The webcomic xkcd has the goods on librarians this week: The Advantages to Dating Librarians It’s true. It’s so so true. The librarian Achilles Heel. Geeks: check out the alt tags for more funny.

This morning as I was driving to work I became embroiled in local Farm Drama. Let me back up. Photo by Cryptia 30 Apr 07, 10.59PM EDT. I live, at least for the next week or so, in upstate New York. Among other things, such as a dearth of decent…

I have an iPod shuffle that I use for running, trains, dull waits, and creep avoidance. I misplaced the charger a few weeks ago and missed it terribly. The solution? This thing. It plugs into your shuffle on one end, and into a USB port on the other. I like…

Binders of field notes sit in the common area of the Macaulay library, the audio/video library where I spent three years working as a software interface designer. These are all digitized now, but the collection goes back to the 1950′s so these books are the last line of defense in…

Bowing to the demands of my own powerful curiosity, I have agreed to a give an exclusive interview to myself. My publicist disagrees with my decision, but I believe I have a strong connection with myself and I think I can be trusted to report my answers fairly. Q: Hello…

Driving home through rural Ithaca I saw, within 30 seconds: A snapping turtle crossing the road, long prehistoric tail dragging behind her. The turtles are laying eggs this week wherever they can, including parking lots, trails, and ditches. A great blue heron A vole running across the road. Voles are…