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?

Bloglines - Shelf Check #183

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

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Shelf Check

Shelf Check #183 By Emily Lloyd

Bloglines - Batman Crossing

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

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Neatorama The Neat Side of the Web

Batman Crossing By Alex on Pictures From Flickr user ben_templesmith, here's Dadadada dadadada … the Batman Crossing! via Loris Z Comments

Bloglines - When Geeks Go to a War Protest

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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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Neatorama The Neat Side of the Web

When Geeks Go to a War Protest By Alex on Weapons & War Thanks Bailey! Previously on Neatorama: Stop War Shadow Graffiti Comments

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

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.