Friday Late Link – "Your Parents Named You WHAT?" (Aug 1, 2008)

I didn't get a chance to do a post on Friday so this will be my late Friday Fun Link.  I thought it was somewhat appropriate after a

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

Wikipedia Is Failing

Wikipedia is failing an essay on Wikipedia that's on Wikipedia. 

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

Let's say that…

…you volunteered to write a government brief about the value of libraries in your province.  What would you include?  What approach would you take?  In this hypothetical example,

Friday Fun Link: The Internet Changes Politics (Small Fry Version) (July 25, 2008)

I've previously written about the 2.0-esque campaign that Barack Obama has run this year – embracing cutting-edge technology, bottom-up organizing, social networking, the wisdom of crowds and all

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