Here’s the first sample of the T-Shirts we’re giving to the participants of the 2008 BIGWIG Social Software Showcase. Hopefully, you’ll see a few of them wandering around ALA Annual this weekend.
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Month: June 2008
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Off to ALA Annual
I leave in the morning for ALA Annual 2008, but keep an eye on this space over on the right sidebar. I’m going to stream as much as I can of my Annual trip via Ustream. So bookmark or otherwise check my twitter feed, as I’ll announce my streaming there.
Also, don’t forget to check out the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase 2008. Tons of great content, and lots of interactivity planned…more Ustreaming, plus TWO virtual discussions via Talkshoe. There will be no shortage of virtual participation…come join us!
Favorite foods: carrots, oatmeal with apples, maple teething biscuits
Favorite toys: stacking cups, links, anything that rattles, balls, spoons, bowls, rubber ducks
Favorite books: Tails (Matthew Van Fleet); Brown Bear, Brown Bear (Eric Carle); First Words; Moo, Baa, La La La (Sandra Boynton)
Favorite music: mommy’s special Eliza songs; “Splish Splash” (sung while taking a bath, of course); the oldies station; “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”
Hobbies: standing while holding onto furniture or mom/dad; playing with Indy (the dog) and Cola (the cat); sitting by herself; pulling leaves off trees; checking the mail with mom
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George Carlin
Resquiat in Pace, George. The world was better for you being in it.
If I have to tell you this is NSFW, you don’t know much about George Carlin.
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Cryptonomicon via tag cloud
Two tag cloud posts in a row is a bit much, but I had the idea, so I went with it. This is an infographic of the word frequency of the text of the novel Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.
It’s a really interesting way to visualize texts (as I’ve pointed out before). So let’s see if I can start a meme. Doesn’t have to be a new book, you can pick one from Project Gutenberg…there certainly are enough good books there. Pick your favorite (or one of your favorites), and post it up.
I’m tagging: Iris, Amanda and Tombrarian.
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Third Lobe of my Brain
Inspired by Amanda, here’s my Wordle tag cloud from del.icio.us. It’s really pretty enough to print and hang on my wall.
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Betsy’s Thoughts
Here’s what Betsy does while we listen to Eliza scream and cry going to sleep the last 4 nights.
To be fair, last night she cried for 22 minutes, then drifted to sleep, and slept all night until 7am. So something is definitely working.
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Library Blogging
It’s here! It’s really here! For more news about the book, and general updates and such, visit the blog for the book: Library Blogging. I’ll talk more after I’ve had a chance to review it again, but so far it looks great.
For those going to ALA, Linworth Publishing is booth #2553, if you want to stop by and pick up a copy of the book.
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Six month challenges
So the bottom teeth have broken through. Huge sigh of relief! Now, there’s at least one of her top teeth trying to come through as well. We had one glorious grump-free day (yesterday), and now she’s fussy again. Poor girl. I know it must hurt.
Another recent challenge: sleeping in her crib. She has decided she’d rather be with us, wherever we are. So she cries when she wakes up in the middle of the night and we’re not there. It has gotten so bad that not even our patting/shushing works anymore. It used to work perfectly, and she would barely wake up. Now, she is completely awake, thrashing about, crying and screaming unless we pick her up. All this means one thing: it’s time for the dreaded sleep training. We’ve been putting it off for months. We’re not even sure we agree with the whole idea. But here we go. Desperate times, desperate measures.
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Eliza is six months old
Had her checkup today, and she now weighs 17 lbs, 5 oz and is 26.5 inches long. She is still in the 75th percentile all the way around, so she continues to be a big, healthy girl. I can’t believe she is 6 months old already.
She had a great weekend floating in Aunt Jenna’s pool for the first time, which she absolutely loved. She had a great time “swimming” with Dad, Nana, Pop, Jenna, and cousin Parker.