Family Man Librarian

I’ve been thinking for a while now about writing down some of the things I knew or experienced when I was younger in comparison to what my kids experience or will experience.
Here is what I could think of (there are lots more that could be added):
Kiwi fruit — I can remember when we [...]

These are my links for May 15th through May 31st:

Hypotyposeis: Sketches in Biblical Studies - This blog was recommended to me by a former student and it covers topics of interest to me including biblical studies and the role of blogging in society.
(( litefeeds )) - A simple but elegant RSS application for mobile phone [...]

A lot has been written in other blogs, in conference reports, in articles and elsewhere about the growing technology gap between the “haves” and the “have nots.”  It definitely exists; what is debatable is how rapidly the gap is increasing.  I was interested to note on a TV monitor in my company’s cafeteria a brief [...]

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 [...]

Lots of nice improvements have been made recently in web-related software and services that I regularly use. Here is a list of the ones I can think of that are worth mentioning:

coComment: This service just keeps getting better. Now it allows me to track conversations via webpages or comments on individual postings. [...]

On my way to work this morning, I thought about things to be thankful for. Here are some that came to mind (not in any order):

warm clothes, e.g. scarves, Gore-Tex gloves, down jackets, long underwear
train conductors
bus drivers
public transportation
good health
a job
instant messaging (so I can keep in touch with my wife throughout the day)
email anywhere, [...]

We just got back from our trip to the neurologist in Carmel (a northern suburb of Indianapolis). It was quite an “adventure.” We left the house in plenty of time but with an almost empty tank of gas and no real clue as to the exact location of the doctor’s office. The [...]