Week 5, Thing 11 - LibraryThing

This is a great idea! What a great way to keep track of the books that I own and have read. I love the fact that it is so easy to use and add books to my library. I added several of my books and I plan on adding more when I finish my 23 Things. This is a resource that I will certainly put to good use! Click here to see my Library. Can you tell what book I'm looking forward to reading in the next month or so?

Week, 5, Thing 10 - Play with an Online Image Generator

This is the image that I created in meez.com. For those of you who don't recognize it, I'm doing the Thriller dance! What a hoot this was! I had a great time creating an alternate personality and putting myself into a place where I only go in my imagination! I love the tatoos that I have on my arms, because I'm not brave enough to get any in real life.

It's just that kind of a day...

Oh, how I wish I were sitting along side this creek. It is a beautiful day in Gettysburg and I am stuck inside with a head cold. Oh well! At least I can enjoy the lovely weather and this babbling brook from somewhere inside my head... it's just that kind of a day!

Week 4, Thing 9 - Explore MERLIN

The Drama of a Prairie Dog! I love this 5-second video. It is all over the Internet, but I found it most recently when I was exploring Technorati, which seems to be the most visually appealing of all the search tools that I looked at for this Thing. The look of the site is clean and not overwhelming, like some of the others are. I know that they contain lots of great ways to search for feeds, but most of them were extremely cluttered. Technorati has a couple of great features that allow the user to see commonly searched words (a scrolling marquis across the top of the page will allow the user to click on the random links, and a box on the righthand side of the page has a list of randomly searched words too). I also really like the link to WTF, which in the world of Technorati means "Where's the Fire" or more specifically, the latest hot topics that people are blogging about.

As for MERLIN, I created an account and look forward to exploring that site a bit more. I have heard of it, but had not used it at all before today.

Week 4, Thing 8 - RSS Feeds

I love the idea of having one location that gives me updates for all of the sites that I regularly visit. Currently, I keep all of my favs listed in "My Favories" which is a good place to keep them organized. I thought that was sufficient because I could go to each site to check out what was new at each one. As the Lee LeFever video pointed out, that takes a lot of time and by creating a bloglines account, I could save a lot of time. So, I created one and put all of my personal favorites like PostSecret, CuteOverload, and Perez Hilton in it, along with some news sites and library sites. I think that I will have a lot of fun customizing it in the future. For now, I'm glad I learn more about these and I look forward to using RSS feeds in the future. Click below to get to my Bloglines Account:

Breadcrumbs' Updates

Week 3, Thing 7 - Anything that Interests me this week

I am a huge YouTube fan, and while I know that we are going to have a "Thing" about YouTube, I can't help but write about my most recent favorite video. If you are a fan of reality shows, you may know that America's Got Talent originated across the pond in the form of Britain's Got Talent. The show just wrapped up another season and this year's winner was an incredibly talented and humble man named Paul Potts. He is a mobile phone salesman and he is the most unassuming man. I can honestly say that if this was the American version of the show, the man wouldn't stand a chance. He doesn't have that "look" that seems to be so important on American "reality" tv. Anyhow, his talent is that he can sing opera. Now let me tell you, I enjoy all kinds of music, but I will say that opera is not one that generally listen to. Take a peek at this video and prepare to be blown away. This is the final of the show, so keep in mind that he goes on to win the show. I don't think he'll be selling mobile phones anymore!

Week 3, Thing 6 Flickr Mashups...

It was fun exploring the third party Flickr applications. I have enjoyed looking at the mashups that other folks have produced on their blogs. The third party application that I really like is the Flickr Postcard Browser which allows you to search for various tags and it produces about 25 snapshot pictures that have that tag. I searched for Gettysburg, PA and Washington, CT (where I currently live and where I grew up, respectively). It was fun to see the various pictures that popped up, especially the ones that came from my hometown. This is a great way to get some unique photographs of well-known (and not so well-known) locations.