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Comment on Week Eight – del.icio.us by Jan

Jan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:33:15 +0000

the mor you’ll explore it, the more you’ll like it

Comment on Week Three – Public Flickr Photo by vtmidstatelibrary

vtmidstatelibrary — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:54:14 +0000

I never used Flickr before this, but I had a photobucket account and used that often. Flickr appears to have more of an artistic flavor to it. I would imagine that remote linking from Flickr could cause some problems, especially if there’s nothing to identify who owns the photo (of course, if it’s your photo or if it’s clearly in the public domain, then it wouldn’t be an issue… I don’t think). What I like about photobucket is that you are given the code to embed the photo anywhere you want, which doesn’t appear to be the case with Flickr. People typically use their Photobucket account in conjunction with Myspace because they can post photos on their friends’ Myspace pages from a Photobucket account. I don’t see any way of doing that with a Flickr account other than knowing the html code for embeding an image and using it to remote link… although I could just be missing something.

Comment on Week Three – Public Flickr Photo by royaltonlibrary

royaltonlibrary — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:32:40 +0000

I notice that your picture didn’t come with the visible code at the top. So maybe remote linking works better with flickr? Rhonda

Comment on Week Three – Public Flickr Photo by vtmidstatelibrary

vtmidstatelibrary — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:18:26 +0000

You know, I may vaguely remember that building… it was on Rt. 14 right near the bottom of the road my aunt and uncle live on if I’m not mistaken. I don’t know what happened to that building or the books, but I do remember frequently visiting the Bethel Library with my grandmother almost 30 years ago. Thanks for the comment Marianne!

Comment on Week Two – Introduction and Lifelong Learning by vtmidstatelibrary

vtmidstatelibrary — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:10:55 +0000

Thanks for the comment Lee! I didn’t know the etymology of the word spiel before now, but the word always makes me think of carnival barkers.

Comment on Week Three – Public Flickr Photo by Marianne

Marianne — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:25:31 +0000

Hi! Very nice photo. Are you familiar with the former East Bethel Octagon Library? It was closed when I came on the scene 30 years ago, but I did drive past it once. Very cute and intriguing. I’m wondering what happened to the books and the building.

Comment on Week Two – Introduction and Lifelong Learning by Lee Appelbaum

Lee Appelbaum — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:14:13 +0000

Hi, and welcome,New guy,
I enjoyed your post about technology. You also sent me rushing to my Joys of Yiddish Dictionary and dictionary.com to research that “schpiellee?” word. Here’s what I found out:
spiel /spil, ʃpil/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[speel, shpeel] . –noun 1. a usually high-flown talk or speech, esp. for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
–verb (used without object) 2. to speak extravagantly.
[Origin: 1890–95; (n.) < G Spiel or Yiddish shpil play, game; (v.) < G spielen or Yiddish shpiln to play, gamble]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. Thanks, Lee