Ballerina Dinosaur says Raaawwrr! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. (belated Halloween photo)
Author: Robyn
Today’s Boring Headline Award
…Government of Canada Division. After scanning this week’s Government news releases, I hereby inflict the Boring Headline award on National Defense for the following two headlines: National Defence: Soldiers Must
From a blog for information professionals —
Professional Reading Shelf ————————– Libraries–Marketing Source: Canadian Library Association Boutique FUNdraising Calendar from Lakedell Public Library (Pigeon Lake, Alberta) “The ‘Look. Men read. See men read.’ calendar is one of
The Wrong Trousers
I’m glad this guy got US$102.50 on eBay for his pants, in the end. I’ll reproduce his text here in case eBay tires of the excessive number of hits on
Meme
Stolen from Melle, who in turn stole it from Michelle, who may have stolen it from Dana. Instructions: type “[your name] needs†into Google and paste a list of sentences
Quote of the day for October 17
“Waiting for the German verb is surely the ultimate thrill.” – Flann O’Brien, writer (1911-1966). (QOTD)
Quote of the day for April 29, 2005
“The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form.” – Jacques Barzun (QOTD)
Bike route via the CN Tower elevator
The absolute best way to get from the Queen’s Quay bike lane to downtown (and vice versa) is via the well-hidden Skydome/CN Tower elevator, which is ride-in/ride-out for cyclists because
Transit guilt
I’m a bad person — I hate the brand-new and long-awaited TTC buses, all 800 of them. Hate them. Yes, they run on biofuel and they’re shiny and new and
Strolling at the High Park Zoo
strolling at the High Park Zoo Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Nice shot of Maddy and I at the High Park zoo (testing Blog This from flickr)
Cleaning out the “File this” file….
Real Life vs. The Internet: 3-minute video explains all Quotation of the day for January 11, 2005: “My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne.”
You mean all those chemicals are, like, bad for you?
Quotation of the Day for March 13, 2005: “You mustn’t put your tools in your mouth.” – Ted Rickard, manager of health and safety at the Ontario College of Art
Thinking about technology
A chunk of my job has me looking around to see who’s doing what with interactivity, information sharing and the other more human aspects of tech. Librarians seem to be
In case you were wondering
Statscan’s gems for today: Fresh vegetable prices were down 10.8% in January. This situation is unusual for the month of January and represents only the second such reduction in the
Yet another thing I’m glad someone else is worrying about
The cultural landscape of interplanetary space Alice Gorman Division of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England, Australia Abstract: Since the launch of Sputnik
Quotation of the day for February 8, 2005
“If the government truly wanted to ‘defend my marriage’ it would hire us a maid and a cook and prevent another massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) from ever working
Phil Agre totally rocks
A long, thoughtful RRE message on everything from the sociology of information technology to the economics of innovation concludes thus: The 2000’s are not a decade of breaking news. What
Tomorrow’s workshop
Here’s a link to the page for the workshop I’m doing tomorrow.
Pictures!
I added two new slideshows to the pictures — Maddy’s birthday and Christmas in Punta Cana