Year: 2010

Saturday Snap – Archival Footage of "Sask Sampler Book Archive Launch"

I recently bought a gizmo to convert old VHS tapes and other analog signals to a digital format.  As I was getting it set-up for the first time,

FTRW 2010 – Friday Fun Link – "Straight Outta Compton" Edited to *Only* The Profanity

For how demonized some albums are, when you cut it down to just the “bad” parts, it really puts things in perspective.  19 seconds.  42 seconds.  29 seconds. 

FTRW 2010 – Running Back To Saskatoon

I thought somebody (the CLA Committee on Intellectual Freedom?) released an annual report on book challenges during the past year.  I wasn't able to find it but the

FTRW 2010 – ChatRoulette

It's not book related but nothing says Freedom of Expression like the newest buzz site of the Internet, ChatRoulette.   The site is exactly what it says – you

FTRW 2010 – Hitler and the Public Domain

German copyright law grants an author copyright for 70 years after their death.  Hitler died in 1945 so that means “Mein Kampf” will enter the public domain in

FTRW 2010 – Music Monday "Listen, little girl, it's near the hour…I've got the righteous power"

So yeah…I was trying to think of a good clip to feature for Music Monday now that it's Freedom to Read Week.  I thought about posting Elvis' infamous

FTRW 2010 – Ban This Book!!!

It's extremely rare that you'll hear me advocating for a book to be challenged.  But as my former classmate (and published author) Corey Redekop asks in his post

FTRW 2010 – Saturday Snap – Freedom to Read Week Begins Tomorrow!

Freedom to Read Week beings tomorrow.  Flickr has lots of photos (including displays from libraries around the world) to get you in the mood!  Plus you might even

Friday Fun Link – Code Organ (February 19, 2010)

A web site that allows you to “play” the HTML of any web site.   This isn't as straight-forward as it sounds…The CodeOrgan analyses the “body” content of any

Google Donates Two Million Dollars To Wikipedia, No Strings Attached

With Google announcing a two million dollar donation to Wikipedia, I wonder, “did I predict the future nearly four years ago?” “I don't know if any two technology

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