Okay, this is a great site - I love being able to build my own radio station. My cd player at home has been out of commission for some time. It's like a watch, you get used to not wearing one and find that you don't really need it anymore. Finding and playing music on the computer is so much easier - and I'm assuming that Pandora is all legal (as opposed to Dogpile downloads that my kids tend to want to drag in). Must get decent speakers...
Downside: are we going back to the old days of listening to singles (that one song that somehow grabs us) and missing all the stuff on the other side of the "album"?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
RSS Feeds
I've added a few feeds but rarely have time to look at them. This seems like a luxery for people have extra time on their hands. One thing about being a librarian, no matter what you read or find online, it will probably come in handy some day. Maggie's USGS Feed (which I added, just in case I want to worry about earthquakes more than I already do) has a great link to Wildlife Disease map sites - we can watch as West Nile Virus makes its way toward Whidbey Island again this summer.
Monday, May 12, 2008
YouTube
My kids have been showing me videos on YouTube for some time, but I had not used it myself. I have a couple of videos up on Facebook, and only just recently realized that my digital camera can do video (complete with sound!) Oh boy.... there's no stopping me now.
My husband Steve has been serving as a "legal observer" in support of immigrant rights at the Anacortes Ferry Terminal. He was recently filming the ferry terminal area to create a training video for volunteers. Shortly after that we had a visit, at our house, from the FBI. My 16-year-old son was the only one home, but he duly checked their identification and then gave them Steve's cellphone number. You'll be happy to know that the ferry terminal is being protected - once they found out what Steve was doing, the agents were very receptive and reasonable. Maybe he'll get his training video up on YouTube.
One last thing about YouTube - it has LOTS of great music videos. I was at a party recently where that was all they played - YouTube clips. Great for those old classics.
My husband Steve has been serving as a "legal observer" in support of immigrant rights at the Anacortes Ferry Terminal. He was recently filming the ferry terminal area to create a training video for volunteers. Shortly after that we had a visit, at our house, from the FBI. My 16-year-old son was the only one home, but he duly checked their identification and then gave them Steve's cellphone number. You'll be happy to know that the ferry terminal is being protected - once they found out what Steve was doing, the agents were very receptive and reasonable. Maybe he'll get his training video up on YouTube.
One last thing about YouTube - it has LOTS of great music videos. I was at a party recently where that was all they played - YouTube clips. Great for those old classics.
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