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Monthly Archives July 2006

Midnight Pastimes

Instant MessagingI am back on instant messaging.  After using IM quite a bit in the heyday of ICQ, I got away from it for a variety of reasons (no friends mainly ) but after being asked for my MSN info by a colleague today (and also attempting to do a virtual reference exercise last week […]

Posted 22 July 2006 § LibrarySchool § List § Main Page § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

If there are 23 people in a room, what are the odds of two sharing a birthday?

This is a bit retroactive but yesterday, I e-mailed Marco D'Andrea, a first term student to thank him for an invite to his party on July 18 and apologise for not being able to make it (afternoon nap = evening spent doing pressing homework instead of evening = partying with first-term cohort.)  Turns out that, […]

Posted 22 July 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page § Randomness ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged:

My Librarian Trading Card

Flickr has a group dedicated to Librarian Trading Cards.  You can create your own (and do lots of other cool things) with FD's Flickr tools.Here's mine:

Posted 21 July 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page § Meme § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – July 21, 2006 (NFB Shorts)

The National Film Board of Canada has put a bunch of their classic animated shorts online for free viewing. The Big Snit is required viewing for all Canadians.

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Stat of the Day

Of the 147 million Americans on the Internet, 12 million have blogs. (via PopBitch)

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The Last Saskatchewan Pirate

I heard about Calvin Ayre tonight on CBC's The National.  Much like myself, he is from a farming family in rural Saskatchewan and attended UWO to do his Masters.  Unlike me, he did an MBA instead of an MLIS.  Oh, and he became a billionaire via his online gaming company while my stock portfolio consists […]

Posted 21 July 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

There Will Be A Lot Less Criticizing of Student Council On This Blog From Now On

After discussion with a member of the current student council, I let my name stand for election (er, appointment?  I have no idea how they do things) and as of Wednesday afternoon, am the new, incoming Academic Rep for the MLIS Student Council.  As with everything in my life (Spirit of Librarianship, whether or not […]

Posted 20 July 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Suggestion For A New Statutory Holiday

Canada currently recognizes nine federal statutory holidays (PDF) and one civic holiday.  Various jurisdictions have slight differences, either in the name of existing holidays (Canada Day is apparently called Memorial Day in Newfoundland, Victoria Day is Dollard Day in Quebec) or by having unique holidays of their own (Family Day in Alberta in February, St. […]

Posted 19 July 2006 § Main Page ‡ Comments (6) °

ALA AA

As I sit here at 3:39am on a Sunday night/Monday morning, drinking Corona by myself, I am reminded of the classmate who observed ALA could just as easily drop the “L” from their name and mean the same thing.  (In my defence, it is STILL +26 outside and I am having Mexico flashbacks.)  Man, what […]

Posted 17 July 2006 § LibrarySchool § Main Page § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

My Most Overused Words in Library School

– basic/basically – hopefully – information– interesting– maybe– probably– usefulI can be a decent writer sometimes but man, those crutch words will kill a paper! On the other hand, there are some words and phrases I should use more in library school…– cutter– fake drool– “Go Google yourself!” – “Is Dilbert a scholarly source?  Sure…”– […]

Posted 17 July 2006 § LibrarySchool § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (3) °