Month: January 2005

Among the many, many reasons that I will ensure that a Mac Mini is purchased this year are:

• I want a DVR, but don’t want to let Tivo or whoever decide to shut out something with DRM.
• I want a dedicated box to manage my digital media, including music and video.
• I’ve used Macs for a long time for business related things (photo editting, layout, etc.) but never owned one. It’s about time.
• There is amazingly freaking great software like Delicious Library out there, and it’s NOT for Windows.
• It’s got BSD underneath the OS, and it’s trivial to run linux programs from a command line.
• OS X has built in support for a webserver, file server, etc…

This is just another cool way to view Google results, but wow…it’s an amazing piece of coding.

Touchgraph

I had heard the term, but had never actually looked at the website or read any of the articles on “blended librarians.” Turns out, I am one!

An academic librarian who combines the traditional skill set of librarianship with the information technologist’s hardware/software skills, and the instructional or educational designer’s ability to apply technology appropriately in the teaching-learning process.

That’s pretty much the description that I use for my skillset whenever I’m interviewed. As a matter of fact, that described a lot of my classmates from SILS. I’m going to investigate what these guys are doing with the concept.

This one’s for you, Jerry.

This Hulk’s weblog. Hulk tell whole world about Hulk’s life. HULK’S BLOG BEST BLOG THERE IS!

I mentioned my searching for my geneology, and that I had bought a Utilikilt while at Gencon SoCal, but I just found this really excellent radio documentary on the kilt and Scottish heritage in the US:

Tartan Spangled Banner

Listen and learn, laddies and lasses.

Somehow, I missed the fact that Ibiblio hosts The Libraries FAQ. Among the more interesting questions:

7.3 Can a werewolf be a librarian? Can she be happy?

You know…I’ve asked myself that before, and now I know the answer. Do you?

Mac-Mini

from Apple:

Live the digital life in stylish simplicity. Just 6.5 inches wide and 2 inches tall, Mac mini provides what you need to have more fun with your music, photos and movies — right out of the box. And it boasts a miniscule price to match: Mac mini starts at $499.

*drooooool*

EDIT: I was so absorbed in the Mini, that I nearly missed the Flash Based iPod!

Time to mix things up. Meet iPod shuffle, the unpredictable new iPod. What will it play next? Can it read your mind? Can it read your moods? Load it up. Put it on. See where it takes you. Choose from pocket-size 512MB or 1G models starting at $99 and surprise yourself.

Ah, the wonders of childhood. Especially when you discover things like a sexually themed children’s show from Britain, and audio outtakes of the Thundercats saying things you’d not really expect.

Rainbow, the children’s show from Britain above, is absolutely hilarious. The actual clip never aired, but was done as a joke by the actors/producers involved. Completely safe for work, but very funny. I’d recommend headphones, because the audio without the video might turn some heads.

Next thing you know there will be Disney porn. Oh, wait….