Haiku for Chuck

Tough Texas Ranger

In his boots and cowboy hat

Thugs fall tout de suite

Rollyo! Yeah Baby!

I created a search that, specifically, searches the LCPL website. Give it a try, it should be to the right of the page. It works well. It does stumble with ebooks, however. Much better than the county's search engine on the website.

Library Web Thing

Library Thing will never replace the ILS (well never may be a little too strong). However, it will be neat to see how the plan goes to integrate it with library ILS systems. Here is a link to Tim's blog about the future integration of Library Thing into library catalogs. Jie and I talk a lot about enhancing content within our catalog. Our system does provide some enhanced content via SirsiDynix's partnership with Syndetic Solutions, but it's coverage is spotty and much less ambitious than what Library Thing proposes to do.

And now for the obligatory plug of my Library Thing web page.
If you are interested, here is a link to my short list. OK, I have more books than this and I have even a read a few.

Searching for RSS

It is nice that you can search for RSS feeds, but I just don't find it useful. Getting the RSS feed, for me, is secondary. I, more than likely, will visit the website/blog before I even think about subscribing to a feed.

Bloglines

I've had a Bloglines account for quite a while now. Here is my Bloglines account. Bloglines has got a really nice interface. Plus, you can access your account from any computer (unlike some of the downloadable feedreaders). As far as tools for searching for feeds, I don't use them. Usually, I'll look at a website, and, if I like it, that is when I look to see if they have a feed available. And that's all I've got to say about that.

Flickr Backup Utility

Sarah Houghton-Jan over at Librarian in Black blogged about the Flickr Backup utility today. Since we just finished up Thing 5 and 6 not long ago, this has significance.

Basically, this little app backs up all of the photos you have on Flickr to your computer. This is pretty handy for people who upload stuff straight from their digital camera or other removable media. Backups are so important and with something as irreplaceable as a photo, it is good to store them in at least two places.