Movie quote quiz

Today's quote:

"Love means never having to say you're sorry."



Answers to last quotes:

1.---"They're here!"---Poltergeist
2.---"Play it, Sam. Play, 'As Time Goes By'. ----Casablanca
3.---"Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape."---The Great Escape
4.---"Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: 'With great power comes great responsibility.'" ---Spiderman
5.---My name is Will Turner, my father was Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins.------Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl
6.--"Hasta la vista, baby." ---Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Thing 23

Well, I must start off by making two statements: I was so very unaware (to my shame!) of all these ways one could access or create information. And second, I was pleasantly surprised that I could work with them without too much trial and error! However, it's important to note that I had LOTS of help, so thank you to the great staff here for all their (patient) help.
I now feel much more confident in talking about, and using, such things as RSS feeds, YouTube, wikis, Flickr, and podcasts, just to name a few. Certainly I can trot out the well-worn phrase, "learning is a never-ending process" (or words to that effect). I was a bit skeptical and wary of learning all this, but thank goodness I just got to it, and took things one "thing" at a time, and well, had the mindset of having fun!
What was so pleasant to see was all the cooperation among the staff; the teamwork was so wonderful to see. And, wow, don't we need that nowadays, with all this dog-eat-dog, "get out of my way or I'll step on you" attitude that's way too prevalent in the world. And, I think, too, that knowing about, and working with, these sites, is important for practical, work-related reasons, not simply as "play" sites.
I would say, if there was an unexpected outcome of all this for me, it is that so much out there is more or less a community effort, with a person being able to add or subtract to them. And, as I have stated, in my posts, on more than one occasion, there are positives as well as negatives to this. The fluidity of the information on some of these sites makes you realize that, just because it's online, that doesn't mean it's the gospel truth.
So, my overall impressions of these exercises are very positive, for all the reasons stated above, and I would certainly want to participate in any future discovery programs.

Things 1,2,3, and 4

I did all these back in the beginning of the program, but I haven't officially blogged about them. I read the "about" page and the "FAQ"s part for Thing 1, and that eased my mind somewhat, since I was wary of what this was all about. With some very appreciated help, I set up my blog for Thing 3, and then registered it for Thing 4, and received a confirmation that it had been registered.
For Thing 2, the 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners, I believe that my strength is Habit 7: Teach/Mentor others. I really love to help other people. And, if I know something, and you don't, I am more than willing to show you or teach you so that you can do it as well as I, and perhaps, pass on your expertise to someone else. I would say this is my greatest satisfaction as a librarian.
My weakness is probably Habit 4: Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner. I have this built-in mindset of, "oh my, I'll never be able to learn this, or grasp this concept", and 9 times out of 10 I am proven wrong. With a track record like this, you would think I would believe in myself more, but I almost always start out with, "oh, no!" instead of, "oh, yeah!". I waste too much time acting so negatively.

Thing 22

Establishing an account was easy enough, and I found NetLibrary to be user friendly. I was slightly surprised to find that most all the titles are of the academic variety (For example, The United States and the European Trade Movement; Crossing the Minefield: Tactics for Overcoming Today's Toughest Management Challenges; and The Business of Newspapers on the Western Frontier.). I had done author searches for Tony Hillerman and James Patterson, and found nothing. I tried a subject search for "sports" and had just 6 hits, which were more of the business side of sports than the action on the field, or personal reminiscences. I think, for a person who is doing some academic research, or at least wants some in-depth discussion about certain topics, our selections may be appropriate. The general reader, however, won't find much of interest. Another drawback is that, when I did a subject search under "history", and browsed the results, I found several titles listed more than once. On the positive side, I liked that, in looking at a book's index, you can click on a page number and be taken to that specific part of the volume. Also, it's good that you are able to e-mail information. One last thing to mention is that is appears that most all the titles are nonfiction.

Thing 21

I took a look at podcast.net, but wasn't very pleased with my search. I just found too many irrelevant sites. I had much better luck at podcastalley.com. I did a search using the term "libraries" and had 25 results. However, under "education", I found an interesting podcast called "libvive", which is worth checking into further. That day's "cast" was about library funding, I believe, and it wasn't dry at all, but quite interesting, as well as informative. The podcast I added to my Bloglines account is NPR: Books, since I have listened to reviews on All Things Considered in the past and have enjoyed them.
I think, regarding podcasts, I have the same response as to some of the other "things". There is much that is interesting and/or useful, but wow, there is a lot of junk too, or just reasons (excuses?) for people to rant and rave about life. In a way it's good that we can vent, but on the other hand, all that clutter!!

NOAA: National Marine Fisheries Service---Fish Watch

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/

Thing 20

I can easily see why YouTube is so addictive. I put in searches for "1960s commercials" and for "1980s music videos", and was transported back to the good 'ol days when commercials were fun, and when music videos were just MUSIC and not the equivalent of a Hollywood blockbuster along with an overwrought "storyline" and over-the-top special effects. So, it was fun to see all these, and a little scary to realize how drawn in I was by everything, and how tempted I was to just keep looking at all there was. As far as posting a video, I did a keyword search for Audrey Hepburn and found this utterly fascinating one called "Women in Film". Not only do you see each face of these great actresses morph into the next one, but you get to listen to this lovely cello solo in the background.

Things 18 and 19

Thing 18: ZoHo Writer seems easy enough to work with, and not having to worry about whether the software is in place on your computer is a plus. But, I thought it still had the annoying albeit minor glitches, if you will, that Word has.

Thing 19: I first looked at "Listdump", which was under "Lists and Polls", and certainly the second syllable of the name is appropriate because that's where some of these "lists" belong--in the dump! I gave up counting the porn lists after 8. Can you imagine your 10-year old daughter or son exploring Listdump because, like me, they love to make lists and want to add their own, and being confronted with garbage like that? I guess this is my big problem with "anyone can join in and add or subtract items" things like wikis. And, also, who monitors these? Can't we have some kind of, well, censorship? I can just breeze by junk like this, but why should a child be smacked in the face, so to speak, with this?
On a more pleasant note, (and for a breath of fresh air), I looked at Biblio.com (which checks on out-of-print books) and entered a book I remember borrowing many years ago, and finding it for sale, which was rather a nice surprise. I checked out one more site, Reader2.com, and saw that it had a "what book to read next" search, but every time I put in a title, there were no hits. (And I entered popular titles such as The Da Vinci Code, and Jack and Jill, by James Patterson.) So, it seems that, to be effective, this site needs much more input from people. If only a handful of people participate and add their thoughts and lists of books, a site such as this won't be very helpful.

Women in Film

This is a very cool presentation of famous women actresses from the silent era to today, with a lovely cello accompaniment. See how many you recognize!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEc4YWICeXk

Thing 17

I very much enjoyed browsing this wiki. I added entries to the "favorite movie" and "favorite TV show" lists. I think pretty much everyone has at least several lists of favorites, if not on paper or online, at least in his or her head, and it's fun that you can now add yours to a sort of "community" site. You're putting in your two cents worth, and you get the chance to see what other people like. Certainly this kind of sharing is going to be a very positive experience, since you are only describing and listing things you like. And don't we all need places like this to go to every so often?