Google docs

Well Google docs was pretty easy to start with...then the decision of what to write .....so went with my love of Music and the Beatles and so picked a famous quote from John Lennon.....the Spell check highlighted the Beatle word, I assume because it is a different spelling from the other Beetle

My Delicious Bookmarks

Taking advantage of Voyager being down, I thought I could try and catch up...A wide range of Bookmarks from 23things through my enjoyment of the works of Charles Dickens, and my knowledge of pop musical to help with my quizes and Dreamweaver to help me in my role of Webmaster for the Hardwick Scout Group website, and onto the massive hype that is the Vuvuzela that's taking control of the World Cup....love them or hate them, how long will it be before they will be heard across the World at every Football Ground this coming Season.

Thing 9

I must add an extra Thing secretly - To catch up with my 23 Things - Here's Thing 9, I will go back and add things I've missed...but now have my Athens password, so there'll be no stopping me.....

Google Reader

Here is my Google Reader, once again, Google Reader and RSS feeds are both new to me, but once I eventually started I really enjoyed creating feeds for all the sites that I am interested in, and great to be able to get all the updates from the BBC news and the World Cup straight away, the easiest and fasting way to get the feeds is through the orange button, but wasn't expecting to find an orange button on the Scouting websites I'm interested in, so is was back to copying and pasting which isn't a problem.

Playing catch-up already, here's my iGoogle home page - a nice beach view for relaxation....Sports gadget...including the World Cup and World Cup Countdown which is getting closer and closer, a Flixter movies gadget and You tube....plus my pet Hamster exercising on his wheel...

From Me to You

A favourite hobby of mine is listening to Music, and being a 60's child, the 70's and 80's were great decades for pop music....well for me anyway, thats why Programmes like 'Life on Mars' and 'Ashes to Ashes' bring back such great memories for me of growing up, but like so many others - The Beatles were such a great influence on my Music taste - not an influence that brought me to playing an instrument, or singing - apart from miming a recorder at my Primary School or singing Kareoke, thats not where my talent lies, it's the knowledge of Music, I compile my own Music Quizes to raise money for Charity, and also love taking part in them too...but for me the Beatles were such a great Band and there's still Bands of today that use the Beatles as their influences, and they get covered so regularly...My first link, is a blog that quotes 10 Beatles covers that are better than the original...for me thats impossible, and Joe Cocker's version of 'A little help from my friends' aside, I haven't heard the others, so look forward to giving my own un-biased views http://thedeletebin.com/2008/05/13/10-beatles-cover-songs-which-may-be-better-than-the-original/
I did go to the Beatles story a few years back in Liverpool, and thoughly enjoyed it, but felt I was rushed a little by my 11 year old son, who, although listens to them with me at home, did seem quite keen to rush through the Museum etc to get to MacDonalds, but would very much like to return for a more indepth look at the Museum aswell as the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour that Liverpool offer http://www.beatlesstory.com/

My very First Blog

Well, here it is...my first ever Blog.
I must admit, I wasn't sure about taking part in 23 things when I was first asked, but with an excellent explanation I decided to have a go.....and 2 weeks in, I'm really enjoying it, I think alot of the 23 things will be very useful to me, both at the Medical Library and at the UL, I'd be interested in the iGoogle, wikis and RSS and I'm looking forward to week 9, with you tube and podcasts...

With the UL starting their 23 Things starting on Monday, with a variety of different Things, I'd be happy to have a go at their 23 Things too.