Way Out There

kudos to my nephew

2011-06-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

Okay, so i did go off a bit about those dang kids not sending me a thank you for grad money. Since then, my nephew has given me a very nice written thank you nothe and a pic of him from his prom. And I understand a friend's son is working on his-might take him a while, but that okay. I take back my whinin...partially...still haven't heard from 2 others.
To change topics, perpetual issues at the library. I really do think the powers above me would love to shut the doors of this building because of the rental issues we see everyday. Ideally, we need to be in our own building and get out of here.
Friday afternoon was full of new and favorite patrons. Our regulars appeared. The complainer who never has her holds waiting for her because we lose them (amazing, I say to her, that you are the ONLY person this happens to). Sit down man, who wears the same outfit every day-bathing trunks, button up shirt tucked in the suit, tennis shoes. The woman who claims to belong to the Mensa group (which I highly doubt), and a new person. She needed to tell me that the summer reading list publication had a GLARING editing mistake and what am I going to do about it? After all, she was editor of not one, but TWO new york newspapers and this was simply unacceptable. Perhaps she could just make paper airplanes out of those publications. And the roof continues to leak. Despite no rain in 2 weeks.
Perhaps its time for a vacation.

Office Tools

2009-07-20T12:06:00.000-07:00

Forgot to mention these in my last post....found them to be helpful for patrons who might need services like word and spreadsheets and didn't purchase an office product. I used one to keep a food diary...especially like Googles products. I might look into using the calenday in October for the meeting room.

the official ending..

2009-07-08T12:28:00.001-07:00

Yes, i am finally done with Web 2.0. Actually, the last few explorations were things I do anyway, so pretty straight forward and not too new to me. I did post an ending blog, but I can't find it :-) Hhhmm..maybe i need some more exporations..

Liked Library Thing, but very similiar to My Discoveries, which I use. If its only to list the books that come across the desk and I want to read in my lifetime.

RSS feeds are catching on..not part of my daily world yet.
You tube-posted Project MTR Runway on there.
Twitter-joined...really don't see the thrill.
Social networking-love facebook-brought me to my childhood reunion this past weekend. And the ability to post all my vacations pics.
Wikies..where would our library system be without wikis?? :-)
Social Bookmarking-we use this at the information desk.
And finally, have perused the award winners of Web 2.0 a while back. Maybe we'll see an upadted version soon.

So, onto other exciting things. From CIL 2009 conference, i loved wordle.net. I showed my daughter and she got create with it. Also, lots of hot stuff in Google earth. And here is a list of some Web 2.0 sites worth a look, according to a Web speaker geek, from Z to A style:

Z: Zoho
Y: YouTube RSS Search
X:
W: Wwwhatsnew.com (it’s in Spanish!)
V: Votes Database (it was created by an intern at the Washington Post for free). See how legislators voted.
U: JD Supra (there’s a U in it!). Documents that lawyers put up on the Web
T: Tic Tocs. Journal Table of Contents service
S: Scribd. A “YouTube” for PDF documents
R: Ravelry. Social networking tool for knitters
Q: QuestionPoint.
P: Page 2 RSS. Creates a feed from a page that doesn’t have one.
O: Open Congress. Feed for bills, issues, committees, etc.
N:
M: Mashable. Social networking guide
L: LibraryThing
K: KillerStartups
J: Justia Dockets. Federal District Court filings and dockets
I: I Want To. I want to do something. What will help me do it?
H: Hunch. (Not launched yet.) Helps you make decisions.
G: Google Reader
F: Facebook
E: E-Hub. Web applications, services, sites on Web2.0 and social software
D: Deepest Sender. Automatic posting to your blog
C: Compfight. Image search–can use original content, creative commons, etc.
B: Backup URL. Create a cached copy of a URL in case it goes down
A: Awesome Highlighter. Lets you highlight text on a web page

Happy Cruising
J.

museum sightings

2008-10-20T11:29:00.000-07:00

I recently spent some time at the Baltimore Museum of Art and, to be frank, was quite puzzled by some of the art that's housed in such an institution. Now granted, art is in the eye of the beholder. I am open to many ideas and concepts, which is why I love contemporary art the most. It seems to skate on the edge of art and what the hell? Example: a square on the floor with one hundred mason jars of different sizes in it. Or the artist who ate various fruits, sewed the peels back together, and placed them on display to watch them rot naturally. There is an interesting exhibit there by Franz West-who designs art to be hands on-you can sit on some of it, touch some of it..interesting fellow. IF you have the desire to pick up his giant paper mache q-tip and play with it in a secret room.
I don't get it, but perhaps you aren't supposed to get it.

puppy updates

2008-10-20T11:24:00.000-07:00

I suppose its a good thing to update the growth of our furry member of the family. Not good things and not so good things.

SHe has graduated from puppy training. However, it was suggested she repeat. Where did we go wrong?

We are getting a little more frisky. Tree branches are getting biggeras she drags them into the house. I came home one day after crating her-she greeted me at the door. She turned her crate over. The big escape.

Couple of shoes have bitten the dust.

THe up side-we put an electric fence up and its working very well. No more bolting to the neighbors. It must be that pain factor.

on another unrelated topic

2008-09-08T15:22:00.000-07:00

Enough about twitter, flickr, and widgets. Let's talk flesh and blood. We just adopted a puppy recently on a Sunday morning when defenses were down with the parental units. We could not take day of, " PLEASE, can we get a dog?????? " So, Lucy has arrived about a month ago. My recent observations of ownership of a labradoodle:

1. Energy abounds. Often times when the energy has a chance of building up without release, she runs amok. Lamps fly, pillows are tossed, rugs end up bunched at the end of the hallway. I feel for my cat...

2. The Mouth. it should be her nickname. She gnaws, licks and bites anything that is in her range. She carries laundry, specifically underwear and socks, and drops them when she grows bored-usually at the front door where visitors come in. Other items might include shower puffs, large tree branches, dead birds, shoes (a given), and sunglasses.

3. Eating Habits-wow this is a scary thing. She has the dog food thing down pretty good. Then evening arrives and its time to forage. First, we make a trip to the cat littler box and have a snack. This produces thirst, so we are headed to the toilet for a refreshing drink in the porcelain god. Now its time to walk, so great opportunity to hunt crickets, eat them alive; then if we are really fortunate, there might be some rabbit terds in the grass for a night cap. Moral: never let the dog mouth near you...

4. Training. Needs to be slow and steady. She hasn't been thrown out of Puppy Kindergarten yet, so thats a plus. Things we need to work on-Come! (this is a complete joke), no jumping, stay, and leave the treat until I say you can have it. She can sit. And lay down. Not even on demand. All you need is a food product-peaches, carrots, tomato....

So, life has been altered as we once knew it. I have no more crickets in my yard. I never have to clean the cat litter box. The baby gate is back up. Sigh.....

web stuff

2008-08-11T17:16:00.000-07:00

So, yeah, I know about these dang blogs. I get a little comfortable with this and then in the course of one afternoon, I hear flicker, twitter, oodle, tweet scan, and a variety of other embedded words that have no meaning in the real world. Hey, I just got the hang of Wii Golf. How does one keep up with all this? Maybe I need a personal Geek on Call. Preferably one that looks like one of those Olympic swimmers.