There are lots of lists of best opening and closing lines/paragraphs of novels. But how about a list of best opening paragraphs from academic titles? (via MetaFilter which, as always, has some good discussion, other suggestions and related links) Here’s a bonus FFL – “Virus“, a fun little Flash game that’s sort of like a […]
I've seen a real boom in the amount of friends I've added on Facebook in the past week or two. I hate to use a buzzword but it really seems like you reach a “tipping point” where you have a big enough circle of friends that someone finding you leads to a better chance of […]
I'd seen this Celebrity Face Match site before but a recent Facebook post made me realise it now had all kinds of fun new options to create collages and share your results. (You can click on any collage on this page to try it yourself – and make sure you post your results to your […]
Well, after nearly six months straight of daily posts (a quick run through the sidebar calendar shows Aug 30/06 was the last day I missed!), the streak ended yesterday. (There was also a missing date on December 24 but I know I posted that day – not sure why it doesn't show up on the […]
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Now, far be it for me to take all the credit for Saskatchewan's first-ever Family Day. But I would like to point out that I made a very accurate prediction, way back in July 2006 about a holiday that was announced in late October of that same year (er, if you ignore the part where […]
It's a loooong story but in our genealogy class, there was a bit of a revolt and a group of students ended up going to the prof to request our final assignment be changed from something that, as assigned, was going to be very redundant and not give us much in the way of library-centered […]
(This is an older photo of Shea as I was trying to capture the “party” aspect of the post title more than the “getting old. aspect.) With that said, if you want to see some pics of how “the belly” is coming along, she has a Flickr account with more current photos! Sorry for any […]
Talking to Michelle Lake on IM and it sounds like she's got a good line-up for the Freedom to Read Week event on Monday although there's still room for more readers to sign up, even now. So if you're interested in reading, why not drop her a line! Here's the scoop on the event:What: Freedom […]
I said last week that I love getting something in my in-box on Friday morning that I can turn around and use as a Friday Fun Link later that same day. (In fact, feel free to e-mail me if you know a site that is funny, unique or thought-provoking. I can’t guarantee I’ll use it […]
I recently exchanged a couple e-mails with an MLIS student who was thinking of doing a paper on Yahoo! Answers having seen one of their executives do a presentation at OLA SuperConference. I suggested that she should focus on Ask Metafilter which is arguably a lot more successful at what it does than Yahoo Answers. […]
