iHCPL #81: Get out your Crystal Ball

1. I think the "on demand" technology for new movies will be the big hit of the near future. What fun to see a movie before it is released to the general public( if you have the money to pay for it) Get the whole group together and watch the new movie. This would really go over well for a group like Trekkies or Harry Potter fans. I do not follow new technology, so alot of this information was new to me.

2. I am not an early adopter of new gadgets. I must be forced into the next new technology. At home we still watch videos,(yes we have a working videos machine) and we still enjoy watching our collection of videos. I remember Sunday afternoons, taking a hour or two, going through the Sunday newspaper, enjoying the cartoons, the Parade, looking at all the wedding and engagement announcements, catching up on the world news.(please do not take note of the order of my favorite parts of the paper)Now I never have time to do this. I might get online and check the front page of the Sunday paper but I never find the time like I did 2, 5 or 10 years ago.

iHCPL #80: Movies

1.I watched(10 minutes)of the movie "The Cowboy and the Lady" 1938. Starring Gary Cooper, a 1 hour and 31 minutes movie. I was on the website IMDB. If I was at home, I would watch a movie on the TV set. If I was traveling, on a airplane or car, yes I would watch a movie on a computer.

2.I could not get into Apple Trailers, I had to load something onto the computer.I got into IMDB and watched 3 trailers: "Leaves of Grass", "Toy Story 3" and "Valentine's Day". Very easy to do, and yes I will use this site to keep current of the films I am interested in.

3.No I would not use any of the fee-based services to watch a movie at home. I would get a DVD from the library. I am to cheap to use fee-based movies.

iHCPL #79: Television

1.Hulu: Found CSI Season 7,8,9 and 10 full episodes. Lots of excerpts from the shows.
Castle, season 2
King of the HIll, full episodes are not
available but you can watch excerpts.
Also, in Hulu I found in Advanced Search, you can search for only show videos from Hulu or only show videos with closed captions or display family-friendly videos.
I was surprised to find primetime, daytime, late night, sports, movies, specials and TV Classics shows available on Hulu to enjoy.

2.No, I have not watched a TV show on my cell phone. No, I am not interested in doing this. The screen would be to small for me to enjoy the program. When I watch TV I like to relax, not looking at a 2" square spot in my hand.

3.No, I do not watch any streaming programs or user channels. No, I have not posted any videos to a site at all.

iHCPL #78: Video

1. Truveo--News, found a video on Haiti Stolen Tents
Music,found a video by Selema Gomez called Naturally
found the New York Times current paper
Blinkx--News, found a video on Haiti Stolen Tents
Music, found a video by Selema Gomez called Naturally, but I had a
very hard time finding it.
found articles from the New York Times Paper but not the whole paper.
On this site (Blinkx) I do not like the first page. To much movement going
on, fun to look at for a second or two but after that my eyes started to
hurt.
Of the two sites, I like Truveo the best. To me this site is easier to move around in. User-Friendly design!

2.I watched lots of the HCPL videos. Lots of fun events and programs have been going on here at HCPL. I really liked the video named "How Not to Reserve a Computer or Laptop at the Library." I bet the kids had a ball acting in it! Freeman has 3 or 4 videos with instructions on how to do things around the library which would be very helpful to the customers. We need to do this at Barbara Bush. (Yes, I know the Video committee is working on this) The videos on book reviews were good too. I really liked the ones titled "Check it Out" Again this is something we could do. Also, doing some videos on the childrens Programs could be done.
All for now, Cindy

iHCPL #77: Images

1. I would say 13 clicks to a good color Santa. Page 2 has a Bear Santa, page 5 has a waving Santa(not a bad Santa), page 6 has a Santa in a sleigh, page 10 has a Santa reading his list, and page 13 has a Santa with a bell(the best Santa in the group)

2.SXC.hu
Setting up an account in this site would be good. Pictures are very clear.I liked how it was very easy getting a larger picture of the image. Under Image Categories: I looked at Abstract/Texture,Abstract/Shapes and Colors,Architecture/Styles/Ancient, Food/Fruits and Vegetables and Nature/water. I did a search on dogs and pinecones. You can submit your own photos on this site too.

Bigfoto.com
Got a window saying Network Access Message: Website cannnot be found

Freedigitalphotos.net
Creat a free account and download high resolution images for free.
I looked at categories: People, Celebration, Backgrounds and Illustrations, and Abstract background. I also read the terms, about, and contact information. So far I liked SXC.hu the best.


3.
Girl with Books
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iHCPL #76: Sound Effects

1.

sparrow

vireo

whippoorwill

sparrow


cows


chickens

Dave helped me with the first three and Margaret helped me with the 4th one and I did the last two.


2.

oceans sounds

guitar

first guitar on page

applause

first applause

iHCPL #75: Google and Beyond

1. I did 3 searches --1st search Bing, Google (1st and 2nd of the three tries)


2nd search Google, Bing


3rd search Google, Bing


I use Google 3 out of 4 searches.


No this will not affect how I do searches in the futre.





2. Google with 6.88 was #1


Facebook with 6.62 was #2


Yahoo Mail! with 3.75 was #3


Yahoo with 3.44 was #4


Bing with .96 was #10





Yes, I use Google first, second Bing, and third Ask.

3. Google. I found lots of new features I hope to use, they are

-Time and date for cities around the world

-Information on recent earthquakes

-Public Data: trends for population and unemployment rates of US States and counties

-People profiles

-Synonym search

-Currency Conversion

-Fill in the Blank Patent number

-Area Codes

-SafeSearch Filtering

And so much more.