Favorite Humorous Library Quotes

"Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf. Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure. But th' shelf is th' main thing." Finley Peter Dunne
"The Librarian was, of course, very much in favour of reading in general, but readers in particular got on his nerves...He liked people who loved and respected books, and the best way to do that, in the Librarian's opinion, was to leave them on the shelves where Nature intended them to be." Terry Pratchett

Monday, July 30, 2007

Flickr has Porn

Guess what picture I saw when I did a search for "books"? I wish I could have added it to my blog but, alas!, the picture of three nekkid women squeezing each others' ahem! stuff was not bloggable! In all seriousness, parents--be warned!!!!

Library Links

Who would have thought that librarians would come up with so many web sites? Are their libraries less busy than ours? Are they single w/o children and hence able to spend large quantities of time writing endlessly about their professions? Does the high number of blogs indicate that librarians--as a group--need to get a life?

RSS Feeds aka SPAM I asked for

I have mixed feelings about the whole idea of RSS feeds...it's like a mailbox full of spam because even if you wanted that info initially it quickly becomes too much... Bloglines is uninspiring, awkward, and ugly. The Google reader is better.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Flickr mashups


My creation
Originally uploaded by xena zelda
Once I saw this photo I couldn't resist! :-) It is so NOT me!! :-) I can see how someone might have a great deal of fun with the different things you can do with photos from Flickr.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Fun with Flickr

This is the way I feel about learning all of these new things--like a mere babe!

Learning to Love Learning

The step I find the most difficult is using technology to learn. This really moves me out of my comfort zone. I have to learn something new to learn something?!? On the other hand, I enjoy sharing with others what I have learned--the bonus being is that it helps to cement things into my brain.