#10 Play around with Image Generators

OK, now I COULD do this for hours...

LetterJames was fun, if rather limited....


My Simpsons avatar was too frightening to reveal to an unsuspecting world, so I'll spare you that....









The Disease Generator diagnosed me with this....
Pretty much spot on, actually.

DYSPHORIC ANTISOCIAL SPEAKING DYSFUNCTION (DASD)

is defined as the presence of sub-euphoric mental symptoms compromised by an unhealthy urge to avoid being near human beings during verbal expression.

Source: Page 187 of the DSM-IV-FE

and nice to see the Catalogue Card Generator which I had already discovered elsewhere....

#9 Finding Feeds

It is relatively painless to search for feeds on Bloglines using the "search for feeds" or "Search for posts" options - so I have tended to stick with that.
Feedster looks easy enough to use (that green screen is a bit off putting though) - I did a few searches, but didn't turn up anything startling I hadn't found on Bloglines, and the sponsored links at the top and bottom of the results list are somewhat annoying. The ability to search by format, e.g. to search for podcasts or news feeds could be useful.

I hadn't realized Ebsco had the cabapility to provide RSS feeds - for individual searches as well as publications - " You will be able to create an Alert directly from the Result List, Search History, or the Publication list. Create instant RSS feed Alerts by clicking on the orange RSS Feed icons." - tried it, and it works!

# 8 Make life "really simple" with RSS & a newsreader

I've had a Bloglines account since late last year, so I'm reasonably familiar with it.
I've added some AID Learning 2.0 participants blogs lately, and also a couple more libray related feeds.
For what it's worth, the URL address to my public bloglines account is here

#7 blog about technology....

Blog about anything technology related that interests me this week...

I heard Helene Blowers speak on Monday - for those who didn't, her blog has slides of her presentation, so there's no point in me rehashing it here.
I also found the presentation on the Darebin Historical Encyclopedia fascinating - so much work involved, but what a great resource for users and staff.
I have to say, the Second Life (join here if you like!) item, while well and enthusiastically presented, did not inspire me at all. I guess I'm just not a flying avatar type of person (I don't think much of Harry Potter either...)

On a more personal note, my readers may be surprised to discover that I have a "slight" ebay addiction... so AuctionCloud looks like a site where I might spend a little of own, non-work time.






#6 more flickr

Had a look at some flickr mashups and tools.
Retrievr [http://labs.systemone.at/retrievr/] amused me for a few minutes - it seems to pick images on colour though, rather than by shape.
Mappr and Montagr look vaguely interesting.
Looked at Fd's Flickr Toys - not much I'd want to use there, but I did create a trading card just for fun

#5 flickr

I've had a bit of a play with flickr - I'm not a photographer, so don't want to create my own account, but I've done various searches to see what's out there. Frankly, I think there's TOO MUCH! Some good images, but a lot of junk as well.
This appealed to me though -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kensingtonvictoria/543150579
They don't look like this when I get on them......

A hipper crowd of shushers.....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/fashion/08librarian.html?ex=1341460800&en=e47a5b7e5c4ae125&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Well, blog created...or is it?