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Category Archives: Video

Friday Fun Link – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Dec 22, 2006)

I posted a fitting John Lennon Christmas song over at LibrarianActivist for this week's Friday Fun Link but I think for the first time ever, I'm not going to post the exact same link on this blog. This is the video for a song that I think isn't very well known in North America (correct […]

Posted 23 December 2006 § FridayFunLink § Main Page ‡ Comments (3) °

The Tyranny of Marks

A former classmate sent me the following: “I know that education issues are sort of behind you now, but I came across an interesting article on “What`s wrong with the standard undergraduate computer science curriculum”.  On the one hand, it appears that FIMS is doing quite a few things right (lots of presentations and group-work, […]

Posted 20 December 2006 § LibrarySchool § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) °

I'M DONE!!!

A final circle closes – my last chat for Advocacy class tonight was with former Saskatchewan Provincial Librarian (and current Director of the Coquitlam Public Library), Maureen Woods.  Great teleconference which finished with a very revealing “round table” as everybody talked about what they'd taken from the class.  And that's it.  No more assignments.  No […]

Posted 14 December 2006 § Canada § Humour § LibrarySchool § Main Page § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (12) ° Tagged: ,

"The OPAC Sucks" (C'mon MuchMusic, Play It Once!)

(Thanks to Denise H. for the tip!)

Posted 02 December 2006 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (2) °

The Beautiful South, Calgary at Detroit, and Death of A President

Tonight, one of my favourite Britpop bands, The Beautiful South is playing in Toronto.  They're a piano-based group who write melodies like Burt Bacharach but lyrics like Elvis Costello (or somebody even more sarcastic and bitter.)  I'd thought about going but between all the work I'm trying to get done (even though it's research week) […]

Posted 02 November 2006 § Main Page § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (10) ° Tagged: