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Monthly Archives June 2007

Facebook Round-Up

When did this blog go from a wide swath of technology-related stories to “Today's Facebook news is…”   But Facebook is booming – I'm finding and being found by old college friends, work colleagues and more.  My mom's not on (yet) but I expect that add request any day. The strangest?  I was looking at […]

Posted 30 June 2007 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – The Concept of Alphabetization (June 29, 2007)

On late night TV talk shows, every show begins with the host inevitably saying something like “We’ve got a really good show for you tonight!” whether the guest is Tom Hanks or that guy who made the funny noises in the Police Academy movies. My Friday Fun Links are sort of the same thing – […]

Posted 30 June 2007 § FridayFunLink § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Show Pile

I don't talk a lot about my work on this blog but I thought I'd discuss one of my favourite activities that I do – approving the purchase of books that patrons have requested – to celebrate my three month anniversary in this position which is tomorrow.  In my library system, this is known as […]

Posted 29 June 2007 § Censorship § Library § LibrarySchool § List § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Toronto Is The Facebook Capital of the World

A MetaFilter thread discussing an essay entitled “Viewing American Class Divisions Through MySpace and Facebook” leads to this interesting nugget: Toronto has the most Facebook members of any city in the world (that's absolute “most”, not even per capita.  This means TO outranks much larger cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.  Canada has […]

Posted 28 June 2007 § Canada § Internet § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

How *Does* A Google Query Work?

Here's a great answer to the question of what exactly happens when you do a Google query. 

Posted 26 June 2007 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Pace's Future Careers…

Librarian Author And of course, rock star!

Posted 26 June 2007 § Baby § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °

FIMS Course Blogs

This will be a bit sparse to start but I thought I'd do a post of FIMS classes that have related blogs.  If you know of any other course blogs (or other related online materials – wikis, etc.) that are beyond the FIMS intranet, please let me know via a comment or e-mail.LIS746 – Collection […]

Posted 24 June 2007 § Blog § LibrarySchool § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

On His Five Week Birthday, A Sampling of Things We've Called Pace During That Time…

Bright EyesBuddyCutie PieLittle ManMonkeyMusclesOscarPace ManPacerPacey (even though I said I don't like this one, it slips out sometimes!)PesoPoopyShakeySmileySonny BoyStinkySunshineSweetheartTadpole …and occasionally, the odd name you don't want to record on a blog in case he writes a book someday!

Posted 24 June 2007 § Baby § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Does Internet Filtering Work? (June 22, 2007)

In keeping with the topic of the day over at my other most favourite site on the Internet, LibrarianActivist, here’s a report on internet filtering from the National Coalition Against Censorship which is admittedly, a bit dated, having been produced in 2001. But it gives an excellent overview of many of the issues and problems […]

Posted 22 June 2007 § Canada § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § List § Main Page § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Happy Longest Day of the Year

Or as a sleepy new father and an overtired new mother call it: “everyday.”

Posted 22 June 2007 § Baby § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °