Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Mildly attractive men

Hilarious! The Mildly attractive men of SLIS at the University of South Carolina 2008 calendar...is it on YOUR wish list? It sure isn't on mine, but made me smile as a cute fundraising idea.

How about a "Passably attractive men of LIS calendar" for the iSchool?

Monday, January 28, 2008

Bloglines - Shelf Check #183

Bloglines user mmwong@u.washington.edu has sent this item to you, with the following personal message:

This made me chuckle...brace yourself for these questions!


Shelf Check

Shelf Check #183

By Emily Lloyd


Friday, January 18, 2008

Bloglines - Batman Crossing

Bloglines user mmwong@u.washington.edu has sent this item to you, with the following personal message:

i'm dedicating this post to jack, silverfish co-editor/publicity guy, prolific reviewer, and lover of comics.


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Batman Crossing

By Alex on Pictures

From Flickr user ben_templesmith, here's Dadadada dadadada … the Batman Crossing! via Loris Z

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Bloglines - When Geeks Go to a War Protest

Bloglines user mmwong@u.washington.edu has sent this item to you, with the following personal message:

my blogging goal for the new year is to write original content instead of annotating someone else's posts...but here's another forward--i thought it was a nice markup language joke.


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When Geeks Go to a War Protest

By Alex on Weapons & War

Thanks Bailey!

Previously on Neatorama: Stop War Shadow Graffiti

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Tidbits from this week's American Libraries Direct newsletter

Bookmark exhibition

IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) study in conjunction with the University of Washington to examine the benefits of free access computers in public libraries

15 publishing trends to watch (from Publishers' Weekly)--I was most interested by #6: using XML will no longer be considered optional

From the Common Craft Show, a video called "Online Photo Sharing in Plain English"--helpful for explaining to people new to sites like Flickr

Top Tech Trends, as reported by Lauren Pressley who attended the session at American Library Association's midwinter conference in Philly

Saturday, January 12, 2008

What's so special about manga?

Want to know the difference between manga, comics and graphic novels? Here's an interview with Robin Brenner (author of the No Flying, No Tights website) on the Bookslut blog.

Ideal footwear for the iSchool student?


Tired of blending in with your Danskos? Try these iShoes.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Bloglines - Bibliophile Tattoo

Bloglines user mmwong@u.washington.edu has sent this item to you, with the following personal message:

This is commitment. What library or info sci related tattoo would you get? I guess there's always a Dewey Decimal number, but that's kinda cliche. Hey, if anyone is reading this, I'll sponsor a mini contest--if you comment to this post with your tattoo idea and it's my favorite (or the only), AND your name is not Jamie/Jack/Nancy or Chuck, I'll buy you a cup of coffee or tea.


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Bibliophile Tattoo

By Alex on Tattoo, Etc.

And who says that a book lover can't be badass? Here's a bibliophile dictionary definition tattoo, from Flickr user bibliogrrl: Link

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