Social Bookmarking Assignment

Here is the link for my bookmarks : Derek's Delicious account

Joe B. Hall Statue

For my Wikipedia assignment I added a paragraph to the Joe B. Hall Wikipedia page about the new statue that has been added outside the Wildcat Coal Lodge. This is the paragraph that I added, "On Tuesday, September 18th, 2012, the University of Kentucky unveiled a statue of Hall outside of the Wildcat Coal Lodge to commemorate his accomplishments at UK and his contributions toward the Wildcat Coal Lodge. The university says the bronze sculpture was produced over a period of eight months, beginning as a clay sculpture, then was cast in bronze. It was created by sculptor J. Brett Grill of Columbia, Mo." I also added the link to the news article after the paragraph and added the link under the "External Links" tab. I thought the statue was a really cool gesture to Hall and since it just happened I knew it probably wouldn't be on the Wikipedia site yet.
Here is a link to the Wiki post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_B._Hall
Here is a picture of Hall (center) with Mitch Barnhart (right) sitting next to the statue:

RSS and Blogs

Three blogs that I followed are:

Kentucky - Game and Fish

• Something I read from this blog that I found pretty interesting was that Texas legalized using suppressors for hunting. This was done to protect hunters ears since suppressors greatly reduce the decimal at which a gun is fired. Suppressors are legal in 39 states after you have applied for the permit to own one.

The Kentucky Kernel

•  I read that students placed American flags downtown in remembrance of September 11. Several businessmen witnessing the students place flags, actually took their lunch breaks to help set up the flags. The flags are placed at the corner of Limestone and Main Street in the grass field and the flags spell out "9 - 11."

Kentucky Wildcats - CatsIllustrated.com

• The football team still remembers what Andrew Jackson, of the WKU Hilltoppers, said about our team last year. An ESPN camera caught Jackson shouting, "They're supposed to be SEC?" The Wildcats are ready to show that they are a better team this year.

Using RSS is a great a way to stay up to date with things that matter to you. Instead of having to click between all your favorite websites, you can simply just use RSS to see which ones have new posts, saving you lots of time. It's a much easier way to stay up to date on things that matter to you. I also really like how Google Reader gives you a preview of a new post so you can see what your missing and decide if you want to read it at that moment.