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Link Dump

I'm getting so many tabs open in Firefox that it's time for a patented Jason Hammond Link Dump.  (That sounds awful.  I should come up with a better

Author Offers IPO

Author offers IPO to raise funds to help him write his second novel with 60% of royalties as the reward.  The story also contains a link to an oldie

"Family Reunion"- Corb Lund

Okay, I'm back up.   Almost made it to the end of the month for the bandwidth reset but once again, my massive popularity is my downfall (er,

Books to Beers & Stacks to Snacks: Folkin' Librarian Edition

I know nobody will read this until my blog's bandwidth resets on August 1 but that's still enough warning if you're a Regina and area librarian about our

E-Books, DRM and Other Things That Suck

From the “no duh!” files, the Library of Congress has come out officially as saying that Digital Rights Management is a serious obstacle to archiving materials.But copyright law

Several Lessons To Be Learned From the Finnish School System

I first became aware of the best-in-the-world ranking of Finnish schools in the excellent book, “Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood from the Culture of Hyper Parenting” by Carl Honore. 

Jason's Birthday Movies

Somewhere along the line, Shea and I began a tradition of me going to a movie on my birthday.  With one notable exception on the following list, I've

The Ultimate Guide to Copyright Terms and The Public Domain

(Er, except this list is for the United States)   Still interesting though.(via MetaFilter)

Songs For A Sleepless Baby

Here's a list of the songs Pace is most likely to hear when fighting against going to sleep (which is pretty much every night these days).  I know

Link Dump – Middle of the Night Version

I'm not sure if I put Pace to sleep tonight or he put me to sleep but at 8pm, we were both in bed, crashed out.  So that

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