#38 Comic Relief

I thought ToonDoo was really cute. I had a go with creating my own comic and had a lot of fun doing that. I didn't have time to finish it but saved it and thought I could come back and edit it but I don't think it lets you do that which was disappointing. The library shelf check comics were funny.

http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/594366

#37 Music to our ears

This was a cute tool, but why's it called last.fm? Anyway, I plugged in Barbra Streisand and Tina Turner and it was spot on in recommending Cher, Bette Midler, Celine Dion and Whitney Housten - love them all! I also plugged in Bruce Springsteen but it didn't recommend anything similar. Maybe the difference between Babs and The Boss was too much for last.fm to cope with so it decided to just ignore one? I like that when you click into one of their recommendations there are similar artists listed. I also like the events in your area feature although disappointingly none of the above are scheduled to come to Melbourne.

#36 Dressing up your photos

I had a look at Picnik. I really liked it and will upload some more photos and use it again - a great little tool for creating greeting cards and very easy to use.

#35 Micro or Mini Blogging

I like the concept of mini blogging but I'm not online enough to want to start up my own account. I know there are people who spend a lot of time online and, especially if you're on Facebook, I think having the mini blog to update your status adds another dimension to your virtual identity. In terms of use in the library I was thinking that on the Kid's Catalogue we could have a virtual library cat answering questions (instead of a librarian). The cat could live in the Kid's Catalogue and give regular updates on it's movements throughout the day via a mini blog...

#34 Using the Web for Better Health

I had a look at FitDay and I really liked this site and found it very informative. I walk 4kms about 4 times a week and was interested to see that this doesn't burn a whole heap of calories. I may have to get back on the treadmill. It was good to see what nutrients I don't get enough of on a normal day. The only drawback was the Americanism (chocolate biscuits weren't listed - I had to search for 'crackers'). Listing all the foods you have eaten in a day keeps it "real" as well - you can't whinge that you're not losing weight when you've got it in black and white in front of you that you've eaten two chocolate-coated crackers and a meat pie with tomato sauce that day... hypothetically speaking. I have already recommended this site to my colleagues because I was very impressed by it.

#33 Express yourself through online art

What can I say about this? The Picassohead tool was kind of fun but, as we were warned, totally had no purpose. I looked at the Snowflake one because I thought that sounded kind of interesting but it was a massive disappointment!

#32 Online File Storage

I wasn't a big fan of this site because I don't think I'd want to share my files with other people. In terms of saving my files on eSnips (the tool I explored) so that I can access them later I think I'd prefer to just use my memory stick and carry that around with me. I suppose it could be useful for travelling if you don't want to carry anything with you but I think it's just as easy to email documents to your web-based email account. For me I couldn't see any benefit to using these tools.