Play Time at the Apollo

This week's lesson was a lot of fun...running amuck playing games as well as playing on various websites. There is something (and some website) for almost any pastime, hobby or interest. My favorites were Bottletalk and PuzzlePlayer. I usually go to Yahoo's website for games, but this gives me yet another avenue to pursue.

This has been so easy I almost feel guilty....almost, that is. :)

I've played on the internet for a number of years now and I'm still surprised by what can be found there. The many links offered in this week's (or should I say last week's) course were amazing such as virtual house hunting, etc. but Library Thing was one of my favorites. A website that allows you to catalog your books and music so one can have their own little library online....I love it! What a great idea.

And, if I may share, another site that I have used is craigslist.com. It's a great site where you list any items you want to "kick to the curb". You let others know what will be at the side of the road so it has the chance of going to a new, loving home. That was another good idea.

For me, it reaffirms that fact that almost anything can be found on the net.

The New & Improved Me

I created an avatar and thought I'd share it. I've always found them to be a little creepy, but this one I like. Guess it's kind of like women who don't care much for children, but after they give birth they love everybody's kids. Go figure.

I'd like to meet my friend George.

This week's lesson was a bit overwhelming. Not only was there a host of new sites to explore and new info to digest, there's the realization of what the internet is becoming.

Here is this area, space...er....cyberspace where all this information, ideas, videos, etc. are accumulating. One can interact with it, add to it, edit it, make it work for you, share it, and manipulate it. Interactive, virtual, video characters? Did you see that video on YouTube?

Yeah, I have it on my phone.

Sure, I got it in my e-mail.

Wait, yes, here it is on my Ipod.

I have that stored on the micro-chip in my brain.

Ok, so maybe that last one is a little over the top, but for how long? All those sci-fi movies I've seen where our hero plugs into a console and downloads the days news or what-have-you is becoming more believable every moment. I do find it fascinating and exciting that I can witness and be a part of this explosion of information, yet I still have a little, nagging thought a the back of my mind. A part of me that we'll refer to as....oh...let's call him George Orwell, who is walking around warning me that we might be getting a tad carried away with ourselves.

In spite of that and that fact that my age starts to show at such moments, I did enjoy the lesson. I must confess that I have been on the net for over 14 years and I still am only aware of a fraction of what can be found there. I liked the site MailEmotion and Guess the Google. Both were fun and interesting. FlickR though, is my current favorite. I can find pix of anything there! It's great. I also found the Web 2.0 video to be very cool. I had the sense of being carried away. Of course, George was a part of that experience too, speaking softly in my ear...remember what I said earlier...you might want to read my book again...you know the one...1984.....are you gonna eat the rest of that?

In the tradition of Bilbo Baggins...

This is a test. This is only a test. Had this been an actual post to my blog, it would be oh so much more entertaining. I'd had a few problems with posts, etc. So, this is a kind of experiment.

Here is a riddle to be solved. It's one of my favorites. Post your answers in the comment section, if you like. Here goes.


The shadow by my finger cast
Divides the future from the past.
Behind its unreturning line
The vanished hour, no longer thine.
Before it lies the unknown hour
In darkness and beyond thy power.
One hour alone is in thy hands
The now on which the shadow stands.

What am I?

Color me surprised!

I feel like such the sponge, lately. Learning about RSS feeds and Wikis is proving to be most interesting. I was surprised by how easy it was to find and organize information from the internet.

Then I discovered Grokker. I did a search for the New York World's Fair from 1964. The search returned all kinds of info, including over 60 photos from just one URL! The Map View made it easier to locate the various kinds of data available and it even sorted it for me. I could identify which sites had the most info and I could zoom in and out of the map. It was like an "E-Ticket" ride at Disney. ;)