It's a bit ironic that the town I visited today for Internet training happens to have a small place in Internet history itself. But other than a brief discussion with the branch librarian about the events of the last couple years since a young man from Montreal was able to execute a series of online […]
U2's manager, Paul McGuinness, recently came out heavily against Radiohead and file sharing in general. If you know U2's position on copyright, that's probably not a big surprise. So the main reason I'm posting this story isn't because of that revelation but because of this hilarious quote from the MetaFilter discussion:[McGuinness:] Notwithstanding the promotional noise, […]
(Click on the graphic to see a larger image) (via Reddit which has some good discussion about this magical, mystical place the person is seeking)
Our library director commutes daily from Regina to Weyburn and back, a round-trip of about two and a half hours. He told a funny story before Christmas about one day a few years ago when a blizzard hit the province and he was the only person to make it to work that day – even […]
I'm following the US primaries (especially the Democratic ones) with great interest. Here are a few Barack Obama-related stories that have caught my attention lately…Barack Obama decisively wins South Carolina. Caroline Kennedy endorsed Obama via a NY Times editorial entitled “A President Like My Father“Barakoblogger is one of many Obama-focused blogs out there that's a […]
We've had Pace going pretty good a few times but haven't caught it on camera yet. So, instead I give you Jack's first belly laugh (who coincidentally is also 8 months old)…
One of the things I'm trying to do while on the road training branch librarians and the general public about the Internet and computers is to go beyond the usual suspects (Google, Wikipedia, Flickr and so on) to share some more obscure sites people might not have heard about but which are really interesting or […]
It's a bit embarrassing how many of the “don'ts” on this list I've done.
There was a very significant development in the ongoing mutation of the music industry today. last.fm just announced that they are now offering limited, on-demand streaming of various artists and tracks. Naturally, there's also all kinds of commentary, speculation and further linkage on MetaFilter, Reddit and TechCrunch (and probably a bunch of your other favourite […]
The UK's Daily Telegraph comes in with a list of 100 books every child should read broken into three categories – early years, middle years and early teens.
