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Monthly Archives December 2009

Friday Fun Link – Library Arcade (December 11, 2009)

The links are broken but I still have to post them because they sound pretty wild.   Apparently Carnegie Melon University developed a couple flash games a couple years ago – one about how to please patrons and one to test a person's skills in shelving under the LC system.  (see original MetaFilter post)

Posted 12 December 2009 § FridayFunLink § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Castaway

Got the cast off today so I typed a big, long entry with various thoughts on the experience.  But Firefox crashed just as I was about to post it so this is what you get instead…

Posted 11 December 2009 § Humour § List § Main Page § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Oh-oh: Books of the Decade

Well, the noughties aren't quite over but that hasn't stopped various “Best of the Decade” lists from starting to appear including this one of the Top 50 Books of the 2000's (including some mini-essays on some of the most notable ones.)

Posted 09 December 2009 § Library § List § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

My iTunes Library Is My "Pending" List – I'll Pay Everybody Eventually…

…when I win the lottery or become a multi-billion dollar corporation, whichever comes first.  (And why is the Alanis song, “Ironic” an ear worm that just burrowed into my brain?)(via MetaFilter)

Posted 08 December 2009 § Canada § Humour § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra

This is a bit outside my normal Music Monday posts but when I heard about this “orchestra” which plays music using only iPhone apps, I just had to pass it along.  The iPhone truly is amazing and the App Store which makes the iPhone the “swiss army knife of the digital age” is a big […]

Posted 08 December 2009 § Main Page § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) °

Gratitude: A Story of a Computer, Vomit and What It Means To Be A Parent

I linked to this from Facebook and posted it to Redit but thought I'd put it here for posterity as well since it's so good.  (And if I'm serious about a “Sentimental Sunday” recurring post feature, this fits right in!) Gratitude. (via Cathie From Canada)

Posted 07 December 2009 § Baby § Main Page § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Looking at the Sky in the Mall Food Court

Posted 06 December 2009 § Main Page § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Send a Free Google Postcard (December 4, 2009)

To promote their Gmail service, Google is offering the chance for anyone to send a single free postcard to any US address, no strings attached.  Obviously being in Canada, this isn't as handy but you can still send it to someone you know in the US (or if you don't know anyone, why not drop […]

Posted 05 December 2009 § Internet § Main Page § United States § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Library Routes Project: How Did You Become A Librarian?

A colleague and I recently facilitated a forum for the professional librarians at RPL.  The first question we asked as an ice breaker was “How did you you become a librarian?”  The choice of that question wasn't inspired by the Library Routes Project but obviously the idea of hearing how people come to the career […]

Posted 04 December 2009 § Jobs § Library § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Dauphin's Great Experiment: A Living Wage For All (in the 1970's )

I love ideas that are revolutionary: “Cheques were issued based on family size and income. That is, the minimum cheque would presume the recipient had no other source of income. From there, it was scaled back in proportion to the household's earnings, but it did not claw back everything the family earned above the minimum […]

Posted 03 December 2009 § Canada § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: