January 2011
14 posts
Financial Crisis Was Avoidable, Inquiry Concludes... →
Front page finger pointing!
It wouldn’t be one of journalism’s classic dramatic Ameritragicrisis situations unless somebody got blamed.
Banksy and the Simpsons Storyboard →
The Flu
Me: I'm dying.
Him: No you're not.
Me: Yes, I'm dying.
Him: Well, you probably have cells that are dying.
Me: ...
Him: I'm no good at this.
“(3) Geek Culture / Technical Communication
Technical conversations often...”
– Saw this today on a listserv I belong to.
1) First of all, I’d be remiss if I didn’t dispute the claim that the tech culture referred to here is entirely foreign to most American women. I’d say it’s foreign to most PEOPLE in America. To single out women is both sexist and...
WatchMy mom on Channel 13 in Houston being interviewed about the proposed elimination of the 22-to-1 (as in the one teacher for 22 students) rule. Maybe it’s just my bias, but I didn’t think the state senator there sounded very intelligent.
Local lawmaker pushes to increase student-teacher ratio
“Even if they deny it, many publishers are still in the “let’s defend the paper”...”
– iPad publishing: time to switch to v2.0 | Monday Note
“An e-reader just can’t compare to the heft and substance of a printed book...”
– Twitter / Remiel
I mentioned this point to some co-workers and they howled with laughter. Tells you a lot about librarians and their sense of humor.
Several people have also told me that I’m definitely weird enough to really enjoy being a librarian.
I think this new profession is going to...
