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Author: griffey
Jason Griffey is the Executive Director of the Open Science Hardware Foundation. Prior to joining OSHF, he was the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he worked to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise was useful and needed. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, Jason ran his own technology consulting company for libraries, has been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of Library IT and a tenured professor at the University of TN at Chattanooga.
Jason has written extensively on technology and libraries, including multiple books and a series of full-periodical issues on technology topics, most recently a chapter in Library 2035 - Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries by Rowman & Littlefield. His latest full-length work Standards - Essential Knowledge, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, was published by MIT Press in March 2025.
He has spoken internationally on topics such as artificial intelligence & machine learning, the future of technology and libraries, decentralization and the Blockchain, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. He is also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system.
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Cleaning out the fridge…
So in our seemingly never-ending quest to eat the remainder of the food in our possession before we move, I present to you Jason’s Back of the Fridge Stir Fry:
Ingredients
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast or Tenders
Frozen Broccoli
Mixed Frozen Veggies
Dash of Oil
Peanut Butter
Chef Morimoto Sesame Soy Sauce
Chef Morimoto Chili Miso Sauce
White Rice
One Egg
Dried Shitake Mushrooms
Cornstarch or Arrowroot
Procedure
Boil or Steam Rice, and allow to cool for several minutes. Beat egg, and fold into rice. Heat oil in a pan, and fry the rice while folding in 3-4 tablespoons of Morimoto Sesame Soy Sauce. Season with Salt or more Soy Sauce. Set aside.
Clean pan (we’re so packed, that we’ve only the one pan). Soak the dried mushrooms in about 1/2 cup of hot water. Stir fry the chicken, mushrooms and veggies with just a touch of the Sesame Soy. Reserve the water from the mushrooms.
When the chicken is done, remove the stir fry from the pan and deglaze with the water from the mushrooms (minus a tablespoon), 2 tablespoons soy,
3 tablespoons of the Chili Miso. Add 1/4 cup of peanut butter or so, and stir ’til dissolved. Make a slurry of the cornstarch and the left over water, and stir in slowly to thicken the sauce.
Make a base of the fried rice, add the stir fry, and spoon liberally with sauce. Enjoy.
For the 4th of July, there were many happenings. Here’s the story in pictures:
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| There was watermelon, and a great time in the Carrboro Town Commons… | …where there was also a quite excellent bluegrass band, the Lonesome River Band. |
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| Later in the weekend, there was hanging out and eating way too much guacamole with Jean at her pool. | And of course, there were fireworks. Click the pic for a short movie of some from the Durham Bulls Stadium. |
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News from the front lines
So I return from Origins, a refreshed but slightly disheveled man, and am hit in the face with the fact that we’ve TWO WEEKS ’til the move. To be fair, I think we’ve done a pretty amazing job getting the packing done (there’s ALWAYS stuff to do, but we’re getting there). The goal right now is to try and get everything packed this week, so that we can just enjoy next week hanging out with friends.
In other news, still no job offers (I’ve applied to a half dozen or more in the area).
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Back from Origins
Back from Origins. Pictures to follow…blogging might be light over the next couple of weeks, due to packing and moving. I’ll do my best!
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I’m off…
…to Columbus, OH, to the Origins Game Fair. Light blogging over the next few days, but hopefully pics when I return.
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I am a cable god
So yesterday, Betsy and I chose to tackle the attic, in hopes of finding things that we’d stored for two years and never used that we could simply throw away (we figure, if we haven’t wanted it in two years, we probably don’t need it).
Among the boxes and boxes were three boxes full of cables. Audio cables, video cables, power cords for computers (total count: 12) and more SCSI cables than you can shake a stick at. I’ve got IDC50 cables, DB25 cables, CN50 cables, and even an HD68 or two. Why do I have so many SCSI cables?
I have no idea.
But you need one, or need a power cable for a computer or a computer like device, let me know quick. Otherwise, they’re headed for the trash.
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Check out the BoingBoing 2.0
BoingBoing gets a revamp! New three column design, in order to handle a few advertisements they’ve been forced to include to handle costs. Still the place to go for interesting news of all sorts.
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Anyone want Gmail?
Most of us with Blogger accounts have already signed up for Gmail if we were interested, but if anyone out there DOESN’T have one, and wants, leave me a comment. I’ve got TWO invites to give out, and I’ll send them to the first couple of people who convince me. 🙂
As reported already by Betsy, we were surprised and amazed at some of the stuff we found yesterday at Southern Season. They had “Not Cool” hot sauce on sale for 99 cents each, my favorite hot sauce in the world. If you like it hot and flavorful, I highly recommend the Chocolate Habenero…it is hot (according to this comparison, 225,000 scoville units) but it’s got a great coffee/chocolate flavor underneath.