Friday, March 11, 2005
It's Friday, and that means it's Links from Others day. Thanks, everyone!
From Bunny: the New Zoo Revue -- "possibly a link for Friday or whenever you have a 'traumatized childhood' theme going on."
Also from Bunny: Liquid Generation, for oodles of fun. I especially like their take on "I Love the '20s."
From Paul: Alaskan Alpine Club’s “ice” project.
From Zazoo: Ohio libraries may face more slashed budgets. Because, you know, war is more important than education.
From Holly: Shortcut to Nirvana, a small indie film seeking a big audience.
From Chuck: Florida Lawmaker Seeks Toilet Paper Tax. Er.
From Mykol: a recovered student film from a young Jim Morrison? Can it be true?
Have a spiffy weekend, everyone. See you Monday.
Thursday, March 10, 2005
This Saturday. Jacobs in Northside. Be there or have a good excuse.
On this date in 1862, the first paper money was issued in the United States. In honor of the event, go check out this paper currency gallery of countries around the world.
Also on this date, Lewis and Clark did some stuff. You can follow their progress in blog form! (I think this is an awesome way to learn history. Then again, I am sort of a history freak.)
The New York Public Library has an amazing online gallery of some 275,000 images available for the viewing. In other news featuring libraries and large numbers, the British Library seems to have misplaced about 8,000 items. (I've been to the British Library, and this is actually entirely possible. The place is huge. Gigantic. Overwhelmingly BIG.)
Digitization 101 is a new weblog for those of us facing huge digitization projects, fun times with OCR software, and gigabytes of storage. (I don't do this anymore, actually. But I did for a while.)
Literary Gothic is dark and spooky and perfect for spooky librarians, naturally. Have a look!
And a final, rather disturbing thought: I used to think that people around here were kind of rabid about internet filters and porn and libraries. Well, now I know why: Ohio and Texas are the top two states downloading child porn. (Red States 0, Blue States 1.)
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
I am obsessed with TravelPost. I have the feeling that my current map, once complete, is going to look awfully lopsided, though. It's free to register and track your progress (or lack thereof) around the planet. Go! Now!
While traveling, it's good to know at least a little about the culture you're visiting (see Amazing Race for some examples of what not to do). The Business of Touch helps out by showing animated greetings and other etiquette procedures.
If you're able to travel this weekend, Albuquerque is holding its 17th annual National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show, while next door in Arizona they're having the 17th annual Ostrich Festival. Coincidence? Meanwhile, the St. Patrick's Day parades begin in earnest this weekend, while over on the other side of the pond, the London Book Fair gets underway.
If you liked the Rapture Letters last week, you will most likely love the Rapture Index. The rivers should be turning to blood any day now. Even the dogs are throwing themselves off bridges, for Christ's sake. (Or is it the Anti-Christ's sake?) But not to worry -- true satanic possession is rare, say four out of five exorcists. (Priests are more of a concern than demons these days, I think.)
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
The backstory: Michael Gorman, the president of the American Library Association, had a minor fit last month about "Blog People" and how they were irrelevant and irritating and should all be burned at a virtual stake (okay, I may be exaggerating that last point). This did not sit well with those of us who are both librarians and webloggers. (Actually, I pretty much ignored the whole fracas because I'm not an ALA member these days, mainly due to this sort of mentality.) Happily, someone has turned the situation into a fun CafePress message, like the example shown above. Join Us! Become One with the Blog! (Her other stuff on CafePress is very cool, too.)
In other news from the "why is this an issue?" department, the Israeli Defense Forces have decided that D&D players are not really who they want in key positions. This, of course, is nonsense. In fact, a top ten list of reasons why D&D players have an advantage in the armed forces proves that, if anything, they should have higher security clearance than others!
If you hated both the previous links, here's some popular culture news: Madame Tussaud's had to spend $19,000 to physically sever Brad and Jen. They will now stand at opposite ends of the room, while Angelina Jolie stands right in their line of sight. (Okay, I made up that last part.)
And finally...I would like a prepostmodern shirt best, I think, but everything at Protoculture is really good.
Monday, March 07, 2005
Scooter, Club Creature critter extraordinaire, would like some of what you're eating.
