Long time no blog...

So I'm back on Newfoundland Time! I speak for most (if not all) People of the Rock when I say there is nothing quite like making that X+1/2 hour change on the watch!

It sure has been a while... I'm hoping that Systems (both soft and hard) are flexible and self-sufficient enough to have dealt well with my absence; both Information Literacy and Collections seem to be a tad more dependant lately. I'll make up with roses and a nice leg of lamb. Maybe even a bubble bath, who can tell.

Anyway, onward, SystemsSoldiers:

As I recall from last week's class (our very last Systems class of, well, forever) it was quite the time! Especially interesting was an overview of Second Life that left most of us silently numb at the sheer strangeness of Online "life." I must admit, I'd much rather be a librarian (ahem.. Information Professional) in a real-life library, dealing (gasp) with solidly human individuals. Maybe I'm a little crazy, but it's the truth! But it's definitely something to think about, especially in terms of relevancy to young adult users, my particular biblio-interest.

So, think about it I did... and I even signed up! First off, you have to choose a last name from a list of oddities. Call me Hyde Eriksen from now on (it sounded strong, and vaguely Vinland). Then you get to choose an avatar! Carrie was right.. lots of pretty and proportionally unsound images to choose from. I went with CityChic (Female), mostly because her breasts seemed the most outrageous and the CyberGoth was just too scary. Then comes the real set-up: name, gender, password, etc. Surprisingly only two gender options; I had thought Second Life would be more open. I quickly moved past the "please pay us money" bit, and now I'm to the downloading stage... on my mother's ancient computer. Let's see how this goes!

Right, well... the monitor is doing this jaundice thing, and the tower is whirring like a hamster may be stuck in there. Second Life rodents are invading! And.. hmm.. seems as though my system (har, har) is incompatible with Second Life.

Guess I'll have to try it on something a little more up-to-date. Like a stone tablet.

I swear something will actually happen the next post. Perhaps not Second Life related, though. I wonder if Hyde Eriksen, CityChic will ever see the light of day?