read and contribute. imagine ray bradbury, isaac asimov, and steve jobs doing madlibs.
Imagining the Internet - Predictions Database
Thursday, January 27, 2005
kiss a goat, grow up to be a nice human
a shout out to our furry friends. send your kids to school with donkeys, to teach them not to be asses.
WELCOME TO TEACHKIND.ORG
WELCOME TO TEACHKIND.ORG
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
I'm going RSS!
yay! please click the link that says "syndicate this site" and then copy and paste that redirected url into your rss reader, or email me at e.cunningham@flash.net to be added to the daily email digest. thanks!
strandbeest
This is true! See the link to "video"
"Since about ten years Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic matierial of this new nature. He makes skeletons which are able to walk on the wind. Eventualy he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives."
strandbeest: "Since about ten years Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic matierial of this new nature. He makes skeletons which are able to walk on the wind. Eventualy he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives."
"Since about ten years Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic matierial of this new nature. He makes skeletons which are able to walk on the wind. Eventualy he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives."
strandbeest: "Since about ten years Theo Jansen is occupied with the making of a new nature. Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic matierial of this new nature. He makes skeletons which are able to walk on the wind. Eventualy he wants to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives."
Wired News: Information Wants to be Liquid
Check out Liquid Information.
Wired News: Information Wants to be Liquid
http://www.liquidinformation.org/
Wired News: Information Wants to be Liquid
http://www.liquidinformation.org/
Free Academic Papers - CiteSeer Scientific Literature Digital Library
includes a wealth of library and information sciences information found freely available on the web. yay for open source and sharing!
Computer and Information Science Papers CiteSeer Publications ResearchIndex
Computer and Information Science Papers CiteSeer Publications ResearchIndex
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Monday, January 24, 2005
BookCrossing - Home - FREE YOUR BOOKS!
A great resource for the browsing reader. just read your books, register them, and then release it! anyone interested can go retrieve it, to enjoy themselves!
BookCrossing - Home - FREE YOUR BOOKS!
BookCrossing - Home - FREE YOUR BOOKS!
Pew Internet & American Life Project
reports from the Pew instute, available to be read for free! yay!
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Pew Internet & American Life Project
IP Blogs: Poket Parts for a Digital Age
neat article on how lawyers are using blogs to stay current, especially in the area of IP.
Law Office of Robert J. Ambrogi
Law Office of Robert J. Ambrogi
Folksonomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
i'm still trying to understand this article. maybe once i've completed cataloging...
Folksonomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Folksonomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Wired News: Mexico Begins Sound Wave Project
mexico unveils plan to use underwater seismic pulses to learn more about the Chicxulub Crater, suspected to have been caused an asteroid from 65 million years ago.
Wired News: Mexico Begins Sound Wave Project
Wired News: Mexico Begins Sound Wave Project
Smartmoney.com: 10 Things: Archives
An interesting compendium of "Ten-things" lists, mostly ten things you wont know about a topic. Compiled by SmartMoney.com
Smartmoney.com: 10 Things: Archives
Smartmoney.com: 10 Things: Archives
Friday, January 21, 2005
American Sign Museum
A cool look at the history of the American sign and it's impact on the American landscape. Brought to you by the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio.
American Sign Museum
American Sign Museum
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Monday, January 17, 2005
ALA | Anonymous Donor Grants $1 Million to Five Public Libraries
yay for giving money to libraries!!! remember to do what you can for your local library. one fun way to give back is to watch for the library's book sale. it's a great chance to pick up good and cheap library-quality books, that also raises money for literacy programs and new materials
ALA | Anonymous Donor Grants $1 Million to Five Public Libraries
ALA | Anonymous Donor Grants $1 Million to Five Public Libraries
InfoWorld: BizSpeak for the geek
"With tongue firmly in cheek, here's a handy glossary/survival guide for those dreaded meetings with the CFO...For better or worse, no one says mindshare anymore. Today they say wallet share, although the meanings of the terms would seem to differ. Therefore, we offer this abridged lexicon of trendy business terms -- and some that won’t go away -- to help you keep your poker face in any boardroom."
InfoWorld: BizSpeak for the geek: January 07, 2005: By Richard Gincel : BUSINESS
InfoWorld: BizSpeak for the geek: January 07, 2005: By Richard Gincel : BUSINESS
The New York Times > Measuring Literacy in a World Gone Digital
i'm still reading this, but it's an interesting article on info-literacy.
The New York Times > Technology > Measuring Literacy in a World Gone Digital
The New York Times > Technology > Measuring Literacy in a World Gone Digital
University of California eScholarship Repository
Free!
"17213 full-text downloads of repository content in the last week. 943394 full-text downloads to date."
"The repository is a service of the eScholarship initiative of the California Digital Library. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited by the individual University of California units."
eScholarship Repository
"17213 full-text downloads of repository content in the last week. 943394 full-text downloads to date."
"The repository is a service of the eScholarship initiative of the California Digital Library. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited by the individual University of California units."
eScholarship Repository
OAIster - Digital Resources
"OAIster is a project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service. Our goal is to create a collection of freely available, previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources (what are digital resources?) that are easily searchable by anyone."
OAIster Home
OAIster Home
Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata
a scholarly site on classification schemes and metadata
Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata
Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata
Wikiversity:School of Library and Information Science - Wikibooks
it's not exactly accredited, but if you'd like a crash course in info science, try out the wikiversity school!
Wikiversity:School of Library and Information Science - Wikibooks
Wikiversity:School of Library and Information Science - Wikibooks
AllLookSame?
a revealing portrait of cultural bias. take the quiz on recognizing asian faces, and uncover your ethnocentricity!
http://www.alllooksame.com/
http://www.alllooksame.com/
Wikibrary - Wikibooks
wiki is still changing the way we learn!
"Wikibooks is dedicated to developing and disseminating free, open content textbooks and other classroom texts. We currently host 6198 textbook modules, in various stages of development, from those needing a lot of work to those that are nearly perfect. Every book is open to revision and addition by anyone—including you."
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
"Wikibooks is dedicated to developing and disseminating free, open content textbooks and other classroom texts. We currently host 6198 textbook modules, in various stages of development, from those needing a lot of work to those that are nearly perfect. Every book is open to revision and addition by anyone—including you."
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
HIstory of Information Management
Here's a great article by Michael Buckland, a professor at the School of Information Management and Systems, formerly the School of Library and Information Studies. It's mostly a set of links, strung together in order of historical event, but as always, Berkeley is ahead of the curve.
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~buckland/history.html
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~buckland/history.html
Sunday, January 16, 2005
einstein's legacy
"A century after Einstein's miracle year, most people still do not understand exactly what it was he did. Here, we attempt to elucidate..."
http://www.economist.com/printedition/PrinterFriendly.cfm?
Story_ID=3518580
http://www.economist.com/printedition/PrinterFriendly.cfm?
Story_ID=3518580
Trans Texas MegaHighway
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/pressreleases/
PressRelease.2004-12-16.5115
"The state of Texas is seeking to build a 4,000-mile megahighway network between Oklahoma and Mexico, called the Trans-Texas Corridor. The highway will be up to a quarter-mile across, and include separate lanes for passenger vehicles, large trucks, freight railways, high-speed commuter railways, and infrastructure for utilities including water lines, oil and gas pipelines, electricity, and broadband. In a recent press release, the governor of Texas said it will 'forever change the way we build roads.' So much for scenic drives."
PressRelease.2004-12-16.5115
"The state of Texas is seeking to build a 4,000-mile megahighway network between Oklahoma and Mexico, called the Trans-Texas Corridor. The highway will be up to a quarter-mile across, and include separate lanes for passenger vehicles, large trucks, freight railways, high-speed commuter railways, and infrastructure for utilities including water lines, oil and gas pipelines, electricity, and broadband. In a recent press release, the governor of Texas said it will 'forever change the way we build roads.' So much for scenic drives."
your sign here!
From BBC News:
Man auctions ad space on forehead
A 20-year-old US man is selling advertising space on his forehead to the highest bidder on website eBay.Andrew Fischer, from Omaha, Nebraska, said he would have a non-permanent logo or brand name tattooed on his head for 30 days."The way I see it I'm selling something I already own; after 30 days I get it back," he told the BBC Today programme.
Mr Fischer has received 39 bids so far, with the largest bid currently at more than $322 (£171). "The winner will be able to send me a tattoo or have me go to a tattoo parlour and get a temporary ink tattoo on my forehead and this will be something they choose, a company name or domain name, perhaps their logo," he told the Radio 4 programme.
| | I wouldn't go around with 666, the mark of the beast Andrew Fisher |
On the online auction, Mr Fischer describes himself as an "average American Joe, give or take". His sales pitch adds: "Take advantage of this radical advertising campaign and become a part of history." Mr Fischer said that while he would accept any brand name or logo, "I wouldn't go around with a swastika or anything racial". He added: "I wouldn't go around with 666, the mark of the beast.
"Other than that I wouldn't promote anything socially unacceptable such as adult websites or stores." He said he would use the money to pay college fees - he is planning to study graphic design. The entrepreneur said his mother was initially surprised by his decision but following all the media attention she felt he was "thinking outside the box". Story from BBC NEWS:
ew. jump start your new year's resolution with....
http://www.mypetfat.com/default.asp
mypetfatTM is an unforgettable, highly successful "visual" approach to weight loss that was created to inspire and motivate anyone who wants to...
- lose a little bit of weight
- lose a massive amount of weight
- maintain their weight
- eat more mindfully
- eat healthier
- achieve their fitness goals
Founded on 3 principles; consciousness, choice, and conditioning,
mypetfatTM supports all diet and exercise plans.
mypetfatTM is an unforgettable, highly successful "visual" approach to weight loss that was created to inspire and motivate anyone who wants to...
- lose a little bit of weight
- lose a massive amount of weight
- maintain their weight
- eat more mindfully
- eat healthier
- achieve their fitness goals
Founded on 3 principles; consciousness, choice, and conditioning,
mypetfatTM supports all diet and exercise plans.
a new planet near to our solar system?!
"Astronomers are highly confident that they've taken the first photograph of a planet outside our solar system. Make that two photographs. A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms with a high degree of confidence a picture made previously by astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and reported by SPACE.com in September. The planet -- still just a candidate, actually -- is an odd duck in many respects. It does not orbit a normal star, and it is much more massive than the largest planets in our solar system. Still, if confirmed, it represents a landmark in astronomy along the road to the ultimate goal of finding and photographing Earth-like planets around other stars."
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/aas_exoplanet_050110.html
http://www.eso.org/
on the lighter side...
McSweeney's has wonderful, tongue-in-cheek lists found here. Not all rated PG, but mostly hilarious!
Return the book and nobody gets hurt...
Book 'em: Libraries turn to collection agencies - They really just want overdue items back, not money
Posted: Jan. 13, 2005 by REID J. EPSTEIN repstein@journalsentinel.com
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/jan05/292917.asp?format=printDoodles, drafts, and designs: industrial drawings from the Smithsonian
This exhibition presents examples of industrial drawings in the collections of the National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Some are working drawings, ideas sketched in pencil or ink. Others are more finished, designed for presentation. A few are printed, either as sales material or as part of a patent application. They visually document American industrial creativity, from inventor's hand and investor's boardroom, to patent office, factory floor, and manufacturer's showroom.
http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/doodles/
http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/doodles/
Library Technology Guides
The Library Technology Guides website aims to provide comprehensive and objective information related to the field of library automation. This site has no affiliation with any library automation company. Whether you are in the process of selecting a library automation system, or just want to keep up with developments in the field, Library Technology Guides is the place to start.
http://www.librarytechnology.org/
http://www.librarytechnology.org/
Military LIbrarians Division of the Special Libraries Association
MLD, a division of the Special Libraries Association, brings together members from all the U.S. military services, the Canadian Combined Armed Forces, other national military services, other DoD agencies, contractors and vendors, and anyone with an interest in military librarianship. Our goal is to promote the profession both within our organizations and to the world at large and also to assist our members to develop the core competencies required in this new age of knowledge management. We accomplish this through program sponsorship at the annual SLA meetings, sponsorship of our own annual Division meeting, the Military Librarians Workshop (MLW), networking, committee participation, and publication of our newsletter, The Military Librarian.
http://www.sla.org/division/dmil/AboutMLD.htm
http://www.sla.org/division/dmil/AboutMLD.htm
New answers.com interface - gurunet.com
Search engines give you links to sift through, one by one.
GuruNet software and web solutions give you actual information,
without sending you hunting all over the web.
GuruNet software and web solutions give you actual information,
without sending you hunting all over the web.
Creepy deep-sea creatures upended by the tsunami
"The following page features numerous great pictures
of bizarre and creepy deep-sea creatures which have
been dredged up by the recent tsunami and presented by
normal divers. Fascinating stuff! The page is in
Russian, but it's all about the pictures."
http://forum.openwater.ru/index.php?showtopic=611
Neuroeconomics
Neuroeconomics is an interdisciplinary research program with the goal of building a biological model of decision making in economic environments. Neuroeconomists ask, how does the embodied brain enable the mind (or groups of minds) to make economic decisions? By combining techniques from cognitive neuroscience and experimental economics we can now watch neural activity in real time, observe how this activity depends on the economic environment, and test hypotheses about how the emergent mind makes economic decisions. Neuroeconomics allows us to better understand both the wide range of heterogeneity in human behavior, and the role of institutions as ordered extensions of our minds.
http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2003/09/neuroeconomics_.html
http://neuroeconomics.typepad.com/neuroeconomics/2003/09/neuroeconomics_.html
Physics gets cool
Hardly E=mc2, but 100 years after Albert Einstein published three seminal research papers which changed scientific thinking about the universe forever, physicists are conscious they must rebrand their shunned science to appeal to young people.
Einstein Year was launched in Britain this month at a youth-driven ceremony at London's Science Museum where a BMX stunt rider performed an "Einstein flip," said to be the first bicycle stunt to be designed by a physicist.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&u=/nm/20050113/sc_nm/life_einstein_dc&printer=1
Looking for a good read?
Try OCLC's tool, fictionfinder
or refer to Nancy Pearl's "Book Lust" This is a link to amazon, but dont forget to check your local library!
or refer to Nancy Pearl's "Book Lust" This is a link to amazon, but dont forget to check your local library!
Gabriel - Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
Gabriel is the World Wide Web service of Europe's National Libraries represented in the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). In Gabriel you can find information about all the National Libraries of Europe, their services and the online exhibitions they offer. The objectives of Gabriel have been defined in the Gabriel Mission Statement.
http://www.bl.uk/gabriel/
http://www.bl.uk/gabriel/
OCLC Top 1000
OCLC Research has compiled a list of the top 1000 titles owned by member libraries—the intellectual works that have been judged to be worth owning by the "purchase vote" of libraries around the globe.
United Nations Documents Search
ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. The system does not contain press releases (posted at http://www.un.org/News/Press/full.htm), UN sales publications (contact: http://unp.un.org), the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information. Please click on Help for more detailed information.
http://documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E
http://documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E
RUSA Best of the Reference Web Sites 2005
This is a section of the American Libraries Association, the Reference and User Services Association's, hit-list of e-resources for reference libraries.
How Stuff Works - Tsunamis
I have long been a fan of this site, and their tsunami page is no exception to the usual high standards. See this page for video footage, maps, erosion details and other facts.
Also, follow any of the links below to take part in the rescue and restoration efforts.
Doctors without Borders
Unicef
Google list of relief agencies
Also, follow any of the links below to take part in the rescue and restoration efforts.
Doctors without Borders
Unicef
Google list of relief agencies
Need a Miracle?
This is a search portal that permits you to look not for just content, but great designs, of websites. Great for a neophyte designer or for when you're just stumped with your site or tools.
Collact - share the web!
Finally, a website designed to streamline your link-sharing! How many emails do you send out containing only a link? This might help!
delicious library
This is a great tool for organizing a small or private libary. Neat interface and rave reviews, brand-new!
Technorati
This site is a member-oriented web portal with great lists and recommendations. New and improved, with tags. Check it out!
UNT Albino Squirrel Preservation Society
These cute cuddlies are native to the UNT campus in Denton, TX. Submit for the name-the-squirrel contest!
School Daze
well, i'm back from holiday and waist-deep in cataloguing/metadata bootcamp, already. WHEW!
I will be beginning a new reference position with the SMU Underwood Law Library this month and look forward to a new flavour of "reference desk randomness"!!! as i have been catching up with my rss feeds, i'm come across some good reference and library-related links, listed above with short reviews. Thanks for reading, and enjoy.
I will be beginning a new reference position with the SMU Underwood Law Library this month and look forward to a new flavour of "reference desk randomness"!!! as i have been catching up with my rss feeds, i'm come across some good reference and library-related links, listed above with short reviews. Thanks for reading, and enjoy.
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