And Brody fired his rifle in the 1975 movie Jaws and... That's my head after a full 8 hours of playing catch-up with the rest of the 'class'.
All together, I found this to be useful. I think that libraries can take advantage of everything in here, from youtube to podcasts and from wikis to downloadable books.
I know that I'll be taking advantage of the podcasts.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Overdrive
OverDrive and sites like it will take over libraries and physical books will go away.
Of this I am sure. Ipods, mp3 players, media players, and your cell phone will be able to bring you these books that are recent without the hassle of physically going to the library, checking out a book, and sitting down somewhere to read it.
Nope, download and listen. Less steps and less trouble. (Unless your Internet connection stinks, then you're back in realityland with the physical library).
I like the concept; I just wish that there were more to choose of or regionwide sharing of audio books.
Of this I am sure. Ipods, mp3 players, media players, and your cell phone will be able to bring you these books that are recent without the hassle of physically going to the library, checking out a book, and sitting down somewhere to read it.
Nope, download and listen. Less steps and less trouble. (Unless your Internet connection stinks, then you're back in realityland with the physical library).
I like the concept; I just wish that there were more to choose of or regionwide sharing of audio books.
Podcast Podcast.... Where Art Thou?
I jumped back to Digg.com, and found they had a podcast section. (Remember, Digg is user-based, so more then likely be up-to-date).
After clicking that, I found a ungodly amount of podcasts, arranged in an order for me to pick from what genre I wanted. I'm a tech person, so I started to watch the DL.TV podcasts, thebroken podcasts, and the TWITS podcasts.
Of course, for my gaming habits, I usually check out the 1up.com podcasts, PCGamer podcasts, or the EGMLive Weekly Podcasts.
After clicking that, I found a ungodly amount of podcasts, arranged in an order for me to pick from what genre I wanted. I'm a tech person, so I started to watch the DL.TV podcasts, thebroken podcasts, and the TWITS podcasts.
Of course, for my gaming habits, I usually check out the 1up.com podcasts, PCGamer podcasts, or the EGMLive Weekly Podcasts.
Youtube
Youtube is, by far, better then TV now.
Why? I can find clips of almost anything under the sun for free. Plus, I can post them and show them to other people, which is nice.
For example, I've been playing a game for the last 3 months called Guitar Hero 2, the footage below is from Guitar Hero 1, but you get the idea of the game (minus the bad acting and cheesy costumes)
Anyway, I've recently been stuck on a song called Misirlou from Dick Dale. Below is Dale playing it live:
In order to 'beat the song', I need to play the song which is here. If I don't fail the song within the first 10 seconds of the song, I usually fail around the 1:07 time of the video. Here's the insane video of someone who beat it (note: this is a rhythm based game; you 'strum' the guitar to play a note; there is some VERY FAST STRUMMING IN THIS)
Hand hurt? It will. Guitar Hero 3 is coming out 10/29. Yes, 18 days from now. I think I feel a cold coming on *cough* *cough*
Think what you saw above was bad? Check out Dick's sang "Nitro", it will be in GH3. And I will injure myself. This I can foresee:
And just in case you want to see some really insane playing, check out this released footage of a song called "Through The Fire and Flames", this will be a real fun time. I plan on breaking something after failing this song ~1,000,000,000,000,000 times.
Yay.
Why? I can find clips of almost anything under the sun for free. Plus, I can post them and show them to other people, which is nice.
For example, I've been playing a game for the last 3 months called Guitar Hero 2, the footage below is from Guitar Hero 1, but you get the idea of the game (minus the bad acting and cheesy costumes)
Anyway, I've recently been stuck on a song called Misirlou from Dick Dale. Below is Dale playing it live:
In order to 'beat the song', I need to play the song which is here. If I don't fail the song within the first 10 seconds of the song, I usually fail around the 1:07 time of the video. Here's the insane video of someone who beat it (note: this is a rhythm based game; you 'strum' the guitar to play a note; there is some VERY FAST STRUMMING IN THIS)
Hand hurt? It will. Guitar Hero 3 is coming out 10/29. Yes, 18 days from now. I think I feel a cold coming on *cough* *cough*
Think what you saw above was bad? Check out Dick's sang "Nitro", it will be in GH3. And I will injure myself. This I can foresee:
And just in case you want to see some really insane playing, check out this released footage of a song called "Through The Fire and Flames", this will be a real fun time. I plan on breaking something after failing this song ~1,000,000,000,000,000 times.
Yay.
Google Docs
No more bickering about Microsoft Office or OpenOffice, Google Docs is the way to go!
I think I'll be using Google Docs from now on, simply because it's:
1) online
2) free
3) simple to use
4) can save as MS, OO, or .pdf (choices choices choices)
Matter of fact, I made (and published) this spreadsheet for my treadmill at home. (will be useful considering my lunch = high in carbs and calories, EEK!)
I think I'll be using Google Docs from now on, simply because it's:
1) online
2) free
3) simple to use
4) can save as MS, OO, or .pdf (choices choices choices)
Matter of fact, I made (and published) this spreadsheet for my treadmill at home. (will be useful considering my lunch = high in carbs and calories, EEK!)
Sandbox Wiki
Well, the directions say to go to click the "Favorite Blogs" from the Maryland Libraries SandBox Wiki and add something there to learn how to use a wiki. I was expecting to find some other peoples links there, but nothing was there. So I edited the main page and added my link there. >:)
#17 of 23.... almost there!
#17 of 23.... almost there!
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