Things 21 & 22

Whew, here I go into the home stretch. . .

I'll start by touching briefly on Thing 20, YouTube. The video in my previous post was forwarded to me, and I thought the information in there was astounding. I don't use YouTube frequently, but I do enjoy many of the videos that make their way into the mainstream. Good Morning America does a weekly feature on some of the best YouTube videos of the week, and that probably saves me from wasting a ton of time just looking at everything on there -- I'm a hit the highlights kind of gal, anyway.

So onto podcasts. I'm familiar with podcasts, but not really a consumer. Probably because I don't have an mp3 player -- yet. I like that this could be an alternative to trying to find a good talk radio program. I am able to plug an mp3 player into my car's stereo, so that would be useful on a long drive, since I get tired of the noise of regular radio. I checked out some of the podcasts on podcastalley.com, and found several that I think would be fun to listen to regularly.

I have used e-books and downloadable audiobooks several times in the past few months, and I find both to be a nice alternative for when it's not possible to actually sit down with a book and read. My husband, who has an mp3 player but does not like to share it with me, downloaded many hours worth of audiobooks on his player for a recent motorcycle trip to Alaska. He said it was great, and helped the tedious hours on the road go by much quicker.

In short, Things 21 & 22 are some fun interesting things that will definitely be useful once I earn my mp3 player on staff day! Can.not.wait. :)