So I was one of the lucky souls that was able to snatch the new iphone 3g within a week of its release. Instead of me explaining the features that already come with the phone, I want to show you some nifty applications that I think any person would like. I would also like to note all these apps listed below are free! Here are my top 3 picks:

Midomi

Description – A music search tool powered by your voice. Sing, hum, whistle, or hold up to a radio speaker to instantly find links to purchase your favorite music.

Pros – I kind of doubted what this app said it can do. I tested it out one day and had a co-worker sing a song to it, it took a second for it to think but amazingly it found the exact song he sung. I also tested this out in a restaurant and it was able to find the song playing!

Cons – Humming didn’t work out so well. Although to tell you the truth I was trying to hum a TV theme song.

AOL Radio

Description - AOL Radio features over 200 stations that span than 25 genres of music. Plus it has an extensive collection of popular news, sports, and talk programming—all for free!

Pros – I use this app a lot to listen to California radio. The radio comes in smoothly I’ve never noticed an interruption in song play.

Cons – This app eats up battery power, and there are only a handful of local radio stations available.

ShoZu

Description - Stay connected to over 40 of your favorite sites like Flickr, Facebook, Blogger, Twitter, Photobucket, Vox and more all from one easy to use app!

Pros – When I bought my iphone this is what I wanted to do! I want to take a picture and then uploaded to my Facebook or Flickr. This app does exactly that! The whole entire process takes about a minute depending on whether you’re using wifi, the 3g network, or the edge network.

Cons – I had this app crash on me once, other than that this is the perfect app for picture sharing!

Found an app that’s handy? let us know! comment below!

Save time! Save money! Buy your flash drive at the library.

Why?
• A standard floppy disk holds = 1.44 MB and costs about 10c each .
• A standard CD-R = 700 MB and costs about 20c each .
• A 1 gigabyte flash drive at Target/Wal-Mart is about $15-$20.00 each.

We compiled a list to show why a flash drive is a better choice.

• You can move and re-edit your files on a flash drive
• Saving to a flash drive is fast
• Flash drives are more durable

While you’re here at the library, why not pick up a 1 Gigabyte flash drive at our lower price at $10.00 .

Did you know?

1 Byte = 8 Bits
1 Kilobyte = 1024 Bytes
1 Megabyte = 1048576 Bytes
1 Gigabyte = 1073741824 Bytes

694 floppy disks = 1 GB Flash Drive. 694 floppy disks at 10c each = $69.44 .
486 floppy disks = 1 CD-R. 486 floppy disks at 10c each = $48.60 .

My name is Rich Reid, and I am a part-time technical assistant in the Computer services department. I started working here in September of 2006 after first volunteering for awhile at the library. Some of the fun things I do as part of my job is building (sometimes, buying) and installing newer computers throughout the library for both public and staff use. I also sometimes teach Excel (and, hopefully in the near future, database) Basics classes. Most of all I enjoy helping people.

Here are 5 other things you might not know about me:

1. I served in the U.S. Air Force, and I have worked for 2 major computer manufacturers, 2 consulting companies, and in IT for a major pharmaceutical.

2. I admit that I am a computer addict and enjoy programming and building databases for any and everything I can think of.

3. I have no pet animals at the moment, but, long ago, I had the pleasure of the company of a Sealpoint Siamese cat named Emily.

4. I am the oldest of three with no children of my own, but have grandchildren through marriage.

5. I enjoy riding bicycle paths (or on the open roads) whenever I get the opportunity.