tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40996334150102583272024-03-08T00:17:48.164-08:00Of libraries and little toy menGflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-12222859971783630242008-11-15T14:46:00.001-08:002008-11-15T14:55:58.665-08:00Flint's Waterloo AKA: #23 Is this really the end? Or just the beginning ...So here I am at the end of this little journey to self discovery. I've learned a bit and discovered some things that I didn't know before.<br /><br />I can't really think of anything that would help improve this format. Oh, other than I really really hate flicker. Like seriously, I do not like the way it works. I like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Photobucket</span> way more. Much easier to use and I can send pictures from my iPhone directly to my P<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hotobucket</span> account. Might be a nice option for that section.<br /><br /><br /><br />I don't think I mentioned this earlier but, g<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ift card</span>.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-27263422005978776732008-11-15T14:39:00.001-08:002008-11-15T14:44:37.085-08:00Book 2.0 (See? It does sound stupid) AKA:#22 Media and Book Downloads (or "You are almost done!")For this I chose Overdrive. I've been lax in messing around with it and that seems to be the one most asked about by patrons.<br /><br />I chose to look for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hitchhiker's</span> Guide to the Galaxy and found quite a few types including a graphic novel and the radio show.<br /><br />Downloading the book itself is easy and a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">PDF</span> file can be read on pretty much anything. I can really see a library revolutionized by digital books.<br /><br />I have a dream and that dream is that some day a patron can walk into the lobby of a library, plug their electronic device into a terminal and download whatever item they are looking for in the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">entire</span> world and walk out. Obviously they could still request a physical copy from the stacks if they'd like.<br /><br />The only thing really stopping this is the limit of copies that can be checked out. It's a file, why is it limited?Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-42793879892969220992008-11-15T13:55:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:57:56.186-08:00Can i just test out of this part already? AKA:#21 Podcasts, Smodcasts!<a href="http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj14/timspork/1226785485.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 480px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj14/timspork/1226785485.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj14/timspork/1226785450.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 480px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj14/timspork/1226785450.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some screenshots of the podcast section of my iPhone...Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-13072333264209359592008-11-15T13:19:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:29:38.089-08:00Youdo that YouTube that Youdo so well AKA:#20 You too can YouTube<p></p>Top Gear is the greatest car show ever made. There are a few examples why.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4zW10aTUChk&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4zW10aTUChk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VFRkfFm_4cI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VFRkfFm_4cI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GfyiPBSkNRo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GfyiPBSkNRo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Besides awesome Top Gear I can see youtube finding a use in a library as a sort of database. There would need to be a section for library patron to be able to search for specific subjects like a library catalog. it would obviously need to remove the chaff of youtube like random duded yelling at trees for no reason and stuff like that.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-291091048463731622008-11-15T13:02:00.001-08:002008-11-15T13:15:18.365-08:00Google Maps, or what's that wierd car doing driving down my street. AKA:#19 Discovering web 2.0 tools<a href="http://www.ghostbustershq.com/media/desktops/ecto1ahighway.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="http://www.ghostbustershq.com/media/desktops/ecto1ahighway.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Who hasn't just screwed around with a map website like Google Maps? It's probably the most entertaining of the map programs <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">because</span> it has a street view. Apparently a specially <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">equipped</span> car with crazy G<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">hostbusters</span> equipment perched on top drives around every street in the world and takes a picture at every intersection and address. These are uploaded and then allow a viewer to basically "walk" in first person down the street from location to location. pretty useful if you need to find a house or store and don't know what it looks like.<br /><br />How do I know about the car? Well in the street mode take a look at the ground. You can see where someone <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">photoshoped</span> the shadow of the vehicle out of the picture. Well I happened <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">upon</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">couple</span> of pictures they missed and you can clearly see the shadow of a car that looks <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">surprisingly</span> like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ecto</span>-1.<br /><br />Crazy huh? I wonder why no one noticed it.</div>Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-66086483615396357242008-11-15T12:03:00.000-08:002008-11-15T12:13:25.319-08:00Word is the Word AKA: #18 Web-based Apps: They're not just for desktopsAs a former Computer Page/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PSA</span> I have a good deal of knowledge about helping patron troubleshoot the various <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Microsoft</span> apps and I can say with a bit of expertise, that no matter how "free" a web app is, it will never replace an app made by a professional company that had gone through <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">countless</span> revisions and have had hundreds, if not thousands or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">programs</span> work to refine it. This isn't <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Microsoft</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">fanboyism</span> here, it's just a matter of fact that you have significantly more control over the document or presentation in Word than you do in any web based app.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-70034902618322549742008-11-15T11:57:00.000-08:002008-11-15T12:00:10.165-08:00Changing Reality AKA: #17 Playing around with PBWikiI've messed around with Wiki editing before. I've updated the Wikipedia entry for Fort Atkinson SHP a few times since there were some fairly massive errors on it and I figure I'm a good scourse since I re-enact there. Other than that, I found it very easy to edit the provided wiki to have my blog url on it.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-41233007220457049772008-11-15T11:28:00.000-08:002008-11-15T11:49:10.126-08:00Wikipedia and the collapse of reality AKA:#16 So What’s in a Wiki?<div>I can pretty much share my opinion on Wiki stuff by showing a short clip of the Colbert Report about the subject.<br /><br /><embed name="comedy_central_player" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" src="http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml" width="332" height="316" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="videoId=81454" quality="high" bgcolor="#cccccc" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="external"></embed></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Not a minute after he asked for the change I rushed to my computer and found this as the entry for Reality.</div><div> </div><div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 393px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.blogpi.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/colbert-reality-commodity-detail.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><p> </p><p>What more needs to be said about wikipedia as a source?</p>Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-7287703504316704602008-11-15T10:23:00.000-08:002008-11-15T10:45:19.780-08:00What's next, Cake 2.0? AKA:#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 ...<a href="http://www.judao.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/cakeisalie.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 401px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 342px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.judao.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/cakeisalie.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div>I seriously had hopped the term 2.0, stapled on to words to make them seem for hip and trendy, would have died in a fire by now. Since 2.0 is a version number that would imply that there would eventually be a Web 2.1 or Web 2.75 which is idiotic since the web is changing so rapidly from day to day. This also implies that the previous version of the Web was 1.0 which is impossible since the only thing that could be called Web version 1.0, the original US military system that allowed base communication, in no way resembles what we have today, or even a decade ago. Web 89234.0 might be a bit closer to the mark yet still untrue by a long way.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Library 2.0 also feels to me to be a cop out. Libraries should, by their nature, cater to the needs of their patrons. This means updating their procedures and technology throughout the years. By labeling a library as "2.0" all people are doing is jumping on the bandwagon of the current internet fad when they should already be working for the patron's best interests to begin with.</div></div></div>Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-85142460752587828562008-11-15T10:15:00.000-08:002008-11-15T10:18:59.386-08:00Technorati. Let's get Tom Hanks in here and start looking for the conspiracy. AKA:#14 Getting not-so-technical with TechnoratiHonestly I'm not finding aything interesting about this site. It may have been revolutionary back when it first started, but I can think of a few easier ways to do what this does without some of the hassle.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-38860023405684846602008-10-14T14:55:00.001-07:002008-10-14T14:57:43.389-07:00mmmm. This apple is delicious. AKA:#13 Tagging, folksomonies & social bookmarking in DeliciousDelicious is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">essentially</span> a website that allows a person to have bookmarks saved, allowing access from any computer. I can see how this would be useful to a person who has a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ridiculous</span> number of bookmarks and needs to get tot hem from work or home. However in my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">experience</span>, if someone has bookmarks at home and they are trying to get to them on their work computer, they are most likely not actually working and more likely just screwing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">around</span>.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-26023787311046345812008-10-14T14:48:00.000-07:002008-10-14T14:51:49.913-07:00Rollyo. Isn't that some kinda candy? AKA:#12 Roll your own search engineFor this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">exercise</span> I looked at a website that can make customized search engines. I found this fairly interesting as it's use for research papers could be highly useful. If education or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">government</span> websites were entered a person could easily find <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sources</span> about their topic without the hassle of going to the sites individually. The engine would have to be customized based on the type of paper, but that would be minor considering the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">benefit</span>.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-76010271228291607332008-10-14T14:39:00.000-07:002008-10-14T14:41:13.005-07:00...a thousand Words. AKA: #11 A thing about LibraryThingHere's a link to my library at the moment. I just took a little bit and added the books of the top of my head. One thing I'd like is to be able to add multiple books at once instead of having to search again to get to the same screen if I'm looking for books by the same author.<br /><br /><br />I think you have to log in to see it.<br /><a href="http://www.librarything.com/catalog/timspork">http://www.librarything.com/catalog/timspork</a>Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-31130994851856335412008-10-14T14:18:00.000-07:002008-10-14T14:41:27.444-07:00An Image is worth... AKA:#10 Play around with Image Generators<a title="Wordle: Declaration" href="http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/248346/Declaration"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ddd 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; BORDER-TOP: #ddd 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 4px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; BORDER-LEFT: #ddd 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 4px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ddd 1px solid" src="http://wordle.net/thumb/wrdl/248346/Declaration" /></a><br /><br />Hopefully most of you will be able to take the words and figure out what this is from. For those of you who don't then you can scroll down.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The first sentence of the Declaration of Independence. Please turn in your citizenship papers to the nearest authority, do not pass go and do not collect $200. :)<br /><br />I took a while to get a layout I liked with which words where. I also had to make the color scheme that I felt fit the text. I kinda wish there was a means to really customize the layout and specify where you want each word.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-64486601334406671402008-10-14T13:56:00.000-07:002008-10-14T14:02:41.862-07:00Do not "feed" the rss. AKA: #9 Finding FeedsI'm just going to go straight downt he list here, since I'm lacking imagination at the moment. Also you've all already heard about my views on RSS feeds.<br /><br /><em><strong>Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use?</strong></em><br />Subject search.<br /><br /><em><strong>Which Search tool was the easiest for you?</strong></em><br />None of them really.<br /><em></em><br /><em><strong>Which was more confusing?</strong></em><br />They were all needlessly complicated.<br /><em></em><br /><em><strong>What kind of useful feeds did you find in your travels?</strong></em><br />Video Gamming. That's all I looked for. :p<br /><em></em><br /><em><strong>Or what kind of unusual ones did you find?</strong></em><br />I found some pretty obscure video game feeds...<br /><em></em><br /><em></em>Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-5519036581521337422008-10-07T15:08:00.000-07:002008-10-07T15:12:23.226-07:00The Simple Life AKA #8 Make life "really simple" with RSS & a newsreaderSo I've now messes arround with the rss feeds and I can say that I'm not impressed. I do not have many websites I'm a regular at, so the ones I do frequent are either forums, that do not work in RSS or websites that I just know the url to. I'd much rather check the Penny-Arcade site than look at an RSS feed of it since I then actually get to see the comic.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-20111663521755763502008-10-07T14:47:00.000-07:002008-10-07T14:52:25.824-07:00iPhones Support: AKA # 7 Blog about technology<a href="http://www.techdigest.tv/apple-iphone-in-hand-thumb.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.techdigest.tv/apple-iphone-in-hand-thumb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I have an iPhone and love the little thing. It can pretty much do anything. So why then isn't there a free app I can download that will allow me to make posts on Blogger? I'm not spending $9.99 on something I can just go to the internet and do for free.</div>Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-39938825784839046952008-09-23T11:19:00.001-07:002008-09-23T11:23:20.276-07:00Flicking through the Flickr, AKA #6 More Flickr funSo for this assignment I'm supposed to talk about my adventures with Flickr mashups. Well to be honest I didn't find them that interesting. Either I couldn't get some to work, or what they did just seemed too simple when compared to the required work put into it. I'm not saying that the mashups didn't require a good amount of skill to make, I just think that with some of them, the ends do not justify the means.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-406755908407063972008-09-17T15:31:00.001-07:002008-09-17T15:32:11.500-07:00The "of little toy men" part AKA #5 Discovering Flckr<div style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30587222@N02/2866609448/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2866609448_eb50e76359_m.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30587222@N02/2866609448/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Coices</span>6</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/30587222@N02/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tim</span>_<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">spork</span></a></span></div>I thought it time to include something explaining the second part of this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">blog's</span> title. (Also it fits nicely into this lesson of the library class :P)<br /><br />I'm an avid <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">war gamer</span>. I specifically play a table top <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">war game</span> called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Warhammer</span> 40,000, which is a sci-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">fi</span> game set in the distant future. (The 41st <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">millennium</span> to be exact)<br /><br />This is pretty much my major hobby, next to playing my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">xbox</span> 360, and interpreting the 1820's to visitors of Fort Atkinson State Historical Park.<br /><br />Anyway, the picture above (or below? I'm new to this...) is of a diorama I made for a friend. It features an Imperial Guardsman, the straight average <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">joe</span> in the game, having to face the tough choice of whether to confront a mob of one of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Imperium's</span> most <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">prevalent</span> enemies, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">orks</span>, or turn and run, only to be shot by his own regiment's commissar, who's job it is to ensure that not a single warrior of the Emperor shows <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">cowardice</span>.<br /><br />Well that's a pretty good synopsis. I assembled and painted the models myself and I've always been quite proud of it.<br clear="all">Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099633415010258327.post-35215292025301414052008-09-16T15:08:00.001-07:002008-09-16T15:17:20.600-07:00Library Fun! AKA #3 Get blogging in 3 stepsHello world.<br /><br />Well that's a good first sentence. Let's start with that. Let's see, now what? Well I'm doing this blog as part of a library program so I guess I'll learn how to do most of this as I go.<br /><br />I'm also supposed to talk about what life long learning means to me. Well, I'm currently in school to become a secondary education major. I plan to teach history while I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pursue</span> a doctorate in archaeology. That pretty much <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">guarantees</span> that I'll be continuing to learn new information throughout the rest of my natural life. I accepted this fact quite a long time ago, of maybe when I was seven. It's a very liberating fact to know something like that from that age on. Makes future choices much easier.<br /><br />I think that's a good first post. Let's end it there.Gflinthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02010143995619878009noreply@blogger.com1