Del.icio.us? Not so much.

Okay, I finally took a look at Del.icio.us, and I'm wondering, "What's all the fuss? So you can tag stuff - so what? Tagging is that stuff I have to do after each entry in this blog, and it's more trouble than it's worth. And they've devoted a whole website to this?"

Then I said to myself, "Do I really care what everyone else with these same tags have to say about the subject? No, not unless they're going to agree with me that such and thus is a pointless waste of time, or that this other thing is oh so cool."

Then I said, "Yeah, I get that it's great if I really cared what some other person had to say about that subject, but most of the things I look up on the net are one shot deals, or guess what? If I want to keep coming back to it, I put it in my "Favorite Places" on AOL!!!"

Del.icio.us is another example of reinventing the wheel.

Lifelong Learning

(This is what happens when you don't do things in order - I listened to the podcasts on this subject ages ago, but forgot to write down my responses! Live and learn...)

I think the idea of lifelong learning is great, but how many of us actually put it into practice? I mean, you have no idea how much it frustrates me when people say they can't read such and thus because they don't have any time? Yet, funnily enough, they always have time to watch "American Idol"!

Sorry if "AI" is your favorite show, but come on - is it really going to help you accomplish all those goals you've been putting off FOREVER?

And I'm guilty of this as well - it's only been in the last few months that I've made the effort to cut back on television and to work on the things I really want to do. Like getting the novel I've written, edited and ready to send it out to publishers. So bye-bye repeats of "Smallville" and "Supernatural" - I've got things to do. So long "Antiques Roadshow" and (sob!) "History Dectectives"! Heck, I even missed the season finale of - clutch the pearls! - "Heroes" because I needed to finish typing up my manuscript!

And this isn't even counting the TV I've given up while I've been doing my LATI homework, and my homework for the other classes I've taken. I've even had to give up reading some books I wanted to read because I've had to read other novels (some not in genres I usually read) in order to GET THINGS DONE.

YouTube!

Finally, a website that lives up to the hype!

I love YouTube - it's the internet's answer to the old audio-visual club in high school (man, I'm really showing my age!) A bunch of dweebs (and hey, I'm one too) getting together and making movies. Except it's kinda cool to make your own movies this days - there's even a reality show about it! (Okay, maybe it's still not so cool...)

Here's my favorite clip - it's from IndyMogul on how to make a rocket pack for your movies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7XvW8UCP8o

Grab some popcorn and enjoy!

Why LiveJournal is superior to Blogger

1. Because LiveJournal doesn't require you to change the Java or whatever to do a simple cut for long posts.

2. Because you can do spoilers in the body of your post without having to change the Java.

So if you're looking for that Harry Potter review, don't bother. I can't do it without spoiling you, or without learning some incredibly complicated crap on Blogger.

More "23 Things" stuff!

Hello! And welcome me back from a long vacation - not an actual one, just from posting. Work and classes caught up with me, but now I'm making the mad dash to complete all of 23 Things before the October 17th deadline!

Checked out two more of the "things" - RSS feeds and MERLIN. Have to say I wasn't that impressed with either of them.

Yeah, RSS feeds are a great idea, but it turns out most of the blogs I read don't subscribe. So I'll have to keep on checking them myself, like NORMAL people.

MERLIN is okay but it doesn't kick as much butt as the CSLA site, where I originally found 23 Things before my system hooked up to it.

Anyway, more later. I need to figure out how to do a "cut" so I won't spoil everyone who still hasn't read "Deathly Hallows". Wish me luck.

A thought on "Deathly Hallows" (spoilers)

http://cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/070809/samp1ec058af25815563.jpg





Was it just me, or did everyone's favorite wizarding mentor finally show his true stripes? That even in the afterlife, he couldn't be bothered to show any compassion?

My other obsession (besides sushi)

Yes, I do like other things than sushi...

I love Barbies.

I love them so much that I have a display of them above my desk. And since I work in a library, they work in one as well.

Check them out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8603885@N06/590260901/