YouTube

This is a favorite of mine. So much cool stuff, and all for free. I chose to embed a book cart drill team, cuz 25 & 24 did such a fantastic job with ours for the 4th of July parade this year. We rocked! So take a gander at this one and see where we could be next year!!

Toolbox

Lots good stuff here. I tried StumbleUpon & got lost trying out scads of cool sites such as Moderncat, HopelessGeek, etc. I have long wondered where people came up with the fun sites they sent out, & this is one good way to search to hold up my end of it! Worldcat is always helpful, too, and we've tried many of the other things in the toolbar.

Thing #18

Food sounded like a likely topic, so I launched into that area. I tried UrbanSpoon, which allows people to rate/evaluate restaurants in their area. When I clicked on the logo, I went straight to Columbus -gosh, they know me! It was fun, but had many failings. Not many reviews, very few menus loaded, and at least 1 listing for a restaurant that has been gone for years. But still, it was interesting to see what is in my neighborhood. Customers sometimes ask that very question - where can one eat around here? Is there a coffee shop (mexican restaurant, whatever...) around here?

Thing #17

Google Docs has possibilities! I tried calendars & word processing. Being able to work on/update stuff from any computer is amazing stuff - very wiki-like. Also very like the other things, in that I need massively more time to truly explore and get my brain to cooperate in learning the features well enough to make them useful. Little by little, though, I'll get there.