Archive for September, 2007
Furries vs Klingons
This is an annual tradition apparently but I don’t recall hearing about it last year. That doesn’t mean I won’t try to go this year! More info here: http://community.livejournal.com/atlanta_furs/
Posted: September 25th, 2007 under Triviality.
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OMG AS in CT!
Read an interesting article today in the Chicago Tribune (the CT in the title of this post if you haven’t guessed) called: “Libraries using IMs to attract young clients” and it was nice to see the positive outlook by this large library system on IM usage in the library. The AS of course refers [...]
Posted: September 20th, 2007 under Tech.
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Switched at Birth
The Gay Librarian wrote me an email: “Did I ever tell u that you look like Alan Tudyk?” Tudyk was in the film “3:10 to Yuma” which I saw this weekend. Didn’t know it was a remake of a 1950’s movie though. I am not a huge fan of westerns - but [...]
Posted: September 18th, 2007 under Triviality.
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Learn to have fun again with spreadsheets
Thanks to a post I read in ResearchBuzz this week via Bloglines, I have been playing around with one of the newest features of Google Docs and Spreadsheets. It now allows you to pull in tabular data, rss feeds and list data! So no more copying and pasting from one page to another or [...]
Posted: September 14th, 2007 under Tech.
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Meebo Adds File Sharing, Bloglines Beta
I have been using Meebo a lot as of late - especially at work. Since I teach classes on Instant Messaging for MPOW, I thought it would be um, a good idea, to try out the various tools out there. The one thing I have lamented as of late though is the absence [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2007 under Tech.
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Unicorn Crossing
Those Swedes! Unicorns in Sweden, aliens in NV, Bigfoot in PNW, some weird werewolf in WI - witches in MA, what else is out there?
Posted: September 9th, 2007 under Triviality.
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