Year: 2011

Saturday Snap – “It’s this limitless space; it can be as big as it needs to be. It can actually contain the sum of everything that we know.”

The quote that gives this post its title comes from Sue Gardner who is Wikipedia’s Executive Director and who Fast Company magazine recently called “The Librarian to the

Friday Fun Link – MIT Scientist Captures 90 000 Hours of His Son’s Life on Tape, Analyzes for Start of Language

This clip is pretty cool for all manner of reasons – amazing technology, cutting-edge video editing – combine when an MIT scientist captures the first 90 000 hours

CLA Releases Party Platform Analysis

It’s a rare post that allows me to combine the three pillars of this blog – libraries, technology and politics. But today, the Canadian Library Association released their

Music Tuesday – “I know, I know, I know that this is changing/We’ll walk the streets to feel the ground I’m changing”

I had best intentions to do a post about the debate tonight. But I ended up playing in puddles with Pace instead then watching the debate on PVR

Books That Are Most Representative of Various Countries?

AskMF has a great list of novels that capture the essence of various countries around the world. (Unfortunately, why do I suspect that even with the wider selection

Some Recent Signs I’m Becoming An Old Man

Penciled in the Gold Medal Curling Game as my Sunday night’s entertainment. (I also have the PVR set to record “60 Minutes” every week though, in defense of

Saturday Snap – One Day, Two Cakes

Went to a first birthday party in Regina this afternoon… …then on to Indian Head for a birthday for my dad which was also his first…for this year!

Friday Fun Link – What’s Your Price? A Dating Site With A Twi$t

I really wish I could remember where I first came across this site otherwise it’s going to look *really* suspicious. But anyhow, I did somehow manage to stumble

What Are the Main Factors In Being Elected?

With a federal election underway and a provincial election coming up later this year, I’ve been thinking about “what are the main factors involved in getting a candidate

E-Books, Libraries and the Lessons of Blockbuster

I’m very interested in the impact of e-books on libraries and have been doing a lot of reading on the subject lately. I came across this article about

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