iPod gives me no love.

A friend gave me the iPod she never used(!) and I loaded it with lots of music from my Mac. I've been using iTunes on my iMac for years to store my music.

I just installed iTunes on my (Windows) laptop so I could play my iPod through it and add the songs stored on here (Feist, new Joni Mitchell, Beastie Boys, etc.). I thought iPods/iTunes work with both Mac and PC, but apparently it's one or the other. :(

iPod gives me no love.
Originally uploaded by webchicken

Happy Christmas, War Is Over

shouldn't be funny, but is...

I laughed so hard I hurt. I usually don't laugh at people getting hurt; it makes me sad. But the sounds she made were just so weird.

New: Flickr stats

Flickr Pro users (best $25/ yr I've spent!) can now turn on "stats, stats, baby"!



I've activated mine.



They said they'd be ready tomorrow, but they were up in about 5 minutes (and I have 1900+ photos). Rockin'.

I <3 Flickr.

My dad would have been 69 today.

Today is my dad's birthday. It has been almost 4 years since he died and I miss him terribly. Remembering him and talking about it helps, but losing a parent is the hardest thing that has ever happened to me.

dad trash stache
Originally uploaded by webchicken

I love this picture. The xmas tree was up, and Bunny had baby chub going on. I hope my dad wouldn't mind that I'm calling this his "trash stache"; I don't think he would. He didn't have it very long.

family 1979
Originally uploaded by webchicken

The whole fam! I love this picture because 1. we all look like dorks, and 2. I got to keep and play with the tiny elephant toy I brought to the studio. Liz (Bunny) was trying to take it away but was denied (note sad face). She always got what she wanted, even if it was mine, so I felt like I won something, even though it was already mine.

Google Docs

I LOVE Google Docs. It is so awesome to have a free, online place to keep track of documents. I have used it a bit for personal use, for teaching, and some for work at the library.

I keep track of our Staff Picks display in the Great Hall at the main library - these books are so popular! I am always accepting new selections from staff and constantly add them to a master list. I used to update the list in Excel and email myself the latest copy. Now I have it saved in a Google spreadsheet and it automatically saves and updates as I work - nice! There are differences to the new format and I'm not as quick in Google as I am in Excel so it is not 100% perfect, but I am not considering going back to Excel.


Staff Picks
Originally uploaded by acpl

It can take several moments for pasted information to appear and at first I didn't think it was working. I'm used to much faster results, but don't usually have to go through the Internet to update. ;)

I really like the ability to share files and co-update them (with several people!) *at the same time*. I have collaborated with others, or proofread others' work this way and you don't have to worry about emailing attachments and having the most recent copy.

Google Docs has been down twice when I needed it, so that was a major bummer, but since the service is officially in beta, I'm sure all of those wrinkles will be ironed out.

UPDATE: In the process of posting this blog and continuing to work in Google Docs, it conked out on me for a couple of minutes. I grabbed a screen shot of the error I got. It's back now, but it's frustrating when this happens.


"trying to reach google"
Originally uploaded by webchicken

Google Image Labeler

Google is now allowing tagging of Google images: http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/. I am pretty stoked about this.