#14 Technorati

Technorati is a better search engine for blogs than , say, Google, because it can search in varied ways: by keyword in a post, or a whole tagged blog (a blog dedicated to a topic).

Furthermore it searches by "authority" iethe number of other blogs that link to the one that responds to your search, and by "rank" where the authority is ranked against other blogs responding to the same keyword. So the rank is relative to the search keyword used.

I haven't yet tagged either of my blogs.

#13 Del.icio.us

This is a way of keeping track of Bookmarks when away from my pc.
And of finding other links gathered under the same tag.
It's a bit like a CATALOGUE AUTHORITY FILE!
Del.icio.us has a clean site, clear of ads.
I transfered a couple of entries from my own Bookmarks, which gave a better understanding.

#9 Finding Feeds

I used Feedster, that was broken and Topix, that was American, then Bloglines Search to find library sites that offered news feeds or blog posts. I chose NLA and ALIA. they are now integrated into my general and personal Bloglines account.

#12 Roll your own search engine with Rollyo

Hi,
I've added a small Rollyo on ... bicycles. Why not.
See the bottom right section.
Thanks to my wonderful, somnolent son for keeping me on track with prods.

#11 Librarything

Yes, done that. had a look around. Put in five books, both old and new straight off my riveting bookshelf. Also looked at the community features of who else has my books - and a few have!
Work calls.

#10 "Fun" with image generators

Here's a soap image generator from the first guy's blog and generator links.
It could be fun, once the stress is over.

#8 RSS

Yeah, RSS.
It seems like a good idea.
I've had a go, subscribed to 7 things I wouldn't likely read, but we'll see how it goes. A friend uses it to check out their favourite collectibles on Ebay.
Id like use it to bring me hits on an important keyword, like Media Monitors or Rehame do. But my mentor (aka son) says it doesn't do specifics like that.

I don't know what happened to #7.

#6 Flickr more fun

Can't say I'm having fun. Had a look at some very strange things; Mashups, (that a colleague highly recommended) Mappr and other instantly forgotten widgets. I need basic tools. The only intriguing thing was the desire for sleep! My son seemed to find it interesting, and said i should know how to navigate through chaos, being a librarian and a parent. Thanks, kid.

Tenzing Norgay on Everest 1953 (thanks Flickr #5)

Tenzing Norgay na szczycie Everestu 23 maja 1953r godz 11.30
Originally uploaded by himalman

I have "touched" Everest this month.

In a brilliant alignment of the planets, poor Ed Hillary, Everest, and Alfred Gregory (photographer on the 1953 expedition) have combined to give me the scoop of my nascent writing career, with a front page story and byline for the local paper.