Thing 4

23 Things

Goal

My goal is to learn all that I can, to enjoy learning and to complete the 23 Things by December 2007.

I do enjoy learning new technology and using it. My kids who are computer literate constantly encourage me to try and keep up with them.

Obstacles & strategies to overcome them

Lack of time - organise time / tasks more efficiently

- allocate a time / place

Lack of knowledge - assistance from Gavin or IT

- phone a friend

- email / Skype daughter

I am fairly certain there are more obstacles ahead, but I can't think of any at the moment. They will rear their ugly heads sooner or later. When they do I will be certain to post them and ways to overcome them (bear traps; pit with sharpened stakes; invisibility cloak; sword & shield...)

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Toolkit

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Access to internet - there are lots of excellent sites, many with tutorials

Online tools

Headphones

Gavin

Daughter in Canada - my technology guru

Palm PDA - my 'other' brain that runs on batteries, and is more reliable!

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Experiences so far...

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I have not found any problems signing up for Gmail or for this blog.

What I do find intimidating is putting up pieces of myself onto the web for others to see. I have a Live Journal that I rarely write to - not enough time is the main problem. I also have difficulty putting information on the web for others to read. Partly because I don't think I have anything of interest worth putting up, and also it engenders in me a feeling of vunerability. Words are very powerful, especially when they are strung together into a sentence, and spelt correctly!

I find it very scary!!

I am having fun

I read to be entertained, to enjoy and relax. I don't usually read literary books, or recommended books - unless something about them interests me, or appals me (DESERT FLOWER: The Extraordinary Life of a Desert Nomad by Dirie, Waris).

I am into escapism. I read a broad range of genre from humour to science fiction to romance to crime to...

If an author writes well, I am not really fussy about the subject.

Currently I have just finished reading the latest book by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) called Innocent in Death.

Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher-and uncovers some extraordinary surprises. Craig Foster's death devastated his young wife, who'd sent him to work that day with a lovingly packed lunch. It shocked his colleagues at the private school, too, and as for the ten-year-old girls who found him in his classroom in a pool of bodily fluids-they may have been traumatized for life. Eve soon determines that Foster's homemade lunch was tainted with deadly ricin, and that Mr. Foster's colleagues have some startling secrets of their own. It's Eve's job to sort it out- and discover why someone would have done this to a man who seemed so inoffensive, so pleasant ... so innocent.
http://www.noraroberts.com/innocentIDmore.htm

I enjoy the J.D. Robb books, which are very different to the books she writes under Nora Roberts.

This book is about the 24th in the series. I haven't read one yet that I was disappointed in. The series has crime, romance, humour and science fiction (don't say you don't read / like science fiction! This book is set just a little in the future, on earth. The people are the same, just some of the toys are different. Nothing outlandish or unbelievable.)

Eve is a detective in New York City in the very near future of 2058. She is a tough, strong female character with integrity, strength and a lot of heart. She was abused as a child and suffers nightmares as a result. A lot of the humour in the books comes from her difficulty with people, friends and emotions. She is use to being on her own and is often baffled by things that others take for granted.

In her first book Naked In Death she encounters a very interesting man and their relationship is a joy to read.

Breaking every rule, Lt. Eve Dallas gets involved with Roarke, a suspect in her latest murder case. But passion and seduction have rules all their own.
http://www.noraroberts.com/jdrobbbooks.htm

After reading the latest book, I have started to reread the series again, from the beginning....