EncompassCulture

Yup another great reader's advisory tool. I appreciate the three main groupings at the start of the home search page and from there on it's all a matter of clicking. I must say though, the options for adult subject matter are pretty limited. I guess if we're looking for obscure material *Google*.
Live long & prosper - did you see? Jim Parsons won an Emmy for Best Actor, Comedy. He's an absolute neurotic hoot on The Big Bang Theory "A neutron in a bar goes to pay for his drinks and the barman turns around and says 'For you, no charge'" Ah, yes it's the afternoon and my head is spinning...

SlideShare?

Looking at another person's Powerpoint presentation is not exactly my first choice for killing time on the internet. I believe the more conscientious of my peers would hail the benefits of visualisng stimuli others have aesthetically arranged and presented via the electronic medium thus negating the need to hash out and create their own, works but yeah, nah. SlideShare barely raises a modicum of interest, I find myself staring at spine labels to see if I still have a pulse.

Tastespotting - mmmmmmmm

Yup! The boys are going through a cooking phase - meeting up once a month to try new recipes - I know, it sounds effeminate but we're secure in our masculinity to admit we enjoy cooking, a couple of quiets and the odd game of texas hold em helps boosts the respectability factor. This maybe a generalisation but I find most PI men I know love to cook - dishes might not turn out so great at first but obviously through trial and error, alot of them find themselves with a signature dish.My dad makes a mean chop suey and an awesome curry. I've yet to find my piece de resistance, but with the help of Tastespotting I'm hoping this recipe will be it!
It involves a wok, chili & chicken! Nuff said.

http://rebelwithoutasauce.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/spicy-garlic-fried-chicken/

RSS - Feed My Inbox

I'm not quite sure what to make of RSS feeds. It's convenient, but not a site I'll jump on everyday. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've jumped on Bloglines since last years RSS feeds training. The idea of receiving up to date news from all your current interests at one site makes sense, but does it make it fun? I jump on Google (I know, I know)type in separate interests and receive screes of hits, the logical step is to get an RSS feed from the sites I enjoy - it won't take long, shouldn't be too hard but I can't be bothered. I'd rather trawl and hit a caption that tickles my fancy everytime rather than have it readily available from one site just waiting for me, no fuss. It makes no sense. On Google there is a possibility of finding something new, something better...a mate tells me I'm an idiot, because you can subscribe to RSS feeds as well as jump on Google. I find myself in a losing argument.

Picapp

Yeah Ritchie, there is a cup missing. The most important cup. "They" screwed you in Cardiff; payback is going to be a proverbial. Roll on 2011.

Picapp is pips, are the public really concerned about copyright when taking images from the net? Obviously, I'm insinuating they aren't because the dynamic, juicy photos they like will be copyrighted and I'm assuming people will generally download the file regardless, unless of course the images are protected - even then there are ways around protection & that for arguments sake just opens up another can of worms...

Web 2.0 part II block 2 - Box it!

What I like about Box is the fact you can create a web document and save it online. No fuss about saving to USB or your computer, one click and your work is saved to Box' server - let them worry about corruption & hacking.
Whether your work is worth hacking is totally subjective.
I'm just going to go ahead and validate my work as of the utmost importance,I quite like the fact I could be anywhere in the world when suddenly overwhelmed by inspiration all I have to do is jump online and capture the muse.
What's wrong with pen & paper?
Nothing. Internal dialogue is such a drag.

Web 2.0 Term 1

Oh well, done and dusted. Bite size chunks of Web 2.0 very much appreciated - I think I'm coming down with the flu hence early sign off. Good stuff Batman!