IFLA Newspaper Conference: Alison Stevenson & Elizabeth Styron
Alison and Elizabeth from the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre, part of the Victoria University of Wellington, are the next presenters in the technical pan...
Lazy Americans, Indeed
I’m on my way to Salt Lake City for the IFLA conference. I was walking to my gate a few minutes ago, after going through the security checkpoint at BWI. Just...
Real Life Creative Commons Success Story
If you didn’t know, I have a Flickr Photostream to which I post most of the interesting photos I take. I have also posted a lot of my old photos to the photo...
Neurotic Roomba
Hedda and I are big fans of the Roomba robotic vacuum. It’s really great on our hardwood floors, and I routinely use it in the kitchen to get the crumbs and...
Windows Genuine Advantage Nagging Is Too Late
Microsoft has kicked off a new era in its history recently, actively nagging users who are using counterfeit or pirated versions of their operating system so...
A Worthless Observation on Massachusetts Aveneue and Scott Circle
I’m not sure what it is, but no fewer than four times now have I been interrupted on my walk home from the gym by an occupant of a vehicle asking for directi...
Spinning Platters of Death
Last week, my hard drive died on my laptop. Unfortunately, due to my own negligence, the last backup was made in December. I lost some fairly important data,...