Generators

So this week we're supposed to go online and play with image generators. I had fun playing with all of the suggested generators there are out there.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Jigsaw Puzzle Generator:

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/jigsaw.php
On this site, you can turn your photos into a jigsaw puzzle. I thought it looked kinda cool. Here is a picture that I transformed:


It's of a waterfall along the Appalachian Trail in VA (one of my favorite places).

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Lost Theory Generator:

http://www.lost-theory-generator.com/

This was also a fun generator. I'm a big fan of Lost so, it was cool to read the different ideas of what is the reason behind the island. One gripe though: the makers of this site need to update the page b/c the theories are based on things that were revealed a couple of years ago.

Amazing Fact Generator:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/amazingfactgenerator/?p=210

Ok, this is by far my favorite generator of all. I could sit here all day and read these little bits of trivia...but unfortunately I have other things I need to do!

RSS

RSS feeds definitely make searching for information you use all the time much easier. It is neat that I can put everything onto one place so that I don't have to go all over the place looking for info.

Already at work, I have a huge list of favorites sites that I use for Reference, so this would be just one step further, showing me new updates on those sites. For example, I could easily look up the NYTimes bestseller list without having to locate it in a drawer. RSS feeds could also be great in my personal life to get the newest news and changes from all of my favorite sites.

Interesting Technology

Once you get the hang of using Flickr, it is really fun and easy to use. I had never used the site before, but I think I will start in the future. It's really simple to upload photos onto a blog too - you don't have to jump back and forth between websites. Once you've set everything up in Flikr, you can just upload the photo, add text and a heading, and you're all set!

Flikr Photo

On May 3rd, we had a Bluegrass Celebration here at JB. We had a bluegrass band, crafts for the kids, food and drinks. It was such a fun day for everyone.

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Originally uploaded by hickmana23things

This is a picture of all of the yummy snacks we had. The popcorn (in the brown bags), took many staff members several hours to pop, trading off every so often. It all turned out well, there was nothing left at the end of the day!

Blogging in Libraries

I think that blogging in libraries can be really useful. It's a really easy and cheap way to get information out to the public about upcoming events, successful events, useful information, reader's advisory book lists, etc. If the link to the blog is prominently displayed on the library homepage, as well as other related pages (programming page, RA page, databases page, etc.) it will be well used.

7 1/2 habits of highly successful lifelong learners

I'm looking forward to using the 7 1/2 habits. I think that the most difficult habit for me to follow is habit 1: begin with the end in mind. I think it might be a little difficult to envision the end product before I've even begun.