St. Paul: That's a Wrap, written 4 hours ago, Carol Highsmith brings us more (copyright-free) photos from the closing-night convention festivities in the Twin Cities: John McCain accepts the presidential nomination Sarah Palin waves to the delegates As in Denver, St. Paul had its share of protesters...

NFL Athlete Number 73 - John Hannah, written 2 weeks ago, John Hannah, who was one of the first great lineman for the New England Patriots, is also the best NFL athlete to ever wear the uniform number 73.Hannah, drafted out of Alabama in the 1973 NFL draft, played his entire career with the Pats bet...

Unique GLLS2008 Presentations, written 2 days ago, There's an interesting post on Future-making Serious Games titled Retro Remakes Competition: Serious Gaming For Accessibility that includes a call for "entrants to create accessible updated counterparts of real or imagined arcade games from the...

The next phase of libraries rolls into town, written 4 hours ago, csmonitor.com - "In a time when practically any question can be answered through a Google search, brick-and-mortar libraries are evolving to remain relevant."

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Report: The International Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, written 1 day ago, The company Research and Markets Ltd. has issued a reported entitled "The International Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories (cost EUR 96). The report description says:The study presents data from...

Acidity and burning sensation in chest, written 1 day ago, Q. Why acidity is experienced after eating spicy food? What is the reason for burning sensation in the chest whereas secretion of acid takes place in the stomach? A. There is no increase of acid in the stomach during acidity. If some adverti...

LinkedIn Groups Now Have Discussions, written 6 days ago, Now anyone in the Law Librarians Group at LinkedIn can start and engage in a discussion. I did a little test and I think it looks pretty cool.

Living a green life, and having the smallest polluting footprint possible is something that many people consider when making decisions for their home and garden. Everything from green household cleaners to organic fertilizers for your gardening needs are

Luxury Bathrooms, written 1 day ago, The bathroom is the new design frontier. In urban apartments and at large secluded estates, adventurous home owners and the nation's top designers are breaking the old rules, using space and materials in dramatic new ways and reimagining just what a bathroom can ...

Chrome Plaited, written 3 days ago, Even as a child, I didn't like comics much... I'm a fan of the well-crafted paragraph -- perhaps part of this is that writing is within my reach, whereas drawing is another thing entirely. But its a visual age we...

Ubiquity by Mozilla, written 1 day ago, Ubiqiuty by Mozilla I suppose this is only for power internet users as most casual surfers would probably stare blankly if you said something like, "I love how the open API allows me to mashup my Yelp with my Twitter." I will be keeping an eye on thi...

Addressing Names, Nicknames and Pet Names in Writing, written 6 hours ago, When you're addressing someone, that is, calling them by name (pet name, nick name, title as a name, etc), the person's name must be offset with a comma - always.See, there is this thing with commas that any part of the sente...

Wireless Extenders YX 510-PCS/CEL Dual Band Cell Phone Signal Booster, written 1 hour ago, wireless Extenders YX 510-PCS/CEL Dual Band cell phone Signal Booster2 min - Feb 13, 2008 Designed for consumers, the zBoost cell phone signal booster extends a zBoost Cell Zone for single or multiple users in...

One Laptop signs up with Amazon, written 8 hours ago, One Laptop signs up with AmazonOnline retailer Amazon will help the One Laptop Per Child organisation with its plans to sell its XO laptop in the US.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7599652.stm

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Online Computer Dictionaries, written 2 days ago, Computer terms can sometimes sound like a foreign language. FOLDOC, the Free Online Dictionary of Computing, and techdictionary are online dictionaries that can help. In addition to computer terms, they also contain Internet and telecommunications te...

An advocacy group of Canadian librarians formed in 2004 whose goal is to heighten awareness on current issues as they pertain to the profession. The Committee of Concerned Librarians, CCL

Raiders ot the Lost Archive - SAA conference in San Francisco, written 1 week ago, The transportation for this trip was a replay of what happened to the OCLS - take the train to Jamaica, the monorail to JFK and then fly nonstop to the West. There was some issue with the weather, so they flew us furt...

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