Friday, August 31, 2007
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.
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.
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