The amount of cool stuff that you can do with clever use of CSS is just amazing. Take a look at a neat CSS hack for applying drop shadows to nearly any box or graphic.
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Author: griffey
Jason Griffey is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he works to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise is 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 IT 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 AI & Machine Learning in Libraries and Library Spaces and Smart Buildings: Technology, Metrics, and Iterative Design from 2018. His newest book, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, will be published by MIT Press in 2024.
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.
Jason can be stalked obsessively online, and spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.
According to BoingBoing and the Internet Archive the copyright on the original Night of the Living Dead has expired, and the whole freaking movie is available for download.
Now my question is: how can this POSSIBLY be in the public domain? It was made in 1968. Did the copyright owner release it? Anyone have any idea?
Well, it’s a huge crime that I haven’t gotten to see the movie yet, being the horror AND zombie fan that I am. For those that also have yet to see the shuffling horrors of a good zombie film lately, here’s some Zombie Pinups to keep you entertained.
Got a chance to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind this weekend, and the movie itself is brilliant. Absolutely wonderful…Kaufman writes such good scripts, and Winslet and Carrey are just perfect. I just gotta say, Kate Winslet is stunning, even in a severely damaged character.
BUT
Random person behind me at the Carolina: That moment in the movie…you know, the one that wasn’t funny? The poignant one? Next time that comes around in a film, SHUT UP! Thanks.
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Rummy caught lying
Or perhaps he simply misremembered…in any case, MoveOn.org has a great clip of Rumsfield being taken to task on Face the Nation. Basically, he claims that he never said that Saddam was an “imminent threat” to the US, and the hosts then take great joy in throwing quotes at him where he said effectively that. Really great to see someone calling the Bush cartel on their lies.
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Milestone
Just passed 25 pages on the paper…going well. Hoping to get through this section this weekend and get it to Paul.
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Exactly!
“The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of the rich men in the country.”
– John Adams (1735-1826)
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Mmm…4th generation
Appleinsider just published this story on the possible upcoming 4th generation iPod. Short list of coolness:
- 5o gig hard drive
- COLOR screen, with possible MPG or Quicktime capabilities, and the ability to view JPG’s
- a video jack to connect to TV (not sure why we’d need this, but…)
Tech always gets better/cheaper if you wait, but this may push my technolust into hyperdrive. Color, MPG playback, JPG viewing, and a 5o gig hardrive in the iPod formfactor? Sign me up.
….BIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRTHDAY TO MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Betsy made me a phenomenal cake (White Chocolate pound cake) and we’re heading to a lovely dinner tonight at the Lantern. Unfortunately, that’s about it for this week, since the paper is still sitting on my head. Paul wants to see another draft this weekend, so…writing will happen.
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Home again, home again, jiggidy-jig
Returned from the Big Apple on Monday, and immediately entrenched myself in work. The trip to NY was really interesting…I’m not quite sure what to think about it. First time there, and it was a bit overwhelming. I’ve been to many big cities…LA, New Orleans, Chicago, Washington DC…but this was my first big northeast city. I caught myself trying to imagine what it would be like to grow up there, to raise children there, what kinds of influence the surroundings would have.
Having spent 18 years of my life in a town with a population of 2000, it was really odd. At the same time, it was exciting and vibrant…I can totally see why people who leave a city like that go into withdrawl. It was easy to believe that I could literally leave the hotel at any time and get anything I wanted. Really need to buy a DVD at 4am? No problem. Need a new pair of shoes at 3am? Can do. That sort of availability has to tweak your expectations a bit.
This was even more interesting given that Bets and I are moving back to rural america, more or less, by going to Sewanee. I can’t ever, ever, ever see myself living in a big city, but I think I have a better idea why people might want that now. NY had a vibe unlike that of any other city I’ve visited.