Flickr

So...I have to admit that I'm not all that familiar with Flickr. I've used it some, I have an account, and I've viewed friends' pictures on it, but I've never done more than just posting a few pictures. And right now I'm not sure that I remember my username, much less my password. Ah, well. I'm sure I'll figure it out some day. I know I've got it written down...somewhere...maybe...hopefully.

Here's an image that amuses me. I guess it's good to know that those Canadians are making important contributions to society.

I also remember a while ago seeing a great set of library-related corporation logos that someone had "adapted." Not the best description, which is probably why I can't find them. I'm going to look around some more and see if I can track them down, because they were good. Very good.

Regarding mashups...I've heard of them, seen some, even. Hadn't really tried to actively look at or explore them until now. I always think of mashed potatoes, which makes me hungry. Fortunately I ate breakfast not too long ago. But still...now I'm craving mashed potatoes.

Anyway, I am highly intrigued and amused by the
retrievr mashup and see a great deal of procrastination potential when it comes time for my next paper for class. Thanks?

As I mentioned at the beginning of the post, I'm not a huge Flickr user. I think I'll have to do some more exploring now, but I mainly use photosharing-type sites for, well, sharing photos. I'm a long-time Photobucket user, although I haven't gotten around to editing and adding photos to my albums over there for a while now. One thing that I don't care for about Photobucket is that, at least last time I looked, you can set your entire account to "public" or "private." I'd like some of my photos to be private, since I'm slightly paranoid about keeping my identity reasonably private online. When you have a name that's very Google-able, that can be difficult to do. So I try to avoid posting pictures or making blog posts that would allow people to easily link my usernames and real name.

And there's another thing...how about how the Internet and the tools and services we use have become part of and affected our everyday vocabulary? As a grammar geek, I'm intrigued by how certain words have made it into our vernacular. Most of us have probably spoken of "googling" something. I refer to some sites as "over there" as if they're a real physical place - "Hey, check out that great procrastination tool over at Flickr!" Those are just two that pop to mind right now. What others can you think of?