Sunday, June 15, 2008

Search Engines

Of course you can probably guess Roxie's favorite search engine--Dogpile. She wonders why anyone would use anything else because dogs are so smart. Roxie says 4 paws up for Dogpile.
We experimented by putting the same search in Rollyo, Mamma, and Dogpile. Mamma and Dogpile came back with similar search results and were mostly on point. Rollyo was very different and most of the time missed the point. I think I will use Mamma and Dogpile when a Google search is overwhelming.

Podcasting

Roxie's first choice for selecting a podcast was about the Dog Whisper. We listened to a five minute podcast about becoming the pack leader and remaining in the moment for improving your dogs behavior. After that podcast, Roxie settled down and took a nap.
I selected the areas of art history and philosophy, listened to presentations on the Mona Lisa and the Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine and conversations with Nathaniel Brandon about Ayn Rand. I think library customers would be interested in a wide range of topics, just like they are interested in a wide range of books, DVDs and CDs.

Image Generators

Roxie says Wow! What fun! She wanted to send cards to all of her family and friends. Unfortunately her family and friends are not connected to the internet. So we sent a couple of cards to Missy and Lonagan via my brother. Roxie and I are going to continue to play around with the image generators.