#23 Definitely THE END! (for now)

I have a love/hate relationship with this whole exercise. I loved/hated it. Plain and simple.
Parts I loved: Reading the blogging of the clever people that surround me; Always having a topic of conversation @ work..."have you got this week's 'thing' done yet?", "don't rush on ahead of me BBFF, I'm going to need you to explain this week's exercise to me!" Etc. Exploring the Internet in ways I wouldn't have left to my own devices.
Parts I hated: the pressure of getting this done, beginning something and not quitting in the middle. The extra thinking involved, even tho' it was very good for me and got me thinking 'outside the box'! That's about it, not much more that I could find to hate about it!
Sure, I would probably do this again....as long as these clever people stick around to help me!!
Thanks for the opportunity to 'learn' all this stuff. It expanded my brain. Owwww, that hurts.

Long time a'comin.....

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Originally uploaded by j-panther

See that tiny little plane? Just to the left of the mirror, slightly under the Broadway sign. Yeah, now you see it!!! That, my friend, is a BLUE ANGEL. Yep. How do I know and why should we care, you ask?!?!? Well, our precious little jpanther managed to upload that pic to flickr....it took MUCH effort and patience. She only managed to upload one of about 50 shots, this being the ONE!!! So, appreciate it people. It's there for our enjoyment. That's right!

Thing 22, Audio Books

Librivox............Public domain books. Yeah, sounds good. I think I might even be interested in volunteering to read. (did I just use the V word?!?) I suppose that would not be something I would really do. I'd just more THINK about doing it!! Which wouldn't really help anyone. Sigh.
I browsed the catalogue. Perursed a few titles. Interesting. I like the idea. This could benefit someone somewhere I'm sure........... On a personal note, I wish I had a new picture of Koll to put on my blog. Well, maybe on my last entry. That's all for now.

Dear BBFF,

You are good at this, I am NOT. I am imploring you to catch up. It's not that hard. I hated going on without you, but I had to.......there was just nothing else to doooooooooooooooo. Come on, consider this your encouragement...GO BBFF GO!!!!! We can get this done together. I shall await you at #23. I'll be the one looking extremely bored. HURRY!!!!
Eternally yours,
Your BBFF

#21....Podcast....uh, yeah, whatever.......

I added Mysterious Universe Podcast to my Bloglines. Now, the interesting thing was in trying to add a link that would *snap* take you right to that podcast. HA! Even my BBFF(blogbuddyfriendforever) couldn't make THAT one happen! Sadly, if you had a hankerin' ta give a listen to information 'outside' the usual, standard info.....well, let's just say it ain't happenin' on this ole blog. maj out.

WEEK 9, Thing 20 BlueGrass...oh the humanity!!!

Yesterday I took a look at Smithsonian Global Sound. I listened to some Bluegrass music. I love the titles: Ain't Got No Home, Ain't Me Babe, Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone.
I by-passed all the 'Ain't' songs and listened to " 'Neath That Cold Grey Tomb of Stone", by the Lilly Brothers. Would I use this resource again? Oh Yeah-I thought it was very cool to have this music right at my fingertips, and so easy to use! Would I listen to Bluegrass again? Uhh....not if it was remotely possible to avoid it, no.

Thing 19....

I clicked on the 'short list' chart of winners...no loser's for me, no way! From there I chose to take a look at the games. GUESS WHAT I FOUND?!?!?!? One of the original(in fact, I think it's THE original game) games I played in the past. Yep, you guessed it-PONG. Now, I ask you, who WOULDN'T be thrilled to find the first game they ever played on their own TV?!?!?!?!?
(I'm laughing). Ok ok, anyhoo, I enjoyed this because.....well, because I love games and this was a quick and easy way to find free ones!! Yes, it's a valuable tool, if you want to find free games!
Maybe I'll even explore more of these sites on the 'short list of winners'!
mj out.

WEEK 8, THING #18....And now, here's something REALLY CUTE!!!

And now....back to our regularly scheduled program....

Week 8, Thing 18

Ahh, I find myself in Zoho Writer. Umm, yeah, ok, this is rather cool. I like it when I can just DO something on the 'net, w/o having to download anything. This is easier. Now, I AM wondering...who all has access to this?!?!? I am a private person being cajoled into writing a blog in order to earn a 'prize' that I'm not sure I can even use. Wait a minute, let me say for the record....I have very much enjoyed some of the things I have learned by this exercise. No kidding. Okok, I'll also say, yes, this has been rather interesting, the exploring I have done the past 8 weeks. And, No, I would probably never have done any of this exploring if it hadn't been for SPL2.0, all done on work time I might add!!! So, let me say THANK YOU right now. This has been a fun adventure.

...Thing 17

I went and played in the SPL wiki sand box!! Yeah, I think I could really like this wiki thing.
Go wikis Go.

Wiki Week Seven. Thing 16

Wiki Wiki Wiki. What's in a wiki? Anything and everything. What do I have to say about my wiki experience? Well, as behind the times as I am, I actually have read some on Wikipedia. When I have googled someone or something, I have been lead to Wikipedia. Someone had to exlplain to me what it was, but I grasped the idea fairly quickly and enjoyed the info I got from it. I really can see this as being a valuable and enjoyable tool for the Library to begin using. I think I might actually be interested in reading the 'wiki's' so to speak! I even like the idea of the Library being the 'hub of the community' by posting (wiki-ing?) community/library info/events.

I'm trying....just not too hard! Thing #15

It's ALL good learning, right?!?! I agree. It's just a triffle pointless for me in the season of my 'so called' ordinary life. LOLOLOL. Oh, I do crack myself up! I skimmed (barely) two of the articles....so many big words. I think Dr. Wendy Schultz used the biggest and least likely to be understood words. At least in the beginning of her article. I will admit I found her Library 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0, slightly interesting in a second-life neo-library mind gym sorta way....blah blah blah..........Here's something REALLY interesting-a picture of me and my ADORABLE little grandson. ENJOY!!!

Run, run as if your very life depended on it....who needs Technorati, anyway?? #14

Run Zumi! Run like the wind!
Originally uploaded by Malingering

Technorati, schmecknorati....What? Why why why? I ask you why? IF I wanted to monitor 90,000,000 people's blogs why would I have a job?!?!? I'd just stay in my jammies all day(and all night),drink a boat-load of coffee and stare at my computer screen...blah blah blah. Come on, aren't we still in the 'real' world here? No, wait, I don't want to sound negative.......it's just that, my interests lie elsewhere, know what I mean, Vern? Here's the thing; Technorati is easy to use, thank goodness, I could manage this one by myself. Whew! So, I guess the GOOD NEWS is, for you Technorati-types, it'll be all the rage, have fun, go for it......... I liked the flickr week better. Just goes to show ya, there's no accountin' for taste.

Hey, It's WEEK 6..YAY!!! Thing 13

It was del.icio.us...............I like the idea of being able to access 'my favorites' on a computer without my desktop. This exercise was simple enough that only 2 co-workers had to help me!! I give it two thumbs up!

It's still Week 5...THING 12!

Rollyo...not Rollo's, Rollyo...ok, cool. I like snow. I like to see pictures of snowy landscapes. I like to know where it's snowing! Now I can follow my own link (oh boy!)http://rollyo.com/maj/its_snowing/ and see those sites I have chosen. Whew! Amazing! whatever.......................!

THING 11 (and counting)

Librarything........ummmmm, perhaps not the most terrific half hour I've ever experienced. One thing I will say, I haven't thought about those particular books in a VERY LONG TIME! Here's a link to MY Library in Librarything....http://www.librarything.com/catalog/maj1007
Does ANYBODY remember these books????

Week 5, THING 10!

OK, I admit it...I am having some kind of fun with this! Who knew one could actually get enjoyment from THE GENERATOR BLOG?!?!? I should stop being surprised by this. I am spending time doing things I never knew existed before. Here's my creation, Duchess(for those of you 'in the know'....NO, this is definitely NOT a new chapter in the 'princess' diaries.) I know she LOOKS like an m&m................

Week FOUR: Number 9 Number 9

I subscribed to Spokane News from Topix.net because I didn't want just another blog but more specifically news. It was quite simple.

Week FOUR: Thing #8....

Ah, yes, my ever-growing knowledge of the internet. Can my brain really contain it all? Not sure...more later as info becomes available! You can access my bloglines list at http://www.bloglines.com/public/marciaj. I guess I can unsubscribe to some emails now. Good, less emails to read and delete.

Week THREE: Trading Card

My creation
Originally uploaded by marcia1956us

Ah, I seem to be running wild with these flickr toys. This is it ...well, till the bug bites me again!!

Week THREE: Mashup...redux #2

My creation
Originally uploaded by marcia1956us

Well, look at this MASHUP!!! Yes, you read right. MJ created a Mashup(with a little help from my friends). How do you like me now?!?!?! I guess I can be taught. Who knew?

Week THREE: Mashups...redux

Ok Ok, I said 'beautiful' not 'brilliant'. Got it?!?! I have the idea of what a mashup is (I must admit, I could careless about mashups and such) and is NOT. My former blog entry illustrates(tongue in cheek here) a (let's get this straight now) NON-technical mashup. What more can I say?

Week THREE: Mashups

Now, this mashup thingy.......ummm, I don't know why I need to know this, I will TRY to stop resisting all this new junk and just have fun with it.........ok, you know the song Every Breath You Take? The new version, by Sting and Puff Daddy (p.d., diddy...you know, what ever he calls himself now), that song is a mashup. Yeah, it sounds all mashed up, that's the truth.

Week THREE:Flickr

Library
Originally uploaded by ognipensierovo

Call me old fashioned, but this flickr stuff is very confusing. Did that stop me?!??!! Heck, no!! Am I enjoying this little trek through technology??!!!?? Heck, yeah....well, a little bit anyway! I do like this photo from flickr of the ' world's largest monastic library'. Why? Oh, I don't know, it just looks lovely.

Week ONE: Life Long Learning Week TWO: Blog

Well, it's true...there's a first time for everything. Even for me, writing a blog. Here goes........
The easiest Life Long Learning Habit for me would be to begin with the end in mind. I can be very goal oriented, in fact that's usually the easy part for me! The hardest habit for me would be to accept responsibility for my own learning and/or being slow to use technology to my advantage. I think this is basically because I'm lazy about learning new things.