ACTIVITY 2: OVERDRIVE

Explored the "read in browser" option in OverDrive.  Discovered we have "Joined at the Hip," the book about Twin Cities jazz history, and was surprised to find that someone has checked it out.  Makes me want to write a lengthy article about all the great music going on currently, but I digress.  The Scientology exposé "Going Clear" was available and has been on my "to read" list for awhile, so I nabbed that.  The word "library" appears four times in the book, but really only once in the actual content of the book (plus two notes and LC info on the copyright page).  Fearless Leader ("L-Ron") allegedly sent a lackey to the library to get a copy of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" because he couldn't remember the names of all seven.  This had something to do with international governmental interference with the spread of his "church."  Okay, then.

Re: e-books in general, I am not a total newcomer.  I find patrons are less confused by the formats than they are by figuring out how to get started.  No success stories come to mind at the moment, lately I'm usually just updating expired cards for people over the phone who suddenly can't get their downloads and don't know why.  I strongly recommend an option for patrons to either update their own cards online or a system that e-mails them about a week before their cards expire.

I've downloaded books from OverDrive on my iPhone a few times before, haven't had any trouble before, and was able to get a book ("Insurgent") for my partner recently which she zipped through on our iPad.

Was this good enough for a blog post?  ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!?

Minor updates

Got rid of cartoon me, added photo of real me.  Swapped out LibraryThing for Goodreads, added my library-related Twitter feed which at this point I have not used in two years.  Got rid of Pandora since I never use that anymore, either.  Stay tuned for equally thrilling content such as this.

DiscoTech 2.0 (ACTIVITY 1: BLOGS/REGISTER)

Here we go again.  Was I supposed to be blogging last time?  Well, I sure didn't.  I did manage to complete all but one of the activities, even if there is no proof of it.  I know what I did.

Looking forward to brushing up my skills and probably learning a bunch of new ones.

Not looking forward to blogging.  I did a lot of it in the early '00s.  Maybe it's good practice since I don't write much anymore, but it feels too much like a diary, and diaries are so '90s.

Dear Spammers,

Nobody cares. Nobody reads this blog and no one will ever click on your pharmaceuticalporndating links. So why do you bother? WHYYYYY????????

Thing 24: Refresh Your Blog

Aaaaaaaaand we're back. I've changed my avatar to a Meez character (over yonder on the right) and added a Pandora Radio thingy. Pandora is a somewhat genius robot A.I. from the future that picks out songs for you based on what you like. I've created stations with power pop and punk from the '70s and '80s, funk, psychedelic '60s rock, indie rock, and chillaxin' music (mixing laid-back electronica with folk/jazz/pop like the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, the Sea & Cake, and more).

Also updated the blogroll as several blogs have ceased to be (or become invite-only). I still like the colors, although I probably should've also changed the name of the blog. Since it's too late for that, I'm stuck with a super-outdated Mr. Show reference. Perhaps I should change the name to "Livin' in the Past." Ah, well.

18 Sexy Trips to the Library Stacks

From Entertainment Weekly. I think they're misusing the word "sexy," but there were a few tidbits in here I was happy to discover, especially Desk Set with Hepburn & Tracy.