podcasts

At first I was a bit leery about podcasts. The websites I looked at didn't seem to have a lot to browse through that I was interested in. And I don't really use Ipods since I have audio books from the library. But, being the Doctor Who fan that I am, I did find a couple of podcast videos that I might be interested in: A Doctor Who video podcast (http://podcastpickle.com/cast/1113) and a John Cleese video podcast (http://podcastpickle.com/cast/10148) I think CML should do a storytime podcast. How cool would that be!

Not Me tube - You tube.

Ok. So, it feels really wrong to be browsing through youtube videos while I'm working. I've never really explored youtube that much before. So, I decided to search for the most watched, most talked about, and top rated. I found the top rated video to be quite amusing:



Here are a couple of "library related" vids I found:





Fortunately I got some help posting these, but now it takes forever to load, type, etc.

It could be useful for libraries to use this sort of feature on their websites to make information more accessible to people who would prefer watching a video over reading a blog.

I don't know if youtube is for me, though. I tend to spend my time reading books, watching movies from the library, playing World of Warcraft, crafting, cooking, running, and/or hanging out with my husband, etc. I thought I'd be using Twitter more often, but it's not convenient to get to Twitter.com for me, and I don't want to run up the cell phone bill. I guess I'm kind of old fashioned like that. :D

All caught up!

So now that I'm all caught up with the learn & play stuff (at least this week), I can now blog about . . . uh . . . well um. JK. So, yesterday my husband and I were shopping for halloween costumes (he's gonna be Zorro! - well a rather short Zorro.) I ran into one of my high school classmates. I went to high school in a small town about an hour and a half from where I live and over 10 years ago. Talk about bizarre! We were talking about the 10 year reunion that I had missed. (That's because I forgot about it.) And some of our old school buddies. So, I thought I'd do a little bit of extra credit with this web2.0 stuff and create a Facebook account. Probably will create a MySpace account, too. Funny, then I ran into my sister-in-law and we got to chatting. Turns out I had forgotten that she had invited me too her friends list in Facebook. I also notice that some of my friends from High School had facebook accounts. Very cool. You know, some people keep in touch with their buddies and some people get caught up in the river of life that takes them on a different path from their friends. Maybe, I should have kept in touch. I don't know. I can't believe it's been over 10 years, though. Puts things into perspective. . . .

Diggin' through CML's toolbox.

So, this week we're supposed to rummage around someone else's toolbox and see what we find. Reminds me of that Ghost Hunter's episode that aired on 10/8/08. The two ladies on that show are always snooping around. If I were a ghost and saw people snooping around in my stuff, I'd not give them the satisfaction of showing myself to them! Ok, we're supposed to be looking for ghosts, let's have a conversation about something else and snoop around. Ok, but I digress. Toolbox...digging...CML...snooping - no not snooping. LOL. So, CML's website has a power tool section. No, not drills and nail guns. http://www.columbuslibrary.org/ebranch/index.cfm?pageid=209 <- That's the link. :D

I'm pretty familiar with some of the links on there: twitter, gmail, librarything...etc. Some, didn't have much appeal to me: Firefox, Technorati, TechCrunch not to be confused with Captain Crunch. I looked at boing boing. That was kinda weird. It didn't really interest me much except for the bit about Jay Walker's (founder of Priceline) library. You gotta read this: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/08/nerd-library-to-end.html Talk about extravagant. Ok- maybe BoingBoing is a bit cooler than I give it credit for. So, here's the link: http://boingboing.net/. Another link that interested me was the one called MAKE...and the link to that one: http://makezine.com/. Halloween's coming up and I don't have a costume. Maybe this is the answer? Maybe si...maybe no. I was disappointed by http://www.stumbleupon.com/. Seemed like it kept giving me the same websites. Who knows, maybe there's more to it.

Here's a pic of that guy's library:

And the winner is...

So this week I explored http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0 or in other words: the best (according to a select few) of the best of web2.0. I really wanted to try out http://www.hairmixer.com/ since I think it'd be neat to see what a hairstyle looks like before you actually get it done, but since I didn't have a photo of me, I decided to put that one on the back burner and check out some of the other sites. Oh, they all look so good! Which one do I pick? Which one do I pick? Hmmm... do I want to brush up on my Spanish? (http://spanishpod.com/) Or maybe I want a drink? (http://www.cocktailbuilder.com/) Maybe I should research my past and create a family tree? (http://www.myheritage.com/) -uh sounds like a lot of work. Ah, here's something I'll definitely be looking into...yes, I think this one takes the cake: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer. That way I can keep track of my favorite tv show. Well...maybe, maybe not. (hint: see reference in previous blog.) :D LOL. Yeah, I've got 'em all on my del.ici.ous account. (http://delicious.com/monkeygamer)

Googley - eyed docs

So, here's my google test document! (You can tell it's a google doc from all the different colors and typefaces!) Seems like it's about the same as blogger, except that it's probably easier to edit. And you can create essays for school or resumes for work. Fun! Maybe it has a few more fonts to choose from. Or if you need to work on a document at work and at home as long as you have an internet connection. That seems pretty cool. Brrrr! Actually, this is kinda like the poor man's (or woman's) Word. How cool is that! Sub-zero, dudes (and dude-ettes)! Now you don't have to pay 200+ buckaroos for the software. So, what's the catch? I haven't got a clue. Oh, and since this is connected to the internet, I bet it's easier to add links. http://www.monkeygamer42.blogspot.com/ Very cool. Wow, looks like you can create web-pages with this, too! Nifty. Gotta wonder how all these web 2.0 sites can remember all this stuff that's shared on them. Well, it's cool that it's not taking up my computer.

Learnin & playin & playin @ Learn & play @ CML

So, this is a fun exercise. Of couse, I like promoting my favorite t.v. show - Doctor Who. Ah, but I get ahead of myself. Linking my blog on the favorites page ( http://learnandplaycml.pbwiki.com/Favorite-Blogs ) was pretty easy. . . and typing about my fav. t.v. show was also pretty easy, too. It's cool to see what your co-workers are watching. I had a bit of trouble trying to link one of my favorite books on the web-site. Apparently, It's still not linked either. I kept saving it then re-editing it trying to get the link to work to no avail. Sorry, y'all, but you're gonna have to hand type it in to the catalog. Waaaa! .Overall, though, on the Learn & play @ CML stuff, I don't know how much I'll use it. Honestly, with all this stuff to keep track of, it's a wonder I can still remember my password to blog anymore. Here's a very cool Doctor Who montage found on flickr: