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Monthly Archives August 2008
Pace's Cutest Moment Yet
Pace has recently added “kisses” to his bag of tricks. When you say “kisses” or make a lip smacking kissing noise, he'll do the same thing. That's pretty cool in and of itself but the other night, he was sleeping on the couch between Shea and I. I leaned over him to give Shea a […]
How Does The Daily Show Get All Those Clips?
Ever wonder how “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” seems to have access to pretty much any news clip they want? A former technician on the show posts a comment on a PVR blog with some insight into how they do it.(via MetaFilter)
The Only Thing I Have To Say Is…
…I am very very tired.
Pace's First Wedding
Shea's cousin got married today to a recent RCMP graduate. The ceremony was at the chapel at the RCMP Training Depot (apparently the oldest building in Regina – I did not know that!) then the reception was in a small town forty minutes outside Regina and about ten minutes down the road from where Shea […]
Friday Fun Link – Stick It! USB Version (August 15, 2008)
20 Things You Didn't Know You Could Stick In Your USB Socket
Hypothetical Reality Question
A bit of hypothetical reality question for you – what is the single most important thing you should do as a manager to help staff accept institutional change?
Buying Biases
No matter how aware you are of them, inevitably when you are charged with buying non-fiction for your library, your personal preferences will creep through. We had a discussion at work recently about the biases of our current and past librarians and here's what we came up with as some of the biases over the […]
LibrarianGear Is Back
Canuck Librarian recently posted that the Librarian Gear store is back in operation as well as listing a couple other places to get library-related swag. I'd also add CafePress to the list although I'm not sure how good of quality their stuff is – I've never ordered from them but have heard mixed reviews. Hmm, […]
Link Dump
I'm getting so many tabs open in Firefox that it's time for a patented Jason Hammond Link Dump. (That sounds awful. I should come up with a better name for it!)Er, here's the accumulated shit…“The Road” tops EW's list of 25 New Book ClassicsSkip the MBA program and get your personal MBA by reading these […]