Nora again

One last time ! Here is Nora , the sequel. Enjoy!!

Nora the cat on youtube

I hope this is right- it's Nora the piano playing cat. Very relaxing.
Yes! it was right- again I did it wrong the first time- but kept trying and finally got it right!!

you tube

Have I got that right ? Not a big fan of you tube, I watched some Armstrong and Miller comedy on there , that someone recommended to me, but otherwise wouldn't bother with it. I hate tv and only occasionally can bring myself to watch a dvd nowadays. TV is boring and the ads drive me mad. I've given up on it.

I'd rather read a book ( to paraphrase one of the Bennett sisters from Pride and Prejudice)

Using the Wiki

I just tried the wiki thing- think I did it right. I couldn't get the demo to load before hand, so had to go into help once I logged in. I was staring at the screen and again looking for something obvious and I was thinking, i'm just not getting this...
It was awkward in the edit page because i've always understood the word edit to mean making changes and I was worried about wiping off someone elses comment or doing something wrong.
I'm not a wiki person. But it was interesting as an exercise.

Links

I'm puzzled about links. I'm doing something wrong ; if I can't work it out i'll get help.

Time for a nap(it's ok, i'm not at work right now..) like Quibble in the photo, having a sensible kitten nap at an appropriate moment.

If anyone has advice on links as well i'd be glad to hear it.

Wikis

I also went to the Wisconsin Historical Society website and viewed their photographs of holocaust survivors. I am interested in WW2 and the stories of the survivors strength always inspire me.

I recently read two books by Diane Armstrong : Mosaic, and , The voyage of their life. I can throroughly recommend both. Diane was born in Poland and came out to Australia on the SS Derna in 1949 ( I think that's right, better check.) with her parents. I admire her research skills, her writing style, her whole attitude.

The Wisconsin site had lots of interesting stuff on it and I will go back to look again.

Wikis and whiskers on kittens, brown paper packages tied up with string..these are a few of my favourite things

This little chap is Pusscat's only son.

Pusscat, who has links to RRL through her distinguished and friendly owner, recently had kittens, and my daughter and myself are getting one each, when they are old enough to leave their mother.

As you can see Pusscat is a glamourpuss. And her kittens are just as glamourous as she is.

During a recent conversation with Pusscat we discussed wikis and their role in a modern technological society, and agreed that their possibilities in the workplace are legion. I especially admire the online procedure manual of the Antioch University library, which would be a quick and easy to understand reference for staff. The photos depicting the correct attitude for staff were great. This idea could be adapted to any workplace that uses procedures of this kind.

I also discussed wikis with Sukey, who can be pictured yawning hugely in another post on this blog. We both had doubts about the quality of information, if anyone and everyone can just chuck stuff on there. I understand the ideal is to trust people will do the right thing...

We also tried to think of humourous ways to use the word wiki, which is a bit cute and silly sounding.

Leg before wiki? How about, Every wiki way but loose ? (Remember the old Clint Eastwood movie, a departure for him, I think his offsider was a monkey.)

What about inventing a dance ? the Wacky Waikiki Wiki.

Anyone with better suggestions is welcome , as ours are pretty bad.

RSS feed

Well I have put another one on this learning blog, again cat related- I think I have done it correctly, but had an idea in my mind about how it works that has nothing to do with reality.

I kept going to the wrong spot to get the url feed address. I had to click on a lot of things to find it, because it is unfamiliar and not immediately apparent.

This is really very useful and interesting - though I had forgotten where to look for the url address, it isn't the one which IS immediately apparent.

RSS feed - Library stuff

This looks like an appealing site, so I have put it on the blog - correctly I hope -it doesn't sound too technical or pompous.
It can be very tiring to read pompous things. I hope I have done this right - I'm finding the RSS thing difficult but that's me I think. I'll read over the instructions again and check .