The last of the 23 things!

I finally made it to the last thing! LIBRARYTHING! I didn't think I would like using this so I went in to it kind of pessimistic. I do actually like it though. I added Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and wrote a review on it. I also added Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher and I looked through some of the conversations people were having. There are a lot more people than I expected to be on that site and that active. It's kind of a cool concept to have something online where you can keep track of what you've read or are in the process of reading. Then later on you have the option to discuss it with other people. I can't guarantee that I'll use it all the time but it's cool to know that it's there and open to use when I want to.

Collaboration & Productivity Tools, part 2/3

I edited the shared NOPL document on Google Docs becuase I didn't want to go and create a new document. That and I didn't know what to even put on one if I did. It seems simple enough to use. It's not going to be something that I use everyday. It's pretty much the same as a normal word document which is good because then it's easier to use since you pretty much already know how to do it. I didn't really dislike anything about it. Like I said, I probably won"t use it again after the 23 things are over.

#20=Wikis!

I did not go and correct any wiki articles because I could be wrong on whatever I'm looking at. I didn't really look at wikis this week because I use it way to often as it is anyways. I use them for finding information for essays or whatever kind of homework assignment I have to do. In high school, most teachers were dead set against using wikipedia just because of the fact that anyone can go and change the information listed. Nothing on the Internet can really be trusted but Wikipedia is by far the worst one to trust. They aren't to big against it here at Fredonia, as long as we cite it then they don't have to big of an issue with it. They prefer that we use it as a last resort if we really need to. But, I don't really trust much on the Internet and Wikipedia least of all. Overall, I don't think Wikis are something that should be used by everyone on a daily basis for really important things. It would be good to use just to get a general idea of a certain topic but not as the only background for a project or something.

Youtube and podcasts!

Here we are on YouTube. I used to use this site a lot until I came to college and I started using it all the time instead. People are constantly sending me links on Facebook about videos that I should watch but unfortunately half of them are very stupid. I have a ton of video favorites and I subscribe to a few different users videos. It's a cool site, the amount of stuff they have on it is ridiculous. I tend to watch mostly comedians like Ellen DeGeneres, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Kate Clinton, and a few others. I'm a big fan of a Capella groups as well as a huge Star Wars fan, I finally decided which video to embed in here. The guy who did this is an amazing performer and really good with his videos.

Next on the list is podcasts! Pretty cool things if I might say so myself. I listen to a lot of podcasts for tech related things. I focus mostly on one in particular and that's the Invisible Children podcast. I'm assuming none of you really know about the Invisible Children so I'll use my computer knowledge and post a link for you guys to check it out. CHECK OUT THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN HERE! I've supported this cause for a few years now, even got in the paper once because of it back in April 2009. It's a good cause and people need to be more aware of it.

Back to podcasts though. I listen to Invisible Children, 2 Homos, B&N Meet the Writers, and Itunes: Meet the Authors as well as the different things on Itunes U. There's a lot of podcasts out there and everyone can find something that suites them. My dad is a big Chicago Bears fan and that's all he listens to at work. The options are endless guys!

Multimedia part 2 of 3!!!!

So...I did the Overdrive thing. It's not my favorite thing in the world and I probably won't use it again but it's good for if I do need it. I got a book on it but it was hard to get it working right when I tried to use it. I was just having no luck. I did look through Overdrive for a little bit and it seems like there is a good amount of things on it. It would be cooler if there was more but I suppose that's what Itunes and Zune is for.

Ah college

I'm back to college and the first week is done. It went well I think. Not to happy with my schedule, don't know what I was thinking when I planned it but oh well. We've been playing a lot of Frisbee and learned two new games called Ninja and Waa. They're pretty cool especially ninja, hence the name of the game. L...O...L...Been kind of a boring week and I wish I was working but there is pretty much no such thing as a job in this area. I'm keeping on top of my work do, I said I would get at least a 3.0 so that's what I'm aiming for. I don't really know what else to say. I heard this story about a mud covered troll which I will have to tell when I get home. It's hilarious beyond belief! Yeah...so, other than that nothing much has really happened, just kinda getting back in the swing of things I suppose.

Vampires suck? The movie?

This new movie came out that most of you have probably heard of. It's called Vampires Suck and it's a parody on the Twilight Saga. I haven't seen it yet but the previews to it look really funny and from what I hear so far, the previews give it no justice! This is not what this specific post is going to mostly be about. It will of course be about vammpires because that's been a long time coming, but it won't focus on that movie. More on the Twilight series than anything else.

At the begining of the summer I decided to read the Twilight series so I can no longer be a hypocrite and finally have some sort of backing as to why it is a sucky series. I was able to make it through the first three in the series but I couldn't finish Breaking Dawn. It dragged on way to much, so I just skipped to the Eclipse novella, The Short Second life of Bree Tanner. It was well written unlike the other books. It is an idiotic idea that the vampires in these books sparkle in the sun like diamonds though. This made me think...are they all like this?

I went on to read Insatiable by Meg Cabot which is a really good book. The writing is pretty good, a lot better than Stephenie Meyers in my opinion. In this book, the vampires don't sparkle. They can turn into mist to get into places that have been made holy. Being splashed with holy water and stabbed in the heart is how these vamps get destroyed.

Another book I read was Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. In this book, vampires are destroyed by having their heads cut off, usually in a pretty violent matter.

These different books lead me to wonder where the authors are coming up with these ideas. Some of them are decent and 'normal' ideas, like beheading. But...sparkling like diamonds and turning into mist is a rather obnoxious idea even for a fiction story. I plan to read Dracula by Bram Stoker at some point in the near future in hopes that that tale sounds a little more 'realistic'.