Show me your Library Thang!!!

So I am officially a librarything "Thang". Check it out! If you clik on the title, it will take you to my librarything page...yeah, there are only five books in the catalog but it's a start! Boy, talk about super easy!!!! Couldn't get much easier than submitting a name and yes, a password. That's it, start cataloging your books and sharing your library!

Shelfari: same sort of cataloging "thang". to sign up, input your name and a password then start cataloging your books...they have "shelves that your books sit on; as if on display in a real library or bookstore. You can create an id photo and get into several different groups, groups that are all about tagging, groups that review the books you've read or are reading, you can find reviews on just about everything ever printed! Shelfari is cool cuz you can add as many books as you want. There is no limit or "upgrade" aaaannnddd Shelfari is homebased out of Lurvly Seattle! What do ya know?! No wonder every one at KCLS likes it...hmmm...

I also happened upon a site called listal. People can sign up and "list" their favorite movies, games, books, music, TV shows then review them, blog about them, enter chat forums, etc. I There are currently over 19,000 people; with list after list after list of books, music, movies, tv, dvd's, games...very fun to peruse...and lots of people chatting about everything under the sun that they just listed!

My husband is a catalog freak so I'll let him choose which site he would like our 'lurvly' book collection to reside.

Technorati and Tags really do work!!!!

Hey, I'm living proof (in a weird, tag about sort of way) that Tagging and Technorati really do work and might even be useful for something. Case in point:

Jennie Westlund has been doing her research on Technorati!!! In doing so, she came across a fellow blogger that goes by the name of Tagman. Let me share the e-mail she sent me this morning:

Suzy, Via technorati, found this fellow’s blog – and, hey, he links to the flickr group that YOU created! is that neat, or what – toot your horn! Jennie http://www.apogee-web-consulting.com/tagman/2007/03/tagmuse-learning-20-kcls27things.html

Cool huh?! We are getting out there KCLS friends!!!

So with this kind of a plug, I think it's only fair that all of you who take a peek at this blog should visit my flikr group and join!!! Add those pictures friends and lets really give Tagman something to look at!!!!

http://flickr.com/groups/kcls27thingsworldatlarge2007/

Who's on myspace?!

Gotta follow my title link!!!

You mean there are more Blogging sites I can visit and join?

check this site out; http://www.blogsitezone.com/images/blogsitezone.jpg. It's amazing! The land of RSS feeds is HUGE!!! I believe this is the gateway to Blogging Nirvana! Myspace, Facebook, blogspot, these are but a few of the many places a person can write down their innermost menusha. I went to myspace a few days ago to sneak a peak at what may lay beyond. OH dear, I felt like I had stepped over the edge of a deep abyss and low, there is now way back!

Myspace is the one I always hear about in the news for people spying on each other and getting into trouble for it or finding out that companies look up the perspective employee's accounts to seejust what sort of person they may be hiring. What ever happend to good old talking? Communication face to face. What happend to our instincts? You know the ones that we used to use when deciding we liked a person based on what they told us rather than what they wrote about themselves? Seriously, there are people out there that can sell snow to an eskimo on line but can't seem to say hello to the person they are interviewing with for the big job they want!!
I'm sorry, I digress....

This weeks homework is to explore Myspace, Facebook and any other sites that we might find interesting. As well as open an account to Myspace. Explore I have! I found my sons myspace and his Facebook accounts. Personally, I didn't like myspace as much because I couldn't get into his account. he has it set so that only his friends with the secret pass word can enter into his domain. I suppose that's ok...if you have things to hide...which, obviously, he does...LOL...what he didn't realize is that I found his Facebook account and he has the same information on that page as he doesn in his myspace. So, what is the difference? I like Facebook because it is prettier. It's user friendly and it's a bit more up beat. Besides, I got to see all of my sons cute friends and you know what, he really has nothing to hide or be ashamed of!

I did set up my Myspace account...I rather like my pretty picture...what say you? I'll be fiddling with Facebook as well. If you scroll all the way down my page, you'll find my link to facebook as well as another cute avatar link.

In the mean time, I look forward to any comments you may have on my myspace blog. Visit me at http://www.myspace.com/suzypageturner.

That's all the fun for today folks...

I'm Techno-Polar!

Yes gang, I'm Techno-Polar! I'm happy, happy, love, love blogging and RSS feeds one second and "bread-drain" the next!
Today:
I'm doing the happy dance!!!
I should have checked out Technorati a few days ago because I most likely would have been happy, happy several days ago. Better late than never, no? Ok, so what's the big deal about Technorati? EEEEWWWW; click on the word and see for yourself! For instance, I typed in KCLS in the tag space and was happily surprised to find several of our learning 2.0-27things pals! A few blog links expressing experiences with the project and a few pictures from one of my favorite flickr friends, ramparts54. I for one will add my two cents worth to Technorati...see ya there!
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There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer...

Great Tag line huh?

I finally saw Zodiac over the weekend...what a FANTASTIC movie! The movie is based on the real-life terror that gripped San Francisco in the 60's & '70s. Police detectives and newspaper journalists try to uncover the identity of the mysterious Zodiac Killer. The story is seen thru the perspective of the Journalists and police detectives trying to uncover the identity of the mysterious Zodiac Killer and stop probably the most notorious of serial killers in California that spanned over a period of more than thirty years.

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Robert Graysmith author of the book and co-screenwriter for the movie. Gyllenhaal along with a so many outstanding cast members like Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch and Chloe Sevigny bring to life the story and the lives of key people involved in the grisly true story.

My husband and I took my fifteen year old daughter and 16 year old son. Both kids aspire to work in the Film and Theater industry. My daughter as a screenwriter/director and my son wants to go into the technical (sound, lighting and sets) end of things. They absolutely loved all two (almost three) hours of the film! My husband and I were astounded at the spot on details to the time periods during the movie. Interiors, exteriors, clothes, hair, even the smallest of details was perfect. It brought back a lot of memories for me. My daughter continuously commented on how technologically lacking the different time periods were. "How can they not have Fax machines? Why would they touch a crime scene with out putting gloves on? How could the journalist's touch something that could have been evidence to catch the criminal?" The kids both believe that nothing like that could ever happen now because we are so technologically advanced. Let's hope their right.

David Fincher is an amazing director. He is known for bringing the darker, macabre, side of humanity to light and for making his actors look into their own dark corners. Movies like Seven, Fight Club, The Game, Panic Room, The Lords Of Dogtown and now Zodiac are just a few of his juicier pieces of "art".

Although Oscar fever is gone for now, I do hope that as January rolls around again that Zodiac, it's director, screenwriter, actors and crew are recognized for their efforts.

If your interested in learning more about this movie or any thing relating to the Television/Film industry, check out my favorite site www.imdb.com....

WooHoo; Four Weeks In!

Hey Hold-Up Buckaroo!!!!
Just because it says "Less Stress with RSS..." doesn't mean there isn't any!! My big thing about Bloglines and this Blogging in general is all the accounts I have to set up in order to "Blog" along in the mainstream. Yeah, it's really nice to have a user friendly site like bloglines to simply "connect the dots" if you will; and gain access to the entire world at large. I have waaaay to many sites RSS'd. Seriously though; it's a whole 'nother ball of wax to understand what your doing and why. I actually did this exercise with someone well versed with RSS and I still don't know what the heck I did or why I did it other than to tell you...it works! I am actually set up to about 50 feeds..LOL...ok, a little exageration is good for us! my favorites are http://contemporarylit.about.com/ and Snopes.com's New Urban Legends. For me Really Simple Syndication is easy to do, just not easy to comprehend.
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Would you watch this TV Series?

The Librarians is the name of a new Australian Television series being released sometime in 2007...I got this little gem of news from close friend...they did not however have a source so after much investigating; this detective followed a trail of little known facts to wikipedia...

Personally, I prefer the U.S.'s version. A little mini-series called The Librarian: Quest For The Spear released in 2004 and the sequel; The Librarian: Return To King Solomon's Mine. E.R.'s cutie Noah Wylie played Flynn Carsen the "Librarian". Yeah, it was a bit sappy, a bit "juvenile" but hey, I enjoyed being able to just escape for a weekend into the "Raiders Of The Lost Arc" characters and storyline!

Lets see if our Aussie friends give it spin in the good ole U.S. of A.

HOLY COW MAN!!!!!

HOLY COW MAN!!! Yeah, that's one of Bart Simpson's favorite sayings...very appropriate verbage in my humble opinion of what can be created in flickr. Montager, spell, trading cards, mash-up, etc...my little brain is killing me this morning with the techno-overload!!!! I've decided to make this particular blog good old text...I'll attempt something a little later this afternoon...after the caffiene has had time to perculate in my blood system for awhile. In the mean time, click on the title and check out the cool montager site set up by deviousgelatin and have fun playing with it...
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Flickr ROXX!!

Meet WMCHU. He is a photographer that posts to Flickr. I don't know him personally but I gotta tell you, I'd love to pick his brain!!! His images make me feel as though I could have been right there with him when he took the shots! As some of you know, I went to Japan in July of 2006, it was hot, humid, typhoony but beautiful all the same. He was there in May of 2006! Spring is supposed to be the absolute best time to visit Japan because of the Cherry Blossoms and it's not humid. His beautiful pictures of Kyoto during Cherry Blossom season.

Hey, KCLS is a great resource if you are an up and coming photographer. You can find everything you need on line at http://www.kcls.org/ or stop by your local branch to begin your new hobby or brush up on all the latest techniques so you can be a top photographer like WMCHU!

If your feeling really adventurous, start up a Flickr account like I did (http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzyqmurdoch/) and share your flair with the world! There are so many things you can do on flickr if you explore the site. I've created a badge (take a look at the my entire blog page) and I started a group in Flickr that I would love for you to join. Just click on my link

http://flickr.com/groups/kcls27thingsworldatlarge2007/ .

Oh yeah; don't forget to tag at least one of your images with "kcls27things" and mark it public so you can get credit towards completing the kcls learning 2.0 project.