Chocogram

Yeah I know we just had Easter and there is still so much Chocolate in my kitchen. The Bunnies are still sitting up on the shelf, sure that they are multiplying all by themselves.

Need some more chocolate, then have a look at this:

http://www.chocogram.com.au/mothers-day

Librarian's Day

Webolution

So now we come to the end of the road!

Finally done, finished the Webolution, and yes I have had heaps of fun during this learning journey.
Must say I am glad I have taken the time to work through all the activities, even the ones that were a little harder than first glance. But they do say that you only get back what you put in. Do always like a good challenge especially when it comes to anything computer orientated.
Guess if I had the time, I would have played around more with some of the sites and activities, cause that's always fun. But hey I had to fight the boys at home for the computer, as there just wasn't time to do it at work, and as we know, the rosters wait for no one.
Going to have a bit of playtime with some of the applications from now and maybe hunt around to see what else is out there in the big wide Webolution!
Thanks to all who worked tirelessly to make this project such a big sucess.

Activity 9

Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio

Well it looks like I have already done most of this activity early on in my blogger experience. In my first couple of post I posted links to certain Monty Python clips which are on YouTube. Have been playing around with YouTube for years. Always great fun. Love this site, what more can I say.

Well here's one of my favourites anyway!



Had already subscribed to Hamish & Andy's podcast through Bloglines, so now I just added 3 more. One for fun, one Library related and one Genealogy related. Check out my blog roll on my Blogger page: Ramblings From The Locker ~~~~ for more details...

Time for sleep.

Activity 8 ~~~~part 2

So I had a look at Web 2.0 Awards nominees and went straight to the short list.
Found some interesting stuff, some we have already covered, some I have already looked at and just felt like doing something for fun. So went to this one. Woo Hoo.
http://www.cocktailbuilder.com/
This is just way too much fun, you can do a search of what are the most popular cocktail or look at a few suggestions. The bit I liked the best, is that you can type in the ingredients that you have at home in your bar. It will generate a list of possible cocktails you can make and tell you if you need other ingredients to make a particular one. If you have a favourite cocktail that you can't find on this site, you can type it out and upload it. It does also have a couple of links to other useful sites, but I think if you started doing test cocktails, then you may not just get to these as your eyesight maybe a tad blurry by then or you have just can't stagger back to the computer after the last round of drinks.

Can I see this used in a Library context? Hmm hell yeah.. when's the next cocktail party?

Have fun... I'm going to see what I have in my bar cupboard.

Google Docs

Well had a little play with this. Very easy to use. You can create documents similar to word, power point presentations, excel spreadsheets and an on-line form. Easy to add pictures, but did try and upload a power point presentation that I already had on file and the connection kept failing. Now that could have been because the file was too large or it may have just been the Internet going nuts.
Can see the benefits of this if you need to save a document that you had been working on and you didn't bring your memory stick with you to the library (oh now when does that ever happen you say!). Well or it could be when your memory stick just does not want to communicate with our library computers (you say again, now when does that ever happen!). Anyway, seems easy to navigate.. all good.

Activity 8: Google Docs

Ok so it's Zoho Writer or Google Docs.
Going to go with Google as I already have a Google account and everyone else seems to have done the Zoho thing.

Wikis

http://hbl2webolution.pbwiki.com/

Ok so we are looking at Wikis, interesting. Having a play in the sandbox... hmmmm..

Found an interesting page that was very useful and helpful:

http://www.squidoo.com/librarywikis

Also found that CSU has it's own : http://csulibrary.wetpaint.com/

Guess there are loads of different types of applications we could use within the library. They could be internal like communicating the latest "whats on news" or the agenda for a meeting. It could be used for book reviews, school projects and just sharing information, really the possibilities are endless.

Library 2.0 and the future of Libraries

Activity 6: Library 2.0 and the future of Libraries

What does this mean to me, you may well ask!

With things in the big wide world of communications changing daily, us as a service provider needs to be able to keep up with the ever changing demands of our patrons and the fact what was new and shiny yesterday, is now old and out of date. For us as a supplier of information, we need to be able to deliver this to our patrons in the most appropriate and user friendly forms available. Our patrons need to be able to interact with this information and our services and be able to provide feedback, so we can tweak any of the little snags along the information superhighway. It's human nature, that if we find something comfortable and easy to use, we will use it more often. If we visit a place which is warm and friendly and full of helpful information and advise, we will go back there. And if we are able to interact with the technology, voice our concerns or our views, participate in group activities and the like, we will feel more at ease and be more likely to help in working towards the overall improvement wider community.
Hey but that's just my 2 cents worth! You make up your own mind.

Technorati

Activity 6 ~ Still working my way through Technorati.
Not sure if I have it down pat though, claimed my my blog from this site, but it wouldn't let me claim my blog on bloglines, no matter which way I did it, and I did try a few variations. Have to see what else I come up with.
Checked out the popular blogs and searches, some good, some rather strange. Couldn't find anything with the tag : hblwebolution
Read the section on tagging your posts and also doing doing your photos from flickr.. a little confusing but when I have more time to play with this I will see what I can do.

http://technorati.com/blogs/thewickedlibrarian.blogspot.com

Del.icio.us is

Ok, so I have hunted around Del.icio.us.is, created an account :
http://delicious.com/thewickedlibrarian
bookmarked a few things... yeah more Genealogy stuff, gee am I getting all geeky.

Rollyo

Well just opened up a Rollyo account and did a search on Genealogy. Wow what a list.

http://www.rollyo.com/explore.html?rollterm=genealogy&x=0&y=0

Going to have to go into this more thoroughly when I have heaps more time, but yeah I like this one.

Library Thing

Ok, so I have now joined "Library Thing". Do like Shelfari more though. Probably Shelfari's look is better, but hey it doesn't catalogue your books for you... so can't have everything can we!

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/thewickedlibrarian

Activity 5 ~ Scary Pic

http://www.photo-notes.net/

Activity 5 ~ Warning Sign

Hey but then it's always 12 noon somewhere in the world right!
http://www.warningsigngenerator.com/

Activity 5 ~ Street Sign

http://www.streetsigngenerator.com/

Horoscope for March 2009: Aries

Things become more settled on the professional front this month, with most of the effort needed in order to launch not just a new professional year but a whole new professional era, now behind you. That means you're able to turn your attention to your personal and your social life, both of which are demanding a lot more attention this month. The month begins with a line up of planets in your sector of friendship, teamwork and networking, giving you an opportunity to connect on both a personal and a professional level, making valuable contacts and connections, with a real sense of synchronicity in the air. It is Venus, planet of love that has her sights firmly on your love life though. Turning retrograde on the 7th March, this gives you an opportunity to take a trip down love's memory lane, with some second chances on offer, just as a new solar year, beginning on the 21st March, begins opening new doors.

A lot of the energy and effort needed to launch your professional year into orbit has been done and you're now easing back into a more manageable flight plan. That doesn't mean that there isn't a lot going on, it is just that there is not that much forward movement. With Saturn already in retrograde motion in your work sector and Pluto starting to slow down, getting ready for his retrograde move early next month, it is now about either going back over old ground or focusing on where you are now and on the task at hand. Expect some work pressure, with the Sun moving closer into an opposition with Saturn, which will peak from around the 9th to the 11th March. See this as an opportunity to create a better work/life balance, realising that you're now running a marathon, rather than a sprint. It is a Full Moon in your work sector on the 11th March that brings things to a head, creating the breakthrough you need.

Just as things are coming to a head on the social front, finally stealing your attention away from an all work and no play reality, Venus is bringing things to a head on the romantic front. The planet of love and romance begins the month already slowing down as she moves through your sign, getting ready to turn retrograde on the 7th March. It is once Venus turns retrograde that she begins a trip down love's memory lane, where over the next 6 weeks she'll evoke old romantic memories, as well as bringing second chances and stirring old ghosts from their slumber. Keep an open heart, allowing old memories to stir long forgotten feelings, without second guessing where this is going to take things. There are still many twists and turns ahead, before Venus eventually leaves your sign in June, bringing one of your most powerful Venus returns in years.

As things take on a more 'steady as she goes' mode on the professional front and with no activity in either of your money houses until the end of next month, refuse to over play your hand or read too much into a financial situation, especially any current lulls. Instead, take the opportunity to take a more generous approach to your financial game, focusing less on your own situation and more on others. Move forward with a sense of gratitude, appreciating what you have and at the same time being generous to others. What goes around really does come around, with the more you are willing to give, the more you will receive. Practice random acts of kindness, for when you give with an open hand, your hand is also open to receive. The more you are in tune with others the more you'll put your own situation into perspective, realising that money isn't the only currency that matters.

Anne Macnaughtan 2009

www.forecasters.co.nz

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The boys growing up

Well it's nearly a week, and so far so good. My little boy started Year 7 on Monday. What a change from Primary school. He has to wear a proper white shirt (ouch I can't do my top button up Mum), a tie (glad he has worked out how to do this blasted thing up, cause I can't), a blazer (oh he looks so spiffy) and the black leather lace up shoes (where's my runners gone arrrrr). Today he was so wrapped, it's PE and he gets to wear his sports uniform... yippee Shorts, Polo shirt and runners (yeah). Oh but he does look so grow up, plus he is now closer to 5ft 10in, omg, when will he stop growing.
The arm is on the mend, he still has the arm guard, they have said probably by the start of March it will be fully mended. He is itching to get back to swimming properly, instead of going up and down the pool will the kick board. Well guess that's whats happens when your Muscles been cut, he was just lucky it wasn't tendons or nerves.