Digital OverDrive, finally a portable book!

I first tried OverDrives audio books last year. I have been using them ever since. I have found many great books that I download and listen to as I garden, sew, walk, you name it. I still read of course, but the convenience of having a book on portable media that is not as bulky or cumbersome as a CD player is wonderful. I notice that there are more new titles every month or so, and while I don't always find my favorite authors, I have found a good selection. I have helped others who live here in town learn how to download video as well as books. Those of us who have dial-up service, which is pretty much everyone outside of town, cannot avail ourselves of this service unless they can get access on the job or through an in town friend. I am hoping to see a media center available to the public for this purpose here in Darrington. If you haven't tried this service yet, jump in!
M

Del.icio.us tags

I started using Del.icio.us for keeping track of my favorites shortly after I started work at Sno-Isle. I love having my favorites accessable from anywhere, just as my email is. The control over which tags you share and which are private is also great, as well as only having to remember only one site where all my goodies are stored. I have so many interests and hobbies that I am hard pressed to remember site names and addresses when I need them. Del.icio.us puts them at my fingertips.

WikiMania

It took me a while to get to the wiki task. Up here in Darrington we are getting ready to move out of the building into temporary digs while our remodel happens. There is a distinct air of controlled chaos that is hard for my AD/HD wired brain to wrap around, but I am working on it.
I LOVE the wiki-thingie! I used Wetpaint to create mine and I am setting it up for my family to use and post to. My children and my siblings are all over the country and we all seem to have a hard time keeping in touch even though we yak like crazy when we do. Sooooo... I am going to put this to the test and see if this format will work for us. To see the start of my wiki click here.
Cheers! M

Tube-mania or what's the Hulu all about?

I am one of those odd creatures who does not have TV at home. We have a television set, but we use it for DVD's and gaming. Our periodic adventures into broadcast media ended when I realized that it was a major contributor to my inablity to focus on tasks at hand (or even conversations at hand).
That said, I have been loving YouTube for at least the last three years. The incredible range of talented/outrageous/or just plain weird videos is fun to watch and fun to share. When we were asked to look for videos about libraries I found a couple I decided to save and share, the Seneca Library Holiday Song by Mikey Mike and the Library Bunch is perhaps my favorite for it's 80's romantic pop style, while The Library Rap by DashHowler538 had me giggling. I can picture sharing this one with a teen group.
Hulu and Fancast are both user friendly easy to search sites that I would recommend to anyone who has fast enough internet and wants to see their favorite show without having to subscribe to something.
When it comes to libraries using these sites I think it would be nice if folks who wanted to could use their computer time this way. I think we already have a wireless user or two doing just that up here in Darrington. The hardest part of this assignment was getting the time to really check out the sites.