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Category Archives: Wisdom

Free Public Library Cards at Edmonton Public Library Will Continue

The subject of user fees in Alberta public libraries is of great interest to me. That’s why I was very excited when a colleague recently informed me that a pilot project to remove user fees at Edmonton Public Library during the library’s centennial year was being made permanent! The number of people with library cards […]

Posted 27 April 2014 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan

This is beyond cool.  I love Carl Sagan and how he puts life into proper perspective… http://vimeo.com/22582065

Posted 24 April 2014 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin Gives a NSFW Defense of Gay Marriage

Hell yeah! (h/t to JK or FB)

Posted 23 April 2014 § Censorship § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

What Fact Do You Accept Intellectually Even Though It Still Feels “Wrong” To You?

Lots of cool answers in this AskReddit question… There are perfectly nice, reasonable, intelligent people who disagree with my political opinions. You can get from North Korea to Finland by going through one country. That if you don’t have a kid, you’re the first one since your ancestral line started [edit: not just human line […]

Posted 10 April 2014 § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Why UPS Drivers Won’t Turn Left

I’m not so strident as to never do left turns or try to avoid them at all costs. But I’m not a fan of them generally and, if given the choice, will often do three right turns or go somewhat out of my way to avoid one left turn. I’m glad to hear UPS agrees.

Posted 08 April 2014 § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership?

Below is the top voted answer, by former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, to the Quora question “What Is The Most Important Thing You’ve Learned About Leadership” (it’s worth clicking through for some of the other answers as well.) 1) Have a grand vision – Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, CTO As a leader, you can inspire […]

Posted 03 April 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Ten Things That Can Ruin An E-Book Help Session at the Library

So I consider myself a fairly tech-savvy individual. I’ve been using computers since I was ten years old.  The first computer I used regularly was a Commodore-64.  I sent my first e-mail in 1995 and designed my first web site in 1997. I’ve since designed numerous web sites and even got paid to produce many […]

Posted 28 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library § List § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Why Do Atheists Deny The Existence of God?

For the same reason we deny the existence of fire-breathing dragons.

Posted 23 March 2014 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Interviewly Reformats Reddit AMAs for Readability

Interviewly is a new web site that re-purposes the many Reddit Ask Me Anything chat sessions into a more readable format that mimics a traditional magazine interview layout.  No Ryan Meili AMA in the Politics section…yet. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 21 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The History of the English Language in 10 Minutes

Posted 20 March 2014 § Humour § Library § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,