Showing posts with label techie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label techie. Show all posts

Friday, March 20, 2009

Got my new "Thing" covered


I waited and waited for the case for my Kindle... it just arrived day before yesterday and here it is! Isn't it pretty in purple? It turns into a stand so I can stand up my Kindle on the counter and read a recipe or let me be hands free doing something else while it reads to me!

Friday, March 13, 2009

My New "Thing"

So I saved my $1 bills up for over a year and I had enough to buy my new "thing" ! I love my new "thing"! It's handy dandy and I'm having an awful lot of fun with it. It now holds my King James Bible, Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotional, several Jane Austen titles, not to mention several other free books that are dear to my heart!

Much love goes out to my dear husband who puts up with both my love of books AND technology. My new "thing" combines the two into one lovable device!

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Just wondering....

Well, I've been sick with the flu and so I've been spending a little bit of time on the computer. If you can picture me dragging myself into the computer room and lolling on the desk in front of the monitor you'd get a good idea of how wonderful I've felt. Not a pretty picture. I haven't brushed my hair in two days... Anyways, I thought I'd do a little housecleaning on my blog reader and it made me wonder which blog reader do you all use? I just switched from "Sage"; a Firefox extension, to Google Reader. Sage seemed a little clunky and took up desktop space so-- out it went. I took some time to organize all my blogs into files within Google Reader, so I've got Idaho Sisters, Indy Sisters, Colorado Sisters, Oklahoma Sisters, Oregon Sisters-other (sister's from my hometown are under plain Sisters), Homemaking, Library and Geeky. Okay, the Geeky one came with Google Reader, but hey, I do keep up with some blogs that could be considered Geeky.

So, how do you all read your blogs? Do you just randomly show up at all the blogs to see if someone has written lately? Do you use an RSS feed in your bookmarks toolbar? Bloglines? Come on everyone, 'fess up. How do you keep up with reading new posts on your blogs?

Friday, February 22, 2008

Online NW

On Friday I got a chance to go to a conference called Online NW . I went in my capacity as a Community Library Specialist, which is my other persona, when I'm not keeping home as a Wife/Momma/Grammy. I am really interested in bringing my little library into Web 2.0. In fact there is a name for this, it's Library 2.0. If you are not familiar with the name, Web 2.0, you are at least participating in it by reading this blog and having your own blog. Any kind of blog, wiki, podcast, vodcast, widget, blidget, etc. is part of Web 2.0. Next generation Internet. So, Library 2.0 is using the tools of Web 2.0 in a library setting; more precisely on library websites. Here is a link to my library's website http://thebestlibrary.net/corvallis/default.asp You can navigate to my New Monroe Library Blog by clicking on the Monroe tab and you'll see my 3rd blog. Not very interesting unless you are excited about a new library building for Monroe. All of you who have put blingy things on your blogs like LibraryThing, or counters, or YouTube videos or even posting pictures are definitely using Web 2.0 and I applaud your interest in new Web 2.o technology! (sound of clapping!) Here is a new tool I heard about at Online NW, you can use it to check on how many people are visiting your blog, how long they stay on your site, and where they are located. Have fun! It's called Get Clicky and it's found here: http://getclicky.com/

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