Year: 2008

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

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

The Ultimate Guide to Copyright Terms and The Public Domain

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

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

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

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

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?” 😀

Jason's 360 Review

One of the tools that HR departments use these days is the 360 Review where, instead of the traditional performance review by your superior, feedback about your performance

Evolution Proven in Lab

This story's a month old now but I'm not sure how many people saw it – a scientist who studied bacteria for 44 000 generations (since 1988) has

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