Thing 15

Well, I am still kinda working on this one. I think I am gonna move on to the next Thing and come back to the online gaming stuff when I have more time. It really does not interest me, but it is something I deal with every day as we have patrons of all ages busy playing online games on our public computers. I often think librarians are a little tough on gamers as they think they are wasting our resources. I am coming around as these games are just as important to them as somebody shopping on eBay, checking their email, or reading the latest political blog. Playing online games is a way for some of our user's to socialize. Personally, I don't get it, but why should I judge what is important to someone and how a patron uses our public resources?

As far as Grace is concerned, she does not play online games as she does not have thumbs. She does, however, like to lay on the laptop while I play Donkey Kong.

While you wait for my latest entry, please enjoy looking at a scanned image from my closet...

Or, play one of my favorite video games from back in the day (hint: click mario to start, then use arrow keys to move and spacebar to jump). Now this is an online game....

****Actually, I had to take the widget down as the game would be constantly playing. (Sorry, Jeff, I know you enjoyed playing). But please enjoy a screen shot of the best games ever!****

Thing 14

Well, this is pretty cool! Super cool! A social networking site for bookworms! I went ahead and registered (for yet another online account) and quickly added 5 titles to my library (see LibraryThing under links). I don't see myself using this source much personally (who has the time?). But it is a resource and fun site I will recommend to book lovers. I also plan to showcase it in a future Internet class. Stay tuned for that!

Grace does not know how to read as far as I know and she would have no reason to visit LibraryThing.