Online Image Generator

Week 5, Thing 10

This lesson was a little frustrating for me because the words didn't match the instructions. For instance in the comic strip generator, the directions said, "Push the 'change quote' button" and yet the link that eventually worked said, "Customize comic strip." Then the directions said, "Select 'save image as'" and yet the option offered that worked said, "Save picture as." I figured it out and made a comic strip and a beach picture, but then I couldn't figure out how to get them onto my blog. The "add image" button didn't do anything. I saved them to the c drive so I wouldn't lose them. Then I saved them to my flash drive so I could work on it in my other branch.

Then I figured out I had to have my blog open which I had closed in all my clickings. About the time I logged in, a co-worker came to rescue. The buttons, of course, worked for her! So here they are!

A Few Useful Library Related Blogs

Week 4, Thing 9
I have been looking around in the suggestions for the 9th lesson. There is so much out there! I looked at Shifted Librarian and found a YouTube made by some students. It is called "Library Ninja, Defender of Books" and it is a short video showing how, although computers are an importance resource, books are still sometimes the best choice. I e-mailed it to myself and will later figure out how to add it to my blog.
A very interesting blog I added to my bloglines was one suggested by a customer at Calabazas who came up to the desk while we were discussing our blogs. It is fusenumber8 and she is a children's librarian in New York. I also looked at "Unshelved, A Comic Strip About Libraries" that is on my bloglines.
Syndic8 looks good, too, but that will have to be another day.

Bloglines

Week 4, Thing 8
This lesson took me a bit of trial and error and some handholding by a co-worker. I finally did, however, set up my blogline. I subscribed to 15 blogs including 2 of co-workers at CZ. Before I subscribed, I viewed several possibilities and found some interesting stuff. I have some links to articles and blogs about cats, and dogs, and library humor if I ever have the time to look at them!

Technology

Week 3, Thing 7
I have fluctuated between not wanting to bother knowing new technology that I don't think I will need and wanting to learn many new things to expand my possibilities. I still am doing a little fluctuating, although these lessons are getting me excited. With my new blog and flickr account, I have started posting some of the photos that I have had unviewed on CD-Roms. I am starting to dream of bigger things!
I realize that I am a little behind in these lessons. I am on only Thing 7 and I need to finish 23 by the end of March. That gives me a little over a month. I should do at least one every workday just to finish on time. I will have to pick up my pace.
I wrote a comment on the blog of the person who showed me her trading card of her dog which gave me the idea of making a trading card with my cat. She is also the only one (I believe) who has commented on my blog (other than the virtual services team), although other friends have commented through my regular e-mail.

Week 3, Thing 6
I actually did this one mostly by myself! During the other lessons I usually had someone nearby to help.
I have been looking at other blogs to get ideas. One person at work had finished her blog (mostly at home), so I looked to hers for inspiration. She had created a trading card with a photo of her dog. That gave me an idea to make a trading card of one of my cats. I used the same technique from a previous lesson of taking photos from a CD-Rom I had made from a disposable camera when I had the roll developed. I saved one of the photos to my flickr and started in on the trading card. I finished it and didn't know what to do next. Whatever I clicked on made the card disappear. I started over and again I lost it. The last time I saved it before I clicked and this time I found the way to get to the page where I found the "blog this" command. So here it is!

Jo with a catnip "pillow"

Jo with a catnip "pillow"
Originally uploaded by boydparty.

Jo is the only boy in a litter of four. He feels a little intimidated by his sisters, even though he is now bigger than they are. I wanted a literary name for them and I finally came up with the "Little Women" names. So he is, of course, Jo.

Week 3, Thing 5
I have been looking at this lesson off and on for a couple of weeks but didn't do anything until today. I had looked at Picasa and found that it would have been useful when my husband made a collage of photos last month. They were photos sent to him by his children and step-children and he wanted to copy them all on one page and send them to his immediate family. We ended up arranging them on a piece of paper and taping them, and then we photocopied them. Very low-tech when I saw things that could be done with photos!
Most of the photos I have been taking recently have been with disposable cameras. When I have them developed, I always have a Kodak Picture CD made along with the prints. I have never looked at the CDs until today when I used a recent one to add a photo to my blog. It is a photo of my cats on my bed--Rascal at the top, Norton (the gray) in the middle, and Sammy toward the bottom. You can see part of Smokey at the left. I like this photo because my cats seem so relaxed and comfortable together. I forgot, however, to add the tag of SJ_learning2.0 so I don't know if I successfully completed the assignment or not.