Copy/Paste Feb. 11

So I went and did it. I applied for another position at in my library system. Its kinda scary. Stupid eh? Course it as scary at the thought of leaving my comfy position as a Clerk/Aide/Page, what ever you want to call it, a year and a half ago, to go to this Information Specialist I position. But what is scary is that this is an Information Specialist II position, not that much different, or so it would seem, but it is. Programming! Now, I know I can do it, but its just thinking about it can be scary for me. But I have to give a big shout out to Amy for helping me complete my application, that was a huge help honestly. I hope I get called....good luck to me.

School is slowly picking up. I have managed to do well with keeping up with assignments. I do have two papers due this Friday, so I will be in a rush with some of that stuff, but my schedule allows me to do many things without too much stress.

Amazingly, I have started something that I am actually enjoying so far. And that is exercising. Wow right? I hated it in school (grade school). But now, I have started jogging/walking on the days I have time and then continuing to do so in the garage, along with curl-ups/crunches and other types of stretching exercises. I'm kind of weary to really be hardcore about it because right now, I know my body can't exactly handle it. Perhaps its a silly thought, and perhaps I should just push myself, but I don't want to kill myself just yet. Pushing myself is what turned me off the last time, so I would rather not do that just yet. It feels good to feel guilty on days that I don't have time, or have not done it. So its a good start.

Moving on. I need to figure out if I am doing something for Spring Break, and if so, what? [sarcasm]I must say a huge thanks to work, for placing All Staff Day in the middle of my damn Spring Break. Like. They. Always. Do.[/sarcasm] Perhaps a trip to western Virginia, do some hiking and visit the caverns. It has to be something cheap cause I want to pay off my car early. Thank you tax refund.

Oh! Last week I managed to watch my show. Well the spin-off from my show, Ghost Hunters International. My god, I was so pissed. Cat fights, people running, and assumptions. I have seen most of the team before the show was created, minus two of them, and I must say, for these huge cases, they automatically go in thinking the place is haunted when it is not. I really can't wait till the first week of March when my original series comes on. Ghost Hunters, with the TAPS team, Jason, Grant, and Steve, I miss them. [/rant]

Speaking of television shows, when are my Scrubs and Office going to come back on? Damn you Writers Guild. Scrubs was on its last season of the series, and The Office was just pure brilliance. Not to say that The Apprentice is bad, it HAS gone down hill since the first season, but Omarosa is entertaining in her own way, but come one. I can only live with so much Reality TV. Which is mostly just my Ghost Hunters, or if you bring back Treasure Hunters, I would be happy.

Well for now, I am signing off. Toodles.

Week 12 - Thing 29 and Thing 30

My Web 2.0 experience....Oh. Well, I will definitely say that this was an experience. It really was fascinating how thirty minutes expanded to an hour or two of work, especially during the holidays when the libraries tend to have a good amount of people enter and exit. Granted, I am sure a good amount of people were able to learn about the tools and activities that are available on the Internets. Web 2.0 was not as it was expected though. With praises and promises that the time use of it would be slim, and there was no need to register in anything, it seemed to be more lies as Web 2.0 continued.

One of my complaints about this program is the continuous sending of participants to places that it is necessary to get the full experience of with a Log-In. Yet, it was said that there was no requirement to register to do Web 2.0. Let me count: First, register for Web 2.0. Second, register a blog. Third, set up a Bloglines account. Fourth, register a messenger. Fifth, register a Myspace. Sixth, register a Flickr. Seventh, register a LibraryThing. And Eighth, register a Rollyo. That is eight things that were asked to register with. Why is that such a complaint? Well that is a lot of passwords to remember. Most of the stuff I refused to get one, I merely said what I thought about these, then moved on. Yet, I really feel for all these people that probably did register with a lot of these things, WITH their work email, and now, the junk mail is going to start coming in greatly (like it hasn't been already) but even though most of these companies/sites say they do not sell e-mail addresses, they do most of the time.

Another complaint I have about this is that participants were only sent to some sites that are viewed as good for Web 2.0 when there are plenty of other sites that work just as well and even, in my point of view, better. They are not as commercialized and therefore don't see a lot of corruption on the website. My example for Web 2.0 is Flickr and Photobucket. Hell, even Google has a photo site. Its run by Picasa, so if you have Picasa at home, you probably have Picasa on Google.

Actually, when you think about it, if Web 2.0 was truly important to integrate into the library system, Google should have been the basis of it. Everyone knows Google, it is the new Yahoo, Microsoft...everything. Google is taking over the World. Not that it is a bad thing honestly, it would probably make things a bit more easier. OH! And Google is free. Must love the free-ness.

Now, as for commenting, I have commented on a number of people's blogs that are participating in this Web 2.0. It is nice to see people's enjoyments, or lack there of, as well as opinions and ideas that are given through this program. Most of the blogs I visited were nice and clean, though, as I pointed out in an earlier post within the program, I found it rather irritating that some people placed so many extra things in their blog layouts.

Now, for the very last part of this accursed program. This program, honestly, did not show me much of anything new. Perhaps like the mashups with Flickr, but since I do not, and will not use Flickr, its of no use to me.

I realized more and more how I prefer Mozilla Firefox over Internet Explorer. I learned that a lot of stuff on the internets are useless. I learned how difficult it is for some people to use ctrl+c and ctrl+v in a spreadsheet, as well as close a spreadsheet when done (I'm sorry. Since when does it take fifteen minutes to copy and paste something). I learned, I probably should not be so willing to get free things for a bit way too much work; but, hell, that feasibly will not change, because my generation is all about the free things, and I'm not here to make a change of perception on people my age.

As for improvements....well I would say please, please, please make sure that any links or sources that are in need to be used in this or any program work on STAFF COMPUTERS, and work in general (a little added note by EnkiduMauling). Sound, although nice, has been a problem at my branch, since a lot of the links, that were not able to be reached on staff computers could only be reached on Public computers caused a bit of chaos, since Public Computers here have had their sound cards disabled. Get more bandwidth for the city it will make a lot of this new learning for modern internets ideas.

As for next time, if there is a next time, sure. I'll participate. I'm always game for a free thing.

Now, to wait for All Staff Day to see how well this mp3 player will placate my animosity towards this program.

And I close this blog with this Poem from here:

Ode to Web 2.0 ( Bring back the bubble)

People drive Zip cars
Sip beers in bars
And talk of great ideas
We sit in cubes
Watching the YouTube
Digging for Techcrunch
Some Valley Wag
Pimps Web 2.0 schwag
While I Stumble
Some companies go bust
Yahoo and MS lust
To be like Google
The bubble burst once
Here's to the 2.0 bunce
Keep the funding coming

Week 11 - Thing 28

Well I looked over Rollyo and I have to say it is intriguing. Yet, its not something I would personally use. It does make the internet more personal for the users, and sure it can narrow down searches greatly depending on what you are looking for, but many of my sites have their own search engines and when it comes down to using it for school type searches it doesn't really fit the bill.

Complaint: Rollyo is another site where it asks for an account. And the exercise for this "Thing" asks to make an account. This another user name and password that needs to be remembered.

Enough of the damn accounts!

Needless to say, this is the last real week of exercises.

Over and out.

Week 11 - Thing 27

Library thing...Shelfari.....there are many others of internet applications that allow organization of bookshelves, CD cases and other things. But to participate in this here is my library thing shelf:

If you look to the right you will see my Shelfari bookshelf.

I absolutely prefer Shelfari over Library Thing.

Week 11 - Thing 26

Now its interesting. This weeks blog post exercise is about photo manipulation. It honestly made me laugh. To think that the directions are to manipulate pictures, whether they are just adding text or molding pictures into another.

I edit and make art using my computer constantly. Thank you Photoshop CS. Take this for example: Gaia Layout. Or this for another example:

But I will share something that I found yesterday that I thought was extremely neat to play with. You can find it by clicking this link here.

End of the Year News - As important to Me

So the word of the year for 2007 was w00t. Now as defined in the Webster English dictionary w00t (spelled with a "w," two zeroes and a "t") means expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word "yay."

Why is Fwah not on that damn list.

Week 10 - Thing 25

I think that libraries actually using something like Vod/Podcasts would be great especially for the teens. It would be helpful for those who have a hard time reading flyers and what not as well.

Short post. I have no patience for Web 2.0 today.