Posted in Humor, Tv / Video on Monday, March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
‘Tis the time when bugs of all sorts are doing their rounds… This little video reveals the secret behind all those “decorated” library books: Doodlebug by Nick Baker.
[video ca. 30 sec]
Posted in Links, tagged Europe on Monday, March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
EuropaWorld publishes articles about develeopment issues from a European perspective. They are divided into 21 categories, including Arms control, Climate, Debt relief and development, Drugs and terrorism, and Education. According to their About us page,
“[t]he target audience is opinion, policy and decision makers , NGOs, Government Organisations, Educational Institutions, Media and Commercial Organisations and the [...]
Posted in Reading, Studies on Monday, March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Steven Bell has posted the results of his Academic Librarian Journal Readership Survey at ACRLog. Most of the respondents seem to be ACRL members and read 1-2 articles from their personal copies of magazines, on paper, within one month of receiving it. Steven’s conclusion from the one open-ended question are that
* the articles in these [...]
Posted in Blogging, People, Solutions, tagged introverts on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 | No Comments »
A Guide For The Introverted Blogger by Micah Sparacio. The first in series of entries about introvert-specific blogging - unfortunately, as far as I can tell, this promise remains unfulfilled after more than a year. The gold nugget among the slightly unpolished entry is this:
“Introverts usually bring a long term vision to their blogging. They [...]
Posted in Links, tagged Europe on Sunday, March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
EuropaWorld publishes articles about develeopment issues from a European perspective. They are divided into 21 categories, including Arms control, Climate, Debt relief and development, Drugs and terrorism, and Education. According to their About us page,
“[t]he target audience is opinion, policy and decision makers , NGOs, Government Organisations, Educational Institutions, Media and Commercial Organisations and the [...]
Posted in Blogging, Eh?, Searching on Sunday, March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
…or they may come back to haunt you. This is even more true in the Internet age.
Lately, on the basis of a very unscientific sampling, the most popular search engine terms people use to get to this blog are “why is carrot good for u”, “carrot is good for”, “what is carrot good for”, and [...]
Posted in Eh?, Future, Solutions, Tech on Monday, March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Emotiv has created a prototype of a headset that enables limited mind-control over digital objects. According to CNET News, they promise headsets on the market for Christmas. Clearly this technology is still in its baby shoes. Still, it’s intriguing. Who knows, maybe it will take off. After all, only two years ago I would’ve laughed [...]
Posted in Links, Solutions, Tech on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
EveryBlock is now available for New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. In Stephen Francoeur’s words, the site “allows you to search for neighborhood news and data in New York, Chicago, or San Francisco. You can search by address, ZIP code, or neighborhood name. The site pulls together information from a number of sources in a [...]
