technorati

Activity #14

I searched 'Library 2.0' and found the results from seaching Blog Directories got the most relevant hits. With the other two, especially just the keyword seach, it brought up a bunch of completely unrelated hits. I did find my blog for fun... turns out there's at least 6 other blogs with the exact title. Oh... the internet is sooo big. haha.

I don't see myself using Technorati, but it seems useful for those who need/want to search blogs... so I didn't join/register with Technorati or claim my blog. I don't really see any reason for me to tag my posts or make my blog 'more findable'.

I do check up on various blogs, but they normally belong to friends and I don't need to search for them since I already have the url. I do like how you can search for words in posts, tagged words, or search for registered blogs that are under tagged subject. There are soooo many blogs and this makes it a little easier to navigate and find what you're looking for.

Top searches - not surprised with youtube, facebook, myspace, google or iPhone.

del.icio.us

I've made a del.icio.us account and added in a few favourites. This is a really easy way to access your favourites from any computer. I don't think I'll be using it much since I have a laptop that I drag around with me for the majority of the year.

Rollyo

So I registered and from the start, I personally found this site pretty useless. (If I'm going to the trouble of adding sites to a searchroll, why don't I just search the site itself? I guess it would be better if you were searching the same things all the time.)

But I set up a searchroll anyways. I couldn't think of anything to search... so I chose celebrity blogs. (I already have a few favourites, so I added them) So....... now you can search "Lindsay Lohan" or "Britney Spears" and it will search these blogs, and you will find posts about how they are both crazy drug-addicted trainwrecks. Sweet.

Link - http://rollyo.com/ethompso

LibraryThing

This site was straighforward to use. I added books by title, searching Amazon.ca instead of the default American sites listed. I'm not sure if I'll really use it though. I won't have a lot of time for 'fun' reading starting in September.

Link - www.librarything.com/catalogue/ethompso

'old' pics

Originally uploaded by ethompso

I found this Image Generator that made pictures look old. Kinda neat. :)

Me and a friend at uni, on our way out.

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Same.

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Haha, at the beach again. Last summer.

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Reading week.

sketches

Originally uploaded by ethompso

I like the Image Generator that made sketches. {http://www.dumpr.net/sketch.php}

Again, I tried a few different pictures to see what worked out. This is me with a few friends last summer at the beach.

'Warholizer'

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Originally uploaded by ethompso

This "Warholizer" was really fun! I had to try a lot of pictures, because they all turn out completely differently... some don't work out with bad lighting and stuff.

{http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/warholizer.php}