I just spoke with a gentleman who helps run Second Life, and he informed me that there are, like, a billion librarians on SL, who own a string of islands and facilitate information exchange. Can anyone confirm this? Are we cool or what?

Guy at mike: In the words of Walt Whitman, do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. Guy next to me (stage whispers): Gay. Edit: I’m annotating this one for the non-literature/human-sexuality majors. It’s deconstruct-jokes-day here at Librarian Avengers. Walt Whitman’s status…

Guess who drank too much last night? Everyone! It’s hangover day here at South by Southwest. The panels are slow and attendance is low. This morning I went to a panel debating the merits of ignoring users. It matched my mood nicely. User profiles are taking a beating this year….

Lists. Lists are the secret to blogging during a panel while still paying attention. Watch. Best things about SXSW Interactive so far: The BlogHer meetup is described during the opening panel as “the biggest taco-fest in Austin” Vendetta, 1999 – a more modern version of the humanist Jenson typeface Consumating.com…

Thirty seconds to post – I’m in a computer lab in the Austin Community College campus. Things we’ve seen today: Peacock in the neighbor’s yard Peacock in the tree at Mayfield Park Peacock with his tailfeathers up Turtles Agaves growing in bunches along the road Spanish moss The House where…

Good morning, all. I’ve been death-on-a-stick for a week, thanks to accidentally ingesting some sort of peanut bi-product last weekend. The Epipen plays hell with my immune system. The good news is, I’ve gotten a lot of very important America’s Next Top Model watched. So, that’s done. I am heading…

Short story, actually. This morning we woke up to a loud noise and burning smell. A mouse had climbed into our furnace motor blower, got cozy, and met his doom when the heat kicked on. We had to call in the furnace guy to pry him out. I’m not sure…