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I thought I should try and join Facebook the other day, since it’s been hyped to oblivion. I figured I should at least see what the big deal was, and maybe do a bit of networking in the process. Unfortunately they wanted my real name and only my real name. And then I read in the news that there were security holes everywhere on Facebook. I promptly deleted my account.<\/p>\n
It took me a long time to work out why I’m not really into social networking sites. At first I thought it was the truly awful page layouts on Myspace, and then I thought it might be the juvenile process of boasting about having more friends than others. <\/p>\n
But then I realised the real problem. I’m a horribly anti-social person. I love the internet so much because, up until now, it suited a shy, retiring hermit like me. Fact is, making new friends is not a priority for me – not unless we can somehow do business or advance women’s porn together. I’m not single, I’m not looking for a date or cybersex. And I just don’t have enough time for socialising on the internet. I neglect my real-life friends enough as it is. Yes, I realise that sounds bad, but it’s the truth.<\/p>\n
But today, thanks to Susie Bright<\/a>, I discovered Library Thing<\/a>. Here, finally, is a Web 2.0 site I could almost be interested in.<\/p>\n This site lets you catalogue your own collection of books. And then you share them with other people, find out what they’ve got, and maybe discover new books that may be of interest. There’s discussion and reviews as well. So if you do accidentally end up making friends, you’ll be talking to book-loving smart people who most likely have something intelligent to say.<\/p>\n I used to be a librarian. Despite all the porny naughtiness that’s got in the way since, I’m still a sucker for cataloguing. I don’t have the time, but I suspect I’m going to end up on this site cataloguing my growing book collection. And I will probably use it to find a new good book to read.<\/p>\n Yes, yes, it makes me a nerd of the first degree, but I’m happy to be a nerd. And I’m fairly certain that today’s hip teenager will not be boasting about their ultra-cool account at Library Thing. Which is also good.<\/p>\n Just looking at my shelves, my book collection can be loosely clumped into the following groups: I own all the Harry Potter books but I also have a copy of War and Peace<\/em> AND Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I thought I should try and join Facebook the other day, since it’s been hyped to oblivion. I figured I should at least see what the big deal was, and maybe do a bit of networking in the process. Unfortunately they wanted my real name and only my real name. And then I read in the news that there were security holes everywhere on Facebook. I promptly deleted my account. Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ramblings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n* Female-focused fantasy novels
\n* Post-apocalyptic\/science fiction novels
\n* Penguin Classics
\n* Non-fiction books about sex and feminism
\n* Idiot’s guides to computer programming (barely read)
\n* Novels for young adults plus my collection of picture books from my childhood
\n* Reference volumes + a lot of guides to writing
\n* Culled library books and freebies from my old job
\nThere’s also a huge collection of Australian Women’s Forums from 1995 to 2001.<\/p>\n