Hi All,
A few days ago I went food shopping and I was thinking of a topic for the blog. Yes, I know, it is an odd occurrence to be shopping and thinking of a topic for the blog... What can I say, I like blogging!
Anyway, while I was thinking about this I was smack dab in the fruit and vegetable aisle. And then it hit me: what about a blog entry on vegetable markets and/or fruit markets?
I went home - after I finished shopping of course - and looked at my list of titles of old posts. Aha...back on 8/13 I already did a post on LI Farmstands...hmmm. I needed a new idea. But a new one was percolating.
What about flea markets? And then I pulled up the trusty old tool, Google. And I did a search for 'flea markets'. And this is what happened.
Click here for a link to Keys Flea Market. This is a state-by-state list of flea markets - which, in and of itself is pretty helpful. What makes the site even more helpful are the direct links to each flea market. Note that the site is a bit cumbersome to use and the links don't always get you to the site you wanted to go to.
The next site is called FleaMarketFinder and on the whole of it seems much more polished and intuitive. While the site does have a list of states to choose flea markets from, the front page of the site has a map of the United States that most users will end up using. In my case, I didn't even realize the site had the list of states until I reviewed the site a second time.
In any event, the map is helpful for new users to the site. Once you click on a state you'll get a list of towns that have flea markets. On the right side of the screen you can click on an icon so you can 'Map It' - which essentially gives you directions to the flea market by opening another window. Note that this site doesn't directly link you to the website of the flea market itself... That is definitely a negative feature of the site.
By the way, if you do a Google search for 'long island flea markets' you do get some results - just super great ones. Click here to see the search results for the aforementioned search. Note that the Google results take you directly to some of the flea markets on Long Island...there are also phone numbers listed in the search.
Good luck and happy flea market hunting during the upcoming fall season.
Finally, if there are any particular topics that you would like me to explore in this blog, send me an email by clicking here. I'll try to respond ASAP to your email.
Regards,
Stu
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
BMI Index: Fat or Thin?
Hi All,
I've always heard about the 'BMI Index' and I just recently did a bit of internet snooping to find out exactly what the heck it is.
Doing a Google search for 'BMI' gave me 14 million hits. Duh - that was too many to go through. Although the first one gave me a good description of just what the BMI is. Click here to find the answer at the extremely reputable National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (an arm of the United States National Institute of Health)
Users can input height and weight and the site will generate the BMI for you. Note that on the right side of the screen you can find BMI categories, information about the limitations of using the BMI, assessing your risk, recipes, and how to control you weight.
All in all a pretty helpful site for 'things related to BMI'. For another take on BMI, click here for the results from MedlinePlus.gov - the results from this search came from MedlinePlus.gov and link to other government agencies that discuss BMI.
Regards and have a healthy future!
Stu
I've always heard about the 'BMI Index' and I just recently did a bit of internet snooping to find out exactly what the heck it is.
Doing a Google search for 'BMI' gave me 14 million hits. Duh - that was too many to go through. Although the first one gave me a good description of just what the BMI is. Click here to find the answer at the extremely reputable National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (an arm of the United States National Institute of Health)
Users can input height and weight and the site will generate the BMI for you. Note that on the right side of the screen you can find BMI categories, information about the limitations of using the BMI, assessing your risk, recipes, and how to control you weight.
All in all a pretty helpful site for 'things related to BMI'. For another take on BMI, click here for the results from MedlinePlus.gov - the results from this search came from MedlinePlus.gov and link to other government agencies that discuss BMI.
Regards and have a healthy future!
Stu
Monday, September 20, 2010
'I Guess That's Why they Call It the Blues..."
Hi All,
I hope the blog entry title got your attention! How can people have the 'blues' on Such a sunny, bright, early Fall day? Well, it is easy - since it is the start of a brand new work week (for Adults) and school (for students)...and then you start thinking about the whole long, rest of the week and all the work days or school days ahead.
Well, have no fear - your local librarian is here! I did a basic Google search using the phrase, 'chasing away the Monday morning blues'. I found lots of results, but two of the better ones are described below.
The first link comes from a site called, 'Goal Setting College' and the entry is called '22 Ways To Kill the Monday Morning Blues'. While the site itself is a bit hokey, the advice in the entry is not. For instance, neither reducing weekend sleep in's is not a bad idea, nor, for that matter is the suggestion to exercise in the morning. And we all know the importance of regular exercise. Click here for an unrelated link on the importance of physical exercise from the CDC.
I also liked the suggestion of reading empowering books - which is a perfect transition for the library!!! For example, click here to find a list of inspiring books that the Farmingdale Public Library owns! FYI, the search that I used to get the previous results was 'success - psychological aspects' and then I narrowed the search down to items owned by the Farmingdale Public Library.
The second site that I found is from Ehow.com and the title is called 'How To Get Rid of the Monday Morning Blues' - click here for the link. I liked the fact that they listed the items 1 to 10...a handy dandy way to see if you are (or will, in the future) following some of the rules to make Mondays' less stressful as an employee or a student.
Finally, without going into too much detail, I've link to a site from the National Institute of Health for Mental Health - it might be helpful and can be reached by clicking on this link.
Regards,
Stu
I hope the blog entry title got your attention! How can people have the 'blues' on Such a sunny, bright, early Fall day? Well, it is easy - since it is the start of a brand new work week (for Adults) and school (for students)...and then you start thinking about the whole long, rest of the week and all the work days or school days ahead.
Well, have no fear - your local librarian is here! I did a basic Google search using the phrase, 'chasing away the Monday morning blues'. I found lots of results, but two of the better ones are described below.
The first link comes from a site called, 'Goal Setting College' and the entry is called '22 Ways To Kill the Monday Morning Blues'. While the site itself is a bit hokey, the advice in the entry is not. For instance, neither reducing weekend sleep in's is not a bad idea, nor, for that matter is the suggestion to exercise in the morning. And we all know the importance of regular exercise. Click here for an unrelated link on the importance of physical exercise from the CDC.
I also liked the suggestion of reading empowering books - which is a perfect transition for the library!!! For example, click here to find a list of inspiring books that the Farmingdale Public Library owns! FYI, the search that I used to get the previous results was 'success - psychological aspects' and then I narrowed the search down to items owned by the Farmingdale Public Library.
The second site that I found is from Ehow.com and the title is called 'How To Get Rid of the Monday Morning Blues' - click here for the link. I liked the fact that they listed the items 1 to 10...a handy dandy way to see if you are (or will, in the future) following some of the rules to make Mondays' less stressful as an employee or a student.
Finally, without going into too much detail, I've link to a site from the National Institute of Health for Mental Health - it might be helpful and can be reached by clicking on this link.
Regards,
Stu
Friday, September 17, 2010
Weekend Things To Do...
Hi All,
Welcome back to another Friday edition of the Farmingdale PL blog.
School has started, the football season is underway (college and Pro), folks are planting their fall flowers and foliage (alliteration!) and well...the summer officially ends this weekend...
So now that all of these things have happened, here is a blog entry to keep you busy (as if you aren't busy already!) during the weekend.
What with food shopping, laundry, house cleaning (sigh, we understand), beautiful weather...well, maybe you can make it outdoors this weekend and enjoy this last weekend of summer.
So...without further ado, here is a list of 3 sites that can help you find something to do this weekend.
From LongIsland.com (since 1996 - so they say!) comes a chronological list of things to do in and around Long Island. Note the tabs at the top of the screen - you can click on them to get site related to topics like home, auto, events, fun stuff, home & garden, restaurants, shop, sports, and travel. Worth a look see and here is the link: Long Island Events.com
Via Google we have this site: GoogleMashups/Things To Do. A mashup is a newly coined phrase by tech/computer folks which means 'two databases mixed up together'. Essentially it means that you can mix two different databases to generate helpful results. In this case, the links combines Googles' Map feature with a list of 'Things To Do'. The results are in list format and can be found here. Interesting idea and possibly worth a look.
Coming to you live from the New York Family Fun Guide is this site. Once you find the site you can click on tabs with topics like museums, theater, fun with art, fun with music, kids sports, movies, kids parties, parks & farms, and other stuff.
Similar to the first site I mentioned, but a bit different in that once you click on a topic you get a list (with contact information; phone number, address, website, etc) and a brief summary of the event chosen.
So there you have it. Three sites to help you with your spare time this weekend - and any weekend in the future actually.
Enjoy.
Stu
Welcome back to another Friday edition of the Farmingdale PL blog.
School has started, the football season is underway (college and Pro), folks are planting their fall flowers and foliage (alliteration!) and well...the summer officially ends this weekend...
So now that all of these things have happened, here is a blog entry to keep you busy (as if you aren't busy already!) during the weekend.
What with food shopping, laundry, house cleaning (sigh, we understand), beautiful weather...well, maybe you can make it outdoors this weekend and enjoy this last weekend of summer.
So...without further ado, here is a list of 3 sites that can help you find something to do this weekend.
From LongIsland.com (since 1996 - so they say!) comes a chronological list of things to do in and around Long Island. Note the tabs at the top of the screen - you can click on them to get site related to topics like home, auto, events, fun stuff, home & garden, restaurants, shop, sports, and travel. Worth a look see and here is the link: Long Island Events.com
Via Google we have this site: GoogleMashups/Things To Do. A mashup is a newly coined phrase by tech/computer folks which means 'two databases mixed up together'. Essentially it means that you can mix two different databases to generate helpful results. In this case, the links combines Googles' Map feature with a list of 'Things To Do'. The results are in list format and can be found here. Interesting idea and possibly worth a look.
Coming to you live from the New York Family Fun Guide is this site. Once you find the site you can click on tabs with topics like museums, theater, fun with art, fun with music, kids sports, movies, kids parties, parks & farms, and other stuff.
Similar to the first site I mentioned, but a bit different in that once you click on a topic you get a list (with contact information; phone number, address, website, etc) and a brief summary of the event chosen.
So there you have it. Three sites to help you with your spare time this weekend - and any weekend in the future actually.
Enjoy.
Stu
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Pill Identifier From Drugs.com
Hi All,
Well, we can't always post fun and entertaining blog entries. Occasioanally we need to generate an educational entry from which readers will learn something. This is one of those posts - but, as I mention below, this site can be a matter of life and death. At the very least it is an educational site that people who are taking medication should know about. The name of the site is Drugs.com.
Drugs.com bills itself as 'Drug Information Online'. The site is huge and rivals WebMD and MedlinePlus.Gov in comprehensive information.
Drugs.com is full of good, quality information, but I want to zero in and discuss a single section of the site: Pill Identifier. Why? Because the site has the potential to save lives.
Note that before you actually are able to enter the site and use the main feature of identifying a pill, you'll need to accept the User Agreement. Just click on the 'I Agree' button and you'll get to use the rest of the site.
Here is how the site works: Users enter any identifying marks (imprint) of the pill that he/she wants to identify. In addition, users can enter the color and the shape of the pill to be identified.
Simple as that. Once the user enters the information, a list of similar pills appears. For example, a search beige and round pills yields 78 results. Once the results appear, you can use the mouse to hover over the pill you are interested in. If you hover like this, the cursor acts like a magnifying glass by enhancing the size of the pill you are looking at.
One of the best features of this site is that you can gather more information on a particular drug if you click on the 'View More Details' icon. When you click on the View More Details icon, you get information like strength of the medication, manufacturer, drug class, pregnancy category and availability. Clicking on the name of the pill brings you to another very helpful page.
Information on this page includes, 'What is the medication?', 'Important Information About the Medication', 'Before Taking the Medication', User Reviews, Detailed Side Effects, Drug Interactions and Support Group Q&A.
The site (Drugs.com) has so much information that it might take users a few tries to get used to all of its various functions. So don't fret - take some time to browse, bookmark the site and come back another day to get familiar with the rest of the sites' very helpful featues. It is well worth your time and effort!!!
Regards,
Stu
Well, we can't always post fun and entertaining blog entries. Occasioanally we need to generate an educational entry from which readers will learn something. This is one of those posts - but, as I mention below, this site can be a matter of life and death. At the very least it is an educational site that people who are taking medication should know about. The name of the site is Drugs.com.
Drugs.com bills itself as 'Drug Information Online'. The site is huge and rivals WebMD and MedlinePlus.Gov in comprehensive information.
Drugs.com is full of good, quality information, but I want to zero in and discuss a single section of the site: Pill Identifier. Why? Because the site has the potential to save lives.
Note that before you actually are able to enter the site and use the main feature of identifying a pill, you'll need to accept the User Agreement. Just click on the 'I Agree' button and you'll get to use the rest of the site.
Here is how the site works: Users enter any identifying marks (imprint) of the pill that he/she wants to identify. In addition, users can enter the color and the shape of the pill to be identified.
Simple as that. Once the user enters the information, a list of similar pills appears. For example, a search beige and round pills yields 78 results. Once the results appear, you can use the mouse to hover over the pill you are interested in. If you hover like this, the cursor acts like a magnifying glass by enhancing the size of the pill you are looking at.
One of the best features of this site is that you can gather more information on a particular drug if you click on the 'View More Details' icon. When you click on the View More Details icon, you get information like strength of the medication, manufacturer, drug class, pregnancy category and availability. Clicking on the name of the pill brings you to another very helpful page.
Information on this page includes, 'What is the medication?', 'Important Information About the Medication', 'Before Taking the Medication', User Reviews, Detailed Side Effects, Drug Interactions and Support Group Q&A.
The site (Drugs.com) has so much information that it might take users a few tries to get used to all of its various functions. So don't fret - take some time to browse, bookmark the site and come back another day to get familiar with the rest of the sites' very helpful featues. It is well worth your time and effort!!!
Regards,
Stu
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