A few of my favourite things...

I have always loved the opening sequence to The Sound of Music, partly because the hills remind me of the hills near home. And I figure if Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace, can admit to listening to Whitney Houston, then I might as well confess to a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. For some beautiful Tatar and Russian music, I highly recommend Zulya and her band The Children of the Underground.

#10 Caravaggio (1571 – 1610)

The attribution of this painting is still questioned by some scholars. "The inventor of painting...was Narcissus...What is painting but the act of embracing by means of art the surface of the pool?". The Renaissance theorist Leon Battista Alberti. To view the original, visit the The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Rome.

Flickr is really useful for uploading and image sharing. I can see the benefits of tagging images to enhance the search using terms meaningful to the layperson, as well as our current approach using keyword searching and subject headings. Had a look at the Flickr PictureAustralia project, Flickr mashups, tools and Mappr. It is interesting to see new projects utilizing images not held in the usual image collections.

#8 del.icio.us

Cool tools! I will definitely use del.icio.us to consolidate bookmarks and like the research tools offered by Connotea. Technorati is a handy way to locate a blog. The idea of Library Thing connecting people who share similar libraries is kind of eery and interesting at the same time. Finally a way to meet like minded people. Sure makes cataloguing a book look easy, although I'm not quite ready to spend my spare time cataloguing.

#6 Rss feed or g & t anyone?

I've managed to set up an RSS feed on my Blog without registering which is a good thing because it means I don't have another password to worry about. I am going to proceed with caution here and see how one feed works out. Time for a...

#4 walking into a wiki

Pardon me, I was lost for a while in a loop of constantly changing passwords. Not very relaxing. I have managed to have a look around a few Wikis and like some of what I see. On the spot editing makes me feel a bit nervous although I like the option to easily add or remove a line or two. Some interesting collaborative projects out there. Disadvantages may include possible problems with vandalism.