Wikipedia and the collapse of reality AKA:#16 So What’s in a Wiki?

I can pretty much share my opinion on Wiki stuff by showing a short clip of the Colbert Report about the subject.

Not a minute after he asked for the change I rushed to my computer and found this as the entry for Reality.

What more needs to be said about wikipedia as a source?

What's next, Cake 2.0? AKA:#15 On Library 2.0 & Web 2.0 ...

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.

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.

Technorati. Let's get Tom Hanks in here and start looking for the conspiracy. AKA:#14 Getting not-so-technical with Technorati

Honestly 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.

mmmm. This apple is delicious. AKA:#13 Tagging, folksomonies & social bookmarking in Delicious

Delicious is essentially 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 ridiculous number of bookmarks and needs to get tot hem from work or home. However in my experience, 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 around.

Rollyo. Isn't that some kinda candy? AKA:#12 Roll your own search engine

For this exercise 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 government websites were entered a person could easily find sources 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 benefit.

...a thousand Words. AKA: #11 A thing about LibraryThing

Here'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.


I think you have to log in to see it.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/timspork

An Image is worth... AKA:#10 Play around with Image Generators

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.
























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. :)

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.