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Monthly Archives August 2007

Advice From An (Almost) Librarian

The end of the semester at FIMS looms and for various students, the end of the program is near as well.  On that note, Michelle L. has a list of Library School Advice from an Almost Librarian that's worth checking out.   Congrats also to Barb Janicek who won the Spirit of Librarianship Award for […]

Posted 09 August 2007 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (6) °

TinyURL Explorer

TinyURL is a useful site that helps convert some of those mega-long URL's that some web sites give to their pages into something that's way more manageable.  The site doesn't re-use their shortened versions and doesn't delete them (although some you click on may be expired at the source) so naturally, somebody has come up […]

Posted 08 August 2007 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Bailin' Again – Fred Eaglesmith

“Bailing Again” – Fred Eaglesmith I'm standin' on the corner of a pair of country roadsI am carvin' out my daddy's name on a little stoneAnd though I couldn't always talk to him, but if was here todayI think I'd know exactly what to sayCHORUS:I'd say the weather's been hotThe hay is almost inAnd if […]

Posted 06 August 2007 § Baby § Main Page § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

All Walls Will Crumble In Time… (Thoughts on Creating A New Facebook Account)

Shea's been resisting for a long time but while attending a 65th birthday party last night and hearing various parents discuss whether or not they should join Facebook like their kids, Shea decided she'd rather lump herself with the younger generation than the older one and has thus, finally joined Facebook.I was happy to see […]

Posted 06 August 2007 § Internet § Main Page § Shea ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged:

Pace Owen in "Tippy Toeing" by Loretta Lynn

(Thanks to Grandma Joanie for suggesting the song!)

Posted 04 August 2007 § Baby § Humour § Main Page § PopCulture § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Library Elf (August 3, 2007)

Instead of relying on your friendly local library (who, let’s be honest, often has a policy of not letting patrons know about overdue books until, well, until they’re overdue), Library Elf is a neat little service that helps you track your due dates, holds and more. You can configure the service to notify you via […]

Posted 04 August 2007 § FridayFunLink § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Notessimo Flash Music Creator

Notessimo is a quick and easy music creator that's kind of fun if you want to just fool around but you're not musically trained (or even if you are?)  Of course, there are more advanced programs out there as well – David, you out there?  What do you use?  (via MetaFilter)

Posted 03 August 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

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Posted 01 August 2007 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

How To Make A Secret Hollow Book

How To Make a Secret Hollow Book(via MetaFilter)One other library/book/publishing anecdote for the day…I was working on our patron requests this afternoon and someone had requested a book with a French title and which Bowker Global Books in Print showed as being only available in French.  But everything else I saw about the book indicated […]

Posted 01 August 2007 § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: