{"id":2987,"date":"2011-03-27T08:54:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T13:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2011-03-27T08:54:50","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T13:54:50","slug":"technology-can-be-useful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/27\/technology-can-be-useful\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology can be useful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So this morning, after getting a reminder e-mail from my library, I renewed the books I want to hang onto for a little long from the libraries website. <\/p>\n<p>After that I checked Amazon to see if any new puppetry books had been publishing along with checking to see if a couple of authors\u2019 series that I follow are having any books coming out soon. I also did some other word searches and followed some of the suggestions of books I also might like.<\/p>\n<p>I went to Google to look at pictures of Rabbit Faces for one of the projects I am working on and then to Instructables to see if someone had instructions to make something like something else I want to make. I found something close but not quite what I needed.<\/p>\n<p>I caught up through Facebook, Live Journal, and Google Reader on a number of friends lives and a couple of professional sites I follow. I am happy that Runo, a Japanese Doll Maker, has checked in and she is fine.(Sidebar to MAB: She has a new bunny pattern that is just too cute). I stopped by the New York Times website to see what was going on in the world then to the BBC site to see the POV from England.<\/p>\n<p>Later today I plan to use various machines to wash my dishes for me and my laundry. While they are doing that, I can do other things.<\/p>\n<p>Today I am feeling very positive about technology and machines.<\/p>\n<p>I am grateful for tech that helps rather than hinders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this morning, after getting a reminder e-mail from my library, I renewed the books I want to hang onto for a little long from the libraries website. 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