We just published our first video from the Video Super Fun Team. That’s not the official name of the Boise Public Library’s Video Team, but it’s what I call it. And since I am on the team, I can call it what I want. Anyhoo, the video itself isn’t anything overwhelming entertaining but we have [...]
The perfect storm…
Jan 24th, 2012
The Perfect Storm. This morning the public library’s, my public library’s, computers blew up 15 minutes before we opened. When the network goes down, we go down. Our phones are connected to the network so no one could call in or call out. It’s always an interesting phenomenon to watch customers when we can’t provide [...]
SOPApocalypse now…
Jan 18th, 2012
I didn’t take this site dark today to protest SOPA, PIPA, and OPEN Act because at best one person reads this, so it didn’t really seem worth the effort on my part. Instead I will give my very short and mostly uninformed reasons that libraries are against all these measures. Basically, if these pass, public [...]
Poked…
Jan 12th, 2012
I don’t know where I stand on Facebook anymore. I check it all the time. But it’s out of habit. Every time I log in, multiple times a day, I never know why. I don’t remember the last time I have used any information gain on Facebook. Sure I like to know that this person [...]
A bunch of BCS…
Jan 9th, 2012
I went on Facebook to complain about the fact that I can’t watch the NCAA football championship game because ESPN carries it. I decided that I don’t need or want cable/satellite TV and it doesn’t bother me other than sports. Specifically the extra NFL games on ESPN and the NFL Network. But it’s a minor [...]
Kindlegarten…
Jan 3rd, 2012
It’s officially the end of the holidays and good Kris Kindle has visited many nice old ladies in the Boise bench. And now we are getting slammed. What happens is some well-meaning son or daughter decides that “hey, mom likes to read, let’s get her a Kindle so she can check out eBooks from the [...]
Tell me oh master message board…
Dec 18th, 2011
I bought myself a new Christmas present. It’s a smarty phone to replace my other smarty phone. I’m hooked up with a sweet deal on smarty phones – $25 a month with Virgin Mobile includes 300 minutes and more importantly unlimited text and data. I rarely talk so its works. As for the phone, it’s [...]
Once upon an afterscholl dreary…
Dec 8th, 2011
Writing from out on the reference desk. I know I probably shouldn’t because it takes away my full attention from the library floor. But there really isn’t much going on right now. It’s what I refer to as the witching hour. It gets eeirly quiet minus the people who don’t know how to shut off [...]
Hey you, get on my cloud…
Nov 26th, 2011
I am testing out the beta of Google Music. I have sold completely out to Google. They, or he/her – since we recognize corporations as a person for some damn reason – could totally destroy me. I decided to give Google Music a try because they allow me to upload 12,000 songs to its cloud [...]
Neither snow nor rain nor heat but broadband…
Nov 20th, 2011
Been sitting here watching football this afternoon. I’ve watched the same commercials repeatedly and it’s the first time I’ve seen examples of the U.S. Post Office trying to delay its own obsolescence. I hate sending mail. I have three things I have meant to send for three months. I should have just bought them on [...]
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