7/16 Things 1-6

I don't feel the need to write a separate blog on each of these things, as they're pretty basic and simple. I did Things 1-6, including:

1. Learning about Maryland 23 things program. So yes, library administrators are training their librarians in Web 2.0. Now all those non-computer-savvy librarians who got their MLSs when we were still using actual card cataloges will be even more out of the loop. I blame the Bush administration.

2. Lifelong learning. Yeah, I do that. This week I learned how to use a trowel and how to stratify an archaeological dig unit. The week before that, I learned how to feed film into a movie-house projector at the Charles cause my friend is the projectionist there. Next week, who knows? Makes it hard to focus on just one thing or one career, but hey, at least I'll always have something to gloat over at parties. Apparently constantly learning new things keeps your brain young. I also am ridiculously good at crossword puzzles. Who knew?

3. Setting up my own blog. You're lookin' at it. Moving on.

4. Register my blog and track my progress. I don't really like this part. I registered it with the other librarians on blogspot, but I'm not interested in having some librarian I've never met leave comments about my own unique brand of cynicism/humor/curmudgeonism. It's just my way, I don't need to justify it to YOU.

5. Flickr. Mneah. You have to go thru Yahoo to use it. The first three times I tried to set up an account, yahoo collected my personal data and let me think my username/password was all go, and then "Incorrect Username/Password" kept coming up when I tried to login. Somehow, the third username/password I tried to use worked. Flickr is cool, maybe this way I can bully AG and Matt Shiver into finally giving me the photos they took of me from the Alice in Wonderland show.

6. Flickr mashups. I think these are pretty cool, especially the image-editing mashups and chart-generating sites. Really glad I learned about these.

And so, you see, I'm not up here looking at prurient websites.