Archive for December, 2006
Posted by Nicole on December 12th, 2006 under Library School, Life
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I submitted my last final last night. That means that term #1 is over - 3 more to go. I have a break between now and January 8th (when term 2 starts) but it won’t be much of a break. I have a ton of holiday traveling and entertaining and shopping and [...]
Posted by Nicole on December 12th, 2006 under Link Sharing
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FPDFFPDF is a PHP class which allows to generate PDF files with pure PHP, that is to say without using the PDFlib library.
Thinkature - Real-time collaboration for the web
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Posted by Nicole on December 11th, 2006 under Just for Fun, Library School
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Okay, I have 1/2 a final left (which I’m stalling on - can’t you tell?) and I’m done done done! I have already gotten my grade for one class and am waiting to hear on the other one.
But the point of my post is that I haven’t had time to log into Bloglines [...]
Posted by Nicole on December 7th, 2006 under Browsers
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How can you ever user 200 Firefox extensions? And what resolution do you need your computer set at to actually see a web page in a browser with that many toolbars?
Posted by Nicole on December 6th, 2006 under Browsers
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So I head over to the Apple Store (online) to drool over the iPods I can’t afford and what happens? The CSS doesn’t load up for the page so I have a full text version - actually it looks like a mobile version of the page. It’s very difficult to navigate and there are [...]
Posted by Nicole on December 5th, 2006 under Library School, Life
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Yep - that’s right - it’s time for me to finish up my first term. If you don’t see me writing for the next week - that’s why.
Posted by Nicole on December 5th, 2006 under Link Sharing
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Research and Documentation Online
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Posted by Nicole on December 3rd, 2006 under Link Sharing
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dumpr - fun with your flickr
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Posted by Nicole on December 2nd, 2006 under Link Sharing
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Apple - Get a Mac - Watch The TV Ads
Christmas Movies Schedule
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Posted by Nicole on December 1st, 2006 under Just for Fun
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My husband and I have been “discussing” when the right time to put up the Christmas tree is. Decorating my house is my favorite part of Christmas - he feels we should at least wait until December. Well it’s December!!
In honor of my holiday cheer, I want to share a handy holiday movies [...]
Posted by Nicole on December 1st, 2006 under Library, Online Tools & Tips
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Judith points us to a very handy portal just for librarians. The Internet Library for Librarians provides a:
list of library-related electronic lists and newsgroups devoted to cataloging. There is a list of products for privacy protection and online security. The Librarian's Toolbox links to things like Label Maker, ShelveIt!, Link Checker, Internet Library for [...]
Posted by Nicole on December 1st, 2006 under Blogs/Blogging, RSS/RSS Aggregators
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Thanks Steven for pointing me to Marshall Kirkpatrick’s post on keeping up.
RSS feeds make it possible to consume far more information at a faster pace than would otherwise be possible for the human brain. That said, many people experience a new level of information overload once they begin reading feeds. Here’s an overview of how [...]
Posted by Nicole on December 1st, 2006 under Just for Fun, Library
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Okay, I’m done laughing now.
Steven pointed me to an interesting post about librarian bloggers.
There's an ENTIRE SUBCULTURE OF LIBRARIANS WHO BLOG out there. A sad, bizarre subculture. “Canuck Librarianâ€Â. “New Jack Librarianâ€Â. “Catalogablogâ€Â. “Diary of a Subversive Librarianâ€Â, even. LIBRARIANS. Who BLOG. What in the HELL could they have to BLOG about??
As you [...]