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Monthly Archives July 2007

Yet Five More Ways To Improve Facebook

I'm getting lots of hits for my Facebook related writings (especially my recent post on whether Facebook was replacing e-mail) so why not add to the chatter some more?  So, to follow-up on the last two lists like this, here are yet five more ways I'd improve Facebook (post-apps version.)  (Oh, and if you haven't […]

Posted 29 July 2007 § Internet § Main Page § Photo ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

My "Co-op" Is Over (and the 10 Best Things About My New Job)

I didn't participate in the co-op program at FIMS for a variety of reasons: 1) I only wanted to be out of the workforce for a year so going straight through doing the “Suicide Five” was pretty much my only option 2) being older and a bit more established, I was able to access a […]

Posted 29 July 2007 § Library § List § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (2) °

Friday Fun Link – 10 Reasons Librarians Should Use Ask.com Instead of Google (July 27, 2007)

The title says it all. (Also I’m in a bit of a pinch for time this week as I’m heading to a lake soon and will be sans Internet for a day or two.)

Posted 27 July 2007 § Internet § Library § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Reference Question o' the Day

Can anybody with better Google-fu than I find a web page/study/chart listing internet usage by profession/occupation?  I've just done some quick searching with Google but haven't turned up anything.  This isn't for anything particular – just out of interest – but I'd be especially happy if “librarian” was included on any list you find as […]

Posted 26 July 2007 § Internet § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) °

How To Suck The Air From Your Lungs, Saskatchewan Style

I did a post like this during the coldest part of the winter so I'll do another one during the hottest day (so far) of the summer…  We set a record today in Weyburn  – I just did this screen cap below now but the highest point reached today was 42 degrees. (Does anywhere else […]

Posted 25 July 2007 § Main Page § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Around the Horn: Highlights From Other Blogs I Read

Similar to my FFL last week, Michelle L. links to another article slamming the impact of the Potter books. If you're going to buy her book, don't buy it for half price at a supermarket. As an example of a world gone mad, you couldn't do much better than this: a writer whose sales have […]

Posted 24 July 2007 § Blog § Internet § List § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Why Daddy Shouldn't Buy Baby Clothes

I feel obligated to note that none of the kids in these photos are Pace…unfortunately.  Why Daddy Shouldn’t Buy Baby Clothes

Posted 23 July 2007 § Baby § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

"The Mysterious Science of Bestselling Books"

Received this link from Chris G. with a request for any thoughts I might have on what makes a bestselling book.  Coincidentally, this weekend I also happened to read a column by Stephen King in an issue of Entertainment Weekly exploring the same issue.  And it also makes a nice follow-up to my last FFL […]

Posted 22 July 2007 § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

Popular Book Spoiled

I just came across this image of one of the world's most popular (and longest) books where the main character's fate is being hotly debated today.  Does he die? Or does he live? Don't say I didn't warn you!   

Posted 21 July 2007 § Humour § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged:

Reconstruction Site – The Weakerthans

This song's been going through my head a lot since Pace was born: And I'm broke, like a bad joke Somebody's uncle told at a wedding reception in 1972 Where a little boy under a table with cake in his hair Stared at the grown-up feet as they danced and swayed And his father laughed […]

Posted 21 July 2007 § Baby § Main Page § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: