Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Beyond Wikipedia

It would be soooo easy to look for Wikis, to explore all the links, and the link after that, and the link after that.....pretty good way to get lost, actually. It's also a great way to collect information and make it available whenever needed, a great tool for children's librarians. It is a lot more effort than most people realize to create programs for children. We can lighten the load, so to speak, by sharing program plans.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Last stab at images

One more try for an image generator. I wasn't satisfied with my results earlier.

Here is my link: http://www.cmdr-fire.co.uk/haddock/html

If this works, one gets to see the great Captain Haddock with curses such as "Moth-eaten marmot!" or "Freshwater swabs!".

And for those of you who are wondering, Captain Haddock is not a pirate, but he is sea captain that appears in some European graphic novels for kids. We have a few of there here in CC. And what are they? Merely some of the best works ever for kids! The author's name is Herge. Check the catalog and check out one of these!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Well THAT'S disappointing!

I tried to make a cute picture with Image Chef which turned out to be a big nothing. Literally. A blank page. Better luck next time, this site is going down for maintenance.

ImageChef - Word Mosaic

ImageChef - Word Mosaic

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Technorati

Marginally interesting. 'Nuf said.

Delicious

Pretty interesting way to take your bookmarked sites with you wherever there is access to the 'Net. One could create several lists, I suppose, for professional sites or other interests. That way, the various sites can be found easily without any futile searching fueled by faulty memory.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

roll your own (ha, ha)

Cute title, "roll your own". Anyway, I worked on Rollyo but really don't plan to use it at work. Or, I could be mistaken, maybe it will come in handy. I can use it at home, but the "Favorites" option works just as well.