Hello-

I am still 'anti-this'.... come and read about my (mandatory) experiences in the blog-o-sphere this early spring. I have completed 'things' #7-9 and have a few comments.

First, isn't this a nice color? I was looking for blue-green. I like slanty type, as well. I think (along the lines of my creed, remember...) that the experience is JUST AS IMPORTANT as the knowledge gained. I mean to say that the green lettering, and 'slanty' font... this is, too, a reason to read. Not only the content, or the speed at which it can be delivered. So all this "ease" that these things we are doing here are created to give us; all this "ease" is really not an improvement over going to a BOOK and opening it, and (oh my) smelling it, and experiencing the thing as a thing, and also getting the info. You can enjoy your trip to the book, from the book, and sitting down and opening the book. Speed is over-rated. Anyway...moving-on.
Check-out my Library thing site. http://www.librarything.com/catalog/jdbiii
I have added my best books, and, in line with my theme, some things which you might not have seen, here, at Becker, right under your nose. This site is cool. I can totally see why we should be knowing of its existence. But do we need it??? Should we incorporate it?? I think BACS is good. I even have been trying to put BACS records on the library thing....but can't figure out how. If we can't at least do that, then the world cat and pub-med are fine, and any more complication is not good. I must admit to not knowing all that this thing can do.....

On to the blogs. I can see the use for news feeds...I have no use for the blogs. If I wanted to search blogs (WEB LOGS!!!!!! why this penchant for shortening everything??? why must we speed to our death??? can't we smell the books along the way???) If I wanted to search 'web logs" I could use google...right? I mean, I have not tried to see if there was a better way, google ofr 'technorati,' but...well...let me explain....if you are still with me at this depth in the above, please continue... let me explain where I'm coming from-- http://www.vintagephone.com/HB/AE40.jpg
Here is my telephone at home. (hope photo shows...) It is an AE 40 vintage rotary...and it is heavy and I don't talk to persons on it for more than a few minutes, if I can help it. So, I am not going to chat on-line if I'm not chatting on the phone. I see no real need for cell-phones, and besides, they cause cancer. (multiple sources in OUR library can be culled to support this) Not chatting on-line is the same as not blogging---- in fact, if I can't see you, we are not meeting at all. We have auras, yes, AURAS around us and they evelope the other people when we meet. BUT NOT ON THE PHONE, CERTAINLY NOT ON-LINE.
That said, I must now admit to using the newsfeed. The RSS idea for this end-point is actually a good idea--IF THE TITLE CAPTIONS ARE WRITTEN WELL.... the news stories sometimes need to be seen in the context of the website they come from, if we are to make an educated decision as to whether we read that story. Speed, again, is not the best friend of the one searching for truth..........

anti-this (jdbiii)