Holiday Pictures

We had our annual holiday pictues taken on Wednesday night. I just wanted to share a cute one from the photo session.

Learn and Play Experience

Well I have come to the end of my Learn and Play experience. I must admit it was not as evil as I thought it would be. However, most things are not as evil as I originally think they are going to be. Delicious was probably my favorite activity and something I will continue to use in my personal life. Some of the other activities were things I already use on a regular basis (YouTube and Flickr). I will need to dabble with Wikis a little more before I pass judgement on this new tool.

I just want to thank many of my coworkers, especially Christin Overly and Gina Finley, for helping me complete this assignment and keeping me from pulling out all of my hair. This activity really helped bring out the best in Team Karl.

MOLDI Searching

Well I did some searching on MOLDI this afternoon for the first time. It must be growing in popularity, because I had to place holds on the titles I was interested in. I am happy though that titles can now be downloaded to Ipods. I am all about the Ipod. Hopefully my request for Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley will be returned "digitally" soon.

Obama Podcasting

I used the Google Podcast Directory and started searching for podcasts of President-elect Obama. Within EveryPodcast.com, I found the Official Barack Obama Audio Podcast. I subscribed through my Bloglines account and listened to his election night speech again. It is good to be a Democrat. ;-)

I have an Ipod at home and I have noticed from time to time free podcasts from professors at Ohio State. I thought that was just great. Now if they had only had that when I was in school.

YouTube

I love YouTube and I look at it almost everyday. Since I am a political humor junkie, I could not help posting this video that mashes Sarah Palin and Miss South Carolina. ;-)

It should frighten people that I am using Power Tools

Since I ordered MAKE magazine for the branch for 2009, I was happy to see MAKE as a Power Tool that we could use for Learn and Play. You could say I lack the handy man skills. Many of the projects seemed a little too difficult for me. However, the Magnetic Wall Chess board might be something I could do. Before I dedicate wall space to the game board, I probably should learn how to play chess first.

The forum part of the MAKE Power Tool was pretty cool. Somebody came across several large burlap bags and wanted to find things to do with them. If they looked at my stickie note from an earlier posting, they might decide to use them for that. Just kidding. CML does not endorse any of the expressed views of this blogger. ;-)

A good web page for the holidays

One of the things I really enjoyed on Web 2.0 was cocktailbuilder.com. Sometimes when the family comes over for the holidays, a good stiff drink is needed to maintain your sanity. With this web page, you can just pug in the ingredients you have on hand and make your drink. No need to run out to one of those all night liquor stores on a holiday. ;-)

Urbanspoon was pretty cool too, however, some of the restaurants listed are no longer in busy. It would be good to call ahead before you head out for your dining experience.

I am not sure if this was what the goal of this Learn and Play thing was, but I liked it.