Wow!

Wow! I won the laptop! How lucky was that! It's still a little hard to believe. Now I have to go shopping. If you have any hints, suggestions, tips, etc. about buying a laptop, please share them with me! Thanks. And thanks to all who organized the Library 2.0 project! To think one week when I couldn't grasp the lesson, I almost gave up on the entire project. I'm certainly glad now that I didn't.

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho

My week of holidays is done. It's back to work I go! I've had a wonderful week off. Now I head in to see what work awaits me. And I must remember the following quote:
"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."
- Anne Frank -

The end of summer

It's the end of summer! Autumn arrives tomorrow morning at 5:51! I just finished a week of holidays, and what wonderful weather I had. It was like summer, without the high humidity. Perfect weather!

Happy Autumn everyone!

What a wonderful world!

I'm on holidays, supper is cooking and I'm checking out staff blogs. Thought I'd add a little to my own. I'm so lucky - getting this gorgeous weather for the week I'm off work!

What a Wonderful World!

I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and you

And I think to myself
What a Wonderful World

The colors of the rainbows
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by

I see friends shaking hands
Saying - How do you do?
They're really saying
I love you

And I think to myself
What a Wonderful World

Ohhhhh, yesss...

Check out the following from America's Got Talent: Terry Fator (ventriloquist, impersonator, singer, comedian) with Winston the Turtle's impersonation of Kermit the Frog singing Louis Armstrong's - What a Wonderful World.

Terry ended up winning America's Got Talent this year. Brian and I were rooting for him - he's so talented and seems like such a nice guy. Enjoy!

Shoe

The libraries have become my candy store.
~ Juliana Kimball ~

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.
~ Emilie Buchwald ~

Free books

http://www.wowio.com/index.asp offers an impressive library of free book downloads: Titles by Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Aldous Huxley, Edgar Allan Poe and H.G. Wells are among the classics users can choose.

The site's coolest feature might be its wealth of comic books, though: Even though it costs nothing to download a comic, creators still get paid each time one of their titles is downloaded on the site. That's good exposure for the artists, and users are exposed to an endless array of books at no cost. Everybody wins!

I got the above information from http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/

Last night's rainbow

Never judge a book by its movie.
~ J. W. Eagan ~

Misty Lake Jigsaw Puzzle

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.
~ Rita Mae Brown ~

Yesterday

I did it!

Well, I’ve finished the 9 weeks of Library 2.0 and I feel I’ve learned a lot. My favourite parts of the exercises were creating my blog and updating it. I also enjoyed YouTube and think I will enjoy NetLibrary once I have an MP3 player. Some sites I may never visit again, but it’s good to know that they’re out there.

The program has assisted me with lifelong learning goals in that it’s taught me that even when I feel like I will never get something (i.e. del.icio.us) if I persevere, and am not afraid to ask for help, I can finally get it! I don’t think I’m the best of students – I tend to procrastinate. The weekly draws for an ipod were a good incentive for me to finish things in the allotted time.

I plan to continue with my blog, but like Tim, it won’t be a work blog any longer, but a personal blog, just for fun. And it will be a continuing learning process.

As others have already mentioned, if we were to do another course (in which I would probably participate – depending on the topic) I would prefer that it be during the winter months.

Thanks to everyone who planned and set up this course for us. And thanks to all the participants. It has been fun (most of the time), hasn’t it? I hope you will continue to blog, as I enjoy reading them.

An interesting staffing choice...

And we thought we were having trouble with passwords...

"My kids love surfing the Web, and they keep track of their passwords by writing them on Post-it notes. I noticed their Disney password was "MickeyMinnieGoofyPluto," and so I asked why it was so long.
"Because," my son explained, "they say it has to have at least four characters.""

Audio books

I went into Net Library and browsed. I didn't have much luck at all doing searches. Seems the authors I was searching for weren't there! So I went with the Browse By Subject list. This was much better. I saw some titles that I thought might be of interest to me. However, when I clicked on "show details", and then tried to "listen to preview" I got the message "Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded." So I left that alone!

I think once I have an MP3 player I might try downloading a book into it (if I can figure out how!). For now, I just explored the site.

Podcasts

Podcasts are interesting.

I found a book review podcast called "Rachel's Reviews". (This might be of particular interest to the CYS department as they seem to be books for young people.) I think Rachel is a high school student. I've added it to my bloglines. If you're interested here is the address: http://rachelsreviews.libsyn.com/rss.

I found old radio shows (i.e. Red Skelton) which I think my Dad would really enjoy.

Podcasts are something I will definitely return to for more study.

YouTube

So, I checked out YouTube. I can see how I could "waste" a lot of time there! I've posted three YouTube videos that I thought you might find interesting/entertaining. One is from the t.v. show "Friends", which was one of my favourites, and this was an episode that still makes me laugh out loud. I searched for "Owen Sound" on YouTube and found lots of videos. I chose one of the demolition of the Queen's hotel. The third one I chose is a library cheer! (Ever wonder what staff learn when they go away to conferences? Mmmmm......)




The biggest problem I found with YouTube is that our computer at home won't play the entire video in one motion - it plays a few seconds, pauses, plays a few seconds, pauses... It is quite frustrating, and takes a lot longer to watch the video. The other thing I found was that a lot of the videos seem to be very dark (lighting-wise). It is an interesting site to visit when you have time on your hands.