CML's Power Tools Page

I hadn't taken advantage of CML's Power Tools Page before, so I was excited to find the Tool Box! So far I've spent waaaay too much time playing with StumbleUpon. To use it you have to download a toolbar, but it only takes a minute- then I chose some categories of web sites that I'd be interested in seeing. Now when I click on the "Stumble" icon on the toolbar, it takes me to sites that it thinks I would like! Most of them have been great- like Play With Spider, Jackson Pollack, and Librarian Chick Wiki. As you look at sites you can give them the thumbs up or thumbs down, so StumbleUpon learns more about your preferences as you go. Warning- it's very addictive!

Web 2.0 Tools

The site I chose to play with is Cocktail Builder, for obvious reasons. You can enter a list of ingedients that you have, and it comes up with drinks that you can make with them. Genius!!

Unfortunately, I doubt that it would be useful in a library setting. Well, most days, anyway.

Google Docs

I've been using Google Documents for quite a while. It's great for sharing documents with others...for example, I went on vacation with several friends from out of state this summer, and we made a schedule of what we wanted to do when using Google Docs. That way we were all able to edit it. I also use it for spreadsheets since I don't have Excel on my computers at home. And it's FREE!!