The New York Times is offering a new service called "My Times" (http://my.nytimes.com) (currently still in beta phase). It's basically a customizable news page composed of various widgets that draw news from the New York Times or various RSS feed sources. If you're into this sort of thing, you should probably check it out.

Of special interest is the "Journalists' Pics" section. Here you'll find a variety of New York Times writers (neatly categorized by their areas of expertise) who will share with you their suggested sources. Blogging and the like is influencing traditional journalism more and more, so it's pretty interesting to see what sort of blogs traditional journalists read.

If you're not into this sort of thing (or don't even know what I'm talking about) but would like to learn more, then the library can help. We offer a variety of computer classes. In particular, there's a class on blogging on Feb 4th and RSS on Feb 20th.

Registration will begin on Saturday, December 15 for the January, February, and March public computer classes. Registration can be taken in person at any library branch. Registration can also be taken by calling the registration phone line at 734-327-8367.

There are new and exciting classes added to the schedule. Look forward to learning about blogging, Flickr, RSS, and even more.

Now you can learn in Digital Camera 101 how to download pictures to your computer, and then move on to learning how to upload your pictures on Flickr.