Just finished trying to help someone update their profile on VampireFreaks.com (half successfully, half not – I figured out how to add a background image rather than a solid colour and to add an embedded music player as well. But I couldn't figure out how to place the music player where the person wanted it on […]
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Monthly Archives February 2008
Yes, We Can – A Barack Obama Music Video
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CLA Young Adult Book Award Committee Needs Saskatchewan Representative
Hmmm…it doesn't seem to require that you be a librarian, only that you are willing to join CLA for the duration of the term on the jury (which is a 5 year commitment with a requirement that you read ~100 books per year. I've done nearly that for a book awards jury once but doing […]
Silent Banker Trojan?!?
So I was giving my standard “these days, buying online or doing your online banking is as safe, if not safer, than doing it via a real world transaction” line during a public Internet session the other day when some old guy puts up his hand and goes “What about that Silent Banker virus they […]
Friday Fun Link – Well Done Books (Feb 1, 2008)
Gives new meaning to the phrase “cook book“. And pretty much any site's even more fun when viewed with this.
Vocabulary Question
Is there a word for “expected volunteering”? I see this all the time in the small towns I visit where the locals are expected to volunteer for various organizations to keep those organizations running – the rec board, the library board, the arts society, the parks committee, etc – so their “volunteer” service to these […]