http://www.librarything.com/home/cbaker

#11 About Library Thing

Fun and easy to do.....I added 5 very different books because I wanted to see comments, etc for each. I think this is a site where I could spent lots of time, looking, reading, commenting, etc.
Should be fun!!

#10--Hey, I did it....found the "add a gadget" and added the picture to my post. Not at all difficult, but just took a few more steps. I thought I could cut and paste it in, and that didn't work.

#10

I've had fun playing around with the image generator, and have made a dummies book cover, but I cannot get it into my blog. Any ideas? It is now save on "my pictures."

Looking at the various search tools available for RSS feeds was interesting. Technorati was too slow in opening--sound just like a customer, don't I? And Topix' page was so busy. I liked the easy searching with blogline's page.

I first tried to find feeds using the place name of St. Anthony, Newfoundland. My sister taught there many years ago and I thought it would be fun to see if there were blogs from there, or even mentioning it. Found lots of news and blogs with Newfoundland, and lots mentioning "Anthony" but none for the town.

Then I used the word "quilting" and found a number of news stories and also 5 blogs. I was surprised there were not more blogs as there are lots of quilting blogs. Maybe bloglines limits the number it lists.

I do not want to add too many RSS feeds as I already have a hard time keeping up with my email!!

I do like the idea that our library's pages can be added, because I do like the Reading Addict and want to keep up with the new posts....Great job, Nick!!

Hmmm--about technology. I love learning new stuff, but for me it has to be something that is useful and something that doesn't clutter up my life AND email. There are so many great things out there......for instance, SKYPE.

It wasn't that many years ago that we were chuckling about talking on phones and being able to see the person we were talking with. And now it is a reality. We can enjoy our granddaughter in Alaska and talk with her, watch her play with their cat. I didn't know one of my grandmothers and I really don't remember talking with my other grandma on the phone because we saw her a couple of times a week.

I will be the first to admit that skype has a long way to go, and sometimes it works fine for a few minutes, and then it suddenly goes crazy on us. But what a great piece of technology.