Summer is ending, school is starting, and, like me, many of you may be wishing to spend these last few dog days sitting around and watching the river flow. But time stops for no one, and neither does the Carnival of the Infosciences, although it may this week be showing a few signs of wear […]
Greetings from Iowa City, my hometown. I’m currently sitting downtown on the pedestrian mall, using wireless courtesy of the Iowa City Public Library. I took a last minute trip here this weekend and will be headed back today.
Due to the nature of traveling (lots of time spent with friends, not so much time […]
There was a little tidbit on NPR’s “Morning Edition” this morning:
Real estate company RE/MAX says it will create a Web site listing homes for sale across the country. Some observers say the growing availability of Internet listings will increase competition in the real estate industry and that could lead to lower commissions. [audio of full […]
The Carnival of the Infosciences #3 is here, hosted by Joy, of Wanderings of a Student Librarian fame! Meredith notes the brilliance of the whole carnival idea:
[I]t highlights bloggers who are writing great stuff and who may not yet be on people’s radar screen (probably because they haven’t been at it too long). Second, […]
I hate to break it to you, but, despite recent rumors to the contrary, the world is not flat.
The world is not flat at all: it is filled with dizzying heights that fall off into the deep, with shifting sands and fiery eruptions, with water and wind constantly carving the land into new shapes, and […]
Meredith has put up her survey of the biblioblogosphere, which I just took. A number of people have commented on it already; while I would have probably asked some slightly different questions and asked some questions slightly differently, since I did not go to the work of putting the survey together, I am not […]
That last post was mostly by way of whining and partly by way of explaining the paucity of posts of late, or at least of posts containing much in the way of original content.
One of the things that happens when people say incredibly nice things about your writing (thanks, Meredith, Greg, Mark, and my mom’s […]
6:30 am get up, eat breakfast
8 am walk big dog
9 am see doctor
10:30 am bump into brand-new car en route to work [NB no one was hurt; the other car got a small scratch on the left rear fender, mine might have a scratch near its front right bumper, but I can’t really tell]
11 am-2 […]
Hand out felony charges for improper computer use. [via The NewStandard]
I’m a bit belated in posting this, but Joy, from Wanderings of a Student Librarian, has started a list of library student bloggers, plus a few recent graduates, plus a couple of additions. I’m proud to be among their number–and if you are among their number and aren’t on the list, please let her […]