, stop laughing, so after looking at a couple of sites, I signed up with one called Foodari (kind of like my favotire site shelfari but only for recipes). You don't need to register if you only want to browse recipes, but if you want to store your own recipes and find friends that can share recipes then you need a profile. I decided to register just to check it out. What I didn't realize is that although you can view videos on how to make different things and get tons of recipes, the site is UK based so everything is in grams and a lot of the items used in the recipes are not normal to the things you'd find in US recipes.<br /><br />Then I looked at the Top 20 list and was surprised as to how many of the applications I've actually used at one time or another especially now that I have an iphone. I have the Urbanspoon, Yelp, Twitter, Pandoa, Flickr, Zillow and Facebook apps on my phone.<br /><br />Friends have sent me links to Bebo and LinkedIn so although I looked at them and have accounts, I don't really use them.<br /><br />I tried using Flock as a browser at home for a while, but didn't take advantage of all of its uses and wasn't completely enjoying it so I went back to Internet Explorer.<br /><br />I have a Pageflakes account and use that on occasion, but not very often. It's kind of like having your own Google page where you can customize what links are on it - flickr, games, calendars, facebook, etc. so everything is within the same interface without having to go to separate pages to use them. I learned about Pageflakes at the last LI Library Conference I went to I gave it a try. It's too bad I'm set in my own ways and that it takes forever to load.<br /><br />I've shopped on Etsy before and really like it. They have such cool and unusual stuff which is right up my alley. Sometimes things can be a little expensive, but it's cute so who cares! :)<br /><br />I also have apps on my phone for Foursquare and MyTown where you check into the places you visit to earn points and badges. You can post where you've been to Twitter and Facebook and can also add your friends from there as well. I'm still getting used to them so half the time I go someplace I forget to check in until I'm already on my way home.<br /><br />There are so many cool apps out there that I'll probably keep looking. I hope you guys find one that you like as well.TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-83122048379627038422010-04-30T10:43:00.001-07:002010-04-30T10:49:38.465-07:00Google DocsI've actually used Google Docs as part of a committee that I joined last year. There was a list of books, about 15 or so, that the 6 members needed to read. Instead of trying to get everyone together for a meeting, Barbara Moon loaded all of the books onto a spread sheet, made a column for each member and sent the link to everyone on the committee. We were able to read the books in any order we wanted and as soon as we were done with a book, we logged on to the Google Docs site and added our commentary. It was very easy and we were able to see each other's comments immediately. <br /><br />Another plus was that the members could see if a particular book wasn't getting read. Since everything needed to be covered, a user who wasn't sure which book to read next could look at the list, see which titles hadn't been read yet then choose one of those titles in order to benefit the group.<br /><br />This program is very easy to use and it definitely solves the problem of having to worry about remembering to save something you're working on at work onto a flash drive, etc. so you can bring it home and work on it there as well.TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-26468894938074904502010-04-01T15:31:00.000-07:002010-04-01T15:34:01.663-07:00Wiki EditingThe wiki editing was quite easy but also quite boring. I didn't like how you could see the different people who have edited a particular page but not exactly which items they added. I want to know who else thinks Criminal Minds is a great show that way we can discuss it or who else likes to eat at The Library Cafe because then maybe we can plan to meet there for dinner one night.<br /><br />I guess since it's really only supposed to be informational it fits its purpose, but I wish it was a bit more dynamic.TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-69878405346663262542010-03-29T11:27:00.001-07:002010-03-29T11:33:32.362-07:00WikisAh, Wikis, who doesn't love doing a Google search and getting all of their information from Wikipedia?<br /><br />I think Wikis are both good and bad. When used for groups such as friends planning a trip like we saw in the YouTube video or for Libraries, wikis are a great thing. When used for research, etc. I'm not so sure if I like them. I'm worried that the fact that anyone can edit a wiki might mean there's a lot of misinformation out there.<br /><br />Another problem with wikis (and blogs, etc.) is keeping them updated in a timely fashion. I took a look through some of the wiki links and noticed that one said their book club ended in 2006 and they didn't do one in 2007. Um, we're now in 2010 so I'm not sure how current that wiki is.<br /><br />In general I don't think they're a bad idea, but to me, it's just another thing you have to keep up with. If you're not willing to spend all of your free time maintaining it, why do it in the first place?TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-62264258449631452012010-03-29T09:45:00.000-07:002010-03-29T09:53:52.400-07:00Library 2.0 & Web 2.0A lot of the articles make sense on what Libraries should be doing. I love that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">WorldCat</span> is open to all and free to search so someone looking for a book that may be more academic in nature can see that it's available at Stony Brook or <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hofstra</span> and although they might not be able to check it out since they're not a student, they can travel to the Library to browse through it and make copies if necessary.<br /><br />I also recognized some of the new aspects in out updated catalog from talking points in the article "To a Temporary Place in Time." The author says that catalogs should be fluid and use 2.0 aspects to appeal to all users with such things as tag clouds, digital downloads and recommendations. These are all things that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">SCLS</span> has done by subscribing to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Suffolkwave</span> and adding tagging and reviews to the current catalog. Although I don't think everything is perfect, I do think we're definitely taking a step in the right direction.TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-83404429774285571852010-02-23T09:32:00.000-08:002010-02-23T09:44:50.502-08:00It's yummy, no it's Del.icio.us!<span style="color:#003333;">So I finally got around to setting up my Del.icio.us account after spending a few days trying to remember what my yahoo email address was.<br /><br />As an aside, who else is annoyed when they have to create an entirely new address just to sign up for one of these things? I can barely remember the user name and password for the e-mail I check everyday; now I have to create a new one on a different provider to sign up for new social networking sites which need yet another user name and password! Ugh!<br /><br />Ok, back to Del.icio.us...it too me a little bit to get used to it and I was having a hard time figuring out how to tag something with a two-word tag like readers' advisory without it separating the tag into two different words. To let everyone know, you can't use spaces. You either have to smoosh the words together, readersadvisory, or add a hypen between the two words, readers-advisory, or abbreviate it, RA, to get the full effect. And whatever you do, don't use commas - I'm totally good at that! I'm queen of the run-on sentence! Really though, if you use a comma it will show up attached to the word before it so you'll have readers, or advisory, and that's just silly.<br /><br />It's going to take me some time to get used to Del.icio.us and really feel it out, but I'm guessing it's going to be a good tool to save sites without having to write everything down or clog your favorites buttons in Internet Explorer.<br /><br />Now I just need to figure out how to make categories so I can separate my whites from my darks...</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-36001084445454839912010-01-11T17:20:00.000-08:002010-01-11T17:43:25.092-08:00Grandma: Long Distance Calls - Cell Phones vs. Land Lines<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7hbqQkr3rMLFGAPfeBwAy9lELicKiv2ESc_xWivYvnfDCIR19c-ds0DyzszLLXLhqjcp1cfAvLAbM9lB7SKM-GsPLKvNswOMfeJURtrhExvYquC8pYurHKwFVLABaGskGMhXth6Jqg/s1600-h/Phone.jpg"><span style="color:#330033;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425662839711660322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7hbqQkr3rMLFGAPfeBwAy9lELicKiv2ESc_xWivYvnfDCIR19c-ds0DyzszLLXLhqjcp1cfAvLAbM9lB7SKM-GsPLKvNswOMfeJURtrhExvYquC8pYurHKwFVLABaGskGMhXth6Jqg/s320/Phone.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#330033;"><br /></span><div><span style="color:#330033;">Every Christmas my step-mom bakes and sends the goodies to my family here in NY. When my grandma got the goodie box she wanted to call to say thank you. However, when she tried to call, she couldn't get the call to go through.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#330033;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#330033;">When I got home from work that night the first thing she asked me was whether she needed to use an area code when she called Vegas. In my head I was thinking, "Well, since you need to use an area code to call your daughter in Massapequa then yes, you definitely need to use an area code to call your son 20 states away." What I asked instead was which phone she used, the cell or the house phone thinking maybe she used the cell phone and thought the long distance was automatic. When she told me she was using the house phone I told her yes she needed an area code but since we don't have long distance the call wouldn't go through anyway. She asked how she was supposed to call then. Now the thing is, we haven't had long distance in at least 10 years & she's been using 10-10-220 since before I moved here so I'm not sure why she didn't remember that, but ok...</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#330033;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#330033;">I reminded her about the 10-10-220 thing then said, "You know, you can just use the cell phone Aunt A gave you since long distance is free and it's nighttime so you won't waste your minutes. She said, "Oh, I haven't used that in weeks. I got rid of the cell phone." What? "What do you mean you got rid of the cell phone?" She said, "When Aunt A got me the new phones they replaced the cell phone." Now, if you've read my previous post about the cordless phones, you would know this doesn't make sense. "Grandma, the two phones aren't the same. The house phones are just cordless. They are so you can walk around the house with them and not be trapped by a cord. The cell phone is the one you take with you when you go out so you can call people from the store or mall in case there's a problem, etc." This conversation when on for a few minutes before she finally got that the two phones were completely different.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#330033;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#330033;">The cell phone is now charged again and she's been taking it with her when she walks to the supermarket or goes to bingo and she starting using 10-10-220 again for long distance calls, but it was touch and go for a little while there.</span></div>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-68714430153080776052010-01-05T07:21:00.000-08:002010-01-05T07:26:27.319-08:00Shelfari<span style="color:#ff6666;">I know we were supposed to create a Library Thing account, but since I've been doing Shelfari, an equivalent to Library Thing, for about two years or so now I asked if it was ok to substitute. I have enough accounts, etc. without having to worry about updating one more thing.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">I absolutely love Shelfari. I actually put my Shelfari widget on my blog. It allows me to add books that I've read, let people know what I'm currently reading, review and rate the books I've read and keep books in a "want to read" list so I don't have to have a bunch of pieces of scrap paper lying around with a million lists of books.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">Since Shelfari is just for reading and there's not really any personal information posted with the exception of the "About Me" blurb, I'm much more liberal with accepting people as friends. If you read and we have similar tastes, I'll let you be my friend. Heck, even if we don't have similar tastes I'll let you be my friend. :)</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">I highly recommend Shelfari to everyone!</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-17861609248729522062010-01-05T07:10:00.000-08:002010-01-05T07:20:47.045-08:00Facebook<span style="color:#003300;">Ok, I'm totally addicted to Facebook. When the Myspace craze happened I was the last to jump on board - too much code and crap to go through in order to update your page. Did anyone else think it was hard to find the beginning and end of the code for something you wanted to delete? When I heard about Facebook I thought, "Oh, great, another social networking site..." However, since there wasn't any coding, etc. I totally got into it. I'm now addicted to Farmville where I plant and harvest crops; Cafe World where I make and serve food; Mafia Wars where I do jobs and earn loot; as well as a few other games I play on and off.<br /><br />I like reading other people's status updates although I don't update my status as much as I used to. Sometimes those status updates worry me though because some of my friends put up exactly where they are and for how long, etc. What if someone is stalking them? Facebook would definitely make that a lot easier. LOL<br /><br />I also like looking at everyone's pictures although I don't really post any of my own. I mostly just like to play games without putting too much personal information out there.<br /><br />I have almost 200 friends and it's been nice seeing what people from high school are doing or wondering why someone from high school friended me considering they didn't give me the time of day while we were <em>in</em> high school.<br /><br />Facebook is like being a voyeur without the skeeviness. You can check in on people without totally getting involved. Plus, there's no peeping in windows.</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-45896302562014429362010-01-05T07:03:00.000-08:002010-01-05T07:07:53.820-08:00Twitter<span style="color:#6633ff;">I've had a personal Twitter account for a while. I read about it it Library Journal or School Library Journal, well in one of the catalogs that circulate around the Library. At first I updated once a day then I kind of let it go by the wayside. Periodically I try to update more often, but it never seems to stick. </span><br /><span style="color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#6633ff;">I also maintain a Twitter for the Library, but we don't have a lot of followers and the people that do ask to follow are usually spammers with lovely porn sites. I'm all for free speech but really, the line has to be drawn somewhere. While I was on vacation the Library Twitter didn't get updated, but I'm going to start updating again today.</span><br /><span style="color:#6633ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#6633ff;">I have friends that Twitter all of the time. They leave Twitter on all day and open in periodically to add a new Tweet. I just can't seem to get that dedicated mostly because I can't imagine anyone really caring what I'm doing right now.</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-20156961275971421752009-12-10T14:13:00.000-08:002009-12-10T14:16:17.312-08:00YASD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjI8DHunt7F6nnylTK6SG0yBHehaEOXnbc-lugzuD2o8pt_9MvafJTYz5SKiIhzdDKAOlJ986nGnbMbih4_mRQ-5z-z34qz8eOJdDrH25mnxxF-YeNG33deHXa_3Czm5cUxi1rUzuRw/s1600-h/yasd.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 59px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413734686880555330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjI8DHunt7F6nnylTK6SG0yBHehaEOXnbc-lugzuD2o8pt_9MvafJTYz5SKiIhzdDKAOlJ986nGnbMbih4_mRQ-5z-z34qz8eOJdDrH25mnxxF-YeNG33deHXa_3Czm5cUxi1rUzuRw/s320/yasd.gif" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">So today was my last meeting as YASD secretary. Although I still have to type the minutes from today's meeting, I have passed the torch to the 2010 secretary Jan Miller from Longwood. Congratulations Jan!</span></div>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-82583208398931842522009-12-03T13:47:00.000-08:002009-12-03T14:13:03.719-08:00Grandma and the Microrwave<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6c8uvRB3scmRbbxJNyoqXOZJ4yaIB0PzRkScj6n90I5rezbjar4oV_2trYARA01-AoVpSf5o-9XWlPB2m3k-2F3yWS5rgrPLFOgbMO_x9AtYu_42OONGeKFOppIfAj8YDd4Egj7sd7A/s1600-h/microwave.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411136409001892322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6c8uvRB3scmRbbxJNyoqXOZJ4yaIB0PzRkScj6n90I5rezbjar4oV_2trYARA01-AoVpSf5o-9XWlPB2m3k-2F3yWS5rgrPLFOgbMO_x9AtYu_42OONGeKFOppIfAj8YDd4Egj7sd7A/s320/microwave.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Now one would think micorwaves are pretty easy to use and they've been around for a while so it's not really "new" technology and yet grandma still manages to not be able to use it correctly. Well, not so much that she can't use it correctly, but she doesn't know what to do with it when she's done cooking, but there's still time left on the clock.<br /><br />On Monday grandma was cooking vegetables in the microwave and decided they'd been in long enough so she opened the microwave, removed the vegetables then proceeded to start the microwave up again. At first I thought she had put the vegetables back in, but when I looked at her and saw them in her hands I said, "Are you cooking something else in the microwave?" She said, "No, there was just extra time on the clock so I turned it back on." I then hopped up and cancelled it out because I didn't want it to break or explode. I said, "Grandma, um, it's not safe to run the microwave when it's empty. There's a button right next to start that says stop/cancel. Just press that when you're all done and want to clear it out. She told me ok, but now I'm wondering how long she's been running the microwave when it's empty and if that's why the old one broke. Hmmm.....</div>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-33754557828061091822009-11-30T12:02:00.000-08:002009-11-30T12:19:25.833-08:00RSS Feeds Part 2Thanks to Dennis, I figured out how to get my RSS feeds onto my blog. I had subscribed to bloglines like Thing 8 had told me, but I didn't really like the way I had to view everything through it. I wanted to know how to get the feeds on my blog so everything was in one easy to use place so Dennis showed me how. I had to add an RSS widget to my page then type in the address of the feed I wanted. Since I had the feeds in bloglines, I was able to copy and paste them over into several widgets so everything is on my blog. Thanks again Dennis!TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-74121037070215404552009-11-30T10:55:00.000-08:002009-11-30T10:56:42.558-08:00New Moon<span style="color:#ff0000;">Went to see new moon with Tech Girl, BooksandBlogs327 and a friend from another Library. It was definitely oodles better than Twilight so I'm hoping the movies keep getting better. The special effects for the wolf scenes were awesome and I think a good time was had by all.</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-55535987922017861702009-11-30T08:33:00.000-08:002009-11-30T08:35:24.011-08:00RSS Feeds<span style="color:#ff9900;">So I'm trying to get the hang of RSS feeds, but I'm not really enjoying it. I really need to take more time to see if I can get my bloglines pages to be more user friendly because I don't like the set up at all. It's definitely going to take some trial and error to get this to be something I use on a regular basis since there's not much I care to read about everyday.</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-28109734918898875342009-11-22T10:17:00.001-08:002009-11-22T10:21:56.394-08:00SCLA Dinner<span style="color:#333300;">Attended the SCLA dinner on Friday and had a good time. Couldn't find a seat so ended up at the Director's table - that made for one interesting night. I guess it's never too early to suck up. :)</span><br /><span style="color:#333300;"></span><br /><span style="color:#333300;">The committee did a great job. Those of you who didn't go missed out on a good time.</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-51211613256445918852009-11-16T18:40:00.000-08:002009-11-16T19:24:52.500-08:00Grandmas, cordless phones & total confusionAunt A just bought my grandma a new cordless phone because the old one died. Although she barely knew how to use the old one I guess my aunt felt she should replace it with another cordless - maybe for consistency? Actually, my assumption is that my aunt feels it's better for my grandma to have a cordless so she doesn't have to constantly get up to answer the phone since grandma's getting up there in years. First of all, the only reason my grandma has to get up to answer the phone is because my aunt calls like 10 times a day to make sure everything is ok. Maybe if she didn't call so much grandma wouldn't feel like she has to run for the phone. Damn this logic. <br /><br />Next, for some reason my grandma likes to leave the phone with Aunt B who lives with us while she's in the kitchen watching reruns of ABC soaps on Soapnet. Why, I'm not quite sure because what happens is the phone rings & Aunt B says, "Ma, phone" and grandma says, "I'll get it" and goes running into the kitchen to get the phone call (which of course is Aunt A asking what she's doing - it's 9 pm at night & grandma is 85; what do you think she's doing - usually sleeping on the couch.) Now don't forget this is a cordless phone the whole purpose of which is not to have to get up to answer - are you shaking your head in disbelief yet?<br /><br />So, back to the new phone, Aunt A decided to get one of those dual phones that has two handsets so one base can be plugged into the phone line but the other only needs a regular plug. The jack downstairs is by the kitchen so the main phone went there. The second one was put in the living room only instead of putting it on the end table right where the plug is, Grandma pulls out an ugly TV tray (fake, brown wood laminate with gold trim and legs) & sets it next to the couch as if it's a piece of furniture then she sets the 2nd base on it. Tonight I asked her why she decided to do that and not just put it on the pretty end table the purpose of which is holding lamps and phones and she says, "I didn't want to move everything to make room." I look at the end table which has a huge space on it where the tiny base can fit comfortably and see the outlet under it has an open socket and proceed to scratch my head. What the hell is she talking about? Are we looking at the same end table? P.S. It's the only end table in the living room so that was a rhetorical question.<br /><br />Just when I thought things couldn't get weirder... So, like I said, one would think that this dual handset thing would be a good solution to the running for the phone thing. Grandma can leave one handset in the kitchen with Aunt B while she has the other by her in the living room - no running for the phone. Oh contraire mon frere. Tonight the phone rings and rings and rings. I hear grandma say she'll get it so I get up to investigate. Again grandma is getting up from the living room to get the phone in the kitchen. When she finally gets off the phone with, oh you know, wait for it, Aunt A, I ask, "Why did you get up to answer the phone?" At first she tells me it was because she couldn't see the buttons (the lights were off in the living room) so she went into the kitchen where the light was. Then she says she had to go get the phone because it was in the kitchen. So I said, "You have 2 handsets now, you can keep the living room phone by you..."<br /><br />I just don't understand grandmas....TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-36829386062456898432009-11-09T10:57:00.000-08:002009-12-03T13:31:49.427-08:00Librarian II Test<span style="color:#666666;">Took the Librarian II test on Saturday and ended up being 30 minutes late due to a dead body on Sunrise Highway. Lucky me! They let me in to take the test so all was good. There were definitely a lot of math questions on the test and a few charts thrown in for fun. I especially enjoyed the page scheduling chart which was right up my alley. Of course it'll be 6 months before the results are out so I guess I'll be waiting until then for my score. Too bad they don't grade in alphabetical order. :)</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464123692359514066.post-27161969824045824012009-11-05T14:23:00.001-08:002009-11-05T14:29:55.482-08:00Photobucket<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">Been using Photobucket for a while now to add stuff to the Library's Myspace account. I find images of book jackets, music CDs, tv shows, etc. add them in photobucket then use the HTML code to post on the Myspace page. If you haven't checked it out, here's the link </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/westbabylonpubliclibrary"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">http://www.myspace.com/westbabylonpubliclibrary</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"> or you can find it on the YA Services pages of our website.</span>TheBlueLambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232201950340556338noreply@blogger.com0