This machine kills fascists

How do they pick the artists that are on these sites? Cause I couldn't find one musician I'd heard of on the Smithsonian website. Oh wait, Woody Guthrie is on there. Okay one artist I'm vaguely familiar with. I listened to House of the Rising Sun and I have to say I think The Animals did it better.

I turned the volume up completely but still had to press my ear to the speaker on my LCD screen to hear. Apart from that, the quality and ease of use was good. I'll have to try this from my home computer and see if that doesn't fix the volume issue. I guess these websites are a safe alternative for the library to invest in, as we don't allow our patrons to download music.

I don't think most of my family has the technical savvy to start listening to music on the net. My dad hasn't figured out mp3 players yet and still uses a cassette Walkman. But then he also refers to my brother's Blackberry as a raspberry. My honest assessment is I would listen to music this way if I could find a site that catered to my sophisticated taste in music.

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Hooray for LOLcats
Originally uploaded by mherzber

I explored the 43 things website which was the original inspiration for all of these learning 2.0 exercises. People post their goals on the site, then other people can cheer them on and offer encouragement. You can search for goals by keyword or even by city.

It was fun to see all the different goals people made. Also it was interesting to see what people in Spokane had to say. The one that made me laugh said that we get angry if you call Spokane a town instead of a city.

The top 3 most popular goals completed were: to fall in love, get a tattoo and to kiss in the rain. I tried to search out library related goals and found quite a few. People want to leave poems, love letters, jokes and secrets in library books. I myself have found pay check stubs, credit card statements, money and phone cards in books before.