Friday, September 10, 2004
From Zazoo: "Another [Cincinnati] club bites the dust. After 5 years, Spy Club is closing its doors. The last hurrah is this Saturday..."
From both Zazoo and Chuck: "Here's your awesome story of the day. Puppy shoots man, saves litter mates!"
From Daniel: "The war on terror keeps on spinning. The Russians have now decided to join the crowd of self-appointed global police forces, of course reserving the right to attack anyone who stand in their way...I wonder who enabled this kind of global political statement by example?"
Also from Daniel: "Faith the two-legged dog might be getting a part in the new Harry Potter movie. Good for her! Of course we have footage."
From Satori: Muppet Labs are the headquarters for Britain's favorite scientists. Hooray! Best quote: "They are humourous, accessible, and occasionally blow each other up."
From Glenna: Mainstreet Moms opposing Bush and Bush's "photo album" of the last four years. (The whole site is really good, too.)
From Holly: Just how well do you know your '80s TV show theme songs? Hmmmmm?
Have a safe weekend, everyone (and, like the last two weekends, this goes double for Mike & company in Florida). See you Monday.
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Also belated is this source of posters and flyers for the RNC last week, but many of them still work as post-convention commentary. My current favorite is the label at the very end of the page. Incidentally, one of the joys of living in a swing state is the recent influx of politicos. Kerry was here yesterday and Cheney's here today, which means that there are a zillion police officers and no parking spaces in town.
Speaking of politics, I direct you to Talkstation: all sorts of political news and views, brought to you by at least one librarian (maybe two, I'm not sure). Go and be informed!
British librarians kicked ass (or arse, rather) in the BBC University Challenge. Well, of course they did. Fear the librarian collective! When we finally achieve world domination, there's even a cheat sheet for library terms in other languages. Apparently "hyperlink" and "gopher" are the same in several languages.
KnowItNow: Ohioans can now get 24-hour reference service. Yowza. Maybe I can finally become a night librarian some day and ditch the daylight gig.
Miscellaneous find: FareChase is brand new, but seems to work really well so far.
Tomorrow: many links by others!
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Spooky underground cinema discovered in the Paris catacombs! How cool is this? I also think "Perforating Mexicans" is a perfect band name. Unless Mexicans would object, that is.
This weekend is packed with festivals and other goings-on. In New Zealand, the World of Wearable Art Show gets underway. In England, it's time for the Kendal Torchlight Carnival. And here in Cincinnati, the Vinkolet wine and art festival goes on all weekend, while Jacobs holds a tribute to Morrissey and the Smiths on Saturday night. (We may be at one and/or both of those, incidentally. Say hi!) In related Cincinnati festival news, volunteers are still being gratefully accepted for the Third Annual Midpoint Music Festival, which takes place next weekend and looks to be quite the huge and star-studded event.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Today is pretty much a grab bag of links as I get caught up. If you liked the "tricks of the trade" article Holly sent in last Friday, you will love the weblog it spawned. Send in your own tricks! I'm trying to think if there are any great revelations I can impart on library activities.
Acts of Gord tells the world the story of Gord and how stupid customers can be. Anyone who has ever worked in retail and/or computers will identify with these stories all too well.
Speaking of stupid people, they're everywhere. And they think everywhere is, well, everywhere. Why not take a weekend drive to Japan, or check out the Germany-Australia border? Sheesh.
Fun stuff: go cluster ballooning! It's real! Then you can film yourself and turn it into a cartoon. I'm thinking that Meet Cleaver Theatre would make an interesting cartoon, actually.
