Twitter

I played around on Twitter for a while. I found some people I know. Overall it reminds me of the Update feature they have on Facebook, which I never used, and was never really interested in using (or reading). I don’t really see Twitter as something I would ever use. I really don’t care about the minutia in other people’s lives, nor do I feel the need to force my minutia on other people. Really, I am happy with Twitter because it allowed me to use the word Minutia twice in a sentence. I really do like the word Minutia, a fact which is in and of itself, trivial, making it minutia. I will stop now. Twitter is interesting, but not for me.

LibraryThing

I was familiar with LibraryThing before Learn & Play. I have a fairly huge library at home. I have more bookshelves than I would care to admit, and most are completely filled. That being said, the effort that it would take to Catalogue all of my books scares me. I figure this job will ultimately be left to the executor of my will, to whom I would like to take this opportunity to apologize too. No, I do not know why I felt the need to own every Lovecraft story in at least 5 different printed collections ("Call of Cthulhu" I must have in at least 10 collections). What can I say, I maybe a little sick in the head.

Online Image Generator

This is an image I made using the Warholizer on Big Huge Labs. Like the Flickr Image manipulation software, I did find the tools interesting, though I can't say I will be running away from Photoshop anytime soon. Its nice knowing that I can create that hallucinogenic Warhol poster I have always dreamed of.

Searching for RSS Feeds

Honestly, the method I found easiest was just going to the websites I read regularly, and finding their RSS icon. This cuts out the middle man, and gets me the news I want. I played around on the search engines a bit, but as someone who has used the web frequently for the last fifteen years, I have my regular sites, and I know where to go to get the info I want. I still find new sites, but usually its through one I already use frequently. It’s like meeting people. If you have good friends, you don’t feel the need to go out looking for new ones.

Bloglines

I have returned from the wilds of Canada, only to find my homeland of Clintonville without electricity.

RSS feeds are interesting, and I can see how they simplify things, but as a Library Worker, I have pretty well organized bookmarks. I did make a BlogRoll here, and I can see visiting it in a crunch, but typically I think I will use my bookmarks.

I typically browse the internet in the morning before work. I like giving myself an hour and a half to look over my normal websites, and see what is going on in the world. It's an easy way to reintroduce myself to humanity after an evening of odd dreams. Anyways, RSS is an interesting tool, and one that I may use in the future.