Monthly Archives: September 2006

Beat Box Bush and DJ Cheney

September 30, 2006 – 12:34 pm

Bush speech mashups rock. From Google Video:

So, you wanna learn how to beatbox? GWB is back with another amazing performance. Surprisingly he is actually very good.

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Teddy Bear Cries Red Tears

September 29, 2006 – 9:33 pm

southtyrolean, who seems to take an interest in found graffiti posted this one (from Graz)to his Flickr stream, describing it:
in the Sackstraße, near Kastner&Öhler (entrance to the car park for bikes) :: in der Sackstraße, neben Kastner&Öhler (Eingang zum Fahrrad-Abstellplatz)
I especially like this one.
blood tears, boots, graffiti, Graffiti Girl, graz, panties, red tears, Sackstraße, tears, [...]

By Casey | Posted in Photoblog | Comments (0)

?This Would Make A Really Great Blog Post…?

September 29, 2006 – 12:27 pm

A comic from XKCD:

?I feel like I’m wasting my life on the internet. Let’s walk around the world.?

?Sounds good.?

[panels showing the world's great beauty, a truly grand adventure]

?And yet all I can think of is ‘this will make for a great Livejournal entry.’?

By Casey | Posted in Questionable...funny. Pointless., Technology | Comments (1)

Rocking Wirelessly: Verizon’s V640 EVDO Card

September 28, 2006 – 12:47 pm

After vacillating for a while (and waiting for it to become available), I finally purchased one of the Verizon / Novatel V640 Express Card EVDO adapters that everybody’s talking about for my MacBook Pro.

By Casey | Posted in Technology | Comments (1)

Whitcher Sawmill Burned

September 28, 2006 – 7:58 am

I described it to Jessamyn in an IM last night:

lights flickering here,
sirened vehicles passing frequently,
smell of smoke hangs in air outside

By Casey | Posted in Photoblog, Warren | Comments (0)



Should Universities Host Faculty or Student Blogs? (part 1: examples and fear)

September 27, 2006 – 12:36 pm

Our CIO is asking whether or not Plymouth should get involved with blogs. Not to be overly academic, but I think we should define our terms.

Despite all the talk, ?blogs? are a content agnostic technology being used to support all manner of online activities.

What you’re really asking is instead: what kind of content do we want to put online, and who do we want to let do it?

By Casey | Posted in Libraries & Networked Information, Technology | Comments (6)

Library Camp East 2006

September 26, 2006 – 1:17 pm

LCE2006 was a success. Let me quickly join with the other participants to offer my appreciation to John Blyberg and Alan Grey for all their work planning the event, as well as Darien Public Library director Louise Berry and the rest of the library for hosting the event.
Side note: Darien is a beautiful town, but [...]

By Casey | Posted in Libraries & Networked Information | Comments (3)

Scotchtober Fest

September 24, 2006 – 12:05 pm

New Hampshire’s Highland Games are back where they belong in Lincoln NH. Fittingly for the Highlands theme, the weather Saturday was cold and misty, with fogs rolling over the hills. I half expected Lorna Doone herself to appear.
The games, of course, are ?Scottish Heavy Athletics? involving the throwing (though sometimes carrying) of just about anything [...]

By Casey | Posted in Questionable...funny. Pointless., Travel, Warren | Comments (1)

With All Voices Now…

September 23, 2006 – 12:05 pm

Preaching to the choir, or encouraging them to sing louder? TrueMajorityACTION’s Take It Back campaign amuses, but will it motivate the middle? Will you join?
politics, progressive issues, t8k it <

By Casey | Posted in Politics & Controversy | Comments (2)

Kid Koala’s Fender Bender

September 22, 2006 – 12:09 pm

While looking up Bonobo — who is soon to have a new album out — I discovered not only some videos of his tunes, but also a path leading to videos from other Nijna Tune artists, including this goodie from Kid Koala.
electronica, fender bender, Kid Koala, music, video

By Casey | Posted in Books, Movies, Music | Comments (2)

namiacs

September 21, 2006 – 11:18 pm

mr. pro-life and his wife, kirsten faith pro-life
names, pro-life, politics

By Casey | Posted in Blink | Comments (0)

why not?

September 21, 2006 – 3:20 pm

does anybody know a way make a reverse-ordered — think countdown — ordered list without resorting to non-semantic (though ingenious) css tricks?
ordered list, lists, html, semantic markup

By Casey | Posted in Blink, Dispatches | Comments (1)

wp ssl

September 19, 2006 – 7:12 pm

one wonders why ssl support isn’t built-in to wp. until then, this noctis.de post offers some tips.

By Casey | Posted in Blink | Comments (0)

It Be Talk Like A Pirate Day, Matey

September 19, 2006 – 12:23 am

Hop to it, dogs. Peer an eye at thar video and argue not w’the cap’n:
Tuesday September 19th 2006 is Talk Like a Pirate Day! Talk Like a Pirate Day only comes once a year (on September 19th), this year it falls on a Tuesday. If you?re not ready yet, you can learn more about this [...]

By Casey | Posted in Books, Movies, Music | Comments (5)

Our Responsibility: Teach Our Children How To Talk Like A Pirate Early For Future Success

September 19, 2006 – 12:03 am

There’s no question that the video mentioned this morning is valuable resource for all of us, but our responsibility to our nation’s future demands more. The good folks at Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth NH are an example to us all with their series of instructional sessions in preparation for Talk Like A Pirate Day.
arrrr, [...]

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