Library thoughts

I was online the other day, checking my email, my Amazon gift lists, my Netflix list, Facebook etc. all the paraphenalia of modern living, when I realized "I love the Sno-Isle Library!"

"What does the library have to do with all those things!?!" I hear you asking, let me expand.

1) I don't have internet at home right now. So I come in and use the free Wifi to check my email et al.

2) I search Amazon to see what are the latest releases on books and DVDs that they recommend for me according to my interests. Then I search Sno-Isles extensive inventory to see if they have any of the items I am looking for and place a hold on the ones they have available.

3)In Netflix, I get recommendations for movies and TV shows I might be interested in seeing. I head back to Sno-Isle to see which Television shows and movies I can get from them, so I only order from Netflix what Sno-Isle does not have, or what I am too impatient to wait for.

4) Add to all the above that I can check out up ten dvd's, ten music CD's, ten audiobooks, and a larger pile of books and magazines than I would care to try and haul at one time!

Did I metion that I also download audiobooks, ebooks, videos and music from Overdrive through Sno-Isle? How cool is that!

What Did the Cockney say to the dinosaur? Avatar?

I originally made this Meez avatar last year on a lark. While avatars are fun, they don't really look like me no matter which one I try. Doppelme and Tek tek were so unlike me I gave up after trying to get something even close.

Meez is the closest and yet far thinner and prettier than I shall ever be. I can't even get a close hair match(grin).Those of you who know me or have at least seen me know that my hair is (bleached) blond, silver, and what ever other color feels right for the season (currently lagoon blue layering into purple under the blond).Sooo... to the right is my Meez, and on the left is the "real" me.

I have found avatars fun, I have a Mii on my Wii that I use in games that is as like me as any of the online ones, and my character on Animal Crossing (played on my Nintendo DS lite) is more like me than Doppelme or Tek tek.
Second Life looks interesting but will have to wait for broadband at home as opposed to dial-up.

Maps and Geo-tag (your it!)

I use Google maps all the time to locate how to get to places I haven't been before. My husband, (who claims to NEVER like using computers) spent all afternoon recently on GoogleEarth with his best friend flying up the valleys around Darrington to check out hiking trails we want to try. On Flickr I geotagged a photo of Darrington taken last fall. I really enjoy these types of applications. The map programs like Google maps or Mapquest are improving all the time, and while they don't always show you the new routes or recent changes such as detours for construction, on the whole they're very useful.