delicious....?

When I first went on del.icio.us I was very confused. i really did not know what I was looking at or what I was suppose to do. But, with the help of Kathy Lanzim, I understand. I think del.icio.us is a good site and very useful. I like how I can get my favorites from any computer just by logging on to this site. I have so many favorites on my computer that I can barely find anything because my list is so long. when I have more time I will definitely create myself an account and then delete my favorites from my computer and add them to my del.icio.us.

Something About Cats

I think WorldCat is interesting. I like how it tells you whether the library has the book, CD, cassette, or all three. I also like how it gives you information about the book without having to go get the book and realise it wasn't what you thought it was about. I also think it is a very convenient site. If you want a book subject you can refine the search by looking at different years, different types of books, such large print, braille, audio, or DVD. I don't know how often I would use WorldCat, but I definitely think it would come in handy.

thanks NetLibrary!

The topic I searched for was sign language. A lot of results came up which is good. I think NetLibrary is interesting and very helpful. It gives a description of the book, much like World cats does, (yes, I cheated and i did World Cats first, but thanks to drafting my post will be after this one). Something that is very helpful is that you can view the Ebook. This is my favorite part of NetLibrary. however, i am not sure if it actually lets you see the whole book. the one sign language book I looked at is not showing the actual signs, which would be really neat if it did because then i could just sit at my computer and learn. I actually have a sign language book but it is very hard to hold the page open and use both hands to "speak" at the same time. Ebooks would be very handy for this.
And it does. the ebooks on NetLibrary give you all the contents that are in the book. I really like NetLibrary now because I can check out books before buying them, or checking them out and realizing they were no help. Thanks NetLibrary!
I think NetLibrary is easy enough to show a customer how to use it.

Books!

http://www.librarything.com/catalog/xorissacakeox <---- My library thing catalog.

I liked this challenge because it was very easy to do. Although they don't have all the books I was looking for, I found it easy to search and add. The most popular in my catalog was Harry Potter. I found an interesting review on one of the Harry Potter Books...I think it is in german! ha..I think that is cool. My favorite review I found was on Chronicles of Narnia. About the author the person wrote, "He writes for youngsters...with much to say to adults."

Tech-nol-o-gy

While reading the discovery exercise for this challenge and how it is about technology, two things popped into my mind. First, was E-books. Now, when I first saw the article about E-books in Entertainment Weekly I admit I was interested. However, that only lasted a little while. I came to my senses after my brain said, "Helloooo! You already have bad eyes, which are becoming increasingly worse, stay away from E-books!" Well, on a serious note, I do think computers have a lot to do with my bad eyes. I don't think E-Books are bad, but I like the comfort a paperback or hardcover in my hand. However, maybe since technology is such a fad in our country, (with I-Pods, I-macs, I-homes, and now E-books), kids will read more because of the convenience and popularity.
Second thing that came to mind was how technology will be the end of our world. Well, not really, it's just something I always say. We are so dependant on technology that it could very well be our end. I don't think it will be the reason for the end of our world, but I do think about it from time to time, how much our country "needs" it. Something I often fantasize about while working is an advanced technology system for the library. A futuristic library would have tubes coming from the book drop to the inside of the library. Once the books pass through the slot in which they enter the library they are automatically scanned and checked in, (of course the barcode will be on the outside of all books and movies). Then from there each book will be sorted into tubes, much like pages sort carts: Children, Juvenile, J Non-fic, Mystery, Fiction, Large Print, Non-Fic, Ya, etc. They will then go through the tubes, into their sections. Once all the books are on the shelves they are sorted alphabetically. Each book is arranged and rearranged until they are all in perfect order, (That includes author, title/number, author, title). Although this would be nice; perfect order of the library, looking all neat and, well...perfect, we would all be out of a job, and I don't think any of us would like that. :D

Thing 9...I'm a little behind

Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use?
Bloglines was the easiest for me because the search came up when I clicked on the link. All I had to do was figure out what type of feeds I wanted. I also found the ones I wanted quicker than I did on the others.

Which was more confusing?
I think Syndic8 was the most confusing. I could search for the feed easily, but when all of the feeds came up I got confused by the way they were presented.

What kind of useful feeds did you find in your travels?
I searched for the same type of feed for all of the search tools to see which I liked better.

Or what kind of unusual ones did you find?
I didn't really find any unusual ones but I did find an exotic plants blog...

What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?
I just used bloglines after I realized I liked that one best.

As Dora would say, We did it! :D (need help with your RSS feed?)

I finally got my RSS feeds to work!! What I had to do was, click the RSS feed icon (usually orange), and then it would bring up another webpage. Then, I clicked subscribe, and when it asked what file, I just hit ok. Then, I went into my favorites, (a star that should be on your browser), and Clicked feeds. Then I right clicked on the feed I wanted in my blog, clicked on properties. There you will see a web address. This is the Feed address. You want to highlight and copy that address, and then place it in your blog. For this, you go to your dashboard on your blog. Click layout, add element and in the left box you will see Feed. Click that, and then paste the address you just copied in there. :D

Still having trouble with this RSS thing

So, I am still having problems with the RSS...When I created my blogliness I put them on there. I did not realize I was suppose to put it in this blog. I have one, but the rest I can't figure out how to do. I tried adding the Unshelved one, but it doesn't give me any address to put on my blog...I have to say this is my least favorite challenge. haha