I’m bummed that he’s gone (?)

I’m not sure what to think about Sirsi supporting RSS. I am finding myself a little underwhelmed. Partly because the RSS module seems to be buried in Sirsi Rooms and the Enterprise Portal Watchamacallit. Some other people have questions about this too.
Tying RSS to a library vendor content management system doesn’t seem like an unreasonable [...]

Not much going on today, I’m getting over my Cold of Doom. My landlord came by and unearthed my car with a snow blower, so that was VERY nice. I spent most of the day watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reading, and napping.
Some recently read manga:
Othello vol 1 and 2
What teenager doesn’t feel like she [...]

Because of the way the wind blew the snowdrift in back of my house, my car is gone. I can’t see any part of it, just a giant white lump. That’s not going to be fun to shovel out.

I’m just starting to get over a truely hideous cold that I caught shortly after ALA. I don’t know what happened — either librarians are horribly infectious or I was spending too much time walking around in the cold and riding public transportation. I spent Thursday and Friday lying on my couch, napping, coughing, and [...]

2004 Neilalien awards, it really doesn’t get much better than a talking decapitated Dr. Strange head, does it?
This is even stranger than a decapitated Dr. Strange {via}
Review of Soccer Manga, Whistle!
Don Martin sound effects compiled {via} It is great to know that “TWOYYOYYOING THUK UGH” means Prince Valiant Plucking A Very Tight Bowstring and “TOOMP, [...]

Alane from OCLC left a comment on my post about the Gaming and Information Literacy program at ALA asking me to elaborate on why I think an info lit MMOG game isn’t such a good idea. A little bit of disclosure about my own background – I’ve been teaching library workshops and instruction sessions for [...]

If Shaolin Soccer wasn’t enough….Kung Fu Hustle (trailer) {via my sister}

Massive Street Angel contest
Nikolai Dante contest at Polite Dissent
Colonia contest

Yesterday I decided to take it easy. I woke up around 7, drank 2 cups of coffee and tried to figure out if I wanted to go to LITA Top Technology Trends Discussion Meeting or LITA Human/Machine Interface Interest Group. I decided to go back to sleep for another hour! If I had traveled [...]