Friday, July 11, 2008

you tube

The only significance the attached youtube video has to my blog
is I'm driving the truck pulling the water wagon.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Favorite Vacation Spot

Anyone who has never visited the Williamsburg, Jamestown, or Yorktown
areas should. I have been there in Summer and Winter. The hosts dress
in appropriate attire for the era. It gives the visitor an appreciation for
what the original settlers endured during sweltering heat and freezing cold.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Wikimania

Wikii (plural, I guess, for multiple wikis) .
A personal tidbit! When he was little, one of my sons could not pronounce the word "fish". He
called a fish a "wiki". So, this exercise brought back fond memories for a different reason.
I have used wikipedia.com for information on an author or title of a book that I could not
locate using typical literary research tools for our Book Discussion Sets. There are many
book titles that do not have study or book discussion guides.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking can be an easy way to create additional sites
to link common information. Tagging is unstructured and freeform.
Since there is nothing specific for my blog site, I'll need to be creative!

Friday, April 18, 2008

Internet connectivity on bookmobiles

There are advantages and disadvantages with internet connectivity for bookmobiles.
The main advantage is to allow accessibility to patron accounts.
A disadvantage is the various type of connectivity creates it's own problem.
A satellite dish must be positioned perfectly and takes time to connect.
An air-card's provider does not always provide service to the area.
A dial-up modum's connection time is expensive.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Wholly roller problems

If you've never owned or been responsible for a large commercial vehicle,
you have no idea how many things can go wrong.
Mechanical and electrical problems aren't necessarily the biggest problems.
Water leaks probably are the biggest concern.