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Got to see it to believe it!   This video even features Big 6’s Michael Eisenberg and Nancy Pearl (author of ‘Book Lust’)
Bib 2.0: Mental Health Break…

Continue Reading Funny Librarian Video: ‘Librarians Do Gaga’

I have heard the iPad being described as an iTouch on Steroids as if that would be a turn-off to me.  Being an iPhone fanatic I’d love to have a tablet size version of an iTouch!   However, I recognize that it won’t please everyone. 
Obviously, Hitler himself is extremely disappointed (language warning)…

There is also a [...]

Continue Reading Humorous Videos about Apple’s NEW iPad

My daughter showed me this incredible painting that she discovered via ‘StumbleUpon.com‘.   It was posted on Flickr.com.  The poster said,
‘This is a movie of a super-cool “painting” hanging in the basement of the British Library, in London. The author has done many such paintings, but this is the best (and all the others are very [...]

Continue Reading Awesome 3D ‘Library Stacks’ Painting

‘No’
‘I’m done with that!’
‘Nada!’
‘Not going to do it!’
‘No More!’
‘Sorry, no way!’
‘Love to, but…!’
‘I’ll be glad to tell you how to get started but I won’t create it.’

These are but a few responses I might give to someone who asked me to create a Website.  I’ve done plenty of them in the past but have worked [...]

Continue Reading Why I Say ‘No’ To People Who Ask Me If I’ll Create A Website for Them…

I was watching the South Carolina* Gamecocks play the Florida Gators and noticed a player with a nice name on the back of his jersey, ‘Integrity’.   I thought, now that is a name to live up to!   Then I noticed another whose jersey said, ‘Courage’.   I thought, ‘Huh,  that is odd!’   Now I was curious [...]

Continue Reading A nice tribute to the military…

Animoto.com offers a quick and simple solution to creating short videos.   You can use the photos/images on the Website or upload your own.  Use the music on Animoto or upload your own.   It is THAT easy!   The only difficult part is waiting a few moments to see your creative work.  Creating 30 second videos is [...]

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The September 28th issue of Time magazine had an interesting article entitled, ‘Where Wikipedia Ends’ that although Wikipedia hit the ‘3 million article mark’ in August 2009 its ‘growth line flattened’ in early 2007.  The article looks at some of the possible reasons such as ‘has all knowledge been summarized’, has the site become too [...]

Continue Reading Wikipedia ‘is suddenly adding fewer articles and has fewer editors’

Strategy+Business magazine (www.Strategy-Business.com) had an excellent article in their 54th issue, Spring 2009.  The article was entitled, “The Library Rebooted“.  Here is a brief quote:
“Their world has changed–a lot.  The library’s underlying promise hasn’t changed; the library is still a way for us to break beyond the immediate boundaries of our world, to…But the environment [...]

Continue Reading “The Library Rebooted” - a comprehensive article on the state of libraries

PC Magazine does it again!  As I’ve been watching the Ravens vs. Steelers I’ve also been looking at the 2009  version of this invaluable list!  I used the opportunity to share some useful Web based resources from the list with my wife.  Now, she thinks I’m a genius!   Shh!  Don’t tell her otherwise.
The article has [...]

Continue Reading PC Magazine’s ‘Best Free Software of 2009′

On a nice quiet Christmas Day what would be more fun than having a ‘family trivia quiz night’?   You’re in luck!  AND you won’t have to spend a dime (except for paper and ink).  Check out the World Almanac Trivia Quiz Night Kit.  There is also some interesting ‘bonus content‘ on the World Almanac Website.
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