Thing 9 - Merlin, etc.

I had a lesson on Merlin last year with Nini so I didn't spend a lot of time investigating it now. I did look at online learning and will keep up on the free classes offered. SirsiDynix offers some stuff that goes along with our system. The search tools for feeds were somewhat overwhelming for me right now - way too many choices. I think I will just choose some as I find them. I did find another one on Stephen Abram's blog since he had a button for 'related feeds'. The new one is put out by LITA (Library and Information Technology Assoc.) and they talk about things like the top tech. trends of 2007 - http://litablog.org/
I decided I am going to look at Meez at home - it will take way too long to play with!

Thing 8 - Bloglines

Okay, I registered. I have gone to many workshops that discussed RSS feeds and how they work. Thought they were an interesting concept so I'm glad I finally had the opportunity to try. Though I can't think of what I need to have sent to me 'right away'. I already had the comic "Unshelved" emailed to me everyday; but I added it to bloglines anyway. If I use it I may cancel the email. I also haven't forced myself to find 10 - will add more when something interesting to me comes up. I did put in some Cecil County blogs and Erica Hassler's. My best library feed, so far, is "Stephen's Lighthouse" - by Stephen Abram, SirsiDynix vice president of Innovation (at least he used to be) who calls it "Stuff of interest to me that may be of interest to library folk." He is a wonderful speaker with good ideas about the future of libraries.
I also went to a session on adding the RSS feed to our website/catalog. I'm afraid it made my head hurt because I would need API training to do it. It made the other tech people I was with blurry eyed too!

More Thing 7 - Our One-Eyed Jack

This was more of my tech goal - I uploaded from the camera. Much easier than I expected, just had to plug in a cable. Now I can bore everyone with garden pictures! This is another member of the family that few know about. Her name is Peanut and she is about 12 years old. My DD found her on the side of the road and she fit in the palm of my hand. (Hence her name.) Last year her eye became infected so we had to have it removed. She seems no worse for wear and is quite content; she eats, sleeps and lies in the sun like all other cats and is waiting for me when I come out in the mornings.

Thing 7 - Anything Technology

This is just a report on my new technology goal - using a digital camera. When I mentioned this to my DD, she said she needed a new one and off we went to Best Buy. She picked out the Canon PowerShot SD750 (whatever!), and she did get me my own memory card. It's hard to find the time to work with it, let alone having her home to help me; so I am still just looking through the basic guide - there is a bigger advanced guide yet! I am thrilled to report that I can 1) turn it on in the correct mode, 2) scroll through the pictures (hers - thank goodness no "Girls Gone Wild!" but close), 3) change the memory card, 4) take a picture (not a movie, which I did by mistake), and 5) erase the ones I don't want! I thought that was a big accomplishment for one evening, so I am going to take some more pictures (I have the camera until Thursday, when she will be playing golf with a retired Oriole). Then I need to learn to put them on my computer. You'll know when I learn that step. Sorry - no pictures of "girls gone wild".

Thing 6 - in memory of Cookie (flickr movie poster)

My creation
Originally uploaded by f22jack

This is our dalmatian Cookie, who passed away on April 16, 2007. She was 10 years old and her official name was Cookies and Cream (like the ice cream). I should say she was Billy's dog because she only tolerated me. Oh well, the books said that dalmatians were one master dogs! This is not really Cookie on the poster but she was a pretty dalmatian even if she was mean to others. Maybe I should have rated it R for "really scary". Though she drove me crazy at times, I still miss her.

Still Thing 5 - Addicted to sunflowers!

Addicted to sunflowers!
Originally uploaded by lpn2rn40

Thanks Edwar! I did it all by myself. The title of this picture is a good description of me. I could go a little crazy with this since there are 93,549 photos associated with "sunflowers" on flickr as of right now. So I will stop here (for now) and go on to working on Thing 6.

Thing 5 - Sunflowers in the Dark 2 (mosaic)

I like the way this picture looks against the black background.

Sunflowers in the Dark 2 (mosaic)
Originally uploaded by Roger Lynn

This is my first successful attempt at flickr - won't tell how many tries it took; but I did learn how to delete posts while I was working on it. I may have to try this on my own a few more times.