Coffee made from beans picked from kopi luwak shit
or
Coffee made from beans picked from weasel vomit
or
Tea hand picked by monkeys
Truly, I am at a loss for words.
Author: griffey
Jason Griffey was most recently 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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Blast from the past…
Following up on XE’s Halloween Countdown, one of my favorite toys ever. This was the unofficial mascot of the State Park office where I used to work…we would terrorize small children with it while they were waiting to go on a cave tour. We were evil bastards.
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ATTENTION EVERYONE
Anyone with any knowledge of how and where to location these items will be rewarded with my ever loving gratitude.
Seriously. Aren’t these the best idea for halloween candy EVER? I must own them…go my minions, and report back!
…today, I got to ride a segway. ATN is testing one as an option for get around campus quickly for tech help. Due to Paul Jones, we got some one on one time with it. So incredibly cool
…today, I got to ride a segway. ATN is testing one as an option for get around campus quickly for tech help. Due to Paul Jones, we got some one on one time with it. So incredibly cool
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And there was email…
…and it was good.
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So…what’s the overall verdict?
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Email woes…
So we’re going on 26 hours with no email on campus, and you can tell people seem disconnected. Profs can’t send out reminders of assignments, classmates can’t plan things or send articles back and forth…it’s a real pain in the ass. Hopefully it doesn’t go another 26 hours, but I’m not betting on it. Sounds like it was a pretty terrible hardware/software crash. For those who want to see the status of the email server:
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Random quotes from my day:
1. “You are capable of thumping the kitties on the head.”
2. “Bread…..and a print cartridge.”
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Random quotes from my day:
1. “You are capable of thumping the kitties on the head.”
2. “Bread…..and a print cartridge.”