Partly inspired by the upcoming keynote speaker at the OLA SuperConference, I finally picked up “Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom“, the first novel by SF author, former Torontonian, and co-editor of Boing Boing (one of the world's most popular blogs for those not in the know), Cory Doctorow. Corey R. (also a soon-to-be […]
To combine this as both a baby and a library-related post, I'll go back to an entry from a couple weeks ago where I talked about my favourite presentation from my year in library school which was on the topic of online broadcasting. One of the main points I discussed in the presentation is how […]
We had an ultrasound today. Unfortunately they didn't provide VHS or DVD video nor allow us to record even a short clip ourselves (it is a diagnostic procedure after all. But man, are they ever missing out on a guaranteed cash cow if they provided that option!) Anyhow, they did give us some photos including […]
Beyond the irony of that I’m writing about a game called “Homelessness: It’s No Game”, there are other problems with this Flash project. But before I get to that, here’s some background from the designer: “I created this game for a graduate-level course on game design I took at the School of Interactive Arts and […]
Today is 11 months to the day that I started this blog. And sure, if I wanted to be like everybody else, I could wait another month to post this on my much more appropriate one year anniversary. But since I'm thinking of it right now, I'll post it now instead…I've created a really quick […]
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Today's the first day we felt Oscar kick! Well, Shea's been feeling it internally for a few weeks. But today's the first time we could feel the thump on the outside. According to Shea, the kid likes to kick like nobody's business. (Hopefully a $250 million soccer contract is in his (or her – must […]
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Here's a group called “Librarians Who LibraryThing”.
One of the beautiful things about Firefox as a browser is how customizable it is. According to my stats, the vast majority of people reading this blog use that browser so I thought I'd pass along this site that I had bookmarked: I Want A Firefox Extension To… which is a collection of over 200 […]
A professor teaching a business ethics course assigns certain films (“Thank You For Not Smoking”, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”, “Wall Street”) but has had a request for alternate films from a student who doesn't watch 'R' rated movies. The professor posts a question on AskMetafilter looking for alternate selections but in addition […]
The NHL All-Star Game is coming up in a couple days. This year is the first All-Star game since 2004 (2005 was missed due to the lockout, 2006 was skipped due to the Winter Olympics) and many saw it as an opportunity for the league to continue their rebound from the bad feelings caused by […]
