Monthly Archives: October 2006

Presentation: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0

October 27, 2006 – 4:17 pm

MAIUG 2006 Philadelphia: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0 (interactive QuickTime with links or static PDF)
Web 2.0 and other ?2.0? monikers have become loaded terms. But as we look back at the world wide web of 1996, there can be little doubt that today’s web is better and more useful. Indeed, that seems to be [...]

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advice you didn’t ask for

October 22, 2006 – 2:30 am

On writing: First figure out your story, then tell it. Anything else is masturbatory.
writing, advice

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The Solution Is In Your Hands

October 21, 2006 – 12:17 am

currugated_film’s photo of graffitti in Oaxaca. The caption at Flickr notes that the text to the right says ?the solution is in your hands, the rocks are on the ground.?
graffiti, movement, populist, rocks, solution

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Two Ton: One Night, One Fight

October 20, 2006 – 10:19 am

Tony Day is June 28th, but today is the day I received my copy of Joe Monninger’s latest work, Two Ton: One Night, One Fight — Tony Galento v. Joe Louis.
I learned a lot about the characters and times during the two years of research Joe invested in the book, but other than sneaking peaks [...]

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All About Atlatls…or…Humans Need To Throw Things

October 19, 2006 – 7:22 pm

In classic Wikipedia-voice, an atlatl is…
An atlatl (from Nahuatl ahtlatl [?ah.t?at?]; in English pronounced [???t?l??t??][1] or [??t?l??t??][2]) or spear-thrower is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in spear-throwing, and includes a bearing surface which allows the user to temporarily store energy during the throw. [...] A well-made atlatl can readily achieve ranges [...]

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damn that’s big

October 18, 2006 – 7:14 pm

The Switzerland’s Verzasca Dam is now added to the list of places I’d like to visit.
Verzasca Dam, travel, places I’d like to visit

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Linkability Fertilizes Online Communities Redux

October 17, 2006 – 12:46 pm

I certainly don’t mean this to be as snarky as it’s about to come out, but I love the fact that Isaak questions my claim that linkability is essential to online discussions (and thus, communities) with a link:

Linkability Fertilizes Online Communities
I really don?t know how linkability will build communities. But we really need to work [...]

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GoogleSmacked

October 16, 2006 – 12:06 pm

At a time when people are still wowing over the Google-YouTube deal (and wondering why their 2.0 company didn’t get bought for $1.6 billion), it’s good to know that Marc Cantor is dead down on it. Not because of the copyright issues or ?limited? advertising potential of YouTube that others cite, but apparently because he [...]

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Cheap and Broken

October 15, 2006 – 12:19 pm

Above, one of Sandge’s contributions to the The Toy Cameras Pool reminds us that good photography is something that often happens despite the equipment, not because of it.
Of course, no sweeping generalization can go without argument, and in this case I think the toy camera enthusiasts would be joined by the glitch art aficionados, like [...]

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Flipbook Animation

October 13, 2006 – 2:12 pm

I love this flipbook animation on YouTube (jump ahead to about 3:05 for it), even if the live-action preface is somewhat tiresome. And even with that, it still doesn’t rate as bad as some viewers think it is.
This is the ?making of? / behind-the-scenes sneak peak at my upcoming movie ?Annihilation?.
I had hoped to finish [...]

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Cataloging Errors

October 12, 2006 – 12:01 pm

A bibliographic instruction quiz we used to use asked students how many of Dan Brown’s books could be found in our catalog. The idea was that attentive students would dutifully search by author for ?brown, dan,? get redirected to ?Brown, Dan 1964-,? and find three books. Indeed, the expected answer was ?three.?
As it turns out, [...]

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What Do You Call A Group Of Ninjas?

October 10, 2006 – 10:32 pm

From AskMeFi: ?You know, like gaggle of geese, murder of crows, school of fish, all that. Does a group of ninjas have some sort of descriptor? We’re talking many people in halloween costumes, how to address them together. The { blank }.?
Aside from the inevitable brush to Ask a Ninja, answers included:

sir, sir, sir, and [...]

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The Candy Bar Metaphor

October 10, 2006 – 12:33 pm

Eleta explained it this way, and credited it to R. David Lankes:
Your data:

Your metadata:

CANDY BAR, data, metadata, metaphor

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Butane Handwarmer

October 9, 2006 – 6:38 pm

Mt. Moriah, this time better than last time.
4000 footer, backpacking, camp stove, gorham, hike, hiking, mount moriah, mt moriah, new hampshire, primus stove, summit

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Eat-Rite Diner, St. Louis MO

October 7, 2006 – 12:29 am

Some time ago in St Louis, I stumbled upon Eat-Rite Diner. Aparently I wasn’t the first to be taken in by its charms. Yelp notes:
This is a MUST in St. Louis. However don’t go here for the friendly staff, good food, or fun atmosphere. This place is a joke! They will need to buzz you [...]

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