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"You Can't Handle The Truth" – Media Bans in the Digital Age

Everybody's probably familiar with the sad story of Tori Stafford, the young girl from Woodstock, Ontario who was abducted and killed last year.  Recently, some new detail has apparently come to light but the judge has imposed a publication ban meaning no Canadian media can cover this aspect of the trial.  The traditional media aren't […]

Posted 03 May 2010 § Blog § Canada § Censorship § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – A Boxful of Childhood Memories

I rediscovered this this box in the garage recently and Pace was *very* excited to get so many “new” toys all at once!  For Pace, it's new but for me, this box contains so many childhood memories.  I used to spend hours, not just re-enacting Star Wars & GI Joe scenes but using the figures […]

Posted 01 May 2010 § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Blippy & fallin.gs – Oversharing Hits New Lows

If you didn't hear, Blippy, a site that encouraged users to share details about their credit card purchases in another escalation of the TMI world of social networking, had a wee glitch where a few actual credit card numbers were indexed by Google, not just the details of what was purchased and for how much.  […]

Posted 01 May 2010 § FridayFunLink § Internet ‡ Comments (2) °

Why Men Don't Read: How Publishing Is Alienating Half the Population

Here's a good article poking holes in the fallacy that only women read.  It's actually a bit of a chicken and the egg thing – do only women read because publishers only produce books targeted at women because those are the ones that have been the most successful in the past?    This is probably true […]

Posted 29 April 2010 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Crowdsourced Library?

I recently gave kudos to the book “Crowdsourcing” which I'd just finished reading.  You know a book's a good one when you're still thinking about it a few days later and you know it's a great one when you keep thinking of ways its lessons might apply in your everyday life beyond that.  Very briefly, […]

Posted 28 April 2010 § Library § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – You've got a new horizon/It's ephemeral style/A melancholy town/Where we never smile.

Posted 26 April 2010 § MusicMonday § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

The Ultimate Chill-Out Vibe On A Crappy Sunday Morning When You're Trapped Inside…

Open this page in one tab.  Open this page in another tab.  Enjoy!  (via Reddit)

Posted 25 April 2010 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – iDrool

Our Deputy Director was in Chicago for a conference recently and brought home a really nice souvenir! Shea's jealous that I got to play around with this as she wants an iPad more than I do.  In reality, I've got mixed feelings about the device.  I love my iPhone and though it's not perfect a […]

Posted 25 April 2010 § Internet § SaturdaySnap § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – 4% of Librarians Are Virgins But 7% Have Had More Than 20 Sexual Partners In Their Lives (April 23, 2010)

Recently, a 1992 study of sex and libraries was published online having originally been published without much initial fanfare but then quickly leading to the firing of the columnist who published it.   Lots of interesting tidbits.  I thought about listing what my answers would be but nobody needs to know which Shakespeare play my first […]

Posted 24 April 2010 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Library ‡ Comments (0) °

All Day I Continually Think of Things I Should Blog About…

…then I get home and frequently forget about all of them.  Good-night Gracie! 

Posted 23 April 2010 § Blog ‡ Comments (0) °