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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 § FridayFunLink § Internet § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Weekend's Almost Here – Let's Party!!!

Posted 22 August 2008 § Baby § Humour § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

Pace's Cutest Moment Yet

Pace has recently added “kisses” to his bag of tricks.  When you say “kisses” or make a lip smacking kissing noise, he'll do the same thing.  That's pretty cool in and of itself but the other night, he was sleeping on the couch between Shea and I.  I leaned over him to give Shea a […]

Posted 20 August 2008 § Baby § Humour § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

How Does The Daily Show Get All Those Clips?

Ever wonder how “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” seems to have access to pretty much any news clip they want?  A former technician on the show posts a comment on a PVR blog with some insight into how they do it.(via MetaFilter)

Posted 20 August 2008 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Only Thing I Have To Say Is…

…I am very very tired.

Posted 19 August 2008 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Pace's First Wedding

Shea's cousin got married today to a recent RCMP graduate.  The ceremony was at the chapel at the RCMP Training Depot (apparently the oldest building in Regina – I did not know that!) then the reception was in a small town forty minutes outside Regina and about ten minutes down the road from where Shea […]

Posted 17 August 2008 § Baby § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

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 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Hypothetical Reality Question

A bit of hypothetical reality question for you – what is the single most important thing you should do as a manager to help staff accept institutional change?

Posted 15 August 2008 § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Buying Biases

No matter how aware you are of them, inevitably when you are charged with buying non-fiction for your library, your personal preferences will creep through.  We had a discussion at work recently about the biases of our current and past librarians and here's what we came up with as some of the biases over the […]

Posted 14 August 2008 § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

LibrarianGear Is Back

Canuck Librarian recently posted that the Librarian Gear store is back in operation as well as listing a couple other places to get library-related swag.  I'd also add CafePress to the list although I'm not sure how good of quality their stuff is – I've never ordered from them but have heard mixed reviews.  Hmm, […]

Posted 12 August 2008 § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: