In looking for a web 2.0 tool to play with from the Web 2.0 award winners, I chose the first place winner in the Fun Stuff category: Cocktail builder.
So what does Cocktail builder do, you ask? Well, your alcoholic needs will be met on this site, since it is a site devoted to various cocktails that you can assemble yourself! There is even a place where you can type in the adult beverage that you have at home, and it will give you a list of what cocktails you can make with it.
Don't even bother looking for actual food recipes on this site, they won't be there. They have a single-minded determination in their devotion to the adult beverage.
For example, if you have Jack Daniels languishing in your cupboard, all you need is some Bailey's Irish Creme for a woodfather. Have a bottle of Vodka? Well, you're almost ready to serve a Pink Polar Bear with the addition of grenadine. Salut!
I did really like that as you type in the poison you have on hand, it automatically helps you below the search bar with items in its database.
What a fun little tool on the web!
Fun for all! Or at least fun for all above 21!
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Web 2.0 awards
Zoho
Since this is for my blog, here's another published document from Zoho.
With 19 fonts to choose from, that will work for most people, but for me, the font queen (I have over 1000), I'd probably be more apt to import in documents.
The first document I tried to import was a flier that I completed this morning on our next in-service here at the region. Most of the text came out, but the images didn't at all. I suppose that they have to be uploaded into Zoho first.
I don't know that this will be something that I will use that much, but at least I know it's out there!
Contact Information
So here's my document from Zoho Writer. I imported one of my handouts for my e-rate workshops to see how it went, and made some changes. It's definitely interesting!
Contact Information
Any E-rate Information
Jennifer Cowan-Henderson
State E-Rate Coordinator for Public Libraries in Tennessee
Upper Cumberland Regional Library
208 East Minnear Street
Cookeville, TN 38501
phone 931-526-4016
fax 931-528-3311
jennifer.cowan-henderson@state.tn.us
Basic E-Rate Information
http://state.tn.us/tsla/regional/UCRL/erate.htm
Tech Plan List
http://state.tn.us/tsla/regional/UCRL/techplans.htm
Schools and Libraries Division
Help Line
888-203-8100
E-Mail Assistance
http://www.slforms.universalservice.org/EMailResponse/EMail_Intro.aspx
Website
http://www.universalservice.org/sl/
Eligible Services List will need to change once the 2008 doc is out
http://www.universalservice.org/_res/documents/sl/pdf/els_archive/2007-eligible-services-list.pdf
Monday, August 27, 2007
Archive-It
In looking at Archive-It, I discovered the Institute of Egpytian Art and Archaeology. What an interesting site! It is housed at the University of Memphis, and has all kinds of artifacts and information. If you are interested, just go to: http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt/
Enjoy!
Internet Archive
It's amazing the things you find in the public domain! Getting to see "Betty Boop: Minnie the Moocher" has always been one of my favorite Betty Boop cartoons - plus you get a really great song! Cab Calloway knew how to swing it with style (I've even got this song on my MP3 player).
I also watched Private SNAFU in Booby Traps. It's interesting to see the non-edited version, that's for sure! Swearing, slightly sexual situations and innuendo, all the things necessary for a military training video!
The Internet Archive is a definite wealth of information on all manners of media, from film, to audio, to text. I did find that the site loaded really slowly, but once the page did load, it ran pretty quickly. I will definitly have to look into the Internet Archive more closely to see what other gems I can find.
Wikis
Ah the wiki-world! I really like wikis. They are a great way of transmitting information and ideas in a format that everyone can look at. The regional libaries have a great wiki! Wikis seem to be popping up everywhere; we are even working on one for our region.
The only thing that I have to keep in mind is that as with everything on the Internet, check your sources!
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Yippee!
And there are people who say that YouTube is filled with nothing but dirty videos!
I decided to try a new knitting pattern called "My So Called Scarf." Now, I am not an expert knitter (or much of an intermediate one either). I tend to stick with what I know - knit and pearl stitches. Well, I thought, let's try something new - this pattern looks interesting, and not too hard for a novice knitter like me!
Oh my.
I couldn't figure out the pattern! Oh I could read it, but I couldn't make it come out right. I pulled out that first row a dozen times at the least! Fine, I'll try again tomorrow. So, tomorrow came, and dagnabbit but I couldn't do it any better then than I could the day before! I need to see it, this tricky little stitch that is quickly becoming the bane of my existence! I have still pictures of the stitch, but they weren't helping.
So, I look up the pattern name on the Internet. Yay and yippee! There is a YouTube video on this exact pattern and this exact stitch (and the cooresponding one on the other side, too)! I get it! I understand!
So now, I am well on my way through this pattern! Now that I get it, it's not hard at all!
I have saved the YouTube link (along with dozens of pattern links) to my del.icio.us faves. Whoo hoo! Thanks, Learning 2.0, now I don't have to save it on just one computer, I can have it wherever I go! Yay!
