Busy, Busy, Busy

Scroll down and have a look at the slide show I added in the sidebar. I can't wait until I can download enough photos of Chelsea and Barney to make my own slideshow on Flickr and post that. I also have created two lists of links on del.icio.us - one list is favorite dog websites, and the other is a list of sites that have book discussion guides for kids and teens books. I successfully bundled the tags for the sites with book discussion guides, but I don't think I bundled the tags for the dog sites quite right. My next list will be storytime resource sites, and I'll bundle the tags for that list, too.

Worth A Thousand Words

I've noticed that I get more comments on my posts that have photos.

Also, I'm wondering how to get my Library Thing book list to appear in the sidebar of my blog, so it doesn't get archived. And for some reason, when I tried to sign up for del.icio.us I couldn't download the necessary file, and neither could the staffer at automation. I'll give it another try next week.

I'm glad we get a few weeks of catch-up time because there are several things I still want to try to do. I'm definitely signing up for semester 2 of PP. I like having a reason to take the time to try out these tools.

Wiki Work

Well, the brain's not working at 100% this week - I've had two migraines in a row the last few days. But, one obvious application of library wiki's would be to invite the public to create lists of their favorite books, movies or magazines with links to the library's catalog for more descriptive information. I love how easy it is to edit the wiki. And now that I've had a look at PBWiki, I'll create a personal one for family and see how that works.
Wikis should make creating collaborative bibliographies, or collaborative planning of some events such as Summer Reading Program events easier, and possibly could reduce the need for face-to-face meeting time for some aspects of planning.

But First, A Word From Our Sponsors...

Hi all you canine enthusiasts, here are a few more pics to brighten your day. I took these pictures before Chelsea had her surgery - so no bald legs in these photos. Photo above, left - "Couch Potatoes" Above, right - "Barney Rakes Leaves" And right - "Chelsea deep in thought."

Chelsea's Surgery

Chelsea's knee injury from last March never healed completely, so on Wednesday she had TPLO surgery. If I get a chance I'll put in a link and you all can have a look at her x-rays, there's a before and an after picture of her right knee. Not for the squeamish, though. She had to have a plate put in with screws to hold her tibia together so the bone can heal. Once she's healed she'll get back to running and playing and being a dog.

Survey Working Again

The Dog Survey is up and working again. Also, I joined a group on Library Thing. Cool place to discuss children's literature with other professionals. Also, cool way to create rotating, topical book suggestion list for blogs. I like this tool a lot.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jstAwr1wxiB1l_2b9qJGbvDQ_3d_3d

Dog Survey Disabled

I tried to check on results from the Dog Survey I created with SurveyMonkey, and discovered that I couldn't get to the survey using the link that I was providing. It seemed like the link wasn't working, it would just take me to SurveyMonkey's Homepage. I will try to fix it, but I'm not sure quite how to do it.

More Fun with Library Thing

So, I went back to Library thing and added about four titles. Next I returned to my blog and saw that the first seven titles I had listed had changed to a random seven titles from the list of now eleven titles. Cool.

Recomended Titles WITH Cover Art!

Howdy. Here's my stab at using Library Thing. I'm kinda guessing how to put my list here. Hope it works.

Puppy Pic.s from Flickr

Well I had to look at dog photos, what else? I like this one and since I'm a bit fuzzy about where on Flickr I would find copyright information, I'll just link to this photo of Kirby the Westie studying up on his ancestors.
http://flickr.com/photos/ezz_eddie/1736050365/in/pool-dogs/

I tried to use Spell with Flickr, but once I got the line I wanted, I couldn't figure out how to upload it onto this post.

Okay, next time I have a bit of extra time I'll set up my own account on Flickr and put together a set of pictures.