There’s a funny riff on Language Log about women’s underwear, woven into a longer meditation about whitey-tighty and its variants:
“[(]There are bikini briefs made for women, though the line, if there is one, between these and panties is unclear to me. Sometimes I think that bikini briefs are just panties for men. Hey, [...]
Tags: Writing
I enjoyed my friend Michael Golrick’s attempt to paint out a “typical” day in his work life. I thought about doing the same, but I don’t have a typical day. Every week includes a few predictable activities, primarily reviewing the final version of the New This Week newsletter, and pressing the magic button that makes [...]
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Note: ALA has just established an “adopt a library” program. Ask if your library is participating. Also see the revival of New Orleans Public Library’s website! (To see what it will offer when it is back up, take a peek at the Wayback Machine entry for November, 2004.)
I get daily updates from librarians affected by [...]
Tags: Katrina and Libraries
I’m pouting a little bit because I had a chance to be on Open Source Radio late this afternoon (or early this evening, depending on your time zone) and I had to decline, because I would then make myself late for class, and Miss Karen Is Not Late For Class. John Battelle is going to [...]
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I was surprised to hear LBR had felt uncomfortable with some of the responses to my latest post about New Orleans.
I have spent this past day caught in many images: New Orleans, New York City, the PATH station at the World Trade Center I walked through twice a day for two years in the [...]
Tags: This and That
Someone in the White House finally turned on CNN and figured out that Brownie had to go. Glad to see him replaced by a professional. (True story: I thought about joining the Coast Guard, but I couldn’t swim. That ruled out the Navy, as well. Too small for the Marines, knew the Army wouldn’t fit… [...]
Tags: Katrina and Libraries
Wonderful news! As posted on the almost-blog of library-related Hurricane Katrina news that American Libraries has been running continuously since before Katrina struck, and as shared by other sources from within the NOPL Diaspora, the main library and key archives of New Orleans Public Library appear to have survived Katrina quite well. Below is [...]
Tags: American Liberry Ass'n
It’s very up in the air whether ALA Annual will take place in New Orleans next summer, as scheduled. While ALA hasn’t changed plans yet, we all know, deep down, that this has to be an item of discussion within Executive Board and at the very highest levels of the association.
I don’t know what [...]
Tags: American Liberry Ass'n
That’s the title of an email message in my mailbox today. Audible has some cajones asking me that question. I signed on with Audible one or two years ago, bought one book, downloaded it… and then ran into hellish problems with the Audible software, which one day blipped out for no apparent reason. I couldn’t [...]
Tags: Hot Tech
Update: An ALA Councilor who works at the Library of Congress says “We’re … aware and working on it.” I’m interested to see what transpires–and I know everyone’s busy, but communication back to LibraryLand is useful too. (We do read newspapers…)
See: http://tinyurl.com/b3hut
We all know right now the focus in Louisiana needs to be on human [...]
Tags: Katrina and Libraries