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June 2010

May 2010

31: What a weekend!
19: Where I’ve been

March 2010

February 2010

21: Some of my favorite newer iPhone apps
21: Ice fishing for the first time
12: The Olympics and me

January 2010

December 2009

21: Google real time search on my iPhone
21: Tristan turns 9
12: Sweet dreams
05: Photography dreams
01: Christmas time

November 2009

28: Blogging won’t die
27: An informal review of Waze vs. Google Maps
26: What I want to be when I grow up, revisited
25: A look back at six weeks of change
24: Figuring out Google Wave
21: Another cockatoo in our house
21: Goodbye, Flickr
07: Hide and Seek
07: Moon Shot with iPhone
07: A Hospital Stay
04: Goodbye, Firefox
01: Trick or Treat

October 2009

25: Hateful Halloween
24: Gabbro Cabin

September 2009

August 2009

July 2009

29: Dear Facebook: I quit
06: 4th of July

June 2009

May 2009

24: Baby robins
15: What do I use my iPhone for, really?
07: Mobile view
07: Farewell, NASIG?

April 2009

23: 1 Peter 2:20
19: Lincoln Park Zoo, revisited

March 2009

08: Sonny Boy

February 2009

14: NASIG Election for 2009
14: Looking forward to Spring

January 2009

December 2008

November 2008

October 2008

26: Dynamic OpenURL lookup with document delivery
26: Missing church again
18: Speedy Brinley
11: A quick trip to beautiful Milwaukee
03: Sick and tired and overwhelmed

September 2008

August 2008

July 2008

31: Tristan has mono
28: A happy birthday
23: Applying new lipstick on an old pig
22: Library architecture in photographs
22: WordPress app for the iPhone and iPod Touch
21: The class is drawing to a close
17: Continuous publication
16: What is Enterprise 2.0?
16: How to deal with intense frustration
11: Revisiting the soundbite issue
09: The soundbite phenomenon
07: Post print in hand
07: Another trip to Volo Bog
04: My sweet kids

June 2008

27: Grammar pet peeves [Updated]
24: Free is good
21: All you need to know
17: The course so far…
13: Brinley and the big “seagulls”
11: Extreme focus on user experience in the context of the web
03: A great (but too short) vacation [Updated]

May 2008

27: Death of a friend
26: A free (yes, free) XML workshop
26: Comments missing for a long while
25: Punk haircuts
24: Gearing up for summer teaching
24: NASIG presentation work
23: A new website for NASIG
23: Really annoying Microsoft Office limitation
18: Preparing for the next several weeks
14: E-Journals Access and Management book update
13: New library building at The University of Chicago
13: Spring 2008 issue of LIBRA from The University of Chicago Library
08: I love cleaning and I’m a man
08: How I feel about most meetings
04: Fun and games
03: Getting our van serviced

April 2008

28: The Encyclopedia of Me: C is for contentment
28: Change to iPod Touch
24: An update about my first poll
22: Sick today
22: Poll: What motivates you to comment on a post (or not)?
20: Pray for a friend
20: A real man’s cleaning tool
19: Did you get it?
18: Interesting feed analysis tool
18: Earthquakes and cougars and bears, oh my!
17: Cohen, the caped crusader
16: I detest marketers [Updated]
16: He-Man
15: Six years of blogging
15: A sad day for one cougar
14: What a loooong day
13: A visit to Hausermann’s Orchids
12: Hillsong
12: Top ten posts of the past week
11: My Grandma’s scrapbook
11: What I want to be when I grow up
10: Having computers understand what humans write
09: Upcoming book on e-resource management in libraries
09: Some cataloging history
07: My version of “Lots of links to David”
07: Followup to UKSG blog plug
07: UKSG 2008 underway
07: Too much time spent online
06: A trip to Volo Bog
04: Getting value out of conference attendance
04: Throwing something at someone
03: I’m tired and I want to go to bed
03: Back to using Meebo
03: A special anniversary
02: NASIG 2008 election results [Updated]

March 2008

31: Back to work
29: New pets added to our menagerie
29: Upgraded to WordPress 2.5
28: A trip to the Field Museum in photos
25: NASIG 2008 award winners
25: Faster is better
24: An introductory session on the social web
24: LibraryOKRA.com
24: GSLIS publications digitized
23: A tag cloud for FML
23: Pulling the plug and loving it
23: What a mess
22: Trying out a new commenting add-on
20: The future of corporate websites
20: NASIG 2009 conference site announced
19: Book chapter
19: BI, oh my
18: Sort of back to normal
18: What’s going on here
08: I’m awake but wish I wasn’t
03: Link meme
01: News about changes at UIUC Library
01: Away from family
01: LibraryThing’s newest employee

February 2008

27: Cold and snowy
22: Ten steps to successful project management
22: Hello kitty
12: Do comments work or not? [Updated]
12: Need recommendations for a new web host
09: Birthday boy
09: Cohen turns four
07: McCain
06: Snow bound

January 2008

12: Newsgator is worth a try
10: Sweet sixteen
09: Walking the walk
06: The Internet can be a wonderful resource
01: A good cry
01: What’s been happening

December 2007

23: Cohen in a Can
22: Mental health hotline
16: Ugh
16: A bit too close to reality
13: Zotero on steroids
12: Lens @ UChicago
12: Pulling the plug
11: License-free bibliographic data [Updated]
10: Am I where I should be professionally?
10: Falling from a tree
09: Violence continues

November 2007

27: Unusual wording
26: Everyone’s special
26: Answers to Roy Tennant’s questions
24: Married to a fool
17: Have I sold my soul to…Google?
17: I’ve joined SLA
17: Sick, sick, sick
11: Hard to believe
09: A conversation overheard
02: Comparing the Library of Congress to Wal-Mart

October 2007

25: Right on target
18: Use of Google widget to improve cataloging of images
18: Are libraries that far behind?
17: Meet Champ
15: Something is coming to town
14: Answers.com plugin
13: Library profession ranks high on depression
06: Keegan’s football team
06: Brinley turns 5

September 2007

30: Sunday morning at home
28: Upgrade
27: The Writing on the Wall
27: Funk or not?
25: Proposing an online course for NASIG
23: Photos from visit to the Shedd Aquarium
23: Chicago is a beautiful city
19: Danger, danger!
10: A picture is worth… [Updated]
09: The Encyclopedia of Me: B is for brothers
07: If you’re in it for popularity
07: A wrinkle in time
04: A wild wedding weekend in Wisconsin

August 2007

29: Kids say the funniest things
26: Water, water, everywhere
20: Analysis of federated search
19: Some things old, some things new
17: How you scan the news
15: Behind the scenes
12: No comment
06: Wicked!
04: The Encyclopedia of Me: A is for anxious
03: Tomatoes and Tommy Makem
01: Ugh, it’s August already

July 2007

30: Travellers now home
27: Lordy, Lordy Look Who’s…
25: Nothing ventured, nothing gained
24: An open letter to myself
22: The importance of a local public library
21: Boys gone to Canada
21: Some garden photos
20: Pointing fingers at what is not understood
20: Roadblock to full OpenURLness [Updated]
20: NASIG Site Selection Survey results published
20: Developing an acq/serials module without subject expertise?
19: You need to flock to Flock
16: Accidents happen
15: A brief review of blog traffic for the past year
14: Movies galore
13: All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
12: If you notice weirdness…
11: New functionality from Zotero
11: A reaction to notes from the third Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
10: My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 29th through July 10th
07: Civil War
05: Zotero is an amazing tool
02: NASIG online store open for business
01: Funny library video

June 2007

30: Funny cartoon
25: A gardening weekend
24: Behind the scenes: Technical Services in a public library
23: Now I know more about the iPhone
22: A favorite photo
21: Hostage situation in Arcola, Illinois
19: My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 15th through June 19th
15: Speaking of blue feet…
15: Blue feet and happiness
14: My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 12th through June 14th
14: Updated publications page
14: The power and peril of blogs
12: More blog changes
11: My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 6th through June 11th
11: Wish I could…
11: Additional thoughts and comments from NASIG 2007
10: NASIG 2007 photos
10: Social network frenzy
09: Responses to OCLC criticism
09: The "dark side" discussion [Updated]
08: Editor indecisiveness
07: Enhancing the ability to comment
06: Staying current: a survey response
06: Proposal for e-resources management course
06: Breaking news: CIC libraries to join Google Book project
06: My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 15th through May 31st
04: Some NASIG conference impressions

May 2007

30: FML branding
30: Attending NASIG
29: OCLC: the Microsoft of the Library World?
29: Anyone have a job for Walt Crawford? [Updated]
29: A full weekend
25: Mobile banking: the missing link
25: Excellent advice from Dan Chudnov
20: A trip to Milaeger’s
19: Mobilized
19: WordPress upgrade and other things
16: Mighty to save
15: You do not know
14: My del.icio.us bookmarks for May 2nd through May 14th
08: Skype for Mobile
08: Another perspective on haves and have nots

April 2007

29: I love my new Blackberry
27: Twittering from Mayo
18: Google as a vast online storage library
17: Life is hard
17: Some crystal ball reflections
16: My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 6th through April 16th
16: Spring 2007 issue of LIBRA: LIBrary Reports and Announcements
16: LiveSerials: read what’s happening at UKSG
15: RSS can save you money
15: Chicago as possible site for Olympics
14: divShare converts videos to Flash
14: Speaking at UIUC GSLIS and NASIG
12: I now know why I am tired and grumpy
09: LibraryThing for Libraries: a great idea
09: The value of quality in metadata
06: Going to Mayo
06: Linda Smith honored

March 2007

29: My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 12th through March 29th
17: Hallelujah and Praise the Lord!
11: A sweet face
11: My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 1st through March 11th
11: SFX and convenience for users
11: Another Steve Oberg is blogging
11: Twitterpated
05: A visit to the Shedd Aquarium
03: Great article on LibraryThing
03: Foiled by technology

February 2007

25: A mention by Peter Suber
25: 1970
24: My del.icio.us bookmarks for February 21st through February 24th
23: divShare: a new discovery
23: Jeff hams it up
22: A diagnosis at last
22: Bizarre toilet usage habits
19: My del.icio.us bookmarks for February 18th through February 19th
18: A photo from my third birthday
18: Discouraging illness
17: I thought it wouldn’t come to this
15: WorldCat Identities
13: Singing happy birthday to Cohen [Updated]
13: Just snow you know
12: The Dixie Chicks + The Simpsons
12: Birthday photos
09: Cohen turns three
08: Thoughts on the future of e-journal management and access
08: No teaching this year
04: Photo features in Wordpress
02: This is not who I am, really
01: Remembering five years ago

January 2007

29: Seven years
28: A quiet Sunday morning
21: More on turning the catalog inside out
20: Turning the catalog inside out
17: Kindertransport
15: Usefulness of Meebo
14: Babes in Toyland
14: Reality distortion field
13: iPhone: iWant1
09: Merger fallout
09: Revamped site
08: Another test
08: Wii…I like it!
03: Fall of the axe

December 2006

November 2006

22: Giving thanks
21: Well, well, well
19: Landing a 747 on grass
11: Professionalism, or lack thereof
04: A quick conference trip to Washington, D.C.

October 2006

30: Libraries and future students: getting personal
30: Memories in photographs
03: Capacity for evil

September 2006

18: Time passes by

August 2006

26: Piano playing
24: An alignment of stars? Google Book Search and library holdings
23: The Abbott Report
09: A virtual visit with LibraryThingers
09: Back and forth about tags, categories
05: Some new feature goodies
03: A well-respected librarian and colleague dies
03: A mention in the Carnival
01: A discussion with Karen Calhoun
01: Amazon moves into library business

July 2006

30: Wild kingdom at the Obergs, redux
25: Indiana sniper suspect news
25: Social web stuff at UIUC
25: Visibility of library on organizational websites
25: NASIG newsletter transformed into blog
25: When you build it and they don’t come
19: A dream come true
16: Those who really like me
16: Some site statistics
16: Light at the end of the tunnel
09: Fireworks on the 4th
09: Fun on the 4th of July
02: TagFetch
01: LibraryThing and the moose
01: Praise you in the storm
01: Some excellent advice about writing
01: State of the library blogosphere, 2006
01: Maybe I’m just being grumpy

June 2006

28: My unofficial principles of licensing
28: Storm in the night
25: Fun at Chain O’ Lakes State Park
25: Brinley with hairbrush stuck in her hair
24: …and these people expect to be taken seriously?! [Updated]
24: Enabling blog updates via email
24: Finally getting to investigate some much-hyped services
24: Flock beta version released
23: This summer's class
23: Recent photos of some of the Obergs
23: Cohen having a bath
20: Start of class
10: Not sure where to even begin
04: Some beautiful weather

May 2006

29: Portable browsers
28: Long time without writing
21: A new house
21: Barbaro breaks a leg
11: Cohen hams for the camera
10: New start date
09: Site was hacked
08: A welcome reprieve
07: Top ten weirdest TV shows for children
07: Fascinated with flying
07: A significant milestone for Brinley and Cohen
06: RSS feed problem solved
06: A funny video of Keegan
05: Pining for NASIG
03: Problem with my RSS feed
03: My big news
03: What’s been happening
03: EndUser 2006 notes on opening session [Updated]

April 2006

27: Tragedy at Taylor University
27: Struggling with more illness
22: EndUser 2006 photos and other impressions [Updated]
18: Gaming @ UIUC Library
17: Fun-filled weekend
14: Fun stuff from The University of Chicago Library
11: To squee or not to squee
09: Cohen’s second birthday
09: Good news, sad news
09: Feeling a lot better
06: I won’t blog for awhile

March 2006

February 2006

28: A dark period
22: Father Blogga
20: Google Scholar ties into Open WorldCat (finally) [Updated]
17: Google Talk embedded in GMail: I like it!
17: NASIG 2006 Conference registration
14: Where have library systems vendors gone astray?
13: What I do for a living
12: Keeping track of books I’ve read
07: Revised, official slate of NASIG candidates
04: Dryer boys
03: This blog highlighted by Answers.com

January 2006

30: A wonderful anniversary weekend
24: Home delivery for libraries
22: The last shall be first and the first shall be last
22: The weekend thus far [Updated]
21: Here, Fishy Fishy!
21: Keegan’s 14th birthday party
20: A public park for your brain
18: Two gadgets away from nirvana
17: I’m not the only one who is sick of Web 2.0 term
17: NASIG announces slate of candidates for 2006
16: Kids play dress up
16: Photos from Tristan’s 5th birthday party
15: Hope for the helpless
14: Blog visitors: some interesting facts and figures [Updated]
14: Mixing work and blogging
12: Opening yourself up to the world
11: ACRL supports open access publishing
11: Eating my words
11: Keegan turns 14
06: Illinois dumps Michigan State
05: Christmas photo of kids
04: Disappointed with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
04: Upgrade to WordPress 2.0
04: LibraryThing and RSS/HTML feeds

December 2005

26: Christmas is over
22: Tristan turns five
22: ONIX for Serials and MARC21 for Holdings
22: UKSG allows open access
22: Some Thoughts on RDA and ILS vendors [Updated]
22: Shark attacks NZ racing boat
22: Posting from You’re It reviewing the past year in tags
21: Some things I’m thankful for
19: NASIG 2006 preliminary conference information
19: Questions about tagging
15: Baseball volumes returned to U. of I.
15: Course on e-resource management
09: Inner circles in library blogland
09: Library of Congress goes Unicode
06: Death is part of life
04: Christmas party
03: Thoughts about Christmas
03: The days go by…

November 2005

October 2005

25: Keegan has a “revolution”
25: Yet more new features from Google? [Updated again]
24: The new Sherlock Holmes with Rupert Everett
24: Marketing to evangelicals
24: A friend lands an interesting job
24: Flock: some first impressions [Updated]
24: Tagyu, an automated tagging assistant [Updated]
21: My sister in the news
20: RSS for UIUC GSLIS
20: Roy Tennant to give Windsor Lecture at UIUC GSLIS
20: Updating course on technical services functions
20: Interesting quote comparing Microsoft to Google
20: E-Archiving tools the next big thing? [Updated]
19: FRBR Blog
19: Changes to this blog
19: My profile on LibraryThing
17: Some thoughts on tagging [Updated]
16: Cohen in the bath
12: New iTunes includes video download
12: Hotkeys now available for Bloglines
12: Procrastination
12: RSS tutorial
11: Chicago Botanic Gardens
11: Ann Arbor (MI) District Library’s website
11: Answers.com added to Firefox
11: Google Desktop
11: How to redirect from my old blog?
11: NASIG ‘06 Call for Proposals
11: In memoriam: Marla Schwartz
11: Google Reader
11: Getting my feet wet with podcasts
11: A good weekend
07: List of countries I’ve visited
07: Chicago is allergy capital of the U.S., apparently
03: LibraryThing is cool

September 2005

12: Tired out
04: The first week

August 2005

July 2005

31: Status of our move
15: Dell falls off the Cluetrain | Perspectives | CNET News.com
14: Struggling to finish
01: We’re leaving Indiana

June 2005

02: A wedding weekend
02: Keegan goes fishing

May 2005

April 2005

30: Who wears the skirt in our family
30: Fortune cookie proverb
30: Some family photos
30: A sorry Saturday
29: Bad day for Michele
28: Yet another anti-blog statement by a “librarian” (Updated)
28: More good days for Michele
26: “I don’t have to go to the library…”
24: Three good days in a row
24: Weird Sunday in April
22: New email update feature
21: LISFeeds
21: Not much news about Michele
21: Wireless goes bust
21: Upcoming LEEP course on technical services
21: Serials blog?
20: Weird job title
20: Pingu
19: Adventure to Carmel
18: Three year anniversary
18: Bloglines and “Getting it”
18: Like a little child
18: A new Miss Marple
18: God’s Will
18: Adobe to buy Macromedia
17: First mowing of the year
16: What to do on a Saturday
15: Mother leaves
15: Problems with WordPress
15: Matt’s guide to blogging
15: MRI results for Michele
14: Lilly Fund loses 20% of value
13: No real news yet
13: Lecture @ UIUC GSLIS
11: Some important kid milestones
11: How things are going
11: Wired News: Open-Access Journals Flourish
08: MRI experience
08: Michele having MRI this afternoon
07: 1,000 babies killed today
06: EEG results for Michele
06: “The great echo chamber”
06: Neurologist appointment for Michele
05: Crisis point
04: Michele’s condition worsens
02: She called it the 3 a.m. feeling
02: Libraries using Drupal
02: Defining the Relations Between Blogs, E-zines, RSS and E-mail
02: He Giveth More Grace
02: Cousteau Sub Mimics Great White
01: Macworld: News: Google to increase Gmail’s inbox to 2GB and more
01: Is desktop search secure?
01: News update re Michele

March 2005

31: College Faculties A Most Liberal Lot, Study Finds (washingtonpost.com)
31: Attack on pundit at Earlham College
31: How much faith?
31: Teaching @ UIUC GSLIS
30: Sittin’ on the front porch, just a swingin’
30: Website redesign process
29: Crerar Library News
29: CNN.com – Jesse Jackson joins fight for Schiavo’s life – Mar 29, 2005
29: When you don’t fit in
29: Google Scholar and OpenURL
29: It’s all good: No News is…News?
28: Illini make Final Four
28: Travails, er, Travels
24: LISNews.com | Belgian bookworms crazy for comic books
23: Z-Blog
23: Wonders of technology
13: Cute kid photos
13: Remember me?

February 2005

03: Catching my breath and other ruminations

January 2005

22: Long overdue picture of Keegan
22: Fiji cyclone experience
20: New inkjet printer @ work
20: Serials Review article in top 10 downloads
15: Apple Macs: Objects of devotion
15: Invited presentation @ C.S. Lewis Society meeting
15: Martin Luther King, Jr. resources
15: We now have a teenager in the house
13: Latest issue of Beneath the Bell Tower
12: MacWorld keynote
12: Answers.com
11: Ice storm worries justified
11: Excitement over new products
11: Firefox extension for Google Scholar
11: New C.A.S. program from my alma mater
05: Ice storm worries
03: Back to work
01: It’s 2005 and I resolve to be more positive

December 2004

24: Ten things my children will never experience
23: Winter Wonderland in Indiana
23: Tristan Turns 4
23: Keegan, the A student
19: Much needed vacation
06: PowerBook Restored

November 2004

21: Niece engaged
21: Laptop getting repaired
21: Professional discouragement
21: Open Source Software and Libraries: A Bibliography
20: The Election
20: Google Scholar
01: When it rains, it pours

October 2004

12: Verse of the day
10: Green eggs and lembas
10: Home on the Range
09: Some recent photos of the kids
09: Only in Indiana…
09: A beautiful fall day
04: Why the whole world doesn’t know about librarians
04: Unhealthy libraries

September 2004

29: PowerBookResQ
16: Townboy
16: “Rock solid” Mac OS X
16: Long live Mozilla
14: Beyond the Sky
12: Titanic (a version with bunnies)
12: RIP, my beloved PowerBook
12: New blog features
12: I wish I could say I am all better
12: I’m in business as an Internet bookseller

August 2004

22: Shingles hell, shingles hell, shingles all the way…
14: New library (finally) for Champaign, Illinois
12: Carryin’ On
11: I’ve been duped
08: Birthday card
07: Readerware
06: Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes
06: Pirates of the Caribbean
06: The Front Line Blogger: A Survey

July 2004

22: New library for Taylor University – Ft. Wayne
22: Rain can’t drive
21: “Thankum”
21: Cleaning out the refrigerator
20: Safari 1.2
20: Walt Crawford and COWLZ
19: Grokker, a new type of web search engine
19: Keegan gone to Canada
19: My wife is a blogger too
19: Search for a church home
16: Spider Man 2
06: The sound of silence
05: Webliography on metasearching

June 2004

29: ALA = Democratic Party
29: Apple just keeps getting better
29: Yes, we bought one
26: To buy or not to buy, that is the question
23: Another Brinley scare
14: Kiddie pool
14: Now for a Step into Light
14: Can’t wait to go to NASIG
14: USA Today article on wireless hotspots mentions libraries
13: One Thing
12: Godzilla Tristan
11: Refreshing the humble
11: What makes you so special
11: Visit to Black Pine Animal Park
11: Look, Mom, it’s magic
10: Webcast on institutional repositories
10: Father’s Day present
09: Introducing Z-Blog
06: Technology upgrade
06: Teenagers and weblogs
05: The plan for today
04: Read It on a Dream: The Library Musical
04: God, I wanna tell you somethin’
03: Maniac Demoniac
03: Fitting verse
02: 404 error message
02: Lane’s End (Devon, England)
02: Desktop in your pocket
02: CNN.com feature article on blogging
02: Golf fart
02: Something to do with gentiles
01: A great father
01: TPAS project log (or plog)
01: Perfect peace

May 2004

April 2004

30: Federated searching and library catalogs
30: Sick kids
27: Trip to Indianapolis to attend consortial meeting
25: New playground for kids
25: Preprint article on journal management solutions
25: Inaugural entry

June 2003

16: Father’s Day
02: Hitting a deer in our new van

May 2003

April 2003

02: Keegan’s adoption final!

March 2003

13: New minivan and war
11: Visit to family

February 2003

October 2002

September 2002

30: Michele is 30
16: Memories of my father

August 2002

July 2002

June 2002

April 2002

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