What a wonderful world

The powers want a reaction to the 23 things and here it goes:
I have done this blog only on the little library time I have as an hourly circulation person, and only this long svada is done from my home computer.

Yes, I am grateful that I learned a few tricks on the road, most notably RSS feeds and blog lines and things of that nature. But as I said in the beginning (in September), I think I need to focus on learning markup language to be able to design my own website and not bank on somebody else's intellectual property.

The copyrights in Flickr is almost non-existent, just like Youtube and the different music downloads.

So if I were a professional photographer, filmmaker or musician, I would be very wary.

Gutenberg project http://www.gutenberg.org is phenomenal but I still like to read in bed, so going to bed with a computer (laptop) is not my thing. Now, if I became bedridden I could see its merit. If I wanted to write my comments on the page of the book, it would be somewhat difficult. I guess the next step which is already out there, but not as popular as thought in the beginning is the electronic book, not unlike the Texas instruments toys from my children's childhood.

The "MySpace" and "FaceBook" and other similar sites are fun, but in the real world
a dangerous thing. Beware, and be aware that your prospective employers look, if you are on there! Too much personal information can be a very dangerous thing for con-people and
governments alike. There is another site for professionals "LinkedIn", but the same warnings pertain to this too, you never know the wolves.

Do not trust anything you read on the Internet highway. Highways have a tendency to have fogs. Fogging or fooling the user leads after all to taking the wrong turn and end up more off the road than you would like to.

Having warnings all over the place and back your research with at least two reliable sources
will give you some security. In olden days when I was doing library science we were told never to give an answer, unless we had two sources with authority behind them.

Yes, we have less illiteracy and there is hope for the 21 century to bring all the emerging lands up to speed but we have to make sure that we can still have communication face to face.
Yes, it is wonderful that we have the ability to talk with each other face to face via the computers - "Skype" is well-known for that. But we are vulnerable if there is a storm with a black-out. We then (horror) have to talk to each other face to face and find something to do with the kids like playing cards or making up word-games.

Having said all the warnings, my favorite site is PubMed, which gives the newest index for the medical advances. If you just type in terms like "Alzheimer's Cure" it may not be too satisfying, but a good indicator of what is out there. I was talking to Jennie again and we were discussing a lot of these ideas typed up here, so since I have three kids who have all taken music it is probably the best thing I have given my children: The art of slow learning, the hard way of building up a skill. 23 things is not enough; it is an appetizer only which can lead to a fulfilling main course and a scrumptious dessert.

Internet sometimes feels like instant gratification, and believe me I like it too I love reading different newspapers in different languages. Anything overdone is worrisome. Just use caution and enjoy the new-found skills of dappling around more computer-savvy on the information highway.

To finish off this evaluation with bungled proverbs:
Highways can lead to off-the-beaten-off-paths. Curiosity is humanity with a twist.

What a wonderful world!

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