BookMooch Overview: "BookMooch is a community for exchanging used books.
BookMooch lets you give away books you no longer need in exchange for books you really want."
Friday, December 29, 2006
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
NowNow.com FAQ
NowNow.com FAQ: "1. What is NowNow?
NowNow is a service that mobile users can use to find answers to any question via mobile email. When you post a question to NowNow via email (ask@nownow.com), our NowNow workers will surf the web to find the answer for you. NowNow workers are users who are being paid to search the web on your behalf. NowNow bypasses the need for mobile users to go to the web to find answers to questions as NowNow will send you an email with up to 3 answers to each question you ask. We have not finalized our pricing for each question, however, we expect each question will cost less than $0.25. During this beta-test period all questions asked will be FREE. "
NowNow is a service that mobile users can use to find answers to any question via mobile email. When you post a question to NowNow via email (ask@nownow.com), our NowNow workers will surf the web to find the answer for you. NowNow workers are users who are being paid to search the web on your behalf. NowNow bypasses the need for mobile users to go to the web to find answers to questions as NowNow will send you an email with up to 3 answers to each question you ask. We have not finalized our pricing for each question, however, we expect each question will cost less than $0.25. During this beta-test period all questions asked will be FREE. "
Book Burro - Question & Answers
Book Burro - Question & Answers: "Q What is Book Burro?
A Book Burro is a Web 2.0 extension for Firefox and Flock. When it senses your are looking at a page that contains a book, it will overlay a small panel which when opened lists prices at online bookstores such as Amazon, Buy, Half (and many more) and soon whether the book is available at your library."
A Book Burro is a Web 2.0 extension for Firefox and Flock. When it senses your are looking at a page that contains a book, it will overlay a small panel which when opened lists prices at online bookstores such as Amazon, Buy, Half (and many more) and soon whether the book is available at your library."
Next little thing 2007 - An ATM for books - December 1, 2006
Next little thing 2007 - An ATM for books - December 1, 2006: "After several years in development, the Espresso - a $50,000 vending machine with a conceivably infinite library - is nearly consumer-ready and will debut in ten to 25 libraries and bookstores in 2007. The New York Public Library is scheduled to receive its machine in February."
About GoodSearch : GoodSearch : Search the Internet with GoodSearch and support your favorite charity or school.
About GoodSearch : GoodSearch : Search the Internet with GoodSearch and support your favorite charity or school.: "How does it work?
* On the GoodSearch homepage, choose from thousands of organizations or add your favorite cause to our list.
* Search the Internet just like you normally would — the site is powered by Yahoo!, so you'll get the same high-quality search results you're accustomed to.
* Fifty percent of the revenue generated from advertisers is shared with the charity, school or nonprofit organization of your choosing."
* On the GoodSearch homepage, choose from thousands of organizations or add your favorite cause to our list.
* Search the Internet just like you normally would — the site is powered by Yahoo!, so you'll get the same high-quality search results you're accustomed to.
* Fifty percent of the revenue generated from advertisers is shared with the charity, school or nonprofit organization of your choosing."
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
Christmas e-Cards
Christmas e-Cards: "Christmas e-cards from the British Library
Simply choose the image you wish to send by clicking on it. It's easy and it's free."
how cool are they? and the BritLibs docdelivery rox my sox off.
Simply choose the image you wish to send by clicking on it. It's easy and it's free."
how cool are they? and the BritLibs docdelivery rox my sox off.
Truespel Converter
Truespel Converter: This amuses me to no end...
Truespel is a simple phonetic notation for American English. Words are written as they sound and are consistent with the pronunciation guide in an American dictionary. It uses a minimal set of 40 phonograms or sound signs and a stress marking convention. Truespel is the first USA English phonetic spelling system that is pronunciation guide quality."
Truespel is a simple phonetic notation for American English. Words are written as they sound and are consistent with the pronunciation guide in an American dictionary. It uses a minimal set of 40 phonograms or sound signs and a stress marking convention. Truespel is the first USA English phonetic spelling system that is pronunciation guide quality."
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Printer Anywhere™ Print it anytime, anywhere! Free
Printer Anywhere™ Print it anytime, anywhere! FREE Download software!: "With PrinterAnywhere you can print documents and photos on other people's printers as easily as on the local one connected to your machine. No special technical knowledge is required from both - printer owner and user. It just works!"
Monday, December 11, 2006
LibraryThing UnSuggester | Don't read THIS
LibraryThing UnSuggester | Don't read THIS: "Unsuggester takes 'people who like this also like that' and turns it on its head. It analyzes the seven million books LibraryThing members have recorded as owned or read, and comes back with books least likely to share a library with the book you suggest. The unsuggestions come from LibraryThing data, not from Amazon. LibraryThing also produces great suggestions."
Monday, October 09, 2006
Kevin Kelly -- True Films
Kevin Kelly -- True Films: "I present here the best general interest true films I've found. I define true films as documentaries, educational films, instructional how-to's, and what the British call factuals - a non-fiction visual account. The very best of these non-fiction films are as entertaining as the best of Hollywood blockbusters. In contrast to the fiction that most movies are, true films offer authentic plot twists, real characters, and truth stranger than fiction. They aim to both entertain and to inform - a powerful combo. It is no puzzle that true films are enjoying an expanding audience and rising prestige. "
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
NNDB: Tracking the entire world
NNDB: Tracking the entire world
"NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people we have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead. Superficially, it seems much like a "Who's Who" where a noted person's curriculum vitae is available (the usual information such as date of birth, a biography, and other essential facts.)"
"NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people we have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead. Superficially, it seems much like a "Who's Who" where a noted person's curriculum vitae is available (the usual information such as date of birth, a biography, and other essential facts.)"
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Monday, July 31, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
ProgrammableWeb Mashup Detail: Top City Books
Top City Books: "Browse the biggest 150 cities around the world and see the most popular books about each city in 8 subjects. Great for browsing, traveling, general interest, etc." http://www.topcitybooks.com
Monday, April 10, 2006
SockRush
How it Works: "Socks are wonderful things but they do have a funny habit of going missing and there's NOTHING more annoying than that.
At last...it doesn't have to be that way...
SockRush is the world’s greatest sock subscription service."
Huh. Greatest, and perhaps only, subscription sock service...
At last...it doesn't have to be that way...
SockRush is the world’s greatest sock subscription service."
Huh. Greatest, and perhaps only, subscription sock service...
PetPlus
boyfriend girlfriend package
"This package acts as a social supplement for those who wish to avoid human-to-human relationship temporarily but still have the need for love"
Great (and kinda strange) products that allow your dog-friend to participate in all your human activities, like dinner for two.
"This package acts as a social supplement for those who wish to avoid human-to-human relationship temporarily but still have the need for love"
Great (and kinda strange) products that allow your dog-friend to participate in all your human activities, like dinner for two.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Friday, March 17, 2006
Book Sale! - Friends of the Houston Public Library
Friends of the Houston Public Library: "The 2006 Annual Bargain Book Sale"
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Boing Boing: Portable med-library in a crate for use in developing world
Boing Boing: Portable med-library in a crate for use in developing world: "s "
The Blue Trunk Library (BTL) is a collection of about one hundred and fifty books and practical manuals on medicine and public health, plus subscriptions to three medical and health journals. The mini-library is contained in a blue metal trunk for ease of transport and for storage purposes.
See also
What is the Blue Trunk Library Project?
Where There Is No Internet: Delivering Health Information via the Blue Trunk Libraries
Friday, March 03, 2006
Google puts National Archives video online | CNET News.com
Google puts National Archives video online | CNET News.com: "This is a World War II era newsreel, one of 100 historic videos retrieved from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and posted Friday on Google Video. The content represents the first fruits of a joint project aimed at putting as much of the National Archives' video content as possible online.
In this first batch are dozens of newsreels, films on the early 1930s park service, and National Air and Space Administration documentaries on space travel. A must-see includes Orson Welles reading from H.G. Wells' 'War of the Worlds,' before discussing the likelihood of extraterrestrial life 'beyond the petty surface of our own minute sphere.'"
In this first batch are dozens of newsreels, films on the early 1930s park service, and National Air and Space Administration documentaries on space travel. A must-see includes Orson Welles reading from H.G. Wells' 'War of the Worlds,' before discussing the likelihood of extraterrestrial life 'beyond the petty surface of our own minute sphere.'"
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
I'm fixin' a hole, where the rain gets in...
Popular Mechanics - Popular Mechanics - Home Improvement Journal - Tools
"This Popular Mechanics magazine site presents dozens of articles from the magazine's archives on hand and power tools, including purchase and use of specific tools, product reviews, and tool tests. Tools discussed include: circular saws, table saws, routers, tape measures, clamps, chisels, wire strippers, and screwdrivers." http://www.refdesk.com/
"This Popular Mechanics magazine site presents dozens of articles from the magazine's archives on hand and power tools, including purchase and use of specific tools, product reviews, and tool tests. Tools discussed include: circular saws, table saws, routers, tape measures, clamps, chisels, wire strippers, and screwdrivers." http://www.refdesk.com/
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Where America's Good Jobs Will Be - Forbes.com
Where America's Good Jobs Will Be - Forbes.com:
"The American job-generation machine rolls on. The country will create 19 million new payroll jobs in the decade to 2014, according to projections by the U.S. Department of Labor, more than one new job for every seven that now exist."
"The American job-generation machine rolls on. The country will create 19 million new payroll jobs in the decade to 2014, according to projections by the U.S. Department of Labor, more than one new job for every seven that now exist."
Friday, February 17, 2006
Toothpasteworld - World's Largest Toothpaste Collection
Toothpasteworld - World's Largest Toothpaste Collection
Toothpaste World
www.toothpasteworld.com
"Don't throw out that tube of toothpaste! It could one day be worth something--or at least be a part of the largest toothpaste collection in the world. Here you will find hundreds of brands--spanning the decades--from Germany's Donald Duck toothpaste to Guatemala's fruity flavored Care Bears. Read up on the history of toothpaste or browse old ads. Did you know that before toothpaste, people cleaned their teeth with ground eggshells and the burnt hooves of animals? Or that one of the earliest known toothpaste recipes called for drachmas of rock salt, dried iris flower and 20 grains of pepper? No wonder Mona Lisa isn't smiling."
http://www.forbes.com/bow
Toothpaste World
www.toothpasteworld.com
"Don't throw out that tube of toothpaste! It could one day be worth something--or at least be a part of the largest toothpaste collection in the world. Here you will find hundreds of brands--spanning the decades--from Germany's Donald Duck toothpaste to Guatemala's fruity flavored Care Bears. Read up on the history of toothpaste or browse old ads. Did you know that before toothpaste, people cleaned their teeth with ground eggshells and the burnt hooves of animals? Or that one of the earliest known toothpaste recipes called for drachmas of rock salt, dried iris flower and 20 grains of pepper? No wonder Mona Lisa isn't smiling."
http://www.forbes.com/bow
Welcome to TextPayMe
Welcome to TextPayMe
"Free service TextPayMe lets you send and receive money any time from your mobile phone."
"Free service TextPayMe lets you send and receive money any time from your mobile phone."
(Name Here) Is a Liar and a Cheat - New York Times
(Name Here) Is a Liar and a Cheat - New York Times
"Framed in pink, the DontDateHimGirl.com site allows a woman to post the name and photograph of a man she says has wronged her, along with a short but often pungent synopsis of how precisely she was aggrieved. The suspicious or merely curious can hunt for a cheater by typing a name into the search engine. Women can also send e-mail messages through the site if they want to ask more pointed questions about a particular cad. In a slight nod to fairness, men who disagree with the characterization can write a rebuttal to be posted alongside their names."
"Framed in pink, the DontDateHimGirl.com site allows a woman to post the name and photograph of a man she says has wronged her, along with a short but often pungent synopsis of how precisely she was aggrieved. The suspicious or merely curious can hunt for a cheater by typing a name into the search engine. Women can also send e-mail messages through the site if they want to ask more pointed questions about a particular cad. In a slight nod to fairness, men who disagree with the characterization can write a rebuttal to be posted alongside their names."
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Information - Podbop
Information - Podbop: "Old way: Looking up concerts in your town on an event site, googling 100 different bands, tracking down an MP3 for each band, and then deciding which show you want to go to.
The Podbop way: Type in a city, get MP3s, discover a band you like, and go see them."
The Podbop way: Type in a city, get MP3s, discover a band you like, and go see them."
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Zopa - The first lending and borrowing exchange
Zopa - The first lending and borrowing exchange:
This blows my mind.
"People who have spare money give it to a bank. Banks then do whatever they like with it. Some of it they lend to people who need to borrow. Some of it they give to their shareholders. Some of it they gamble on the price of tin, or the dollar going down, or whether there'll be floods in Asia. Banks make lots of money from all this, a fraction of which they give back to their customers.
Zopa though lets people who have spare money to lend it directly to people, like them, who want to borrow it. No bank in the middle, no huge overheads, no unethical investments."
This blows my mind.
"People who have spare money give it to a bank. Banks then do whatever they like with it. Some of it they lend to people who need to borrow. Some of it they give to their shareholders. Some of it they gamble on the price of tin, or the dollar going down, or whether there'll be floods in Asia. Banks make lots of money from all this, a fraction of which they give back to their customers.
Zopa though lets people who have spare money to lend it directly to people, like them, who want to borrow it. No bank in the middle, no huge overheads, no unethical investments."
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
State of the Union - Free Searchable Version
State of the Union - Free Searchable Version:
Search and analyze the the full-text of all State of the Union Addresses from 1790-2005. The State of the Union Address is an annual event in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country. The address is also used to outline the President's legislative proposals for the upcoming year. The text is extremely useful in a searchable eBook."
Search and analyze the the full-text of all State of the Union Addresses from 1790-2005. The State of the Union Address is an annual event in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country. The address is also used to outline the President's legislative proposals for the upcoming year. The text is extremely useful in a searchable eBook."
OKCupid! The Are You a Librarian Test
OKCupid! The Are You a Librarian Test: "So do you like to say you're secretly a librarian? Or is that just what you are? Now is the time to testify. Actually, to test your knowledge of library science and library history. It's a brief quiz, but not an easy one. It's meant to separate the real librarians from the wannabees."
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Wholphin DVD
Wholphin DVD
Some more beautiful funniness from the kids at McSweeneys...
"Wholphin is a new quarterly DVD magazine lovingly encoded with unique and ponderable films designed to make you feel the way we felt when we learned that dolphins and whales sometimes, you know, do it."
Some more beautiful funniness from the kids at McSweeneys...
"Wholphin is a new quarterly DVD magazine lovingly encoded with unique and ponderable films designed to make you feel the way we felt when we learned that dolphins and whales sometimes, you know, do it."
Friday, January 13, 2006
BBC NEWS | UK | Librarians 'suffer most stress'
BBC NEWS | UK | Librarians 'suffer most stress': "
BBC NEWS
Librarians 'suffer most stress'
Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in library is the most stressful job of all.
Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq.
He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health.
The study surveyed nearly 300 people drawn from five occupations.
They were firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians and were intended to cover the spectrum, with the librarians first-thought to be the least stressful occupation.
Unchallenging, repetitive
The research, being presented at a society conference in Glasgow, looked at nine "stressors", such as how much control workers thought they had over their working day, their workload and how much they earned.
It also looked at absenteeism, job satisfaction and whether work stress spilled over into their private life.
HAVE YOUR SAY
I'm a librarian in a middle school and I love it! I'm hardly stressed at all, nothing like the teachers are
Sarah Allen, Wedmore , UK
Librarians complained about their physical environment, saying they were sick of being stuck between book shelves all day, as well as claiming their skills were not used and how little control they felt they had over the career.
They were also more likely than other professions to be absent from work.
Mr Saddiq urged all employers to tackle the problem of stress.
"Although these findings seem strange at first, they actual show how insidious stress can be, and how it can have an unhealthy impact in any organisation," he said.
"Firefighters and police are trained to deal with the stresses that their jobs undoubtedly entail; librarians and school teachers are less likely to have these support systems in place.
"In addition, stress impacts different personalities in different ways, and different personalities may be drawn to different roles."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4605476.stm
Published: 2006/01/12 12:34:38 GMT
© BBC MMVI
BBC NEWS
Librarians 'suffer most stress'
Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in library is the most stressful job of all.
Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq.
He will tell the British Psychological Society that one in three workers suffer from poor psychological health.
The study surveyed nearly 300 people drawn from five occupations.
They were firefighters, police officers, train operators, teachers and librarians and were intended to cover the spectrum, with the librarians first-thought to be the least stressful occupation.
Unchallenging, repetitive
The research, being presented at a society conference in Glasgow, looked at nine "stressors", such as how much control workers thought they had over their working day, their workload and how much they earned.
It also looked at absenteeism, job satisfaction and whether work stress spilled over into their private life.
HAVE YOUR SAY
I'm a librarian in a middle school and I love it! I'm hardly stressed at all, nothing like the teachers are
Sarah Allen, Wedmore , UK
Librarians complained about their physical environment, saying they were sick of being stuck between book shelves all day, as well as claiming their skills were not used and how little control they felt they had over the career.
They were also more likely than other professions to be absent from work.
Mr Saddiq urged all employers to tackle the problem of stress.
"Although these findings seem strange at first, they actual show how insidious stress can be, and how it can have an unhealthy impact in any organisation," he said.
"Firefighters and police are trained to deal with the stresses that their jobs undoubtedly entail; librarians and school teachers are less likely to have these support systems in place.
"In addition, stress impacts different personalities in different ways, and different personalities may be drawn to different roles."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4605476.stm
Published: 2006/01/12 12:34:38 GMT
© BBC MMVI
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Is this the laundry?
"People flock in, nevertheless, in search of answers to those questions only librarians are considered to be able to answer, such as "Is this the laundry?" "How do you spell surreptitious?" and, on a regular basis, 'Do you have a book I remember reading once? It had a red cover and it turned out they were twins.'"
-- Terry Pratchett
-- Terry Pratchett
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
DONTREAD.org | brought to you by Audible.com
DONTREAD.org | brought to you by Audible.com
Fun spin on ALA's "Read" campaign...Includes coupons!
Fun spin on ALA's "Read" campaign...Includes coupons!
Reading goes underground in Sweden
Leave it to the Swedes...
Ananova - Reading goes underground in Sweden:
"Stockholm is to introduce library book dispensers on the city's underground rail system to encourage commuters to read."
Ananova - Reading goes underground in Sweden:
"Stockholm is to introduce library book dispensers on the city's underground rail system to encourage commuters to read."
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Androgenous librarian
The firm library makes it into the notes of the Anonymous Lawyer:
"There's someone new working in the firm's library..."
"There's someone new working in the firm's library..."
Friday, January 06, 2006
Personal Appeal - Wikimedia Foundation
NPR does it, and so too does Wikipedia...
Personal Appeal - Wikimedia Foundation:
"A Personal Appeal from Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales
We are soon entering our 6th year online, and I want to take a moment to ask you for your help in continuing our mission. Wikipedia is facing new challenges and encountering new opportunities, and both are going to require major funds.
Wikipedia is based on a very radical idea, the realization of the dreams most of us have always had for what the Internet can and should become. Thousands of people, all over the world, from all cultures, working together in harmony to freely share clear, factual, unbiased information… a simple and pure desire to make the world a better place.
This is a radical strike at the heart of an increasingly shallow, proprietary and anti-intellectual culture. It is a radical strike at the assumption that the Internet has to be a place of hostile debate and flame wars. It is an appeal to the best within all of us."
Personal Appeal - Wikimedia Foundation:
"A Personal Appeal from Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales
We are soon entering our 6th year online, and I want to take a moment to ask you for your help in continuing our mission. Wikipedia is facing new challenges and encountering new opportunities, and both are going to require major funds.
Wikipedia is based on a very radical idea, the realization of the dreams most of us have always had for what the Internet can and should become. Thousands of people, all over the world, from all cultures, working together in harmony to freely share clear, factual, unbiased information… a simple and pure desire to make the world a better place.
This is a radical strike at the heart of an increasingly shallow, proprietary and anti-intellectual culture. It is a radical strike at the assumption that the Internet has to be a place of hostile debate and flame wars. It is an appeal to the best within all of us."
Thursday, January 05, 2006
CreativeGuy � Blog Archive � Free online file storage/sending
CreativeGuy � Blog Archive � Free online file storage/sending
A list of 50 services that provide free file transfer or storage.
A list of 50 services that provide free file transfer or storage.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)