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August 2008 (5)
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July 2008 (14)
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31: Tristan has mono (68)
28: A happy birthday (120)
23: Applying new lipstick on an old pig (92)
22: Library architecture in photographs (48)
22: WordPress app for the iPhone and iPod Touch (144)
21: The class is drawing to a close (46)
17: Continuous publication (46)
16: What is Enterprise 2.0? (0)
16: How to deal with intense frustration (140)
11: Revisiting the soundbite issue (0)
09: The soundbite phenomenon (28)
07: Post print in hand (1)
07: Another trip to Volo Bog (17)
04: My sweet kids (21)

June 2008 (7)
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27: Grammar pet peeves [Updated] (12)
24: Free is good (12)
21: All you need to know (20)
17: The course so far… (0)
13: Brinley and the big “seagulls” (0)
11: Extreme focus on user experience in the context of the web (0)
03: A great (but too short) vacation [Updated] (0)

May 2008 (16)
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27: Death of a friend (22)
26: A free (yes, free) XML workshop (0)
26: Comments missing for a long while (27)
25: Punk haircuts (0)
24: Gearing up for summer teaching (30)
24: NASIG presentation work (0)
23: A new website for NASIG (0)
23: Really annoying Microsoft Office limitation (0)
18: Preparing for the next several weeks (0)
14: E-Journals Access and Management book update (0)
13: New library building at The University of Chicago (0)
13: Spring 2008 issue of LIBRA from The University of Chicago Library (0)
08: I love cleaning and I’m a man (0)
08: How I feel about most meetings (0)
04: Fun and games (0)
03: Getting our van serviced (0)

April 2008 (35)
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28: The Encyclopedia of Me: C is for contentment (0)
28: Change to iPod Touch (0)
24: An update about my first poll (24)
22: Sick today (0)
22: Poll: What motivates you to comment on a post (or not)? (0)
20: Pray for a friend (0)
20: A real man’s cleaning tool (0)
19: Did you get it? (0)
18: Interesting feed analysis tool (0)
18: Earthquakes and cougars and bears, oh my! (0)
17: Cohen, the caped crusader (0)
16: I detest marketers [Updated] (0)
16: He-Man (0)
15: Six years of blogging (12)
15: A sad day for one cougar (0)
14: What a loooong day (0)
13: A visit to Hausermann’s Orchids (15)
12: Hillsong (0)
12: Top ten posts of the past week (0)
11: My Grandma’s scrapbook (0)
11: What I want to be when I grow up (0)
10: Having computers understand what humans write (9)
09: Upcoming book on e-resource management in libraries (40)
09: Some cataloging history (16)
07: My version of “Lots of links to David” (18)
07: Followup to UKSG blog plug (33)
07: UKSG 2008 underway (0)
07: Too much time spent online (0)
06: A trip to Volo Bog (21)
04: Getting value out of conference attendance (20)
04: Throwing something at someone (0)
03: I’m tired and I want to go to bed (0)
03: Back to using Meebo (0)
03: A special anniversary (18)
02: NASIG 2008 election results [Updated] (0)

March 2008 (24)
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31: Back to work (0)
29: New pets added to our menagerie (85)
29: Upgraded to WordPress 2.5 (30)
28: A trip to the Field Museum in photos (16)
25: NASIG 2008 award winners (0)
25: Faster is better (0)
24: An introductory session on the social web (0)
24: LibraryOKRA.com (0)
24: GSLIS publications digitized (0)
23: A tag cloud for FML (0)
23: Pulling the plug and loving it (1)
23: What a mess (0)
22: Trying out a new commenting add-on (0)
20: The future of corporate websites (0)
20: NASIG 2009 conference site announced (0)
19: Book chapter (0)
19: BI, oh my (0)
18: Sort of back to normal (0)
18: What’s going on here (0)
08: I’m awake but wish I wasn’t (1)
03: Link meme (2)
01: News about changes at UIUC Library (2)
01: Away from family (0)
01: LibraryThing’s newest employee (1)

February 2008 (9)
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27: Cold and snowy (0)
22: Ten steps to successful project management (0)
22: Hello kitty (0)
12: Do comments work or not? [Updated] (5)
12: Need recommendations for a new web host (4)
09: Birthday boy (0)
09: Cohen turns four (0)
07: McCain (0)
06: Snow bound (0)

January 2008 (6)
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12: Newsgator is worth a try (0)
10: Sweet sixteen (0)
09: Walking the walk (0)
06: The Internet can be a wonderful resource (0)
01: A good cry (0)
01: What’s been happening (1)

December 2007 (11)
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23: Cohen in a Can (0)
22: Mental health hotline (0)
16: Ugh (0)
16: A bit too close to reality (1)
13: Zotero on steroids (0)
12: Lens @ UChicago (1)
12: Pulling the plug (1)
11: License-free bibliographic data [Updated] (0)
10: Am I where I should be professionally? (2)
10: Falling from a tree (0)
09: Violence continues (0)

November 2007 (10)
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27: Unusual wording (0)
26: Everyone’s special (0)
26: Answers to Roy Tennant’s questions (4)
24: Married to a fool (0)
17: Have I sold my soul to…Google? (0)
17: I’ve joined SLA (0)
17: Sick, sick, sick (0)
11: Hard to believe (0)
09: A conversation overheard (2)
02: Comparing the Library of Congress to Wal-Mart (3)

October 2007 (9)
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25: Right on target (8)
18: Use of Google widget to improve cataloging of images (0)
18: Are libraries that far behind? (2)
17: Meet Champ (1)
15: Something is coming to town (5)
14: Answers.com plugin (0)
13: Library profession ranks high on depression (1)
06: Keegan’s football team (1)
06: Brinley turns 5 (1)

September 2007 (13)
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30: Sunday morning at home (2)
28: Upgrade (0)
27: The Writing on the Wall (1)
27: Funk or not? (3)
25: Proposing an online course for NASIG (0)
23: Photos from visit to the Shedd Aquarium (22)
23: Chicago is a beautiful city (0)
19: Danger, danger! (1)
10: A picture is worth… [Updated] (1)
09: The Encyclopedia of Me: B is for brothers (0)
07: If you’re in it for popularity (3)
07: A wrinkle in time (4)
04: A wild wedding weekend in Wisconsin (0)

August 2007 (11)
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29: Kids say the funniest things (0)
26: Water, water, everywhere (1)
20: Analysis of federated search (0)
19: Some things old, some things new (4)
17: How you scan the news (0)
15: Behind the scenes (0)
12: No comment (2)
06: Wicked! (0)
04: The Encyclopedia of Me: A is for anxious (1)
03: Tomatoes and Tommy Makem (1)
01: Ugh, it’s August already (0)

July 2007 (24)
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30: Travellers now home (1)
27: Lordy, Lordy Look Who’s… (0)
25: Nothing ventured, nothing gained (0)
24: An open letter to myself (13)
22: The importance of a local public library (3)
21: Boys gone to Canada (0)
21: Some garden photos (0)
20: Pointing fingers at what is not understood (0)
20: Roadblock to full OpenURLness [Updated] (7)
20: NASIG Site Selection Survey results published (0)
20: Developing an acq/serials module without subject expertise? (1)
19: You need to flock to Flock (1)
16: Accidents happen (0)
15: A brief review of blog traffic for the past year (0)
14: Movies galore (0)
13: All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth (0)
12: If you notice weirdness… (0)
11: New functionality from Zotero (3)
11: A reaction to notes from the third Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (2)
10: Civil War (0)
05: Zotero is an amazing tool (0)
02: NASIG online store open for business (0)
01: Funny library video (1)

June 2007 (27)
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30: Funny cartoon (0)
25: A gardening weekend (1)
24: Behind the scenes: Technical Services in a public library (0)
23: Now I know more about the iPhone (0)
22: A favorite photo (1)
21: Hostage situation in Arcola, Illinois (0)
19: Speaking of blue feet… (0)
15: Blue feet and happiness (0)
14: Updated publications page (0)
14: The power and peril of blogs (2)
12: More blog changes (3)
11: Wish I could… (2)
11: Additional thoughts and comments from NASIG 2007 (2)
10: NASIG 2007 photos (0)
10: Social network frenzy (0)
09: Responses to OCLC criticism (1)
09: The "dark side" discussion [Updated] (1)
08: Editor indecisiveness (0)
07: Enhancing the ability to comment (5)
06: Staying current: a survey response (5)
06: Proposal for e-resources management course (5)
06: Breaking news: CIC libraries to join Google Book project (0)
06: Some NASIG conference impressions (0)

May 2007 (15)
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30: FML branding (1)
30: Attending NASIG (0)
29: OCLC: the Microsoft of the Library World? (7)
29: Anyone have a job for Walt Crawford? [Updated] (0)
29: A full weekend (0)
25: Mobile banking: the missing link (0)
25: Excellent advice from Dan Chudnov (0)
20: A trip to Milaeger’s (0)
19: Mobilized (0)
19: WordPress upgrade and other things (0)
16: Mighty to save (0)
15: You do not know (0)
14: Skype for Mobile (0)
08: Another perspective on haves and have nots (0)

April 2007 (17)
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29: I love my new Blackberry (0)
27: Twittering from Mayo (0)
18: Google as a vast online storage library (0)
17: Life is hard (0)
17: Some crystal ball reflections (1)
16: Spring 2007 issue of LIBRA: LIBrary Reports and Announcements (0)
16: LiveSerials: read what’s happening at UKSG (0)
15: RSS can save you money (0)
15: Chicago as possible site for Olympics (0)
14: divShare converts videos to Flash (0)
14: Speaking at UIUC GSLIS and NASIG (0)
12: I now know why I am tired and grumpy (6)
09: LibraryThing for Libraries: a great idea (0)
09: The value of quality in metadata (0)
06: Going to Mayo (0)
06: Linda Smith honored (0)

March 2007 (10)
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February 2007 (22)
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25: A mention by Peter Suber (0)
25: 1970 (0)
24: divShare: a new discovery (0)
23: Jeff hams it up (0)
22: A diagnosis at last (0)
22: Bizarre toilet usage habits (0)
19: A photo from my third birthday (0)
18: Discouraging illness (1)
17: I thought it wouldn’t come to this (0)
15: WorldCat Identities (0)
13: Singing happy birthday to Cohen [Updated] (0)
13: Just snow you know (2)
12: The Dixie Chicks + The Simpsons (3)
12: Birthday photos (0)
09: Cohen turns three (1)
08: Thoughts on the future of e-journal management and access (0)
08: No teaching this year (1)
04: Photo features in Wordpress (0)
02: This is not who I am, really (2)
01: Remembering five years ago (0)

January 2007 (14)
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29: Seven years (2)
28: A quiet Sunday morning (0)
21: More on turning the catalog inside out (2)
20: Turning the catalog inside out (1)
17: Kindertransport (2)
15: Usefulness of Meebo (2)
14: Babes in Toyland (0)
14: Reality distortion field (0)
13: iPhone: iWant1 (2)
09: Merger fallout (0)
09: Revamped site (0)
08: Another test (1)
08: Wii…I like it! (0)
03: Fall of the axe (0)

December 2006 (3)
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November 2006 (5)
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22: Giving thanks (0)
21: Well, well, well (1)
19: Landing a 747 on grass (0)
11: Professionalism, or lack thereof (2)
04: A quick conference trip to Washington, D.C. (0)

October 2006 (3)
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30: Libraries and future students: getting personal (2)
30: Memories in photographs (2)
03: Capacity for evil (0)

September 2006 (1)
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18: Time passes by (0)

August 2006 (10)
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26: Piano playing (0)
24: An alignment of stars? Google Book Search and library holdings (0)
23: The Abbott Report (0)
09: A virtual visit with LibraryThingers (1)
09: Back and forth about tags, categories (0)
05: Some new feature goodies (0)
03: A well-respected librarian and colleague dies (0)
03: A mention in the Carnival (0)
01: A discussion with Karen Calhoun (0)
01: Amazon moves into library business (0)

July 2006 (18)
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30: Wild kingdom at the Obergs, redux (0)
25: Indiana sniper suspect news (1)
25: Social web stuff at UIUC (0)
25: Visibility of library on organizational websites (5)
25: NASIG newsletter transformed into blog (0)
25: When you build it and they don’t come (3)
19: A dream come true (0)
16: Those who really like me (0)
16: Some site statistics (0)
16: Light at the end of the tunnel (1)
09: Fireworks on the 4th (0)
09: Fun on the 4th of July (0)
02: TagFetch (0)
01: LibraryThing and the moose (0)
01: Praise you in the storm (1)
01: Some excellent advice about writing (0)
01: State of the library blogosphere, 2006 (0)
01: Maybe I’m just being grumpy (0)

June 2006 (14)
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28: My unofficial principles of licensing (2)
28: Storm in the night (0)
25: Fun at Chain O’ Lakes State Park (0)
25: Brinley with hairbrush stuck in her hair (0)
24: …and these people expect to be taken seriously?! [Updated] (1)
24: Enabling blog updates via email (0)
24: Finally getting to investigate some much-hyped services (0)
24: Flock beta version released (0)
23: This summer's class (0)
23: Recent photos of some of the Obergs (0)
23: Cohen having a bath (0)
20: Start of class (0)
10: Not sure where to even begin (0)
04: Some beautiful weather (0)

May 2006 (18)
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29: Portable browsers (2)
28: Long time without writing (2)
21: A new house (0)
21: Barbaro breaks a leg (1)
11: Cohen hams for the camera (0)
10: New start date (0)
09: Site was hacked (1)
08: A welcome reprieve (0)
07: Top ten weirdest TV shows for children (0)
07: Fascinated with flying (0)
07: A significant milestone for Brinley and Cohen (0)
06: RSS feed problem solved (0)
06: A funny video of Keegan (0)
05: Pining for NASIG (0)
03: Problem with my RSS feed (0)
03: My big news (4)
03: What’s been happening (0)
03: EndUser 2006 notes on opening session [Updated] (0)

April 2006 (11)
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27: Tragedy at Taylor University (0)
27: Struggling with more illness (2)
22: EndUser 2006 photos and other impressions [Updated] (0)
18: Gaming @ UIUC Library (2)
17: Fun-filled weekend (0)
14: Fun stuff from The University of Chicago Library (0)
11: To squee or not to squee (18)
09: Cohen’s second birthday (0)
09: Good news, sad news (0)
09: Feeling a lot better (0)
06: I won’t blog for awhile (1)

March 2006 (36)
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30: It’s about customer service, folks [Updated] (1)
30: Notes on another presentation about tagging (2)
29: UKSG to offer conference blog at this year’s conference and exhibition (0)
29: Winners of NASIG 2006 election (0)
27: I must be a ‘lametard’ (0)
26: Thoughts on reports from conferences (19)
25: Dealing with criticism (2)
25: A slow Saturday (0)
23: Mobber, a new Web 2.0 service with some library uses (3)
23: The catalog is the library: a perspective (0)
22: Several big blog changes (0)
21: Ex Libris adds social web features (0)
21: A useful use of tags? (0)
19: coComment, a nifty new service (1)
19: Library online catalogs and relevancy ranking [Updated] (2)
19: COinS anyone? (0)
17: Elsevier’s response to depositing articles in E-LIS (5)
17: Brinley’s broken foot (1)
15: Yet another bungled ALA initiative (1)
15: Comments are marginalized in the blogosphere (4)
15: Look who’s 40 (0)
15: This year’s crop of award winners from NASIG (0)
11: Warm weather, sunshine, and a date night (0)
11: Questioning the usefulness of tagging [Updated] (0)
11: Sometimes He calms the storm (2)
10: Upcoming presentation on blogging and academic libraries (1)
10: Everyone has a double (1)
09: The best open access library and information science journals (0)
09: The terminally overcommitted (0)
09: Ross Atkinson dies (2)
06: Are folksonomies really the better way? (7)
04: Swimming with sharks (0)
04: In a kilt @ NASIG ‘99 (0)
03: Some interesting sessions at EndUser 2006 (0)
03: Keynote speaker for EndUser 2006 (0)
02: LibraryThing and cataloging nirvana, er, FRBR (0)

February 2006 (11)
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28: A dark period (1)
22: Father Blogga (2)
20: Google Scholar ties into Open WorldCat (finally) [Updated] (2)
17: Google Talk embedded in GMail: I like it! (1)
17: NASIG 2006 Conference registration (0)
14: Where have library systems vendors gone astray? (4)
13: What I do for a living (0)
12: Keeping track of books I’ve read (3)
07: Revised, official slate of NASIG candidates (0)
04: Dryer boys (0)
03:
30: A wonderful anniversary weekend (2)
24: Home delivery for libraries (1)
22: The last shall be first and the first shall be last (0)
22: The weekend thus far [Updated] (0)
21: Here, Fishy Fishy! (0)
21: Keegan’s 14th birthday party (0)
20: A public park for your brain (1)
18: Two gadgets away from nirvana (0)
17: I’m not the only one who is sick of Web 2.0 term (0)
17: NASIG announces slate of candidates for 2006 (0)
16: Kids play dress up (0)
16: Photos from Tristan’s 5th birthday party (0)
15: Hope for the helpless (0)
14: Blog visitors: some interesting facts and figures [Updated] (0)
14: Mixing work and blogging (0)
12: Opening yourself up to the world (0)
11: ACRL supports open access publishing (0)
11: Eating my words (0)
11: Keegan turns 14 (0)
06: Illinois dumps Michigan State (0)
05: Christmas photo of kids (1)
04: Disappointed with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (4)
04: Upgrade to WordPress 2.0 (2)
04: LibraryThing and RSS/HTML feeds (0)

December 2005 (18)
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26: Christmas is over (0)
22: Tristan turns five (0)
22: ONIX for Serials and MARC21 for Holdings (0)
22: UKSG allows open access (0)
22: Some Thoughts on RDA and ILS vendors [Updated] (0)
22: Shark attacks NZ racing boat (0)
22: Posting from You’re It reviewing the past year in tags (0)
21: Some things I’m thankful for (0)
19: NASIG 2006 preliminary conference information (0)
19: Questions about tagging (2)
15: Baseball volumes returned to U. of I. (0)
15: Course on e-resource management (0)
09: Inner circles in library blogland (6)
09: Library of Congress goes Unicode (0)
06: Death is part of life (1)
04: Christmas party (0)
03: Thoughts about Christmas (0)
03: The days go by… (0)

November 2005 (6)
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23: UIUC GSLIS student wins NASIG Student Grant award (1)
19: A stressful week (0)
06: Use of the term ‘card catalog’ by Google (1)
06: Guys day out with Keegan (0)
05: Interview with LibraryThing creator and thoughts on techie backgrounds (0)
01: Struggling with massive headaches (0)

October 2005 (35)
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25: Keegan has a “revolution” (1)
25: Yet more new features from Google? [Updated again] (0)
24: The new Sherlock Holmes with Rupert Everett (0)
24: Marketing to evangelicals (0)
24: A friend lands an interesting job (1)
24: Flock: some first impressions [Updated] (1)
24: Tagyu, an automated tagging assistant [Updated] (1)
21: My sister in the news (0)
20: RSS for UIUC GSLIS (0)
20: Roy Tennant to give Windsor Lecture at UIUC GSLIS (0)
20: Updating course on technical services functions (0)
20: Interesting quote comparing Microsoft to Google (0)
20: E-Archiving tools the next big thing? [Updated] (0)
19: FRBR Blog (0)
19: Changes to this blog (0)
19: My profile on LibraryThing (0)
17: Some thoughts on tagging [Updated] (1)
16: Cohen in the bath (0)
12: New iTunes includes video download (0)
12: Hotkeys now available for Bloglines (0)
12: Procrastination (1)
12: RSS tutorial (0)
11: Chicago Botanic Gardens (0)
11: Ann Arbor (MI) District Library’s website (2)
11: Answers.com added to Firefox (1)
11: Google Desktop (0)
11: How to redirect from my old blog? (0)
11: NASIG ‘06 Call for Proposals (0)
11: In memoriam: Marla Schwartz (0)
11: Google Reader (1)
11: Getting my feet wet with podcasts
11: A good weekend (0)
07: List of countries I’ve visited (0)
07: Chicago