Still Learning...adding stuff, a great hand puppet show

Just making sure I can do this...so its a bit of a test. I think I have learnt so much...Well, its definately still a "work in progress", but more from other peoples' adventures than my initial readings of things and experimentation. My forays into the course have often been done in a snatch and grab way and unfortunately also frequently late at night!

I am going to try and keep on dabbling with all of this and try and remember all these marvellous applications. Its only going to get bigger!

Thanks to Fiona and other participants I have had some great tips from reading your thoughtful comments, much more professional than my playing about!

Not quite goodbye just yet. And from a reluctant blog person that's saying something!

Lolloping down the Back Strait, EBooks etc

I've been beavering away here and looking at the EBooks and the whole Gutenberg Project and the World Public Library thing is amazing. What a brilliant initiative!
I tried to subscribe but then got stuck at the last when it wouldn't accept my username. Had to abandon it for the moment and am a bit concerned about the online security of those credit card details! but will try again later.
I'm very excited today as we are going into Arts centre this arvo for a concert by one of Greece's favourite female singers. We'll probably be two of the few Anglos in the audience, as Eleftheria (meaning freedom) is pulling a sellout Melbourne Greek crowd.

Rollyo

Set up a search engine with a few of the regularly used sites I am always in and out of, and it will certainly be handy to have a single spot to search from!
Having problems posting live links, but will try again later.

For the moment another picture of that wonderful Japanese maple

Podcasts more

I have looked at some of the available podcasts and directories, and if you had unlimited time and were housebound you could catch up on a huge array of programs you missed out on, or didn't even know about. I got very sidetracked here with all my favourites and more.
Here is a link to an episode of Enough Rope with Andrew Denton interviewing Elizabeth Murdoch...I got a phone call right in the middle of it and have never heard the complete thing. Now I have it saved!
What a wonderful woman...hard to believe Rupert is her son, but anyway here's the transcript

Podcasts and videos

This is the island of Simi near Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean which is one of the beautiful places we will be visiting in September, all being well!
I finally managed to work out how to put this up on my blog...and can't believe I've actually done it!

Collaboration & Manipulation

Bit of a break as other things have taken over.
Also, for some reason cannot easily view videos (blocked at work and very slow and disjointed at home) so am basically plodding along.
Hopefully will have a free day on Wednesday so I can catch up a bit.
Had a look at wikis and rollyo...latter could be useful eg at work for various subjects which keep popping up. It would be great to create a place to store various subject specific sites for those queries.
Have been adding to my delicious bookmarks. That is really going to be valuable.
Better hit the sack; Hopefully more mid week.

Here I am again......

Just looking at the difference in the garden over the last few weeks and the Japanese Maple shines! have taken a few pics of course ....

As for the homework........This stuff just continues to amaze and I feel there seem to be so many things out there doing quite similar functions as well, or variations on a theme; BUT I would never have got to looking at them unless I had entered into a contract of sorts, ie this course!
I have looked at the del.icio.us function and agree with some others that its handy to have your bookmarks portable in a sense. So I loaded up my home ones and will add my work ones as well. Was very impressed by the YPL bookmark listing! it makes me realise what a huge fun online world of information there is outside the work subject areas I use so frequently.

I am finding the firewall at work prevents me from doing anything much from there, but I at least can do the bookmark exercise.
News Flash
Have had my leave approved for later this year so I'm trying to get my head around the big trip over to Pommy land and beyond ... a highlight will be another visit to Greece!