ACPL 2.0

Geek Out, Don’t Freak Out! It’s another of the Digital Collaborative’s efforts to make it fun and easy to try out new technology. Some of the sessions even overlap with Learning 2.0, so you get sort of double bang for the buck.

Next Wednesday, October 31 is Episode 14: YouTubeTorial. Find cool stuff on YouTube. Put cool stuff on YouTube. Kay Gregg will show you how! Just head to Meeting Room B at 8:00 am to get the goods.

Here’s a list of upcoming GODFO episodes:

• November 28: Gaming
• January 30: Photoshop Elements
• February 27: Cool Hardware
• April 30: Web 2.0 Stuff for Fun
• May 28: Beyond Blogging
• June 25: What patrons have access to on public machines
• July 30: iGoogle

They’re always the last Wednesday of the month at 8:00 am and they’re tons of fun: come join us!

You might have got to the point where you’re ready to add some blogs to your blogroll (the list of blogs you think are cool and like to read), and tried to do it, and couldn’t find anything that looks remotely like what we’re asking you to do. Well, we found a little glitch today that might be part of the problem

If you used Blogger to make your blog, and if you use Internet Explorer as your browser, the thing that should allow you to add a blogroll (or any other stuff that would show up in the sidebar part of your blog) doesn’t show up. Instead, try using Firefox (if you’re a Mac user, Safari works, too).

1. Go to Blogger and log in with your user name and password.
2. You should see your dashboard with your blog listed underneath it. There’s a little gear icon next to the word “Manage;” click on Layout.
3. The “Template” tab will open up to show you your page elements. This is a stripped down snapshot of what your basic page has on it. On the right hand side of the template, you should see a box that says, “Add a Page Element.” (This is the piece that’s missing if you try it using Internet Explorer.)
4. Choose “Link List”. Call your list whatever you want (“List of Links,” “Blogroll,” “People I Like,” whatever), and then add the URL and a name for each link you want to add.

Let us know if this doesn’t work, and don’t forget about open lab times in case you need help.