FORREST lives here!

South Island Holiday

2009-06-19T01:25:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Lake Tekapo with snow peaked Southern Alps in the background.

Wedding anniversary

2009-02-26T16:31:00.000-08:00

How Can Love Hold On So Many Years?

How can love hold on so many years?
A passion lasts, we're told, not more than two.
Pleasure is more rich when passion clears,
Pouring forth from love to love renew.
Years of love can gather to an ocean
Tormented in its wild constancy.
When there's no wind, it seems bereft of motion;
Eastward, though, the waves roll wild and free.
No love can last unless there is the will.
Tapestries are woven by design.
Years pass and love continues, stronger still
For all the daily care to make it shine.
In life, if there is one, then we are blessed,
For whom we can be totally undressed;
Take off our selves and find our spirits fair;
Hunger for sweet love, and it is there.

My Samoa

2008-11-19T19:43:00.000-08:00

Angels

2008-10-06T20:47:00.000-07:00

Let me not....

2008-09-27T21:25:00.001-07:00

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.
Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

-- William Shakespeare

The 23rd Thing!

2008-09-21T19:27:00.001-07:00

Yayyyyyyyyyy!
I have arrived at last.I look back in awe of what I have achieved since taking up the challenge of Web 2 and I have come to the conclusion this experience has been a great learning curve for me.I love the image generators, I created my own chocolate bar called the Forrestbabe Delight, have my own street named after me, and have my name printed on sand at the beach.
I have enjoyed the social networking part, because it has given me the opportunity to look at other sites such as Facebook and myspace. I am a bebo fan myself and I find that I can apply more applications on my blog that on my bebo page. I have learned about RSS feeds, Wiki,De.licious,Zoho Writer, Google Docs, E-books, podcasts, and last but not least is YouTubes my absolute favourite discovery so far.

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/

2008-09-21T19:13:00.000-07:00

Check out the above site for e-books. There is a list of the top 100 E-Books and also the top 100 authors, and you get to do a search on its catalog.
I came across this e- book called"The count of Monte Cristo" which can be read online or downloaded for free.

Podcast!

2008-09-21T16:44:00.000-07:00

What is Podcast?
The word is a combination of the words broadcast and ibod Apples MP3 player.Podcast.com has a list of the most listened to and watched podcasts for the month.I have already signed up and have subscribed to Modiba Afrikast Series.I have itunes downloaded on my home computer, and when I have time I will add the list to my blog.

Redemption song sung by my cousins Christian and Betty at our family reunion 2007

2008-09-19T00:40:00.002-07:00

Where do I start? I had such a great time on You Tubes, that I got a bit carried away this weekend with watching all the videos that before long I had spent hours just watching one after the other. I did a search and came across this song that my cousins from America sang at our family reunion in Samoa at the end of last year.I also got to watch perfomances from others of some of my favourite Samoan songs.You Tube can be used in libraries to provide visual aids for teaching the patrons how to use the catalogue efficiently and effectively.

https://accounts.zoho.com/u/h

2008-09-18T14:32:00.001-07:00

What I like about Zoho writer:
The documents can be saved online, and can be accessed anywhere, no need to carry USB or disks around.
I can export this file as a Word or .txt file document, which makes it easy to use inside Word
Email feature is easy to use. This document can be emailed as a Word file, .pdf document,etc
being able to publish a document as a public file.
being able to use Zoho as a text editor and then publish document on blog
love all the features especially the strikethrough.
Will definitely point this out to some of our learn net users....Its about preferences and choices really.

Social Networking ( week 7)

2008-09-18T14:32:00.000-07:00

Take your pick! Social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook and My Space are all popular sites, but Bebo gets my vote. I have a private bebo page, that only my "friends" can access. These friends include realtives or whoever I accepted to be a friend. I like the wide variety of applications that BEBO offers, but most of all I love the fact that I can change my bebo skin as many times as I choose, and also have the choice of copying someone elses that appeals to me. Bebo has also enable me to view my friends photographs, you tubes, widgets, play lists etc.
It is a great way of keeping in contact with relatives and friends, and you have a choice of deleting friends off your friends list.

Del.icio.us!

2008-08-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

http://delicious.com/forrestbabe
Hmmmm Check out my delicious list, not much at the mo but stay tuned, the list will expand when I have time. The idea of having my favourites list in just one place and that I can access from anywhere is exciting!... thanks Kelly!

Wikis

2008-08-12T19:58:00.000-07:00

https://manukaulearn.pbwiki.com/Favourite-Movies
I read the Library Success: A best practice wiki, and was impressed with the list of websites with lists of free online reference resources, they also included a list of online training resources for librarians.
I have listed my favourite movies on the Learning 2.0 Sandbox wiki.It was interesting to read what others have posted about their favourite movies, I especially like the favourite recipes.

my very own chocolate bar..yum! yum!

2008-08-04T18:41:00.000-07:00

Forrestbabes pics

2008-08-03T20:05:00.000-07:00

What do I think of Flicker!
I had a hard time trying to upload my pics, computer is too slow, or is it I am too impatient, either way I have conquered Flicker, so if you have time you can view my photos on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/forrestbabe/

mosaic magic

2008-08-01T20:48:00.001-07:00

Bubblr

2008-07-31T15:16:00.001-07:00

A day at the beach

2008-07-30T21:47:00.000-07:00

Forrestbabe was here! I wish!

more words!

2008-07-29T04:00:00.000-07:00

Rollyo!

2008-07-28T21:43:00.000-07:00

I absolutely love this rollyo thingee...I have only included health related websites.I typed in "flu" in the search box and only got information related to my search from my chosen websites.

Wordconstructor!

2008-07-24T00:38:00.000-07:00

http://www.wordconstructor.com/index.php
so I typed "forrestbabe" into the word constructor and patiently awaits the result...drum roll please...
"worbettbabe"
now is there such a word? anyways worbettbabe is my nick name...umm sounds more like an icecream or maybe a callgirl sh.sh.sh I did not say that!

wordle

2008-07-22T00:59:00.000-07:00

What the!
I did not know that there was such a word..but..check it out I had a play with different words pertaining to libraries and it gets jumbled all over.....Interesting!
http://wordle.net/create

The generator blog!

2008-07-21T21:32:00.000-07:00

choices galore! I am all excited about the different stuff that can be created on the generator blog. I chose a few to start off with...the list is endless!
http://www.endorser.org/linkedin
Check this out!
I typed in my colleague Bretts name, with his permission of course and this is his endorsement which we both found ummmmmmmmmm quite interesting.
"I worked with Brett Stirling in the same company. Brett Stirling is self motivated, result driven, responsible and wise natural leader. Makes the impossible possible. Although extremely technically minded Brett Stirling has the ability to communicate with simple, friendly language with a great sense of humour. "
Way to go Brett!

Bloglines

2008-07-21T03:30:00.001-07:00

Theres just so much to include...ummm now where do I begin? Maybe I will just list library stuff, but what about recipes and news, astrology etc etc.Do I have time and space....maybe not.. OK peeps, feel free to check out my favourite feeds at http://www.bloglines.com/public/forrestbabe

Angels

2008-07-10T14:42:00.000-07:00

"I wish for you..." Comfort on difficult days, Smiles when sadness intrudes, Rainbows to follow the clouds, Laughter to kiss your lips, Sunsets to warm your heart. Gentle hugs when spirits sag, Friendships to brighten your being, Beauty for your eyes to see, Faith so that you can believe, Courage to know yourself, Patience to accept the truth, And love to complete your life. God Bless you! I asked the Lord to bless you. As I prayed for you today to guide you and protect you as you go along your way.... His love is always with youHis promises are true no matter what the tribulation. You know He will see us through so, when the road you're traveling on seems difficult, give your problems to the Lord and God will do the rest.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!