Rapid Communications

Rapid, but irregular, communications from the frontiers of Library Technology

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

The Librarian's Christmas

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Of everybody at the family Christmas this year, I, the librarian, got the fewest books. Why this happened is pretty obvious after some thoug...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

My Misspent Youth

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Most people, when talking about their misspent youths describe the wild and crazy things that they did and probably shouldn't have. Min...
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Thursday, July 05, 2007

Grammar peeve of the day

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There is a difference between "latter" and "last" people! One chooses the latter of two options and the last of more th...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Decoding the "Library Pilot Project"

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In chemical engineering, a "pilot project" is an attempt to move a process off the lab bench and into a small set-up that will all...
Friday, March 16, 2007

Unclear on the Concept

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According to the Associated Press , Sinbad is not dead, in spite of what Wikipedia says: A telephone call and an e-mail left for Wikipedia w...
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Sunday, March 11, 2007

Social Network Interoperability

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In the "chat" context, I now have two MSN accounts (home and work), a google talk account, an AIM account (which I never use), and...
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Saturday, December 09, 2006

Handbooks and Manuals

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It's nice to see that I'm not the only person that compares recipes in different editions of the Joy of Cooking. The changes that K...
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