CPL 2.0 RSS

So far I have added two feeds to my Bloglines account. I did find it a little confusing when I first went into Bloglines. I tried adding a feed from a site by clicking on the RSS icon, but this did not work. But using the "Add" feature and entering the URLs did allow me to successfully add the two feeds I selected. This will be something I will use, and I am grateful to learn of this tool.

CPL 2.0 Google Universe

I spent some time exploring Google Books. I liked the fact that some books and magazines are available in full text, although this is limited mainly to those in the public domain. The link to Google Earth was very interesting--letting you view a map of places referred to in selected books. The downside is the limited number of titles available. I would recommend it to others mainly for entertainment.

CPL 2.0 Facebook

Is Facebook useful to me or a waste of time? I have to say that right now it is not useful. I do not want to spend more time sitting at a computer when there are so many other things to do, and I maintain contact with friends in other ways.

CPL 2.0 Wikipedia

Today I viewed several Wikipedia entries. As I work on the information desk, I am quite familiar with Wikipedia, so it was mainly a review. I did not feel that I had the expertise to edit the entries, so instead I did a bit of editing in the Wikipedia Tutorial sandbox section.

It was quite easy to find articles which needed or actually requested editing. One of the articles I looked at was on quilting. It only had three references, which is very minimal, so it would be easy to add additional sources. I did not find spelling or errors in grammar in the articles I looked at, although I might have changed some of the wording/format if I had done the writing.