I think that Library Thing utterly rocks! Here's a link to my Library. I love that if you add a book into your library and it has a blank cover, you can click further and either upload your own or use a cover supplied by another user. The most recent Phryne Fisher title I added to my library only displayed the default blank cover, so I've selected someone else's, much better.
This sort of thing appeals to me. I'm a total library nerd, I've always wanted to properly catalogue my books and this is just such an interactive way to do it! Once you've added the books, you can then look at your library and see other users who also have the book. I've only added 5 of my books so far, but something tells me that there will be a lot more added there soon.
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Monday, 29 September 2008
Fun with Rollyo
This is some weird stuff. I don't know how people think to create such clever things!
Rollyo is a site where you can create your own searchroll. So you name the searchroll, then nominate all the sites you want it to search. You can make it public and give it tags so that the content is recognisable.
I made one called Eleanor's Books - it contains the urls of all my favourite online bookshops. So all I'll need to do is put in the title or the author and it'll bring up a list of results that will let me keep my books up to date.
Rollyo is a site where you can create your own searchroll. So you name the searchroll, then nominate all the sites you want it to search. You can make it public and give it tags so that the content is recognisable.
I made one called Eleanor's Books - it contains the urls of all my favourite online bookshops. So all I'll need to do is put in the title or the author and it'll bring up a list of results that will let me keep my books up to date.
I can see that this tool could be hugely useful for me, both personally and professionally. Also, potential for heaps of fun!
Image generators
I started playing with Big Huge Labs Mosaic Maker.
It was heaps of fun, it allows you to select images from your computer, or Flickr and composite them into a mosaic. I decided to create a mosaic based on Flickr tags. I started by creating one which contained dolls:
1. September Dusk, 2. September Dusk, 3. September Dusk, 4. September Dusk, 5. September Dusk, 6. September Dusk, 7. September Dusk, 8. September Dusk, 9. Zeisha, 10. Eden, 11. Portrait of Isabella Ortensia, 12. Portrait of Isabella Ortensia, 13. Isabella with Mrs. Isobe, 14. Alice and the Pirates socks, 15. "It's a little big, no?", 16. BTSSB barrette, 17. Momoko: "Anything in there for me?", 18. BTSSB loot, 19. Isabella with Masumi Kanoh, 20. BTSSB darlings, 21. Candela, 22. IMG_4337, 23. Sofia, 24. Sofia, 25. 150, 26. 137, 27. 106, 28. 109, 29. 126, 30. 086, 31. 170, 32. 092, 33. 090, 34. 111, 35. 160, 36. 159
Then I tried one using Library - but the pictures were all naff. So then I tried Flowers and that worked beautifully... I love the way that html is also produced so that you can easily credit the people whose images are shown. You can either elect to use a Flickr tag or a specific Flickr user.
1. Pretty blossoms 1, 2. Pretty blossoms 2, 3. Untitled, 4. Flower in the morning sun, 5. Due Diligence, 6. favorite shot, 7. Flower, 8. Untitled, 9. Aura's daisies, 10. CAMBODIA-Angkor, 11. Dew Drop Refractions, 12. Donna's garden, 13. Passion, 14. 大青, 15. DSC_0041, 16. Jerusalem Artichoke flowers, 17. DSC_0043, 18. DSC_0037, 19. DSC_0038, 20. magenta y amariLLo, 21. Bee - Amman, 22. Spider - Amman, 23. Untitled, 24. DSC_0040, 25. 大青, 26. De Leòn, 27. Roses and the Moon, 28. Untitled, 29. Garden, 30. Pink rose, 31. Love, 32. Garden close up, 33. Pretty in pink, 34. Untitled, 35. flower5, 36. Last Clematis
It was heaps of fun, it allows you to select images from your computer, or Flickr and composite them into a mosaic. I decided to create a mosaic based on Flickr tags. I started by creating one which contained dolls:
1. September Dusk, 2. September Dusk, 3. September Dusk, 4. September Dusk, 5. September Dusk, 6. September Dusk, 7. September Dusk, 8. September Dusk, 9. Zeisha, 10. Eden, 11. Portrait of Isabella Ortensia, 12. Portrait of Isabella Ortensia, 13. Isabella with Mrs. Isobe, 14. Alice and the Pirates socks, 15. "It's a little big, no?", 16. BTSSB barrette, 17. Momoko: "Anything in there for me?", 18. BTSSB loot, 19. Isabella with Masumi Kanoh, 20. BTSSB darlings, 21. Candela, 22. IMG_4337, 23. Sofia, 24. Sofia, 25. 150, 26. 137, 27. 106, 28. 109, 29. 126, 30. 086, 31. 170, 32. 092, 33. 090, 34. 111, 35. 160, 36. 159Then I tried one using Library - but the pictures were all naff. So then I tried Flowers and that worked beautifully... I love the way that html is also produced so that you can easily credit the people whose images are shown. You can either elect to use a Flickr tag or a specific Flickr user.
1. Pretty blossoms 1, 2. Pretty blossoms 2, 3. Untitled, 4. Flower in the morning sun, 5. Due Diligence, 6. favorite shot, 7. Flower, 8. Untitled, 9. Aura's daisies, 10. CAMBODIA-Angkor, 11. Dew Drop Refractions, 12. Donna's garden, 13. Passion, 14. 大青, 15. DSC_0041, 16. Jerusalem Artichoke flowers, 17. DSC_0043, 18. DSC_0037, 19. DSC_0038, 20. magenta y amariLLo, 21. Bee - Amman, 22. Spider - Amman, 23. Untitled, 24. DSC_0040, 25. 大青, 26. De Leòn, 27. Roses and the Moon, 28. Untitled, 29. Garden, 30. Pink rose, 31. Love, 32. Garden close up, 33. Pretty in pink, 34. Untitled, 35. flower5, 36. Last Clematis
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