This clip went viral over the weekend so you may have seen it by now. It’s by a band from New York called Atomic Tom who decided to do a performance of their latest single on a New York subway train using only the music apps on their iPhones – one for a microphone, one […]
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Ten Things Every Librarian Should Know
Sure, when you get your MLIS degree, you learn some skills that are supposedly important – how to catalogue, how to answer a reference question, that Meville Dewey preferred to spell his name “Dui”. But there are some other skills and abilities that you don’t necessarily learn in library school that are possibly even more […]
Tales from A Hard Drive Crash
Last Saturday night, I turned on my laptop and heard a very weird click-click-click noise. “Oh, oh – that doesn’t sound good.” Everything appeared on my desktop as normal but as soon as I tried to move my mouse, I saw the Mac’s spinning colour wheel appear, meaning the computer was labouring. But unlike other […]
Five Hits on Thanksgiving Day
Hockey The Flames got spanked in their first game of the season against the Oilers (who almost made me want to cheer with them with what a dynamic young team they’ve assembled. But then I remembered that only could happen after they’ve sucked for much of the last decade so the feeling passed.) Topping the […]
Music Monday – “Darlin’ I had the best intentions/But I dug myself a hole/With a modern invention”
Another in the long list of “Things I Should Post About” is a in-depth exploration of my own views on copyright, piracy and the impact & actions of the various related industries. But for now, I’ll say that sometimes it’s the exact opposite of what the RIAA would have you believe. For example, I watched […]
Friday Fun Link – “It’s A Book” by Lane Smith
Our children’s librarians have been raving about this book and passing it around the library. I’ve got to say I agree – it’s hilarious! (And yes, I see the irony in posting the YouTube video promoting a book that shows the advantages of old tech over new tech!)
Facebook is Down!
What does it tell you that my first instinct was to post this link on Facebook? Whether you like Facebook or not (I’m ambivalent), the Internet sure feels broken without Facebook Like buttons and Share This links everywhere!
Awesome Halloween Costume
So cool.
Time For A New Tag
Hard to believe I’ve been on my new blog for what, a month and a half now, and haven’t yet had the opportunity to tag a post with “hockey” yet. (Cue happy smiles from the majority of my readership! :-)) But I happened to be at a meeting tonight when my iPhone made that very […]
Saturday Snap – Illegal U-turn = Crunch!
I put this on Facebook but thought I’d post it here too since it was so out of the ordinary. Between Calgary, London and Regina, I’ve probably spent hundreds of hours on public transit without any accidents. Until yesterday that was. We were on our way downtown in the morning when I heard a long […]