I'm over at the school having worked on a couple of my first assignments for most of the night after walking Shea to work at 7pm. Now I'm just surfing around aimlessly because Shea's at work and if I go home, er, I'd probably just be doing the same thing. Here's something fun I came […]
I mentioned in my last post that I might do a list of some reasons why a certain library system isn't one of my favourites. Jen's comment that she didn't mind this system inspired me to do that list now. So here's my list of some reasons why I'm not a fan of LPL:1. They […]
Before there was Google Maps, there was Mapquest which still has some unique features that Google Maps doesn't have. One I just discovered is the ability to track a trip itinerary up to 10 stops rather than only specifying To & From locations. For instance, here's the itinerary from our trip last week. There's still […]
Back from our trip to the States. Great time but as we traveled, I was continually reminded of a quote which I believe is from Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip: “One on one, Americans are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. But as a group, they scare the hell out of me.” […]
– I have a theory that every time you go to a music festival, one artist will become a revelation. That theory held true at the Fred Picnic last weekend. Sam Baker was an amazing discovery in his Saturday night closing set. Beyond his music, how's this for a backstory: while touring in Peru, he […]
Stars With One Name: Cher, Madonna and…Fred? Performer line-up for the weekend Our campsite The unofficial “best campsite” award We were warned about the “Missisauga Rattlers” when we set-up our campsite but didn't realise they were being wrangled on stage as well. Washboard Hank is a very…unique (?)…musician. Canadian folk legend, Willie P. Bennett Man […]
My wife was recently back in Saskatchewan to visit her parents and during her time there, she got her mom's library card number and PIN number so that she could put books on hold for her over the Net. That's what Shea was doing last night and one of us (I won't say who ) […]
The Summer 2006 Spirit of Librarianship winner was announced at the Destressor on Wednesday afternoon. Bruce Fyfe came out on top in a very close race. It was a great event with a number of nice touches – they gathered all the nominees on the stage to be acknowledged before making the announcement, all nominees […]
Christina and I are planning to have a pool party on Friday afternoon to celebrate the end of the semester and one of the last chances for many of us to spend time together before some of us go off to co-op placements or off to the real world. We're planning to start at 2pm […]
This book showed up in my mailbox at school the other day courtesy “The Book Fairy”. Can you imagine why a library in our nation's capital would ever get rid of such a treasure? Me either. It's a limited edition too – this copy is #260 of 1000. Lots of interesting trivia, colour photos and […]
