Download Squad just pointed me towards a huge list of freeware apps. Neowin’s Freeware Alternative List includes freeware apps from 3D graphics to Webcam tools.

I just read about TripConnect on Lifehacker.
TripConnect, Inc. is an online service that allows people to get travel advice from people they know, others who share similar interests, and also from established and relevant information sources.
Sounds pretty interesting.

I was just going through the program for Computers in Libraries (again) so that I could fill in my schedule on the CIL wiki. I have to say that the schedule this year is not friendly to us web folks. I want to attend every session in every track on Wednesday - and [...]

I don’t get it! Why is it that everyone is out to get the Wikipedia? Why is it that no one seems to realize that it’s a great invention and is not meant to replace your usual sources of information - but to promote community - and learning for that matter?
How? Well, when I [...]

Woman’s Day magazine wants to hear how libraries have changed your life.
It's long been acknowledged that libraries have the power to transform lives. Beginning today, Woman's Day magazine wants to hear about it.
As part of its latest editorial initiative, Woman's Day magazine is collecting stories on how the library has changed its readers' lives. The [...]

These are great!! I’ve mentioned NumSum, TrimSpreadsheet and JotStpot Tracker in the past. Now there’s iRows.

Manage your data online, access it anywhere, anytime
Share your data with friends, family or the entire world
Display your data on any web site, change it here, and all sites change automatically
Compute, chart, and analyze your data online

Thanks Webosphere.

Being on the verge of going back to school this (very interesting) post by Caveat Lector scares me a little.
The post rants on a bit about how the most poorly taught classes in library school happen to be the core classes - the ones you need to take.
I really hate to say it, but [...]

Today I attended Weblogs & Libraries: Communication, Conversation, and the Blog People presented by Michael Stephens. Even though I got in late (there was a class in the room we were using) and had to leave early (for my own blog presentation) I was glad I attended. I can’t wait for the archived file [...]

On our new Intranet we allow the staff to pick up to 3 RSS feeds to be published right on their homepage. We used a PHP Class called LastRSS as our parser. We were able to customize it to pull URLs out our database and to make it display things the way we [...]

Lifehacker had a great tip yesterday. ExpressPDF converts your web page, Word document or Excel spreadsheet to a PDF for free - can’t beat that.
While we’re on the subject (and I’ve mentioned this before) there is also a great tool to convert your RSS feed to a PDF it’s called RSS 2 PDF and it’s [...]

Thank Sites & Soundbytes for letting me know about the USA Today blogs. There are 9 blogs in 6 categories to choose from - so go check it out.

Make sure to visit the carnival at Grumpator.

I just finished a site for a client who had purchased his domain through MSN. The package includes domain name and email addresses at that domain. He could then download his messages to Outlook or read them via Hotmail. I thought this was a nice idea until we had to try and [...]

The unofficial Computers in Libraries 2006 Conference wiki is now up and running.
Tag: cil2006

The Conversation, Community, Connection, and Collaboration: Practical, New Technologies for User-Centered Services’ Road Show made it’s first stop and this post by Teresa Koltzenburg makes me wish I was there.

A while ago people were taking this quiz (mentioned on It’s All Good) - but I figured I’d fail - so I didn’t. Today I took it and to my surprise I got a fitting score:
Aspiring Librarian
You scored 44% on knowledge of librarianship.
You’re getting there - you know more than most people about libraries. [...]

I just got a message from Codewalkers that there was a new PHP Class available for download - and it’s a good one!! I have written this complicated script to get RSS feeds for our site - this class would have made my life easier - so I’m sharing it with you all - [...]

I just found this nifty search engine, Omgili is a search engine that searches forum threads. This will come in handy next time I’m looking for help writing a program.

I know how AJAX works - meaning I’ve seen it in action, but I just found this handy guide, AJAX Matters.
AJAX Matters is an informational site about AJAX (short for “Advanced Javascripting and XML” or “Asynchronous JavaScripting and XML”) and how these technologies are applied to web development.
Now I just need to find the time [...]

I was stumbling - since all of my blogs are marked read - and I found Textpattern.
A free, flexible, elegant, easy-to-use content management system for all kinds of websites, even weblogs.
I don’t have time to play with it - but it sounds pretty nify and the screenshots are pretty nice too.

I just logged into Bloglines to do some reading and I accidentally clicked on the main folder with all of my feeds and that marked all of my feeds as read!! I had over 800 posts to read through and now they’re all marked as read This is something I wish I [...]

This weekend my husband and I are going back to our alma mater, Juniata College, to participate in a career event on campus. It has been almost 5 years since we’ve been back so we’re excited! If I’m quite it’s because I couldn’t find wireless in the hotel we’re staying at - but [...]

Let me start by saying my husband thinks I’m crazy. This morning I was reading through some of my blogs and got all excited because Chris tagged me!
So here I go:
Four jobs I've had:
1. Salesperson (candle store, jewelry store, best buy)
2. Human Resources (student) assistant
3. Web Assistant
4. Web Manager
Four movies I can (and do) [...]

A while back I mentioned fun logo making sites - but what if they don’t have the font you need? Lifehacker pointed me to the TV/Movie related fonts at TypeNow.

Number of songs sold on iTunes in the past three years: 850 million.
Number of songs traded on P2P file-sharing networks during the same time: 90 billion
850 million iTunes songs/ 42 million iPods = 20 songs/ iPod.
Over three years that comes to people spending an average of $7 a year on music at the iTunes store.
This [...]