Ten Random Things?

1. The name of one of my cats is The Communist War Machine. He's disarmingly cute.
2. I lived in Hawai'i, and no, I can't hula.
3. I really like Doritos. Like, way too much.
4. Um, I have degrees in physics and aerospace engineering?
5. This is getting hard. I have really small hands.
6. I was Dr. Girlfriend last Halloween.
7. I spent some time in Spain. Apparently I sound like a robot in Spanish. (Also, Homer Simpson is way less funny in Spanish.)
8. I watch more TV than I will admit to.
9. I am one of those people who sing random made up songs. No, you will never hear me do it.
10. My hair was once orange. And pink. And red. And purple. I think that's it.

Totally untrue!

Science!'s Dewey Decimal Section:

487 Preclassical & postclassical Greek

Science! = 9395435 = 939+543+5 = 1487


Class:
400 Language


Contains:
Linguistics and language books.



What it says about you:
You value communication, even with people who are different from you. You like trying new things don't mind being exposed to unfamiliar territory. You get bored with routines that never change.

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Last Thing

Frankly, I would have done more for a free flash drive.

Overall, I am a fan of the 23 Things. I mean, a lot of the things I was familiar with already, like flickr and YouTube. What was the most useful for me personally was the things that tied in to the CML website, like MOLDI and Mango Languages. I remain unimpressed with Twitter, but then I've never been the chatty type and I think it can be useful aside from socializing.

Probably my biggest frustration with the whole Learn & Play thing was getting started. I wasn't quite sure how to track my progress and every once in a while a thing wouldn't work. But overall, it was good. I would definitely do a similar thing again.

Thing 22!

Okay, I'm willing to admit that MOLDI is kind of cool. The trouble is, I keep meaning to downoad something at home so that I can really try it out, but I keep forgetting. I went through the site a bit today, and I am convinced this is the way things will be sooner or later. Possibly portable readers still need some work. I still like paper, and those handheld readers just don't cut it for me! I'm also impressed with the audio selections, as well as the ability to burn some to a CD. It's great! Especially some of the movie titles, though, seem kind of obscure, but I think that's because really popular stuff has little need of methods of distribution such as this. Why add your title to a lending library when people will still pay 29.99 for it in droves?

Also, I was a little disappointed that I had to put a hold on 1984.

Thing 21

Right now I'm simply annoyed with these podcast directories. I searched for "This American Life", and I found a lot of other NPR programs, but not that one. I know it has a podcast because I used to listen to them back before my home computer bit the dust. A quick Google search turned it up in short order. So clearly these things have their limitations. Really, anybody podcasting is already going to have a website that Google can dig up. I suppose their greatest utility is in searching for podcasts by topic or genre, in which case Google might be of less help. So there's that. Mostly I'm frustrated because podfeed.net is running really slowly for some reason. So boo. Nonetheless, I ended up finding another podcast in a similar satirical bent on that site, "Extruding America", which I have added to my Bloglines account. So there you go.

Thing 20

Okay, so I went to YouTube and searched for "Science!" just to see what would come up. (FYI, I heart science documentaries of all stripes.) What turned up was a BBC clip about the counter-argument to the theory that an asteroid strike killed the dinosaurs. Namely, "Where the bloody heck is it?" Not being any kind of paleontologist, I am pro-Chicxulub, but that's just because it's so elegant. Training as a physicist makes you a sucker for that kind of stuff. Anyhow, embedding was disabled, but here's the URL if you are so inclined:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYAFptyG9P4

Thing 19

The CML Power Tools page looks like a whole bunch of stuff that any Internet-savvy person would know about already. I noticed some of them (like LibraryThing) we covered in Learn & Play. Nonetheless, there is the distinct need to familiarize people with this sort of thing. For me personally, I'm a big fan of Stumble Upon. Those sites that match you with new material based on your present likes and interests I think are, in general, an excellent resource, even for libraries. That tool on our website where you can put in an author and it will reccomend others has come in handy when helping customers.