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Winners of 2010 Pimp My BookCart Contest Announced

This year’s winners of the annual “Pimp My Bookcart” contest have been announced. This was the contest’s fifth and final year so people appear to have gone all out with their entries. (On a related note, we briefly considering having a “Pimp My Bookcart” contest as part of our staff conference this year.  Unfortunately, a […]

Posted 14 December 2010 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

In the Country of Anythink

The Anythink Library system in Adams County Colorado made waves after a major shift over the last decade where pretty much every aspect of the library – from classification (no Dewey) to fines (they have none) to job titles (Wouldn’t you rather be a “wrangler” than a clerk?) was changed. As someone who’s very interested […]

Posted 07 December 2010 § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – 20 Years of Ness Creek Festival

I went to the Ness Creek Festival a few times in the late 1990’s.  It’s got many similarities to the more typical folk music festivals you’re probably most familiar with but there’s something about this festival – its origins as a tree planters’ festival in a remote location probably being its most distinguishing feature – […]

Posted 03 December 2010 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

What if the Largest Countries Had the Largest Populations?

A fun graphic which matches the list of “Largest Countries in the World (geography)” against the list of “Largest Countries in the World (population)” So, for example, Russia (largest by geography) would be home to the people of China (largest by population.) Interestingly, a couple countries (including the US which is 4th in the world […]

Posted 16 November 2010 § Politics § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Happy Whoreoween? Heteroween? Hitlerween?

Shea and I had physicals last week and while wandering through the mall where our doctor has his office, we popped into one of those “All Halloween All The Time” specialty stores that always appear just before the holidays and are gone soon after. In other years, I had noticed that there were a lot […]

Posted 31 October 2010 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – MapCrunch: Google Street View Meets ChatRoulette

MapCrunch is a very cool mash-up that’s sort of a cross between Google Street View and ChatRoulette (but with a lot more clicking if you want to see some nudity!) Instead, the site gives you a random shot from Google Street View, either anywhere in the world or narrowed down by specific country or continent.  […]

Posted 29 October 2010 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – The Best iPhone Commercial Apple Never Made

This clip went viral over the weekend so you may have seen it by now. It’s by a band from New York called Atomic Tom who decided to do a performance of their latest single on a New York subway train using only the music apps on their iPhones – one for a microphone, one […]

Posted 18 October 2010 § MusicMonday § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Awesome Halloween Costume

So cool.

Posted 22 September 2010 § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Swarmation

Swarmation is a collaborative Flash game where you control a single pixel in a grid (as do each of the other people playing the game.)  Without any way to communicate, the goal is to create various shapes in conjunction with the other pixels within a certain time limit. Surprisingly addictive! (Tip: A good strategy is […]

Posted 10 September 2010 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: