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Category Archives: geekery
Information literacy & post-apocalyptic science fiction = win?
My friend Scott was trying to recall a television show he saw as a child. As it turns out, the show was called Tomes & Talismans: Library Venture. It’s apparently set post-apocalypse, and children learn research concepts from some sort … Continue reading
A few quick thoughts about relevancy ranking
I have heard librarians say to students – more than once – that they should use library databases because we don’t really know how Google ranks things. But it occurred to me the other day that I know a lot … Continue reading
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Awesome tech discovery: DabbleDB
I’d like to give a shout-out to DabbleDB. DabbleDB seems to be, essentially, a hosted database service. It’s more, though; it also provides you with an interface for tweaking your tables and data. It’s really, really wonderful, and easy to … Continue reading
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My contribution to the Passion Quilt meme: be silly!
Because library folk tend to take themselves too darn seriously. Original photos, and mosaic (with caption) by Michael Porter.
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I want one
If you read Boing Boing, you may have already seen the bookshelf igloo. If not, enjoy!
Newsflash: HarperCollins not as cool as Tor
There seems to be some buzz in blog-land about HarperCollins and their recent decision to make some of their titles available as free ebooks (see the New York Times article here). I thought I’d point out that Tor Books, one … Continue reading
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Government Documents & My Little Ponies: An Unlikely Combination
Let’s be honest; it’s rather unusual to find any mention of government documents in web comics, let alone web comics that also have My Little Ponies. Imagine my surprise, in the course of bored Sunday afternoon web surfing, when I … Continue reading
Why there aren’t more women in technology
As a woman interested in technology, I like to keep up on the latest by reading about new gadgets, new software, and so on. So, a few years back, I started reading Gizmodo and Engadget. I stopped reading Gizmodo because … Continue reading
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Library conferences need more cowbell
This weekend, I attended High Voltage ConFusion, a science fiction convention held in Troy, Michigan. I had an excellent time, and it’s made me think about how library conferences might be more fun if they were more like science fiction … Continue reading