"Thing 19: Explore any site from the Web 2.0 Awards List, play with it and write a blog post about your findings."

I explored "imcooked"from the short list of winners. It is described as the "web community for video recipe sharing". You can search and view cooking videos or create your own. I searched under the keyword "wontons" and there were two videos on how to make wontons including wonton soup. You can also search under broad categories: beverages, desserts, casseroles, pastas, salads, holiday dishes, ethnic/regional, kids etc. There are also options to search users and groups. A special section helps you creating their own cooking video. I can see why this site won the first prize in the cooking section.

"Thing 18: Online Applications & Tools-Online Productivity (Word Processing, Spreadsheets) Tools"

I prefer Google Docs to Zoho Writer There are literally thousands of templates to search in Google Docs: holiday lists, resumes, cover letters, budgets, business cards, photo albums, calenders, mailing lists etc. Many in various languages as French, Spanish, Russian, etc. I explored the "Holiday Gift Shopping List" and the "Cover Letters" templates. It is easy to sign up for Google Docs and use their templates or applications. These free options are a great opportunity.

"Thing 17: Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox Wiki created with PB Wiki."

"Sandbox is the term that wikis often use to describe the area of the website that should be used for pure play."

I am having technical difficulties and I am not able to "play". I am unable to login into the "Maryland Libraries Sandbox" or the "Favorite Blogs", my email address and password are not accepted. Also the "PB Wiki Tour" and "PBWiki Video Gallery" said "page not found." Perhaps I can "play" later. I love the idea of having a place for "pure play".