Archive of 2006 October

Haiku for frustrated cat

on October 9th, 2006 in Life by | 3 Comments

must! catch! leaves! leaves! must! not! escape! open! window! now!

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Animal Recordings. Dotcom.

on October 4th, 2006 in Avenging, Cornell, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Favorite Posts, Interface design, Life, Links by | 1 Comment

Eat my educational interactives baby! The Cornell University Lab of Ornithology project I designed won second place in Science magazine’s 2006 Visualization Challenge. Plus, we were on the front page of Der Spiegel last week, so Germans love us! What does this mean for you? It means you can now…

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Hey Kids! Be a Librarian for Halloween

on October 4th, 2006 in ALA, Avenging, Favorite Posts, Halloween, Librarianship by | 49 Comments

Target sells these INCREDIBLY accurate Librarian Halloween costumes in its online store. Still, why spend $59.99 on a costume when we librarians can just open our closets and wear one of our many ALA-mandated cape/miniskirt combos? Not to nitpick, but my book-skirt is a bit longer. Update: Holy cow. Here’s…

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