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Monthly Archives July 2008

What's Your News IQ?

I got 19/20 on this short quiz with a couple lucky guesses but missing one tricky question about the stock market (you'll know it when you see it.)  Of course, I'm a US news junkie too so would've been disappointed if I'd done much worse than that.(via MetaFilter)

Posted 20 July 2008 § Main Page § Meme § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Make Your Own Fonts (July 18, 2008)

There are a number of resources online for lovers of fonts and typography.FontStruct is a site that allows you to design a font directly on their web site for free.There are also detailed step-by-step guides to the tools and steps needed to create a font locally on your own computer.  Finally, if do-it-yourself sounds too […]

Posted 19 July 2008 § FridayFunLink § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Jason's Birthday Movies

Somewhere along the line, Shea and I began a tradition of me going to a movie on my birthday.  With one notable exception on the following list, I've enjoyed having a birthday right in the heart of summer blockbuster season ever since!2001 – Cats & Dogs (I picked “Jurassic Park III” as my inaugural birthday […]

Posted 18 July 2008 § Main Page § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

In Praise of The Four Day Work Week

Tomorrow is my YouDay.  Since the government hasn't officially declared it a statutory holiday as per my recommendation, I am taking it off using one of my earned holidays as per my personal YouDay policy.  Having Friday off, along with the recent news that the State of Utah is moving 20% of government employees to […]

Posted 18 July 2008 § Jobs § Library § Main Page § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Ultimate Guide to Copyright Terms and The Public Domain

(Er, except this list is for the United States)   Still interesting though.(via MetaFilter)

Posted 17 July 2008 § Library § Main Page § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Songs For A Sleepless Baby

Here's a list of the songs Pace is most likely to hear when fighting against going to sleep (which is pretty much every night these days).  I know it's not a very diverse list but hey, why fight the classics?In order:1. “Beautiful Boy” – John Lennon2. “Golden Slumbers” – The Beatles3. “Tell Me Your Dream” […]

Posted 16 July 2008 § Baby § List § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Some Good Job Hunt Resources

My job hunt has begun again in earnest – I've applied for a couple positions and heard of a couple more that I intend to apply for soon and/or that may becoming up this fall.I've had a few resources bookmarked for reference awaiting this moment so I thought I'd share them:How To Answer 23 of […]

Posted 15 July 2008 § Jobs § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

A New Dewey? LibraryThing Proposes The Open Shelves Classification System

An open source, collaborative Dewey replacement?  That sounds pretty cool…The Dewey Decimal System® was great for its time, but it's outlived that. Libraries today should not be constrained by the mental models of the 1870s, doomed to tinker with an increasingly irrelevant system. Nor should they be forced into a proprietary system—copyrighted, trademarked and licensed […]

Posted 12 July 2008 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °

Friday Fun Link – 15 Unfortunate Ad Placements (July 11, 2008)

Some humour for a rainy Friday…

Posted 12 July 2008 § FridayFunLink § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Sometimes When You Get Asked To Volunteer For Something…

You wonder, “Is it because the person asking thinks I'm the best person for the job or they just got the smell of fresh meat?”

Posted 10 July 2008 § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °