#12 Rollyo

I made a searchroll for my favorite tv soap opera One Life to Live, and this is it:
http://rollyo.com/createroll.html?sid=572343. Since I never get a chance to watch it, I search several sites for updates, spoilers, etc., and this search engine searches the ones I use frequently.

#11 Library Thing

I had actually discovered "Library Thing" before, and so I revisited it. It's a great way to keep track of what you've read and see what others have read who have read and liked your books. I also answered a question about King Arthur books for a 5 year old on a group discussion, so I made myself useful. I love making lists and looking at lists in different ways, so this type of site is very exciting for me.

#10 Image Generation

Well, I created an avatar in Yahoo --now how to use it? I put my favorite things in it--a dog and books, and I tried to upload it to my blog , to no avail. But I did manage to import a "neon sign" and I had a lot of fun creating tee shirts, crossword puzzles, evil clowns, etc. So my neon sign will light the way to "Reading and Resting" and now, drinking...( you have to go to my blog to understand)

#9 Library related blogs/newsfeeds

I searched for blogs relating to children's literature and will continue to do so for up to date reviews and ideas for booktalks and storytimes, from people who had success with different titles and different approaches. This will make my job easier.

THING #8 - RSS FEEDS

I have set up a Bloglines account but I think this exercise would have been more useful if we did this in our Blogspot account (i.e. this one). I have subscribed to some useful and/or interesting feeds, but to be honest, keeping up with what I'm interested in has never taken up too much time, and I don't think I'm focused enough consistently on particular topics to take advantage of this. Now, if the internet could read my mind and constantly update what I'm interested in without my having to tell it, that would be more useful. Oh, well...saving time is what it's all about, I guess.