More on feeds

I found Bloglines search feature the easiest way of finding feeds. The search box allows searches to be limited to feeds, feeds can be previewed by a "Preview feed" link under each search result, and a conveniently located "Subscribe to feed" link makes subscribing easy. I found Topix the most confusing search tool to use and I couldn't find a "subscribe to feed" link on its website.

The most useful feeds I found were those for the Motley Fool, a source for investment information, and the BBC's news feed. An unusual one that I found is that from the Bestiaria Latina Blog, dedicated to students and enthusiasts of the Latin language.

Using RSS feeds

RSS and newsreaders are a concise, quick, and convenient way of keeping up with frequently changing information on a variety of websites. Their convenience and ease of use make them an essential tool for anyone that needs to stay on track of frequently changing information. Libraries can use this technology to help their customers stay on top of programs and classes offered at the library, the status of their accounts, and new material available in the collection, to name some of the most obvious examples. One library system that is already making extensive use of RSS technology is the Hennepin County Public Library in Minnesota:

http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/RSS.cfm

The number of feeds on my public Bloglines account is rather sparse at the moment.

The Joys of Technology

In Room Blue Screen of Death
Originally uploaded by Newki

Arguably computers are great when they work (or when those using them acutally know how to do so). But often this isn't the case. For example, one of the responsibilities of my job is to oversee a portable computer lab, which is set up when we offer computer classes to the public. I cannot remember how many times the equipment in our lab has malfunctioned, making teaching some of our classes quite difficult to say the least.

Memories from the past

My creation
Originally uploaded by tcalt1974

Here is a trading card of a standard poodle that looks similar to one my father had eight years ago. His poodle's name was Ted, and like the dog pictured here, he frequently wore a red bandana around his neck and enjoyed chewing on tennis balls.