Finish line!

I had a lot of fun doing the 23 Things. I think I gathered a few things I'll use again in the future, and for the things I won't at least I know the option is there. I feel like I was cheating since I already knew how to do most of it! LOL ;D

I have to say that I already knew I was a nerd, but I discovered that I'm an uber nerd after doing this. Self awareness is a good thing, right?

NetLibrary home of the Estuff

I'm not a huge fan of audio books myself, but I do use ebooks from time to time. One ebook I remember reading was "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," which I didn't get from Netlibrary but from another website. It's nice to have the option to download a book right on your computer when you need it. Especially if you don't want to buy it and the library's copy is out.

What I like about Netlibrary is that it's really easy to navigate. Once you get your username and password it's pretty self-explanatory.

Rollyo

I finally did my Rollyo account and if you want to check out the search roll I made click here.

I didn't know what to make so I just threw a bunch of my anime/manga resources together to make an anime search roll. I'm not sure how much I'll use my Rollyo account but it's nice to know I have the option of putting all my favorite websites in one place for one big search instead of a bunch of separate ones.

I actually think it would come in handy for people who are just learning to use the Internet. As much as I love Google I'm always hesitant to have someone new to computers trying to learn search engines when the possibility is high they'll end up somewhere shady. I think a site like Rollyo would be great for making a safe search engine for someone who just wants to practice getting information until they learn what signs they need to watch for on those unsafe websites.

I'm sleepy.
I'll post the last of my 23 things tomorrow.

23 Things, Week 8

^Okay so I picked that video for one reason. I was watching funny commercials with a friend the other night and she sent me this one. Best deodorant commercial ever.

As far as podcasts go, there are only two that I follow. One would be 4 Player Podcast which is four guys who play video games on live stream. That's probably my favorite, but it wouldn't be appropriate to link here.

The other one I listen to from time to time is harperteens. Usually they have authors on to talk about their new books coming out. You can find that one here. I found that one when I was looking up Michele Jaffe.

Zoho, Zoho, it's off to work we go

Before doing the set of things for this week I had never heard of Zoho. I think it's a GREAT idea. With so many versions of Microsoft Word, and the other programs like Microsoft Works and OpenOffice it can be a real pain if someone doesn't own their own printer. A lot of people use flash drives to transport their files to public computers to print out their documents, and depending on the program they used the document can't be printed.

That can be a real hassle, so I definitely see the perks if more people would use Zoho.

Number 1. HELLO, it's free.

Number 2. None of this "file won't open" crap. Only thing you would have to worry about is if the site would have some down time. Big deal, you might have to plan ahead.

Number 3. Your documents are all saved right there in your account. If your computer crashes THEY WILL STILL BE THERE. VICTORY!

Number 4. Again. It's FREE.

Moving on to the catalog search -- I use the catalog every time I'm at work. What I like about it is that it's very user-friendly. I always liked that I could reserve things from home, and often I log in to check to see what items I still have.

Wikiddy doo da

I'm just going to say this right away. I LOVE using wikis. I'm on Wikipedia daily (along with google, but that's a different story) and of course, there's the Wiki we use for work. Having all that information in one place is great.

I'm also a frequent user of the "wikia" pages. I mainly use them for looking up facts that happened in a video game I played awhile ago. Two of my favorites are the Ace Attorney, and the Fire Emblem wikias. Probably my favorite thing to do is look up character profiles to get more details on the characters in the game.

I might eventually make my own wiki but I don't need one at the moment. If I would ever get involved in a project with a group of people it would be my first thought to make a Wiki for us to keep each other up to date.

So yeah, wikis are awesome.

Delicious and Technorati

So I spent some time exploring both websites. I made a Delicious account and bookmarked a few things. I can definitely see myself using this again in the future. I was messing around and found a few websites I plan on exploring more thoroughly.

I think Delicious is a great idea. I can't tell you how many times I've forgotten a website I wanted to visit again, or marked something in my favorites and when I went to use it I couldn't find it.

I also spent some time on Technorati. I think I'd use that more if I knew exactly what I was looking for. I did find some interesting blogs with some of the searches I did. I spent a lot of time looking up art blogs. I found a couple I might start to follow.

I've been using tags for awhile but now I feel like I know more about them, and that I can use them better to my advantage. I notice more and more websites incorporating tags into their formats. I think it's a great way to keep organized. Which I don't know about you guys, but I can use all the help I can get!

Thing #9 and Thing # 11

I had a blast with the generators and I already bookmarked the websites for future use. I used the candy heart generator on imagechef for the graphic above. If you wanna make your own click here!

Since Rollyo is still undergoing "maintainance" (LOL, Their spelling, not mine.) I'm going to skip ahead and also link my glog --

Do Not Cross

This took me forever and a half to make. I was brainstorming about what to do with it, and my mom said "NO PHOENIX WRIGHT," so instead of just doing Phoenix Wright I did anything mystery/crime related that I like. =D (He's still there though. HA!) I really don't like the fingerprint background but it was all I could find. I guess fingerprints aren't very popular. Huh.

It's really in your face and kinda painful on the eyes. I apologize. LOL.

It was interesting working in glogster. I might try it again the future.

I'm going to go die now. Will do Thing 10 when the site goes back up.

EDIT: I got rid of that horrible blue background. It's still obnoxious but at least it's not blue. ;D

Adventures with RSS

So I thought it would be a good idea to take a break from my geeking out with the awesome new Ace Attorney game and post up my "things" for this week.

I had a lot of fun working in Bloglines and learning how to use the website. I already used RSS feeds by saving them into my favorites menu under the "Feeds" tab. I like doing it that way just because it's a bit faster and I don't have to login anywhere to get to my feeds.

However, what's great about Blogline is that if your computer ever gets a virus you won't lose all the feeds you subscribed to. (Unless you back-up your favorites menu frequently, which I do not.) I recently experienced this and it's not a fun time. Another thing I like about using Bloglines is that I can access it anywhere I have internet. That way if I'm at a friends house all I have to do is enter my info and bam, all my feeds right there.

Anyway, enough of my rambling. If you're interested in what I subscribed to here's my account.

Flickr-ing

Akuriko as Princess Zelda
Originally uploaded by Totally Toasty Photography

So I wasn't sure how to go about picking a picture for this. Then on a whim I decided to look up cosplay photos. I'm really interested in cosplay as an art form. I think it's pretty amazing how people can make such detailed costumes.

Anyway, I picked this picture because I'm currently playing a Legend of Zelda game (the girl is cosplaying Zelda) and I think this particular picture matches the atmosphere of the games extremely well.

If you're interested in more of Totally Toasty Photography's cosplay photos click here.

And so the fun begins

Blogger and I have an old friendship. I've had a media blog hosted here since September of 08, and I enjoy blogging very much. I'm not sure if I'll use this after we finish our 23 things, but I'm looking forward to learning new stuff that I might be able to incorporate into my other projects.



Here's to the new adventure!