Archive for the ‘Oddments’ Category
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Haunting poem.
Leddy on academic entitlement.
Why I don't use "lol" in emails. Example 2 is the killer.
Brooks on the benevolent power of institutional thinking.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city? Wonder no more with the Ground Zero Calculator. [via Librarian of Fortune]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
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Doomsday for 2009 is ... Saturday.
Mary Ellen Bates says goodbye to several Google apps, and ponders Microsoft's persistent relevance. I'll miss Google Notebook, myself.
Better ways to run a workshop. And some damn fine YouTube examples of Patrick McGoohan at work.
Chris Blattman summarizes Rapture indicators from ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Economic downturn hitting public libraries. Also, library fines.
Another popularly focused article on the digital dark age; it proposes using open-source rather than proprietary file formats.
The best suit for your body type.
Proto-scholar learns the hard way to ask the right people for process advice. No one would blame her for feeling ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
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Here's the regular daily 'scope:
People are more impressed by your efficiency than by your eagerness to please. You need to back up your smiles with an authentic performance. Additional diplomacy must be carried in your toolbox.
Here's usually the most interesting thing. Let's make a ...
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Very few people walking about, but I noticed a few folks standing at the base of the flagpole near the quad. Before today, I could not have told you that a flagpole stood there. I looked up and saw the flag at half-mast. And then, of course, it clicked.
I walked ...
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