Laptop hunt
Since I may be moving to a very tiny apartment in Chicago soon, I thought it best to trade in my old desktop for a swanky new laptop (the CPU…
What we have…
I don't know what I could say that hasn't already been said about the disaster in southeast Asia on Sunday. It is a tragedy beyond my comprehension -- easily the…
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New Cites & Insights and Simpsons puzzle
Hi! The newest issue (Jan '05) of Cites and Insights is out with some commentary on conference blogging, blogging ethics, and a bit on Google Print. Walt Crawford brings up…
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Happy Holidays
This will be my last post before Christmas. My posts may be a bit sporadic until Tuesday as my adorable niece and nephew are coming down for a visit with…
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Eyes on the prize (money?)
Here is a disappointing story about the licensing and intellectual property rights . The award-winning documentary, Eyes on the Prize, about the civil rights movement, can no longer be aired…
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The sound of silence
I'm not one of those people who really notices the sound my computer makes. All through college I practically slept with my laptop on the bed next to me (how…
Teens in the library
Since I was up for a teen librarian position (which I did not get, sigh…) I’ve been thinking a lot about what libraries do for teens. The library I was…
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Discretely blogging
I don’t always agree with everything Free Range Librarian writes, but I think she is pretty darn right in her entry today about confidentiality and discretion. We librarians are all…
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Art by children’s book illustrators for charity
I just found this lovely site with snowflakes created by children's book illustrators. Each snowflake will be auctioned off (on Ebay) to support the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. I'm sure…
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Do blogs need a code of ethics?
Karen Schneider of Free Range Librarian has written a thought-provoking piece about blogging ethics. She says that librarian bloggers need a code of ethics because “too many of us want…
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The Librarian
Wow, that was a bad movie. Every cheesy action movie and librarian cliche were stunningly in evidence, and I really feel that I should strongly caution Noah Wylie not to…
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First holiday as a married couple
This year, my husband and I hosted Thanksgiving for the first time and it was a rousing success. Here is a picture of the table before the guests arrived. And…
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A-List Weblogs
I recently read an interesting article for my Information Retrieval course about Power Laws and Weblogs, which I found very interesting in light of my recent forrays into blogging. The…
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Counting and counting and counting
According to Wired, the GAO is going to investigate how the vote was counted and during the election, particularly in hotly contested states like Ohio and Florida. This comes on…
Ah but California…
My hubby and I got married in the Napa Valley about 4 months ago and spent our honeymoon travelling around the CA coast. My dream is to live out there,…
would you like cream cheese with that?
I see some interesting wildlife outside my office window, but this one had me running for the camera!
