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Monthly Archives November 2010

The Library’s Role in Supporting Wikipedia

Wikipedia is having its annual fundraising drive and that got me thinking about a recent conversation I had with a fellow librarian. The discussion started as one of those “is reference dead?” chats (I don’t think it is by the way – though it’s definitely taken a pretty big hit with the rise of the […]

Posted 10 November 2010 § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Facebook: “The Wild West of the Internet Tamed to Fit Suburban Fantasies of the Suburban Soul”

Good article about how Facebook has come to replace previous ways that we tried to both conform and compete with our social peers.

Posted 09 November 2010 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I guess he’s an X-Box/And i’m more Atari/But the way you play your game ain’t fair.”

Sure, the original Cee Lo Brown song is mega-catchy and will have kids getting detention after being caught singing it on the playground for months to come. But really, didn’t the song just call out for a ukelele cover by a young woman sitting in what appears to be a closet?

Posted 08 November 2010 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Yumm: A Recipe Bookmark Site

I had a longish post in mind but with perfect timing, I was at work all day on Friday feeling fine then got home, immediately started shivering and fell into bed for a couple hours.  The rest of the weekend was a rotating spin of bed, bathroom and my good friend (Pepto) Bismal. Now, after […]

Posted 07 November 2010 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Spider-Pace in action on Halloween

Spider-Pace in action on Halloween, originally uploaded by headtale.

Posted 06 November 2010 § Family § SaturdaySnap § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – AskReddit…For All Your Music Needs

What song makes you feel badass when it comes on your MP3 player when you’re walking? Suggestions for sad songs? What’s your most listened to song of all-time according to iTunes or last.fm? (And bonus question – Why Read?)

Posted 05 November 2010 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged:

Geek Heaven: Augmented Reality Star Wars iPhone App

Le drool… (via Daily Mail)

Posted 04 November 2010 § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

10 Things I Think About (Nearly) Every Day at Work

Outside of thinking about things like my current projects or what’s in the pipeline for the near future, e-mails that need to be sent or answered and generic everyday stuff like that, there are some things that occupy my thoughts for at least a brief amount of time pretty much every single day that I’m […]

Posted 03 November 2010 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (2) °

Facebook: Behind the Scenes

The Daily Beast did a month-long experiment to discover the inner workings of Facebook – how it determines who shows up on your News Feed, what can influence how often people show up and so on.  Some of the findings: A bias against newcomers “Most Recent” doesn’t tell the whole story. Links are favored over […]

Posted 02 November 2010 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I’ll still sing you this song/To last the whole night long.”

I’m not sure – I may have posted a different version of this song before (it’s one of my all-time favourites) but I especially like this one taped during a live performance at a Chapters bookstore, somewhere in Canada.  (Make sure you watch to around the 4:00 minute mark to see the setting put to […]

Posted 01 November 2010 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: