RSS-2.0

I found it fairly easy to set up my account in Bloglines.com and do some RSS feeds. Next day I went back to look them over. Some of them were really good but others had information in them older than 2006. I don't think this is something I would use very often-the websites I like to go to on my home computer are already favorited or in my drop down menu. Also my home page is "Yahoo" and it does something similar in that you can pick your favorites websites and have them on the homepage. It is a good tool to know about though, I had never heard of it before so if someone mentions RSS feeds now-I will be in the know.

Google Earth 2.0

I downloaded Google Earth on my home computer and looked at many different places-my city, my workplace, my house. It took me a while to get the skills to zoom in and out and go up and down-but what a neat site. The building where my workplace is actually had a tag attached so when I clicked on it I could get to their website. I also liked the camera view you can get throughout the area. My daughter and family are moving to Korea this month so I looked at the city of Ulsan and when I get their street address it will be neat to go to Google Earth and look at where they are living and the surrounding area. I quess this would be my concern though as anybody can check out neighborhoods (ways in and out). Overall though I was very impressed with this offering from Google

Facebook-2.0

I have had an account with Facebook since my son went to Switzerland. I think it is a good way of knowing what is going on with friends and family. I think networking sites are so popular because you can get almost instantaneous results. Pictures and videos taken and uploaded that day are available for others to see almost as soon as something happened. You can find out and limit to those people you want to be friends with or who want to be friends with you. A drawback is some people put to much information in their account and spend to much time playing silly games.

Wikipedia - 2.0

I looked up a few things in Wikipedia that I hadn't looked at before in that site. I was in Switzerland a couple of years ago and I looked up the city of Bern. I couldn't see any mistakes in spelling or anything else, but I didn't go through checking facts at all. One of the things I saw in Bern was the enclosure for the bear. It was just a pit in the ground as you can tell from the picture. There is not a separate entry for the Bern bear but it is mentioned in the Bern site and also in the site called Bear Pits. I am happy to report that they do have a nice new enclosure for the bears. I also checked for Calgary Public Library and read that information as well. There is not a separate entry for Country Hills Library though it is mentioned under the Calgary Public Library site as a branch.