Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Library Thing

LibraryThing seems to be a really cool site. In a former life I was an avid reader, but have become slack in my old age. I pick up a book from time to time and exhaust renewals trying to get into it at this point in my life. My family however is filled with super-avid readers (who love the delivery and return service I provide). I decided to set-up an account under my partner's name knowing that she would get more of a return (http://www.librarything.com/profile/WendyHWar). It's not too populated right now, but I've been assured that when she finishes this series (and everything else ever written by this particular author), she'll put down the book and check out the site... Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Friday, October 24, 2008

So it's been a month... In the back of my head I've been saying, "Get back on track." I guess the heart is willing, but the flesh is really tired. I'm up to image generators (Thing #10). I am looking through the different sites posted, and it's all really fun, but it suddenly occurs to me that I do not take pictures. Our camera has been broken for about a year, and my old camera has had dead batteries for about 6 years (I know there's film in there, I am sure there's photos on said film, and I am not really sure I want to see them, former life and all). Sometimes the phone comes in handy to snap something, but it either gets sent to someone or never is seen again. So (aside from mapping out databases and process flows), I don't know that I am a visual person. I enjoy the annual change over school pictures so we can see the progression from baby-face to adolescent face, but don't take a tremendous amount of pictures. I voyeuristically look at the fun things that image generators can create, but have not had a tremendous amount of fun playing with them myself. Perhaps my left brain does hold me back. Send me fun pics and sights so I can discover more about what I am missing out on.