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Category Archives: United States

Friday Fun Link – Canadian Police No Longer Targeting File Sharing For Personal Use (Nov 16, 2007)

“The Canadian police announced that it will stop targeting people who download copyrighted material for personal use. Their priority will be to focus on organized crime and copyright theft that affects the health and safety of consumers instead of the cash flow of large corporations.“My French isn't good enough to know if a Le Devoir […]

Posted 16 November 2007 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Main Page § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

"Canada's Mexico?" Welcome to the United States…

With the Canadian dollar at par with the USD for the first time in thirty years, Shea and I  (oh, and Pace too!  He gets to claim his $400 worth of goods for being out of the country for 48 hours just like anybody) decided to join the hordes of Canadians making the pilgrimage to […]

Posted 28 October 2007 § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

13% of Library of Congress Materials Are Missing

Inventory control is a huge issue no matter the size of your library.  But if your library is one the world's largest research institutions with 135 million items in its collection, the problems of the typical library get multiplied at an exponential rate.  According to the article linked to above, the Library of Congress has […]

Posted 25 October 2007 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

This Blog Is Now Officially Worth The Same In USD as CND Dollars

The Canadian dollar hit parity with the US dollar for the first time in thirty-odd years today due to a combination of a booming natural resources sector in Canada and the US having a fuckwit for a President a lagging US economy full of government deficit spending, sub-prime mortgages crashing, a never-ending war, massive trade […]

Posted 21 September 2007 § Main Page § Politics § Travel ‡ Comments (8) ° Tagged: