a few of my favourite things

my favourite activity has to be travelling, this wins hands down, I am always researching my next adventure. I have travelled with my kids, my good friends, my husband when I had one, my partner, my mum, and I have enjoyed every trip. The best year of my life was travelling around Aust. for 12 months in a camper trailer with 2 little kids, I`d love to do it again in retirement (without the kids)

One of my entries into PBwiki

wiki stuff

I checked out the Library Outreach Wiki and Wikis in the workplace, with examples and information from the Library Success page, a shame everything is American, can`t we have some Australian examples from all the competent people here (like my colleague Zofia)!



The book lovers site appeared to be a good idea but the information is slightly out of date! (events advertised for August and book of the day was from September)

the things you learn!

Once again I try to watch the Lib 2.0 video "the machine is us" but this time on a work p/c, but the library p/c doesn`t have the facility to watch it here either. This seems to be a big problem- I can`t do the program at work (public library) as we don`t have adequate facilities and my home p/c doesn`t have all the programs required installed, and I am loathe to install any extra programs as I am on limited downloads and to go over my limit costs heaps! Technology is only as good as the hardware we have access to!
I did read about lib 2.0 in Wikipedia and learnt about Radical Trust, the underlying assumption of Lib 2.0.
I also checked out "site of the week" www.howstuffworks.com, I didn`t realize iPods could catch fire (self combustion from batteries!)

not so technical

exploring technorati- I wanted to watch the learning 2.0 video but apparently I haven`t got the latest flash player required for you tube!

http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-attack/the-power+travelers-checklist-part-two-travel-day-311215.php

this is an interesting site for any one who likes to travel (american orientated though)- there`s even a hint on how to capture the armrest on the plane!

nature`s will and power

I went in through the PLCMCL2 account- Tagging on Flickr & del.icio.us and found hot tags- looked at recently added photos of the wildfires in California.

hard at work

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my present favourite book

	Author	Title	Date	Tags	Rating	Shared
	Hosseini, Khaled	A Thousand Splendid Suns	2007			2008/97

I love to read and this was one of my recent favourites, just before watching 4 corners on the plight of Afghan women, we women live in a fortunate place.

sometimes I like to fly

tomorrow is the big day

something easy, something hard

I have now created my own bloglines account and set up a news feed, I just have to work out how to connect it to blogspot!

an important technology advance

New test will end 'wasted' chemo

A SYDNEY scientist has created a world-first test that could save or extend the lives of cancer patients by drastically reducing the trauma of chemotherapy.

The test uses a dye to determine whether cancer cells are being destroyed, allowing for rapid changes in treatment and eliminating one of the most traumatic aspects of the cancer patient's ordeal: long, debilitating chemotherapy courses that can be found months later to be a waste of time.

Professor Philip Hogg, the director of the University of NSW's cancer research centre, has developed a family of molecules that attach themselves to dying or dead cancer cells, allowing doctors to determine if a particular course of treatment is working within 24 hours of the first dose.

My best friend has cancer in the spine and breast, so any new advances in treatment are of interest to me, especially something that reduces the trauma of treatment.

techno stuff

I think it is great that I am learning new technology but I really can`t see the relevance of all this blogging stuff to my life, either personally or professionally.
Personally, I think the idea of blogging is extremely self indulgent, surely professional people such as librarians can find more enlightening ways to spend their time.
Professionally, it is valuable to keep abreast of what our customers are doing but I have never been asked to assist with blogging and I think it is up there with accessing bank accounts as far as privacy issues are concerned; setting up accounts/ passwords/ personal information...... What is the policy relating to providing assistance with personal blogs?
To me there are far more important skills that apply to my job as information skills librarian that I have not received any training for - assisting customers with relevant computer skills such as use of usb/ memory sticks and cards, transferring data from emails, editing photos etc.
I don`t wish to appear negative but I do wish to be honest!

a place to spend a special birthday

this is where I wanted to spend my 50th so this is where I did, courtesy of a special friend who gave me the trip as my present- who needs husbands when you can have special friends!

flamingos

rhonda