Temporarily Bewildered

For anyone who occasionally feels dazed and confused...

I typed out the name of my blog in the staff list. Four words, right? Under. The. Troll. Bridge. Simple, right?

I managed to make a make a mistake on every one. I misspelled bridge three times.

Apparently the Dyslexia Fairy has come early this year.

Half Way

We've hit the half-way mark here (but it's a bit like the half-way mark in a marathon, isn't it? The question lingers as to whether you've been running uphill and it will soon be a long, leisurely coast across the line, or whether you'll turn the corner and see the ascent to the finish. It all seems to be falling into place at the moment, but your mileage may vary). I'm up to the bit on streaming videos, so I thought a short break to savour the moment would be appropriate.



*ahhhhh*



Well, that seems long enough. Now on with the videos!




I chose this one because it illustrated one of the fantastic things about easily uploadable, easily acessible video: it can show you how to do stuff (stuff being the technical term, of course). To paraphrase Terry Pratchett, I am a great believer in the usefulness of knowledge as derived from books. Some things, though, need to be demonstrated and seen to be understood. Hence my love for things like this.

My Five Feeds

Okay, so the title sounds like some kind of sitcom about vampires or something, but I've carefully chosen (translation: randomly picked) 5 RSS feeds. It's been really good- I've always seen the little orange icon on sites and have heard people talking about how cool they are, but I've never bothered to chase it up. Now, I suspect, it'll turn into one of those things I never knew I wanted but will use. Possibly constantly. Like so many things in life, it's so simple once you know how.

For those who are interested, a demographic consisting I am sure of absolutely none of you, these are the feeds I've linked to...

The Powerhouse Museum
Librarian.net
LibraryJuice
Our own 23 Things blog, natch
And MightyGodKing...by turns funny, thoughtful and rude. Undoubtedly comes under the heading of 'Inappropriate use of the internet', but has some really good suggestions for graphic novels, too.

First Blood

Hi guys,

For my very-first-ever post, I've copped out with a link.

http://www.librarian.net/

A fantastic blog by Jessamyn West about all things library and Web 2.0, usually in conjunction.

-Troll