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“Instead of begging, he provides book reviews.”

This young man sits on the side of Empire Road in South Africa and instead of begging he provides book reviews. He collects all these books, reads each of them, and provides reviews for people passing by. If you like the review, he will try to sell you the book. This is how he makes […]

¶ Posted 14 October 2014 § Jobs § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, reddit, travel

Friday Fun Link – All The Cool Kids Hang Out at the Library

More on how the earliest recorded signature of Elvis Presley was discovered.

¶ Posted 05 September 2014 § FridayFunLink § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, music, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “On the Read Again: Southeast Regional Library Bookmobile”

It wasn’t in service when I worked at Southeast Regional Library but one day coming back from a branch, I noticed this parked in the compound of a local auto wrecker and snapped a picture (and yes, briefly considered making an offer on it!) Man, how much of the public library’s history across North America […]

¶ Posted 14 August 2014 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan, travel

Throwback Thursday – Weeding #tbt

A couple thoughts on a massive fiction weeding project I did at Southeast Regional Library… I’m sure this weeding project was literally the moment that I went from believing “All books are precious tomes of knowledge that should be preserved at all costs” to “Well, I guess if we’re buying new books all the time, we […]

¶ Posted 31 July 2014 § Humour § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, saskatchewan

How “Fifty Shades of Grey” Became a Bestseller and Hollywood Movie

In a thread where a poster is trying to show that “Fifty Shades of Grey” is not representative of the BSDM community like so many people think it is, a person who was part of the Twilight fan fiction community when the original version was written chimes in with a great explanation of how badly […]

¶ Posted 30 July 2014 § Library § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, language

Sure, Let’s Just Close The Libraries and Get Everyone A “Kindle Unlimited” Subscription

I’m seeing lots of discussion (and some hand-wringing) about the threat to libraries after Amazon announces the “Kindle Unlimited” plan which gives you access to 600,000 e-books plus thousands of audiobooks for a Netflix-like $9.99/month subscription. Librarians and other defenders of open access and the public library were quick to respond: I mean, if this […]

¶ Posted 22 July 2014 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

How To Trick Your Kids Into Reading All Summer Long

No minimum page counts. No incentives. No countdown clocks. No video game ban threats. Instead, according to this article, just put books in front of kids in the places they’re most likely to get bored and watch what happens. This article’s theory is especially interesting in light of the typical library summer reading program which does […]

¶ Posted 09 July 2014 § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

What Should I Read Next?

A quick and easy book discovery tool.

¶ Posted 27 June 2014 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]