Open this page in one tab. Open this page in another tab. Enjoy! (via Reddit)
As a profession, librarians constantly struggle with the fact that we aren't exactly regarded as a “cool” profession. (Man, there are times I miss working in publishing – a life full of wine & cheese parties and awards banquets, I tell you!) Sure, librarians are trying to update their image – getting articles in the […]
I was going to save this for Music Monday but it's too good to not share right away. As one YouTube commenter observes, is this like looking at the roots of the delta slide blues guitar style?(via MetaFilter)
For how demonized some albums are, when you cut it down to just the “bad” parts, it really puts things in perspective. 19 seconds. 42 seconds. 29 seconds. 0 seconds. 10 seconds.(via MetaFilter)
A web site that allows you to “play” the HTML of any web site. This isn't as straight-forward as it sounds…The CodeOrgan analyses the “body” content of any web page and translates that content into music. The CodeOrgan uses a complex algorithm to define the key, synth style and drum pattern most appropriate to the […]
It's February which means Freedom to Read Week is coming at the end of the month. Every year, I try to do a few posts during that week to celebrate and draw attention to this important subject. For the past year, I've been bookmarking various stories I've come across that I thought had potential for […]
The Messiah Bono, leader of the band, Four Wise Men U2 moonlights as an op-ed columnist for the New York Times among other things. Here's his latest contribution adding to the various Top Ten Lists that have proliferated at year end. And here's a response from Gawker. (My own feelings on Bono have already been […]
Merry Christmas everyone!
This video is called “A Glorious Dawn” – Carl Sagan ft. Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remix) and if that doesn't hint at how much coolness is in store for you when you click play below, I have only one word – auto-tune!(found via a Reddit thread on songs that were so awesome you played them at […]
…when I win the lottery or become a multi-billion dollar corporation, whichever comes first. (And why is the Alanis song, “Ironic” an ear worm that just burrowed into my brain?)(via MetaFilter)
