Week 3, Thing 7

As a librarian, I have to say I do miss the days when I actually used books to locate answers to most of the reference questions I had. Using the computer as opposed to a book is like listening to a CD versus a record album--just too clean and sterile. I miss the smell of the pages, the sound of the spine cracking and the weight of the book in my hand.

However, as a consumer of information--I LOVE the Internet. All that information right at my fingertips--amazing. Here is a just a sampling of questions that have come up in my daily life recently for which I used the Internet to find answers:

1) I'm having people over for brunch--one keeps kosher--can I find an egg casserole recipe that doesn't contain bacon?

2) Isn't that guy on "Murder, She Wrote" the same guy I just saw in "The Boys in the Band"?

3) Is Roy Scheider still alive?

4) Who can I find to replace the wooden door on my screened in porch?

5) My new puppy has coccidia--what is that?

Week 3, Thing 6 Flickr Mashups, etc.

Looked around the Flickr site, but just couldn't get too excited about any of the Mashups and other tools. Tried Montagr, but could not get it to work. I guess if you're really into posting your photographs the tools, etc. would be fun to use, but for me, I just wasn't interested.

Week 3, Thing 5 Flickr

Corgis
Originally uploaded by Bobzpics

Here are some cute corgis to look at until I have pictures of my new puppy!
Had a little trouble at first, but once I actually read the directions uploading this picture went smoothly.

Week 1, Thing 2

I would say the easiest habit for me is to accept responsibility for my own learning. The hardest is to have confidence in myself as an effective learner. The learning process itself has not always been the most fun part of learning for me and unless I am very passionate about what I am learning, I usually wind up quitting when things get difficult.