Week 4, Thing 9...

I think the easier method for finding feeds for me was probably just browsing sites on my own and finding the feeds that way, to add to bloglines at my leisure. Out of the Search tools given in this exercise (since Bloglines was discussed in the previous exercise), I think I liked Technorati the most. I found the other search tools to be far more confusing, and I didn't find what I was looking for when I typed in a topic. I found a lot of unuseful feeds that didn't appear to have anything to do with what I was looking for, in the long run. I have to say though that Topix was interesting, atleast, in that fact that it gave me all sorts of news by my zipcode/hometown. That was a bit unusual, in comparison to the others. :)

Note: I subscribed to MERLIN on my Bloglines account. ;)

A few photos from my Disney World trip...

My vacation was great, but I honestly wish it had been a bit longer, as there were still other things I would've liked to have done yet. We visited all 4 of the major parks. It was a lot of fun, and I can't even begin to go into all of the details right now. It would take me hours to write-up lol. I would honestly love to share all of the pictures and videos I took, but unfortunately, there were probably well over 100, and I'm too lazy to upload them all to various places, so here are just a few photos to wet your appetite for your own Disney trip.

Since I am the PiratePrincess, I HAD to post one of the ones I took of Captain Jack Sparrow. ;) I was amused when I looked at my photos on the computer later on, to see that he was looking at my camera. This was taken during the POTC Pirates Tutorial. Oh, and to TheOriginalCraigster- no, I didn't end up having to walk the plank, lol. ;)



I'm really proud of this next photo and how well it turned out since it was sort of candid. I saw several different Aladdins throughout the course of this vacation, but this first Aladdin was my favorite of the bunch, not just in looks, but in personality. This was taken in the Magic Kingdom, not far from the Aladdin magic carpet ride in Adventureland. Aladdin and Genie had a long line of people greeting them, but I just wanted a picture OF them, so I stood on the sidelines. Without my even asking them or trying to get their attention, Aladdin looked over and noticed me standing there, got the Genie's attention, and they both posed for this cute photo for me. Isn't that sweet? :-D Thank you, Aladdin and Genie, for giving me this amusing, special memory!

I'm a Ravenclaw!

I'm
a Ravenclaw!

Whoohoo! The Sorting Hat! I'm swiping this from my friend, "Dorothy Gale." Thanks for sharing it, Dorothy! I love Harry Potter! :)

Week 4, Thing 8. RSS & Newsreaders

Arr Matey, I'm back from vacation. A few photos coming soon! :)

I have to admit that I was in the high percentage of people who didn't know what RSS or Newsfeeds were, prior to doing this exercise. Once I got a general idea of what RSS actually was, I found it to be quite interesting, but somewhat difficult to navigate. I definitely made use of the tutorial! I think it could be used to our libraries' advantages in the future, in helping patrons find out information on a great variety of subjects. I'd imagine it would probably make reference questions be more easily answered than before. I think I might even use bloglines myself, as I could read about some of my favorite topics in one place, as opposed to having to "google" EVERYTHING. I run one and belong to, a couple of yahoo groups where I help post news, and I could see this being beneficial to myself as well, in finding out new information. :)


Here is my Bloglines URL: Pirateprincess


For future reference, it will be in the links section of my sidebar. ;)

Vacation Time

Arr Matey! I have started to read about and watch the tutorials for thing 8, but will have to take a break from it, as I've run out of time for now. I'll be away this coming week on vacation in Florida visiting Mickey Mouse and some fellow pirates (perhaps there will be some cool photos here when I come back. *Wink* lol). Sorry for the inconvenience, to those of you whom I've been helping, but I'll be back on here by June 25th. Have a great one, everyone! Take care.

Week 2, Thing 4

As if my blog probably wasn't already confusing enough (haha), I'm just stepping backwards for a moment to confirm that I've registered with our liason, and downloaded the tracking log.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programing... ;)

Week 3, Thing 7 (My favorite technology, atleast for THIS week lol)

This might sound silly, but I think I'm having an affair with my digital camera. I love this thing! I even named it! lol It's the first digital camera I've ever had. My dad and stepmom gave it to me as a Christmas gift this past December. The camera is an HP Photosmart R725. It has optical zoom, and it's very user-friendly, which are 2 qualities that I really wanted in a digital camera.

I love the fact that digital cameras allow you to see the photo you've taken right away, and you have the option of deleting the picture if you didn't like the way it turned out. Except in extreme cases, there will be no more usage of disposable cameras for me! This particular camera lets you change the shooting mode and also allows you to edit your photos in some ways, add sound descriptions, etc. My camera even shoots video, as well! It's very simple to transfer the photos to your computer, too. You just plug the cable into the computer, open the software that came with the camera, hit "Transfer," and presto! Instant photos! :) I take much better quality photos now, thanks to my digital camera. I take it practically everywhere with me!

Week 3, Thing 6

Originally uploaded by 23thingspirateprincess

I had a bit of trouble understanding what mash-ups are, but I think I got the general idea. It was fun creating faux magazine covers using one of the third party sites provided. I made a pretend travel magazine cover, using a photo I took while on vacation in Clearwater Beach, Florida, a few months ago! :) I'm surprised by all of the things that can be done with Flickr photos!

Week 3, Thing 5

Mending
Originally uploaded by 23thingspirateprincess

Well, I have to admit that Flickr was a bit more confusing for me to use than some of the other places that I've uploaded photographs to on the web (I'm partial to Photobucket,personally). I'd never even heard of Flickr until I started doing "23 Things." I hope this gets easier for me, the longer I use the account. I did find tags and the way that Flickr groups photos together rather interesting though. I liked the fact that I could type in various topics into the search function, and find many photos having to do with that topic (among others), all grouped together in one place. I also appreciated the way that Flickr lets you post a photo right to your blog and sets up the entry automatically for you. That's pretty cool! :)

I'm doing exercise 5B. Here is a picture, taken by myself, that I've uploaded to my new Flickr account. You can also find it using the tag "mdlearning2" if you go to flickr.com. This photo was taken on our kick-off day for the Summer Reading program (notice the blue shirts and lei). I had decided that this was the perfect opportunity to start snapping photos, especially since it was right in time for "23 Things." Here, a co-worker of mine is working behind the Circulation desk at our library.

Note: Yes, I had her permission to post this! ;)

Hi again! (Venting)

I'm kinda bummed. I had to take down this awesome custom template I found of the talented Mr. Johnny Depp (as I am a PIRATE princess lol) because I discovered that for some reason my permalinks were not clickable with that particular template. Blahhhh! I hope I can figure out a way around that. In the meantime, I'll use this pink template, I guess!

In other news, we started our Summer Reading Program kickoff today. I took my digital camera with me and took some photos, so I can't wait to upload a picture or 2 to the flickr account I'll be creating shortly for Thing 5, and then I'll share it here.

Ciao for now! :)