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