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Friday Fun Link – North Korean National Library (Nov 14, 2008)

A FIMS alumni provides an intriguing glimpse into North Korea's national library.  (via one of the FIMS-related groups on Facebook)

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Friday Fun Link – BoMoMo (Nov 7, 2008)

Today's link is a fun variation on the idea of an online painting program.  (And speaking of painting a picture, how about a map from two short years ago showing how Barack Obama stacked up in a hypothetical race against John McCain.)

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Friday Fun Link – Judge A Book By Its Cover (Oct 24, 2008)

Try to guess a random book's Amazon star rating just by looking at its cover.  (via MetaFilter)

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Friday Fun Link – Thanks and Giving (October 10, 2008)

Is Thanksgiving just about turkey and a quick survey of what you're personally thankful for at your household?  A group of national organizations are trying to get people to look outward on this upcoming holiday. “Thanks and Giving” is a new initiative of CanadaHelps.org, Imagine Canada and MacLean's magazine. “While family and friends are gathering […]

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Friday Fun Link – What Was The Number One Song on the Day You Were Born? (Oct 3, 2008)

Mine was “Bad Bad Leroy Brown” by Jim Croce.  What's yours?

Posted 04 October 2008 § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °

Friday Fun Link – DIY Library (Sept 5, 2008) …and a question for the MacVangelists out there.

“A new library in Casanera, Colombia shows us what humankind might have built with sticks and stones if they'd never discovered bricks, steel, and electricity. The Villanueva Public Library was built on a modest budget, designed by a bunch of university students in Bogota. And instead of importing fancy, expensive materials, builders used local timber […]

Posted 06 September 2008 § Library § Main Page § Technology ‡ Comments (4) °

Friday Fun Link – 29 Apps for Students and White Collar Workers (Aug 29, 2008)

29 Web Apps For Students and White Collar Workers – lots of cool sites here, many of which I'd never seen before.In other news, I had a surreal moment today: I was at a branch near my house today and got talking to a clerk.  When I mentioned my new position with RPL, she said […]

Posted 30 August 2008 § Internet § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Spreeder – Online Speed Reading Application (Aug 22, 2008)

In undergrad, I went to a speed reading seminar put on by the Psych Students Association.  Basically, the instructor said that if you just kept training yourself to read more and more “parts” at a time – words then phrases then sentences then paragraphs then pages, you'd be able to speed read books and other […]

Posted 23 August 2008 § Internet § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Stick It! USB Version (August 15, 2008)

20 Things You Didn't Know You Could Stick In Your USB Socket

Posted 16 August 2008 § Main Page § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Funny Link – Sometimes You Just Gotta Laugh (August 8, 2008)

Posted 08 August 2008 § Humour § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) °