23 things #12

Rollyo - hmmm - interesting concept. I can see the application for a number of reference related activities such as homework, government info, genealogy, etc. I see less use for it on the personal interests level. Sites come and go and if you only limit yourself to what you've found already, you may miss a lot of stuff. I don't see myself using this tool too often.

Nonetheless, I created an account and added a search roll for some of the places we like to take the kids in and around Baltimore, Harford County, and Pennsylvania. Here's the link:

http://www.rollyo.com/lpm0502/jzn_favorite_places/

23 things #11

I'm just getting back to my 23 things after a week or so of being occupied with other stuff. I looked at the LibraryThing info a couple of days ago and just had a chance to create an account. I thought I'd start off adding titles from my collection of signed books. I'm not sure I'd ever have the time or desire to add everything and maintain it, but it is a little fun to see them all lined up. Now if I could keep them all lined up perfectly like that in real life - the majority of them are children's books, so I'm constantly reordering them after my childrens' little hands have been into them. That's okay, though. That's what books are for, right? To be enjoyed.

Here's the link to my collection:
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/lpm0502

23 things #10

I've spent some time exploring a variety of image generators and all I can say is wow! You can go just about anything with them. I liked the YourGen text genrator (www.yourgen.com). It generates all sorts of unique fonts. I used it to change the font on my blog title. I also created an avitar on Meez (www.meez.com). I posted it at the top of my blog. Now if only I could superimpose 3 kids hanging on to my legs, it would be perfect. I'm sure there's an image generator that would do it, but my fiction collection is calling my name.

23 things #9

I explored the Merlin site and added the feed to my bloglines account. My account has just been activated, so I haven't yet logged in.

I also looked at the a number of the search tools. Technorati was easy to use and brought back tons of information. I did a search on Reader's Advisory and found the blog I just created (about 2 hours ago) for a personal project. Wow, that's fast! I'm sure that you can find something on just about anything out there. I searched for "underwater basket weaving" - a term from maybe middle school when a teacher used that expressison (his own, I think) whenever someone wasn't paying attention or was doing something wrong. Technorati retrieved 2 blogs with those words.

I don't have much more to say today, so I'll be back after I finish the next thing.