Yes, I'm still at it. Blogging has proved totally addictive, and somehow I always endup on my own blogpages. Looked back at the work I did on RSS feeds and copied some of the URLs to my blogpage. NZ life and leisure is a magazine that has lots of positive and interesting stuff about people doing things Here in NZ. I started reading a copy as I waited for my car's Warrant of Fitness (yay! passed) and was really impressed by the article on Aaron Kereopa, an artist who carves surfboards. His life story is a real inspiration, and his creations are so beautiful and original they just wow me. "The shifted librarian" (yes, thats shIfted, not shafted or shit-fed, although sometimes we might feel a little that way) was from an RSS feed, maybe other libo's out there might find interesting. Some of it is way subversive, which is great, because librarians are subversive people. Free information for everyone - in light of some of the world's regimes, this is subversive stuff.
I'm at the end of my five book challenge now, but I've given the fairies and elves the shove and have opted for cyberpunk instead. I'm really enjoying Cory Doctorow's "Makers" which has a sort of Bladerunner feel about it, but a lot less grim. Read it and see what can be done with RFID's, and how to convert Disney's Fantasyland into a Goth homepark.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
1500
The library I work for (Christchurch City Libraries, Christchurch , New Zealand has just celebrated its 1500th blog posting.
You should look at it. Its a great website.
I've just been looking at screensavers, and read that free screensavers are the most frequent source of virii and "malware". I love this word malware - malevolent software coming at you like a great white shark, to the place where you surf and blog. Urgh.
You should look at it. Its a great website.
I've just been looking at screensavers, and read that free screensavers are the most frequent source of virii and "malware". I love this word malware - malevolent software coming at you like a great white shark, to the place where you surf and blog. Urgh.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Today
Today we are going through the last phase of out CCLearn course, assessment and reflection. I have found the course very good, it has introduced me to a lot of aspects of cyberspace that I had little or no understanding of. It was good to get some time to play, rather than squeezed in between doing other things. I am not a good multi-tasker, and learn best when focused on one thing at a time. Remember the days when multi-tasking was all? Thankfully the tide is turning, and now management and human resources people are realizing that expecting staff to do four things at once is a recipe for having four things done poorly, instead of one thing done really well. It is not possible to pursue excellence and multi-tasking at the same time. Did Einstein multi-task? Did Galileo? The hell they did.
Yesterday I carried out my part of the Landcare Garden Bird Survey, which involved standing in the garden for an hour, counting birds. It was a sunny day, though not warm, so I fortified myself with several Irish coffees. (well, Scots coffee really, because the whisky was Glenfiddich). Counted lots of blackbirds, silvereyes and sparrows, which was what I expected. Found the first snowdrops in the garden, the first celandines and hellebores.
Yesterday I carried out my part of the Landcare Garden Bird Survey, which involved standing in the garden for an hour, counting birds. It was a sunny day, though not warm, so I fortified myself with several Irish coffees. (well, Scots coffee really, because the whisky was Glenfiddich). Counted lots of blackbirds, silvereyes and sparrows, which was what I expected. Found the first snowdrops in the garden, the first celandines and hellebores.
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