It is hard for me to believe that today marks our seventh wedding anniversary. Sometimes it seems like time has flown by, and at other times, it seems like we’ve been married for longer than seven years. We are really blessed. Some of the events of the past seven years include the [...]

I am enjoying a quiet Sunday morning, with everyone else still in bed. The house is peaceful and quiet. Outside, everything is covered in fresh snow. Since we cleaned last night before going to bed, everything is fairly tidy for once. Moments like this are pretty rare so I am savoring [...]

Below are some screen shots that illustrate some of what I discussed in my previous post about turning the library catalog inside out. I’ve purposely obscured or removed some identifying information. Also, I should mention that this whole new approach is still very much a work in progress, so what is shown in [...]

I’ve mentioned before that I am annoyed when universities don’t link to their libraries on their home page, forcing me to hunt for the link through some other link (e.g. to “Academics”) or dropdown menu.
What if, on a library’s home page, there was no link to its online catalog? What then? It may [...]

My thoughts today turn to an acquaintance who is very gravely ill and may not live much longer. Her name is Ines and she has a twin sister, Eva. I’ve known them all my life and also known that they have a rather interesting, and tragic, history. You see, they are survivors [...]

I’ve had a MeeboMe widget in place on the sidebar of this blog for a while without much traffic or contact from others. Recently however, some brave souls have begun to initiate contact in order to let me know what they think of FML. Usually I have no idea who they are, but [...]

I love Laurel and Hardy movies. I have fond memories of watching them on Super 8 mm movies while growing up. I grew up in a branch of Exclusive Brethren (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusive_Brethren for more detail) and we were not allowed to have TV. But we often rented movies in Super8 mm format [...]

Along with what I wrote about Apple’s new iPhone, I wanted to point out the existence of a Wired article that does a good job of articulating what I hope for and what I think might eventually be possible with a device such as the iPhone. Check out this article at www.wired.com/news/technology/gizmos/0,72477-0.html. I [...]

Many people have said that handheld computing is going to be huge; that cell phones or so-called “smart” phones will become increasingly powerful and feature-rich. But I have been much less than impressed with what I have seen thus far. That is, until I read about the iPhone introduced earlier this week by [...]

Last week about 45 employees from Endeavor lost their jobs as a result of the merger with Ex Libris. Among them are friends and former co-workers. I am not surprised that some were laid off; what surprises me is why some were laid off and others kept their jobs. Some who kept [...]