Almost too much to handle for one brain. I now have more projects using the Camtasia software. Stumbling on some basic stuff. Been mucking about aimlessly trying to figure out getting my Excel project into a Word doc. I was successful, but there has to be an easier way to go about it.
The summer conference registration is done. One of the workshops I'll be attending will actually be about the bells and whistles for this blogging stuff. Did my Digital TV conversion with George's help and am loving the clarity. Finally am getting to actually SEE all the channels I have supposedly been getting all these years!
Been updating the old CV for the new Boss who comes in this summer. Been wracking my brains for anything and everything that could show my best foot forward. It actually sounds pretty good! I used to leave the "Extracurricular Activities" section blank til I realized that I HAVE done all the "Bougie" things like Little League, Scouting, Learning the Clarinet, Model and Stamp collecting, Debate, Writing for the School Paper, Debate, G.E. College Bowl, etc etc etc. Just wasn't very good at any of it, that's all!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
EXCELSIOR !
Learning curve going up once again as I endeavor to learn new things. Been creating more docs for work projects, and with the new "regime change" pending am busy gathering statistics up the wazoo to justify my existence. Live and Die by the numbers.....
As a reward for my doggedness in the Lib Web 2.0 classes the organizers have awarded me my own 1 gigabyte thumb drive! I promptly put that to work last week in an afternoon seminar called "Camtasia", which taught us the fundamentals of screencasting. So now I can honestly say that I have "done a video" by creating a mock-up of a training segment for the library.
Just got the sign-up info for the Library Support Staff Seminar to be held in Newport this July, so it looks like I will be going for a night out on the coast. Been a couple years since my buddy George and I took a trip to see the Hatfield Acquarium and the Air Museum up the coast. I still smile thinking about how the sea lions like to cruise through the water on their backs!
Had good fortune recently. My storage rental came due in the middle of the week(July 8) and I spaced it out totally. I usually sign up for several months at a time. So I figure that maybe now is the time for me to hit George up for a trip to storage with his truck and just get the hell out. In any case I was going to go up there on the 12th one way or another. So that Saturday I get a call from James and Shirley that George is there and this might be the time to go for broke (instead of going broke paying ro the rental) and yank the stuff. He was willing and we were done in an hour and a half max. Didn't even have to pay any late fees. They just said either pay for another month or get out, so I said OUT!
My studies continue apace. Cruising through the 30 Year's War looking for my Polish boys.Sometimes they are fighting in the big battles, like Ernst Donhoff at Lutzen 1632, while others are fighting for the French farther west, like the Rosens who came over with Bernard of Saxe-Weimar in 1635 and settled in Alsace One of them, Conrad, was KIA in Ireland 1690 as Lt. General of the Jacobite forces. Trying to think of a scaled down version of "The Project" that can be published in bits and pieces.
As a reward for my doggedness in the Lib Web 2.0 classes the organizers have awarded me my own 1 gigabyte thumb drive! I promptly put that to work last week in an afternoon seminar called "Camtasia", which taught us the fundamentals of screencasting. So now I can honestly say that I have "done a video" by creating a mock-up of a training segment for the library.
Just got the sign-up info for the Library Support Staff Seminar to be held in Newport this July, so it looks like I will be going for a night out on the coast. Been a couple years since my buddy George and I took a trip to see the Hatfield Acquarium and the Air Museum up the coast. I still smile thinking about how the sea lions like to cruise through the water on their backs!
Had good fortune recently. My storage rental came due in the middle of the week(July 8) and I spaced it out totally. I usually sign up for several months at a time. So I figure that maybe now is the time for me to hit George up for a trip to storage with his truck and just get the hell out. In any case I was going to go up there on the 12th one way or another. So that Saturday I get a call from James and Shirley that George is there and this might be the time to go for broke (instead of going broke paying ro the rental) and yank the stuff. He was willing and we were done in an hour and a half max. Didn't even have to pay any late fees. They just said either pay for another month or get out, so I said OUT!
My studies continue apace. Cruising through the 30 Year's War looking for my Polish boys.Sometimes they are fighting in the big battles, like Ernst Donhoff at Lutzen 1632, while others are fighting for the French farther west, like the Rosens who came over with Bernard of Saxe-Weimar in 1635 and settled in Alsace One of them, Conrad, was KIA in Ireland 1690 as Lt. General of the Jacobite forces. Trying to think of a scaled down version of "The Project" that can be published in bits and pieces.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Glory Be!
3-14-08 Trying something new. Just had to migrate to the MS Office 2007 software yesterday and am experimenting with a new feature which will let me post to my blog via my Office documents. About to wrap up my Library 2.0 class which got me started with this blog in the 1st place. Think I'll trash my LinkedIn account as I see no reason for it when I have Facebook with my blog incorporated into it. Also thinking of taking off my JSTOR application since my library only is affiliated with it in some titles which are no good for my research purposes. Will still have to use ILL to access any Journal articles which I need. But I still can learn to add those cites to my new Refworks account. I have been going great guns creating a bib for my 17th century history project. Also had to figure something out in a jiffy on how to save stuff because I had to purge my hard drive for the migration. Had to use 8 CDs to transfer files! Now I use Refworks for the bib cites, put the smaller text files in my Google Docs and larger stuff like E-books into Google My Library.
I am also using Facebook to join some more work-related library groups and a local Portland regional network. That's about as far as I have gotten in my "reach-out-and-touch-someone" efforts . I also opted for a Searching European libraries application which looks promising. Got an on-line to-do list via Ta-da! Time will tell its usability.
Am finally trying to get serious with my much-needed exercise regimen. Psyching myself up for actually going walking around the track at the park across the street from my apartment complex. Bought a 3lb hand weight to get some tone in my arms, which I am getting better about doing on a regular basis. My diet needs tweaking. My salad making has ground to a halt the last couple of weeks, which is not good. Since I usually don't get home until after 9pm, I am more inclined to focus on the main course instead. Cutting down my sugar intake is still on the menu. I have had about 4 liters of pop (Orange Fanta, Dr. Pepper, etc) sitting on my pantry shelf for about 4 months now, but I am still fighting my Ginger Ale jones. Am trying to substitute sugarless soda water for my carbonation fix when adding it to my juice. Managed to get to a outlet store out near Jantzen Beach where I scored a rack of that stuff for cheap ( 21 liters). I have taken to getting larger amounts of my meat at the discount stores I go to regularly now, and freeze most of it. Got chicken, Pork chops, steak and burger, as well as a nice pork roast. I snag roasts now when I see a good deal, which I never used to do. Forcing myself to get into the fresh fruits again so I can cut down on the juice. I have noticed that I drink a lot more fluid when it is in the form of juice & soda than water. I still have a rack of water, which I should probably steel myself to use-hell, even tap water- and save the juice-soda thing as occasional rewards. Been able to kick the candy habit pretty much. Got stuff that's been around for months- better toss it. Chips too, unless wheat thins ( whole grain ) which I put avocado on.
Been writing buddy John in Hawaii and have been trying out my new-fangled talents cutting and pasting pics from the web or my flickr account. Had a "Duh!" moment when I finally out a good way to research some of my boys directly from the Polish Wikipedia site. They give a lot more info, including their children and spouses than the English version. I should try the Hungarian version for my Magyars. I already use the German version frequently.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Softly, softly, catchee monkee....
Things slowing down a bit as I try to absorb some of the things I have been learning. Added some family pics to the blog and a map of states I have been to. Have been interacting with posts to IMDB more often. Am going to open a thread on foreign war movies. Tried doing a mashup for class that was supposed to work but the software betrayed me.... But I did succeed with GPS software to find my apartment complex here in town and gaze down from space on my friends' car. THAT was impressive.
Came across an awesome source for my 17th century studies project. Currently working on foreigners serving with Polish army, got my hands on a book detailing the composition and organization of the Royal Guards formations. The scales falleth from mine eyes.... Most all "my boys" are there and then some.....
Came across an awesome source for my 17th century studies project. Currently working on foreigners serving with Polish army, got my hands on a book detailing the composition and organization of the Royal Guards formations. The scales falleth from mine eyes.... Most all "my boys" are there and then some.....
Hortense Martin Bowden 1916
Mother of my mom's Dad. She doted on me. Very status-conscious. Always wore furs and drove a cherry-red Lincoln Continental.
Emily Bradford Secrist Grandmother
Emily was my mother's mom. She died tragically when my mother was only 12 from meningitis.
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