One More Thing

Hey Marbs Mom said that we have to do our library thing.

We did it already. No cat books a waste of time.

Ya those are my favorites. We couldn't get the list added to the blog. The add html screen didn't pop up.

Whatever.

We'll have to ask Mike for help.
You ask him. He attacked me in the family room last night. Yelled something about an intruder and then pounced.

I know he has attacked me too. Many times. Mom says that he is just keeping his top of the food chain predator skills sharp. He is a very serious cat.

I'm serious too.

You could spend a little less time around the fridge Marbs. All that ham and tuna is slowing you down.

Ok. You go ask Mike I'm going for lunch. All this talk of food is making me hungry.
K Marbs

Mike Get's envolved

My creation, originally uploaded by marbs & me.

We need your help with our blog. The pops ups aren't poping up.

You guys screwed up the computer and now you want me to fix it!
I'm busy protecting this house from intruders and you want me to fix the computer? Huh, Amatures!

Yes, Please O great one.

I'll need extra tuna for this one. I got enough to do without you two making more work for me.

A Typical Pose

My creation, originally uploaded by marbs & me.

Come on Marbs we've work to do.

Final Thoughts

Wake up marbs this is our last posting on our blog. You have to give me your impressions of what we saw.

(Yawn Stretch)

Not impressed huh.

Nope. Not enough cat stuff. Takes too long to down load.

There you about the high speed Internet again.

I thought it was interesting. I found some sites that can be fairly useful. Like Flickr for instance. There is a lot that you can do with photos. The e-books have their uses for some people. A lot depends on how fast a Internet connection you have and how much time you have to devote to your particular interest.

One thing I have found out is that were So Much Cooler On Line. Huh Marbs?

Oh Pleesse! Speak for your self. I don't need to be "cooler" I am already.

Next time I'll tell them about my 6 pack abs. That'll blow their minds.

I feel a hair ball coming up. I have to leave. Where's the tuna? Mom he's gone berserk !! Shut the computer off!

Marbs come back. I'm just getting started.

Apologies to Brad Paisley

Net Library

I thought that I saw something about YPL's e-books but I never really looked at them before. They seem to have an extensive selection both at Net Library and YPL's e books.

Move your head Marbs I can't see. We can't look for cat books now. Mom said to finish up we need to get dinner ready.

O boy tuna fish.

I've never seen you move so fast Marbs. (As I blow hairballs away from the computer.) One drawback of having a cat as a blogging partner is trying to keep hairballs out of the computer. A quick dissemble and vacuum of the inside of the computer once a week keeps things running smoothly. Wish I had a dog for a partner. At least the hair would all mat together and fall to the floor. (You didn't see me say that.) He wouldn't be yelping about high speed internet either.

I could see where the e-books could be handy. Looking up last minute reference material, or getting books when it's convenient for you, and carrying several titles in your pda .

But I prefer the feel of a real book. Books are easier and don't require batteries.

Podcasts

We looked at the index of podcasts and weren't impressed. Were we Marbs .

Nope, nothing on cats.

 

Only Podcast Alley had current listings of podcasts.  Podcast.net didn't have current listings.  Theirs were from last year and Yahoo Podcasts were closing at the end of October.  The casts listed on Podcast Alley were huge files.  Twenty to forty MB and up.  Way too large to download in any reasonable time period.

 

If only we had high speed Internet!

 

OK Marbs we'll quit buying tuna and you can live off the cheap no name cat food.

 

OH!! Those pod cast files!  Oh yes much too large!

 

Some of the titles sounded interesting.  But they are just too large to handle.

Only a couple of things to check out now Marbs.

 

Mirr rip

 

 

You Tube

We checked out You Tube and Marb's picked out this video.
We didn't look at much because with our system they take so long to load.
Too cheep for cable Internet huh!
Easy Marbs, We get enough from the boys. Your just mad cause the first video was too racy. All that licking and sniffing, this is a classy blog. You can watch it later.

OK With tuna?
Only if you quit chewing in the mouse cord. Geese Marbs you got cat slobber all over it.

I wish I knew what people do to get enough time to film and download all of this video. You can't possibly watch it all, much less film and edit it. They sure can't be looking after a cat.

Could you remove your claws from my arm please? Thank you.
Mir rip.
I'll get the tuna.

Marb's sweetie

The Award Winners

Award Winners

 

I was skepitical about some of these sites.  The first one I tried was Faircast, a travel site.  I was expecting revews on locations with an occational ad for hotels or airlines.  This was a flight price search engine.  It took a while to load but the results were werth the wait.  They were fairly comprehensive.

 

I didn't have time to check all of the sites.  But the ones I did visit seemed to do what they do very well.  I guess you don't last very long in the public domain and win awards if your site is just average.

On Line Applications

On Line Applications



These were very interesting sites to visit. I didn't think that there would be much use for these applications with the proliferation of Windows. However with the examples that were on Google writer. I can see the usefulness of these applications. You can't beat the price. It would be very useful for college students with their limited budgets.



The one drawback I am finding is the need to have a reliable fast connection to the internet. Our dial up at home leaves something to be desired. Watching potters puppet pals on You Tube with dial up takes a long time.



Wake up marbles. I stay awake when you are running the mouse. OK!We'll get the cats back on You Tube. OK ok I'll find that cute calico again. Just let me finish this.



First the boys want faster internet now the cat. Back in my day we used a typewriter for reports and watched movies on TV all 3 channels. Easy with the tail marbs, I'm finishing.

Wiki

I have used wikiapedia for information before. I think it's a good way to get up to date information on any subject.

As to the accuracy of the information. I think that ,with persons watching their particular area of interest on the wiki, inaccurate information can be caught and changed quickly.

With many persons contributing to their particular area of interest the breadth of the information would be much more extensive than a written encyclopedia. The hyperlinks add so much more to the understanding of the information.

Ok Marbs, time for tuna.
Quit chewing on the mouse cord!

Techno Delicious and Web 2

I have looked at all three sites. I've registered with del.icio.us and tagged some web sites.

Technocrati is a loss for me. Before I can read the index more sites come in at the top. The search engine returned things that had only one reference to my query. I searched Astronomy and one of the sites was a blog about a girls trip to Montreal and her first week of college. I didn't see a reference to Astronomy in her blog.

Who has time to blog about this stuff much less search and read the posts?

I do.

Hi Marbles, Where've you been?
I had a nasty tangle to lick out.
I see. Why are their teeth marks on the mouse cord?
It's a mouse isn't it? It's what I do.
Oookayyy. Those are getting expensive ok.
Mmirripp

Web 2.o was interesting. How do you integrate the old, (buildings and mindset), to the new electronic information? How do you pay for all the changes? How do you keep up with the technology that is changing so rapidly? How do you, or how can you, educate people so they can use the new library on their own? It sounds good on paper but the implimentation is a nightmare.

Watch your claws Marbles.
Sorry

Pictures, Books and Searches

I was able to do this one myself. Someone needs his beauty sleep.

The photos were easy with flicker. The library thing couldn't have been easier.

I even managed to list several websites on rollo. However I can seem to add them to the Blog.

That cat's never around when you need him. MARBLES!

RSS feeds

Ok Marbles are you ready to help me with my blog now?
You helped mom all this time.
She gives me tuna fish.
I feed you too!
Sure, cat food, yucck!
Ok, I'll give you some tuna fish.
And ham?
Ok, a little.
Alright I'll help.
Thank you.
I get to work the mouse.
Ok, just don't chew the cord in two like last time.

Once I got the account set up at bloglines getting the feeds were simple.
You just didn't do it right.
The hard part was slecting witch of the feeds to slect from. I just used the search tab at bloglines.
It didn't take me long.
Ya Marbs, I see you found the Cat feed pretty quick.
Thanks, Its' a gift.
Just quit chewing on the cord.
I think I smell tuna.
Ok, Ok

Flicker

I didn't realize the extent of the products available for your personal photos. The calling cards and postcards were very nice but the photo books and the thumbnail books were very useful and practical. Imagine, all your photos in a bound book without going through reams of photo paper and tens of expensive ink cartridges.

Marbles, my Internet partner, can't wait to see himself on a postcard or even a stamp.

Easy Marbles, one thing at a time.

7 1/2 Habits

These went quicker than I expected. I think the easiest one to do is - Using Technology to your Advantage. I am always searching for something on the Internet. The hardest one is - Play. There isn't enought time to play. I'm always busy doing the things that have to get done.

First post

I have created a Google account and a Blogg. It has taken 8 minutes to download the 1:53 first audio file. We are on dial up. So I didn't listen to the second audio file. Perhaps later.