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Monthly Archives May 2010

Off to CLA

I'm off to the Canadian Library Association conference in Edmonton from Tuesday until next Sunday.  I'll likely still be blogging most days but just wanted to put this out there a couple days early in case anybody else will be around – either for the conference or Edmonton-area readers – and wants to connect.  You […]

Posted 31 May 2010 § Canada § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Meet Me in St. Louis (Saskatchewan)

I was in Prince Albert for a couple days last week so stopped at the historic (and endangered) St. Louis Bridge on the way home for a quick photo.

Posted 30 May 2010 § Main Page § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Google Tourist Heat Map (May 28, 2010)

Here's a pretty cool mash-up that takes user-submitted photos to Panoramio and places them onto a Google Map to identify tourist hot-spots worldwide.

Posted 29 May 2010 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

My New Most Favourite Library Story of All-Times

A patron, concerned about the possibility of germs on library books, removes the plastic covers then cooks them at 350 for 30 minutes before reading them.  True story. 

Posted 27 May 2010 § Humour § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Top 40 Sites to Learn New Skills

I suspect there's probably also an Internet site dedicated to teaching people how to make lists of other sites as a way to generate Google AdSense revenue.

Posted 26 May 2010 § Internet § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Who Ya Gonna Call?

Posted 26 May 2010 § Humour § Library § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "When the good times never stay/And the cheap thrills/Always seem to fade away"

A great part of 90's college rock (and gotta love the Dennis Miller intro too!)…

Posted 25 May 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Jaime Garcia's "19 for the 19th" Money Bomb

Jaime Garcia has launched a Money Bomb to help fund his campaign for the NDP nomination in Regina Coronation Park.  He's called it “19 for the 19th” and is asking supporters and others who supporters of a new way of doing politics to donate $19 to help him reach the nomination meeting which will be […]

Posted 24 May 2010 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – The Cat in the (Head) Set

Pace playing on the children's computer at RPL's Sherwood Village Library earlier today (and you know you're a library nerd when you take the whole family there on your day off after spending the whole week working at the library!)

Posted 23 May 2010 § Library § Main Page § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing (May 22, 2010)

“The Swinger is a bit of python code that takes any song and makes it swing.  It does this be taking each beat and time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half.  It has quite a magical effect.”The Swinger(via MetaFilter)

Posted 22 May 2010 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: