I'm hooked aka I get paid for this! aka weeks 1-4 & #'s 1-9

I've finally sent a blog on my, myspace page and believe it or not it was about libraries 2.0 and what we've been doing so far. Here it is repeated here

I get paid for this!
Currently there's a bunch of us at work going through an exercise called Libraries 2.0 which is a 23 point exercise involving to date; blogging, photosharing on flickr,and related stuff and rss feeds.

You can check out my other bloggs at http://thegingerbreadmans.blogspot.com/

I've stuck all my favourite cat photos on flickr at http://www.flickr.com/ you can find them if you search for Gingerbread Man 63 as a person search and even made a trading card of Gingerbread man which is in my phots here at Myspace and at flickr

And finally set up a bunch of RSS feeds at http://www.bloglines.com/public/Gingerbreadman63 mind you the one I really think you'll like is CBR Comic Book Resources

One thing I didn't put in the above blog is that the 15 min a day scenario is not really realistic, for me at any rate. I've found the patterns usually been 30-45 min evry 2 weeks or so, if I didn't have access to the net at home I'd be pushing rocks uphill.

Also as most of the friends on my myspace page are kids from our Church Youth Group I'm probably going to get bombarded with comments on how pathetic I am ;)

You can check out my Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com-shanejw and if some of the profile looks similar to whats here, well I'm hardly going to reinvent the wheel am I.

PS as to the RSS feeds apart from CBR I also have say I lurv unshelved. Where have you been all my life? and finally feeding the inner geek I just had to add Outpost Gallifrey the #1 Doctor Who news site on the World Wide Web. http://www.gallifreyone.com/

Feeding the Comix aka Week 4 #9

Well what can I say in checking out RSS feeds I came across one that's on a topic near and dear to me, and one that libraries are for the most part only really catching onto in the last few years with a few exceptions.

COMICS. But of course if you've read my profile you knew that already.

The website's one of the best around on keeping up with current trends, current and upcoming releases, and notable events from both the big publishing houses and the indies. and a great all round forum on this much maligned blending of art and literature.

And yes I did call comics both Art and Literature they're a one of a kind blending, and no they're not just for kids. The average age of a comic reader is 30, and they're a lot deeper, mature and broader and smarter than the stuff that was around when I was a just a wee cookie.

Anyway enough ranting Its called CBR or Comic Book Resources and its just one of the feeds I've selected. The best one I dare say.

You can see them all at http://www.bloglines.com/public/Gingerbreadman63

of course if you'd rather visit the site direct in all its glory check out
http://www.comicbookresources.com/
you won't regret it. Unless you have a very small imagination, a very narrow mind are severely lacking in a sense of humour and are what is commonly referred to as a cultural snob in which case it serves you right;)

My Friend FlIckr & I taught I taw some puddy tats aka Week 3 #7

Well I've just uploaded some of my favourite cat photos and a Trading Card (very cool) on Flickr at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14162633@N04/

or otherwise look for Gingerbread Man 63 under person search.

Here's my favourite Cat pic. ---------------------->

Oddly enough we've never had much luck at keeping cats, thy've usually disappeard after anything from a month to a year. So in the end we gave up and stuck to Dogs.

However in the last couple of years out here in Langwarrin the mice have been particularly troublesome. Now I happen to think mice are cute, but when one managed to crawl inside my last computer and trashed it, that was the final straw, cute or not they had to go, so we decided to get a cat.

Well to cut a long story short we ended up with 2, a brother and sister, which were promptly named Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, and now almost 2 years later they are the 2 most beautiful, clever amazing curious cats, well I am biased.

Interestingly enough my bank teller remarked one day "You don't strike me as a cat person" well guess what I am, and I've also developed a newfound appreciation of Garfield Cartoons go figure!

What's a Gingerbread Man doing in a Library?

I've had a lifelong passion for reading and its perhaps no surprise that I've ended up in a library.

What may surprise you is that I get very little reading done there. Instead the thing I enjoy most from it, are the people I deal with from every possible age, situation and circumstance. There's no other job which requires you to be part teacher, scholar, social worker, detective, entertainer, technician, and checkout chick all at any given moment.

And I haven't even said anything about the great bunch of people I get to work with. No really!

And its a real buzz knowing that you're part of an institution that collectively can be traced back to the dawn of civilization and still deals in the three strands of information, recreation and self education. You just never know the positive impact you may have on another person. and if you don't believe here's a little snippet from the Author Gary Paulsen's bio on the web at where it says "Paulsen developed a passion for reading at an early age. After a librarian gave him a book to read — along with his own library card — he was hooked." You can read even more about it at http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/paulsen.html Its a truly inspiring story for anyone who works in libraries. Told you I was passionate about it.

Why the Gingerbread Man? aka Week 2 #3

Well I'm glad you asked. As a life member of the Ministry of Silly Walks. (If you're under 40 you won't get the reference) I often get asked by very small children, why do I walk funny? I tell them its because I'm like a Gingerbread man who was taken out of the oven before he was fully cooked. Works for me