I'm working.....really

I created three radio stations in Pandora.com. They are Janis Joplin, The Temptations, and New Age. Is my age showing?

While listening to my New Age station I reviewed the Reader's Advisory sites. There is an incredible amount of information out there. I need to remember to take advantage of these sites and not reinvent the wheel.

While listening to my Janis Joplin and Temptation QuickMix, I used Hairmixer.com, an image generator to put wild, crazy hairstyles on Katie Holmes. She still looked beautiful in each one. Must be nice.

Rollyo

I "rolled" my own search engine for collection development. Yes, I finally got around to using 8N08 for professional needs.

I included in it Amazon.com and Alibris.com. I also added web sites for the audio vendors I use so that I can search both audio and print at the same time.

Drifting on Tag Clouds

I decided to use the tags on Amazon.com to look for a book about wines for a Father's Day gift for my husband.

I entered Italian wine which took me to Italian Wines 2008. I clicked on Italy in the tag cloud and found Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, which led me to click on Rome in that tag cloud. I couldn't resist the book A Civilized Shopper's Guide to Rome. That led me to clicking Paris in that tag cloud. I continued searching for a while.

When I found myself reading about the book Perfect Scoop which was about ice cream I realized I had wandered off my intended search.

I reigned myself in and began the wine book search again. This time I found a great book on contemporary Italian wines. Hmmm....if I buy the shopping and ice cream books also, I would be eligible for free shipping.

Mashup Escape

After spending way too much time exploring mashups I decided that 360 Tuscany is my favorite. It has virtual tours of many of the cities I have visited in Tuscany. I clicked on every one and as I watched them I could almost hear Italian and smell the wine.

I will certainily be returning to that mashup.

Ciao!

Flickr

I struggled through Flickr. I'm a regular user of Snapfish and find it much easier to use. The website is more colorful and intertesting than Flickr, also.

I did promote Medina by uploading 2 photos of the square on a snowy day at Christmastime. I tagged it Medina Gazebo, Medina Square, and MedinaOH.

Entering the 21st Century

I did it! I managed to create a blog. Onward.............