The big scandals in libraries tend to happen out in front – somebody looking at porn, somebody else wants to censor a book, maybe a group trying to book a “how to kill yourself” workshop at the library – you know, that kind of stuff. But there was a minor scandal within the library world […]
LongestPoemInTheWorld.com takes updates from Twitter's public feed to create a never-ending stream of rhyming couplets – strangely engrossing.
This will possibly be the end of GPS companies such as Garmin and Tom Tom (their stocks have already plummeted since the announcement):Google also announced that soon, any search for a song or band will result in a stream of the song being returned from various partners which will be able to be played in […]
We had our staff conference last Friday and after posting a photo of the empty ballroom when I arrived at 7:30am on Facebook, a colleague in BC asked for some of my thoughts on different aspects of the conference including how we plan it, what our budget is and our agenda for the day. Here’s some […]
Back from a 16 hour round-trip to Saskatoon for SILS training so heading to bed right quickly. Just a quick reminder to go vote tomorrow!
Is there any other link today than the archive of the live U2 concert that was broadcast on YouTube last night? I haven't seen any final figures yet but some media outlets were reporting that there was likely an audience of hundreds of thousands of viewers watching live around the world and that figure will […]
Today sort of disappeared on me so I don't have time to do the “Thoughts on the RPL Staff Conference” post I promised yesterday. Instead, some discussion at MetaFilter about Geocities which officially goes offline tomorrow.
We had our annual RPL Staff Conference on Friday (I've had a request for more thoughts on the conference which I'll do later – maybe tomorrow.) Part of the day's festivities was a silent auction of gift baskets put together by the various units and branches throughout the library, all in support of United Way. […]
MailFreezr is a service which allows you to send an e-mail message to anyone anytime between 1-100 years from now (er, assuming the site's around then – which, even for it to be there in a year, I'd say the odds aren't that great! Plus who knows what technology will do in the next 5, […]
Shea, Pace and I went for a bite to eat before a doctor's appointment late this afternoon to check on the status of my leg (I'd gone to a clinic to get it looked at originally so my family doctor hadn't seen it yet.) Pace, not having had a nap today, was a bit restless […]
