RSS Feeds

Well, that was exciting! I managed to set up RSS Feeds to the suggested blogs listed under 'libraries' on Bloglines. I then went to the Lonely Planet blog and had no trouble adding it to my list. I tried to subscribe to the Fodor's blog from their webpage but got hung-up and couldn't figure out how to add it from their page. I did manage to add it from the Bloglines page and pasting in the URL.

What I found exciting was that I went to my Travel Talk blog on the library homepage and set up an RSS Feed for it. I believe that it had been mentioned that this could be done but I hadn't ever tried to do it!

I think this can be a very useful tool for me as I write the Travel Talk blog to see what is going on in the world of travel by setting up RSS feeds for some of the more common travel blogs.

Google Universe

I decided to take a look at Google Scholar and Blogs.

I tried a couple of searches in Google Scholar and didn't see anything that would make me try it instead of our online databases when doing reference work. Doing a simple search for "global warming" in both Ebsco and Google Scholar, I could find many more full-text articles in Ebsco than in Google Scholar. I also tried L.M. Montgomery and seemed to come up with either books, citation or unrelated articles in Google Scholar. As well, I find the Advanced Search options more useful in Ebsco. I might try Google Scholar as a last resort, but it certainly wouldn't be my first choice.

Using the Blogs search to look for travel blogs was much more rewarding. I think that this is a sight that I could use to take a look at what other people are writing about in their travel blogs as a good way to get ideas for the CPL Travel Talk blog. Very interesting!

Facebooking Fool

I would like to be a Facebooking fool and spend all my time there, but don't seem to ever find a lot of free time. I use Facebook primarily to see what's going on with my nieces and nephews and to see pictures of them and my cute little grand kiddies.

Facebook is a great site for seeing what is going on with various friends and family. We have started a Facebooking group as a networking tool for ex-humsters but it so far it hasn't seen a lot of traffic.

Wikipedia Whiz

Well, I am truly not a Wikipedia Whiz, but I did manage to edit an article on my home town in Ontario. Someone had already posted information on the town of Minden Hills and I didn't find any grammar or factual mistakes, so I added information on the Minden Hills Cultural Centre with its museum and historical buildings. I even managed to add an External Link. Woo-hoo!!

I did look through a few articles and didn't see any glaring mistakes.

My co-worker Mia and I have just been discussing that we didn't find editing easy. I am not great with the language of technology, so Wikipedia lost me when they started talking about my IP address. I found the same thing applied in their "How to Edit" instructions.

Mia has just explained what an IP address is, so I have learned something new today! CPL 2.0 is working!!

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