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The OCLC Affiliate Services Terms and Conditions say that I may only use the affiliate services for Purposes: "G. 'Purposes' means managing and enabling access to: (i) library services, library materials, library resources and information related thereto; and/or (ii) services, materials, resources or information of interest to library patrons."
Heather Piwowar liked this
I can, barely, stretch this definition to include the work that I'm doing on my research project, since one of the outcomes is, in theory, data that will help us improve our collections. But the grad student who wants to use WorldCat data for a bibliographic study of the spread of publishing in New Spain is pretty much out of luck.
- DJF
OCLC needs to update the terms to allow for bibliometric research and digital scholarship.
- DJF
"access to ... information of interest to library patrons" sounds like your grad student, doesn't it?
- Jenica
true. Again a stretch, since OCLC is assuming that we're interested in accessing the books, not the bibliographic data. We're also not allowed to use automated process to "'mine' or harvest material amounts of Data". One can only wonder what qualifies as "material amounts of data", but I don't thinking that 10,000 records would count as material.
- DJF
this is the kind of stuff that has "radicalized" me over the past year. OCLC is taking data that so called member libraries gave it for free (hell, we paid to give it to them), and is selling access to it back to us, with restrictions on what we're allowed to do.
- DJF
may I quote you publicly on that?
- RepoRat
and people wonder why i want to stop cataloging.
- kendrak
RR, which part? that it's radicalized me, or the framing that they're selling access back to us? This is just one of the smaller bits, and I will be soon be pointing out in an article that these terms are limiting the ability to do bibliometric research and limiting researchers in the emerging field of DH.
- DJF
i recently had a librarian ask me something similar, and I found what I think might be the right answer on the WorldCat record use FAQ. Check out Question #6: http://www.oclc.org/en-US...
- Christa
Christa, thanks for that. If course, I'm not transferring any records to him; I'm facilitating his getting a developer key so he can download them himself, which, again, oclc is ignoring as a possibility, and also, we're back to the question of, "what is a large amount of data?" I know that this is is perfectly acceptable. The problem is that oclc's incredibly detailed terms are so...
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- DJF
from Android
DJF: your entire comment just prior to my question. :) I'm giving a talk in the Lands of the Enemy the end of this month.
- RepoRat
sure. go wild. I said it publicly right here, and I'm not the first to point out that oclc is selling us our own labor and trying to claim copyright over factual data.
- DJF
from Android
this is one of my fave tweets - https://twitter.com/jjtuttl...
- jambina
dead link?
- DJF
from Android
ah, protected tweet
- DJF
from Android
ah, OK David, I see. your original info sounded familiar to me, but it's not the same situation at all. and yes, i agree with your assessment of OCLC regarding who owns what.
- Christa
I just heard back from OCLC. They agree that "yes, the standard terms would likely make the student’s work impractical", and point me to a completely separate process for managing "academic research projects"
- DJF
I'm SPECIAL. Would it be pointless to not renew my membership to a professional LIBRARY organization because they sold my information to spammers? I'd kinda like to rejoin but the amount of spam and junk mail I get because this ASSOCIATION sold me out makes me angry. Would it make any difference if I told them I'm out because of this?
Laura Norvig liked this
What makes it worse is they screwed up my details and I'm out there as CIO or CTO or something really important where I work but I'm really just a librarian, so all the spam and mail are not at all library related.
- Blake
well, you know that "special" is just code for "corporate". And those corp-ists would sell their mother's contact info.
- DJF
It might, if word reached the right people (ie, the governing board) they should have some kind of opt in or out for that sort of thing anyway.
- ~Courtney F
definitely tell them. all of that is something they have the power to fix. now, you don't know if they will fix it, depends on how much they made selling your info. they need to decide which is more important to them - making money or their members.
- Christa
it might also be illegal for them to do so under the american anti-spam rules.
- DJF
I thought there was an opt out?
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
I cannot imagine what library organization you are talking about, Blake.
- Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
Didn't we just talk about this with regard to Another Professional Organization last week? http://friendfeed.com/lsw...
- Catherine Pellegrino
a few years ago they sent malware so the official directory listing for me is at hotmail although i'm on all the lists at mpow's e-mail
- Christina Pikas
A thought just occurred to me, I don't know for sure they *sold* me out, I do know for sure that I traced it back to them, so maybe they were hacked and didn't know it and so I shouldn't be angry about being sold out. There must be a policy someplace on their website or something I guess.
- Blake
There is something on their membership management page, which should be overhauled in the next few months.
- kendrak
I did not name any names here this could be any association. ANY ONE.
- Blake
Well ONE ASSOCIATION I KNOW LOTS ABOUT is upgrading their membership software RIGHT NOW.
- kendrak
Can't be SLA, because that is the Special Libraries (plural) Association.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
This is why I like having a name that's easily misspelled. Makes it easy to know who to berate.
- Zamms
Someone in the early 80's told me that she always used different middle initials whenever she signed up for stuff, so she'd know who had sold her name.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I tried the username+sekritword@gmail.com hack for a while, but some places wouldn't let you include the + sign and then I forgot which websites I'd done it with and which not.
- Deborah Fitchett
Chocolate cherry cupcake http://flic.kr/p/eeFJnS
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John (bird whisperer), RudĩϐЯaЯïan and Sir Shuping is just sir liked this
Did it taste like a Cherry Ripe?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
i don't know, I've never had one before. :) it was like cherry pie filling in the middle of a chocolate cupcake. home made by a friend for her boy's 1st birthday.
- Christa
It might be worth calling up a few of these places for leads: http://www.horseworlddata.com/library...
- Elizabeth
it would probably help if you knew if it was thoroughbred or harness racing. for thoroughbred, you could try http://www.racingmuseum.org/contact... for harness, http://www.harnessmuseum.com/index...
- Christa
This is a Job for SUPERPHONE. Seriously, may require talking to actual people. Cherchez the owner or trainer. Also, this: http://www.bloodhorse.com/
- barbara fister
Is JFK a public library?
John (bird whisperer) and Jennifer Dittrich liked this
open to the public, yes. it's his presidential museum and library.
- Christa
Thank you. Didn't realize it was the presidential library.
- Mary Carmen
i only knew that off the top of my head because i had to look it up for myself earlier. :)
- Christa
RT @skm428: . @hbraum is livetweeting her own presentation, which I'm pretty sure involves magic. So many great resources! #cildc http://t.co/SEToUWCELV
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♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫, Sir Shuping is just sir, Kirsten and Yo Joe. No, go slow. liked this
I'll bet some people schedule tweets to go out when then are speaking.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
i was wondering about that too. turns out she said she used Backdraft to pull it off. similar to scheduling but just prewritten, and you choose when to hit send. pretty cool for encouraging backchannel interaction. although, I think, as a speaker, it would be difficult to respond to the replies to your tweets during a session. https://itunes.apple.com/kz...
- Christa
Did you get your letter from Mellen yet? Better go check my mail.... Rick Anderson's SK posts removed. http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013...
Galadriel C., Catherine Pellegrino, Elizabeth Brown and 4 other people liked this
Looks like a job for Popehat
- Pete #TeamMonique
... okay, it is time to squash this SOB like a bug -- and for once I don't mean SKitch.
- RepoRat
Wow!
- Christina Pikas
from iPhone
WHOA. I guess they're taking the scorched earth approach? When you've made one big mistake in public, that just means it's time to double-down!
- Amandadon't
from Android
I am REALLY curious to see if I get one.
- laura x
ooooh, they better not. *flicks switchblade*
- RepoRat
Wow.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
Wow. Also, it will be interesting to see how a New York lawyer with a New York client attempting to sue U.S. residents, can manage to get that into Canadian courts, since their chances under U.S. libel/slander laws are almost nonexistent. But mostly, wow.
- Walt Crawford
Original post and comments are still on the Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web...
- laura x
Holy fucking shit. I mean, HOLY FUCKING SHIT. Sorry, I meant HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.
- Andy
I don't have much love for SK, but that shit ain't right.
- Andy
Love it.
- Meg V. Meg
Andy speaks for me.
- RepoRat
+1000000 Andy. No letter for me yet either, and you would figure what with the whole Canadian thing.... Plus now I feel guilty about mocking SK with my planned April 1 post, so I may refrain.
- John Dupuis
I think we should crowdsource editing that letter since I noticed some errors in it.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
So, let me get this straight: people who offer negative reviews or opinions will get sued. This means reviewers are less likely to review their books for fear of reprisal. Less reviews means less exposure for their titles. Less exposure means less likely to be seen to be purchased. Less purchases means less sales for the company. That's their plan?
- Andy
I'm wondering if Library Journal has any reviews of their books up right now.
- Andy
I am playing safe, not even retweeting such blog posts.
- aarontay
But cease and desist letters are so much fun!
- laura x
If they are venue hunting, Aaron might be in more trouble if his country's laws are more lenient on these kinds of speech issues.
- Andy
Good point. My apologies.
- laura x
Canada has terrible laws around this stuff. gah.
- jambina
I wonder if they'll send a letter to the Internet Archive to take down the record of the SK site...
- Andy
and then to every other person who saved their own copy of it, like i just did. :)
- Christa
I'm seriously considering mirroring those posts, just to do it. This is crazy.
- Jason Griffey
from iPhone
IF you mirror an image capture, can they cease a photo?
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
Techdirt's on their ass. Pass the popcorn. http://www.techdirt.com/article...
- RepoRat
Have I mentioned that I got a nice email in response to my blog post from the guy who wrote Envy of Excellence (the book published by Edwin Mellen about the firing of its founder from the U of Toronto)?
- laura x
Laura, that's awesome to hear. It's a good reminder that the authors are NOT the issue here, but the publisher.
- Andy
Also, I'm wondering how much it costs them to write a cease & desist letter for each person.
- Andy
Well, since the attorney in the SK letter has an @mellenpress email address, I'm assuming no more than what they normally pay her.
- laura x
HFS. I go offline for ONE DAY and this goes down. Sheeeeeeeeee-it.
- Catherine Pellegrino
from iPod
I like how the EM website lists how many of their books are held at major research unis. Methinks these numbers won't be growing... http://www.mellenpress.com/newreas...
- Megan loves summer
it's wwwwwwwwwwwwwweeding time!
- RepoRat
It seems odd to establish your bona fides by listing how many books were sold to this and that library. Also "we require a literature review." Oh, well that's all right then.
- barbara fister
So does a freshman comp prof...
- lris
This whole thing is making me nostalgic for dear old Sergio.
- lris
Hey, speaking of Sergio, did anyone see in the SK comments that bit about "Thomas Kelly" and his mysterious, copious, and word-for-word comments in defense of EMP all over the Internet? And how, after they were noted, they started disappearing?
- Catherine Pellegrino
from iPod
Techdirt picked up on that bit. Astroturf ain't nothin' new. Be nice if one of the blogs in question could grab an IP address.
- RepoRat
Oh, oops, I misremembered where I'd seen that dissected.. I do wish they'd grabbed an IP address or three.
- Catherine Pellegrino
from iPod
I hereby give you permission to weed either of the books associated with my father (one by, one about). Although if you do, I'll buy 'em off you. They want me to donate them to the Philolexian Society library, but I don't have the dough to buy new copies. :)
- laura x
Can't beat this deal! RT @LibraryThing: Free Premium @LibraryThing accounts through Sunday http://www.librarything.com/blogs...
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Jennifer Dittrich and Julian liked this
I wonder if that counts for people already registered?
- Spidra Webster
the post says it's for new signups, since 4pm yesterday. they only suggest $10/year or $25 for a lifetime membership. but it's actually pay what you want. so, even without this offer, it's a steal.
- Christa
How did people manage sick days before kindles and netflix?
Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart and Eric Sizemore liked this
I seem to remember there being slightly more feeble toddling involved.
- Marianne
Well, as a kid, I reread the Little House series umpteen times (except for Farmer Boy, I only read that once)
- maʀtha
Rearranged the yarn stash. Wait, I still do that.
- Hedgehog
lolcats.
- RepoRat
I still don't have a Kindle or Netflix. When I'm sick, I sleep. That's now, though. I dimly remember I used reread The Door Into Summer and watch movies. On VHS.
- laura x
I recall playing records on my phonograph.
- Steele Lawman
sleep, vomiting, explosive diarhea seemed to pass the time even without ummm media
- WarLord
I remember my mom would always bring me magazines when I was sick. Bring on the Seventeen and YM. I also read books. I pretty much do the same thing now. With different magazines.
- Laura Krier
Before cable TV was bought out by the people of Walmart, there was semi-educational television
- Eric Sizemore
TV. Specifically UHF channels with old movies. Also library books. If I was really sick, Mom would get me a pile.
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
same as I do today - TV and books.
- Christa
Cable tv and knitting ------>
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
Anne of Green Gables/ Pippi Longstocking VHS tapes
- SteVe C
10 Ways You're Annoying Your Employees | The Fast Track http://quickbase.intuit.com/blog...
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I would change the title to "10 ways you're a failure as a boss".
- Christa
Ok hive mind. Help me think of ways to cut out about $600 from our budget. I figure kill the cable TV, home phone and maybe the internet ... what else?
Greg GuitarBuster, Kevin Johnson and SteVe C liked this
Any way to shop at a bigbox store (Sams club) in bulk and freeze in smaller portions for later defrosting? I've found this saves especially on meat cost for groceries
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Yep. I've got a BJ's card and already do some of that - especiall with meat. I def. need to make more large meals and freeze portions. Good idea.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Also, we're moving to crockpotting an easy cheap big meal like white chicken chili or similar on Sundays and portioning it out for lunches to save money on eating out during the week at work.
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
You want a good laugh. It doesnt bother me to leave a 1100 degree kiln running when I'm not home and it flips me out to leave the crock pot on, LOL. But yes, this is also a good plan ... food seems like a big place to save money. I'm thinking things like cosmetics and hair care are also going to take a hit.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Hmm Red Box for movie nights instead of the theater.
- SteVe C
Thanks to Nexflix we havent been to the theater in forever ... but maybe we shoul dump that too and go the Red Box route.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
it depends. if you have Netflix streaming, like we do, the amount of TV shows and movies available makes it much more cost effective than Red Box.
- Christa
Yep we have streaming and in the big picture $10 ish a month doesnt seem like much to come up with, so we will probably keep it.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
I received an email from Redbox the other day that they're offering monthly streaming accounts now, which include 4 free DVD rentals a month. I don't know if I'm going to try it, though, because I already belong to Netflix.
- Trish R
The lovely War lady says (to me) always take a list when shopping and no impulse buys. Stay out of the Deli. Don't know teh store situation where you are we have Cub and Rainbow as 2 big players for groceries, she sits down Sunday with sales flyers in Sunday paper and games the specials. Its work but you can save by hacking teh competition and soft drinks are money pit. War Daughter swears by her Soda Stream
- WarLord
I've done better with a list, too. And I joined a CSA and that's helped a lot. It also keeps me out of the store daily or every couple of days to buy produce, which always caused a lot of impulse purchases.
- Trish R
I'm a big fan of lists (Grocery IQ is a great grocery app - and it has coupons). We both gave up soda except on rare occasions ... but I guess I'll have to give up wine ;-)
- Shannon - GlassMistress
I'm already making a list in my mind of things we can sell on Ebay or in a yard sale. MAN has more comics and Magic cards than you'd believe and he's been talking about selling them for years.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Sometimes you need to spend a little to save a lot. Pick yourself up a used copy of this book for $0.01+$3.99 shipping: http://www.amazon.com/Tightwa... Keep reading it over and over. Each time, at least 1 thing will stick and you'll save a little more...or maybe a lot.
- April Russo
we have this book in our collection. someone sent it in saying that it looks like it is cataloged incorrectly and needs to be with the other military manuals.
Kirsten, Kelli H., Marianne and 12 other people liked this
I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING.
- holly #ravingfangirl
you need to put it with the other manuals! just for laughs
- Sir Shuping is just sir
hmm..the title *is* confusing. is it for werewolves who are snipers or snipers hunting werewolves?
- Christa
Christa I like it better it's for werewolf snipers. They have to take into account their fur, claws, and snout ya know
- Sir Shuping is just sir
I'm enamored with the fact that it's from DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.
- Hookuh Tinypants
Wait. Did I patron or another librarian want it recataloged?
- Katy S
li.brar.i.an. x______x
- holly #ravingfangirl
ACK!
- Katy S
(stilll totally laughing, btw. best thing EVER.)
- holly #ravingfangirl
I'm going back and forth between laughing hysterically because it's funny and laughing hysterically because it is appalling.
- Katy S
I'm loving this LCSH I found in the WorldCat record: Sniping (Military science) -- Humor. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc...
- Stephen le Francoeur
The Responsiblity is awesome! "Department of the Army ; edited by Cole Louison ; illustrations by David Cole Wheeler, werewolf consultants to the U.S. Army."
- Katy S
Phooey. MPOW doesn't have it.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
The same authors also wrote the U.S Army zombie training manual. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc...
- Stephen le Francoeur
Since I am talking about pizza.....POLL TOPIC: What toppings do you like on your pizza?
Kol Tregaskes, chaz2b, John (bird whisperer) and 4 other people liked this
Depending on my mood, I am either plain cheese or pepperoni, red onions, green peppers, and olives. Either way, it has to be very well done....crispy.
- Mary Carmen
pepperoni and pineapple or pepperoni and mushroom or combo of the previous two with green peppers
- Sir Shuping is just sir
pepperoni + mushroom
- Kevin Johnson
I like all sorts, really. Typical pepperoni by itself, or pepperoni with onions and tomatoes, are favorites. I like to try new combinations - current odd favorite is pineapple, jalapeno and hot sauce. I think it is more a list of what I don't like (green bell pepper, undercooked mushrooms, ham, anchovies.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
I am not down with mushrooms....texture thing.
- Mary Carmen
I like veggie toppings: mushrooms, broccoli, black olives, spinach, onions, peppers.
- April Russo
I like mushrooms, but the done/not-done thing is one of the few texture issues I do have. Most places put them on raw, and pizza cooks too quickly for them to actually finish cooking. You almost have to pre-cook them to get them to the level of done-ness that I like (and that's what I do if I make my own.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Mushrooms. Bacon.
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
One slice with onions, mushrooms, green peppers, one slice classic cheese to cleanse the palate. Cheese is best a wee bit browned.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I like everything you normally find except pineapple. I could really go for anchovy right now.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, artichoke hearts, anchovies
- Rodfather
Sun dried tomatoes, olives, red peppers, and either mozz or goat cheese. If I opt for meat, I like chicken or a spicy sausage. Always thin crust. Now I want pizza.
- Kelli H.
Pepperoni, onions, green peppers, and jalapeños. Artichoke hearts sounds amazing! ADD: It must be crispy. Also, I had a pizza once that had arugula, red onions, and some kind of light dressing. It was AMAZING!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Either Gorgonzola and pine nuts or spinach, caramelized onions, and mushrooms with pesto.
- Hookuh Tinypants
from FreshFeed
Totally depends on my mood. I love it with prosciutto, artichoke hearts, and fontina, but I rarely get that. Ians in Madison has a grilled veggie pizza I love. Really, as long as it doesn't have olives or fungus or seafood on it, I'm game.
- Katy S
Pepperoni, sun-dried tomatoes, red or green peppers, marinated chicken, bacon, artichoke hearts, fresh mozzarella (not all at the same time!). Not olives, anchovies, and pineapple's no great thrill.
- Walt Crawford
Anything but vegetables, although I make exceptions for arugula and sundried tomatoes
- ~Courtney F
three primary versions: 1) pepperoni, black olives and green capsicum. 2) mushrooms, onions and so-called Italian sausage. 3) back bacon and pineapple chunks with extra sauce.
- Smaller Joe Silence
It's easier to ask me what I don't like. Answer - chillies or jalapenos.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Thin crisp crust and lots of sauce and bacon after that I'm open to negotations...
- WarLord
margherita! or a white pizza. gotta have a thin crust.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Pizza margherita is my current favorite, but I also like toppings like arugula, roasted garlic, caramelized onions, black or kalamata olives, etc, on occasion. I'm not a fan of meat on pizza, except for maybe prosciutto (or is it pancetta?).
- John (bird whisperer)
Cheese, ham, pepperoni, bacon--any combo of those toppings
- Jed Harris-Keith
from iPhone
Anything BUT anchovies or goat cheese. Faves are pepperoni, sweet red pepper and I'd prolly love pineapple since I adore it every other way. But nobody in this house likes it on anything, so I'll have to be a widow or alone in the house before I find out.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
The university Doctor Who club years ago always ordered pineapple and pepperoni. These days, I like chicken and feta, but I only have that at my sister's. Also like pepperoni, mushrooms, ham, bacon. No olives.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Pesto sauce, mushrooms & cheese. Red sauce, cheese, bell peppers, ALL THE MEAT.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Also a simple Margherita can be divine if everything is super fresh.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Thanks, guys. It's only 8 am and I totally want pizza.
- Laura Krier
The high school is serving pizza today.
- Jed Harris-Keith
from iPhone
Typically, pepperoni, extra cheese, onions. Maybe mushrooms. However, I am a big fan of the "meat lovers" styles as well.
- c.a.j.
Hawaiian!
- Chris Topher
ALL OF THE MEATS!
- Le Slip Anglais
from Android
Mushrooms and usually olives are a must, but I can go for just about anything meatless. Pineapple is an abomination, however.
- Jason P
Depends on my mood and the "whole" thing - in general I like cheeses, onions, mushrooms, spinach, shrimp, bacon, pepperoni (not all together!). I won't do olives or pineapple.
- Rachel Walden
i'm pretty open to anything, except anchovies. hairy fish give me the willies. a new topping i discovered when i moved to the midwest - cream cheese. one of our standards is cream cheese, hamburger, mushroom, black olive. NOM. damn...it may be a pizza night.
- Christa
All. The. Things. And I 'm also fond of ham, pineapple, bacon and mushroom pizza's. Truly havent found too many pizzas I dont like :D
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Once I saw a pizza with regular topping but NO CHEESE. It was as terrible as you might imagine.
- c.a.j.
suprise me
- chaz2b
Mushroom, green pepper and artichoke hearts. I'm not big on meat on my pizza but usually go with sausage or ham.
- ronin
Pepperoni.
- Scott. Cat Herder.
Plain Cheese; Black Olives only (how I thought all pizza came growing up); bacon and pineapple
- Hedgehog
Pepperoni and mushrooms as a standard. Artichoke hearts, garlic, spinach, sun dried tomatoes are some other favorites
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
pizza. we had it. https://secure.flickr.com/photos...
- Christa
Cheese. Pepperoni and fresh mushrooms (never canned). Sausage, fresh mushrooms and black olives. Goat cheese, spinach and tomato. I don't usually care for onions and bell peppers, or anchovies.
- adf
Let the record show that I agree w/ @Starmama, minus the meat.
- Harold Cabezas
from Android
i will judge you when it comes to pizza with pineapple. no matter how much i like you. just as an FYI. ;)
chaz2b, RudĩϐЯaЯïan, Ha3rvey #teamMonique and 9 other people liked this
THAT
- jambina
I DO WHAT I WANT!
- Jennifer Dittrich
judge away, bitches!! I LOVED my Ham and Pineapple pizza that I had last night. LOVED IT.
- WebGoddess
HAWAIIAN FTW!
- Chris Topher
JUDGING!
- holly #ravingfangirl
I like pineapple on pizza. Not regularly, but as an occasional thing. Usually I just go for pepperoni & banana... peppers. (DRAMATIC PAUSE FOR COMEDIC EFFECT. SORT OF.)
- Chris Z.
dun dun........DUN NUN!!!!!!
- Chris Topher
Of course, I also like cilantro...
- Chris Z.
that says a lot right there. ;)
- holly #ravingfangirl
Still: toasted marshmallow milkshakes.
- Chris Z.
YES.
- holly #ravingfangirl
I'm a cilantro fan, too - wonder what the correlation is to people who like cilantro and people who like pineapple on their pizza? Gotta be a research grant in there somewhere, yes?
- WebGoddess
I've tried pineapple on pizza. It's ... weird.
- John (bird whisperer)
The hot pineapple juice just taints everything.
- Rachel Walden
Pineapple and gammon go beautifully together, be they on a pizza or not :-)
- Le Slip Anglais
from Android
Hot Pineapple Juice. That is all.
- Chris Z.
The hot pineapple juice just <strike>taints</strike> improves everything. Fixed that for ya, Rachel!!
- WebGoddess
you people are effed in the head. #justsayin
- holly #ravingfangirl
I don't get the appeal at all.
- Mary Carmen
It's lost on me too, and I like cilantro!
- Stephen le Francoeur
pineapple and pepperoni is awesome! salty and sweet
- Sir Shuping is just sir
All I keep imagining is soggy pizza
- Mary Carmen
if its done right no sogginess :)
- Sir Shuping is just sir
People should be judged. Some, harshly.
- Ha3rvey #teamMonique
Holly: how would you feel about a pineapple, avocado pizza? *RUNS*
- Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
In fact, I WILL JUDGE YOU IF YOU DON'T JUDGE THEM.
- Ha3rvey #teamMonique
That would be the mushiest pizza ever.
- Mary Carmen
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Which pair of frames should I order? http://flic.kr/p/dUoCYp
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The second pair.
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
2nd row, left.
- holly #ravingfangirl
2!
- Jenica
I also like 2 best. Though 4 is kinda spiffy.
- Marianne
2
- Meg V. Meg
I like 3 or 4
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
2! (I like 5 too, but that's 'cause they look like mine :) )
- ~Courtney F
2
- Rachel Walden
2
- WebGoddess
Yes, pair #2. I think you look better with rounded frames.
- Laura H.
2 fits your face best.
- Christa
I like 2. the rest are kind of equal to me. 5 is a no. The glasses look too small on our face.
- Rochelle's favorite Royce
YouTube, my dear friends, is 93% Harlem Shake, 6% Gangnam Style, 4% Russian Dashcam Accidents, and 2% butterscotch ripple.
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That's 115%!
- Chris Z.
105%
- WebGoddess
MATH IS HARD.
- Chris Z.
Let's meet in the middle and give it 110%, shall we? :)
- c.a.j.
needs moar Nyan cat.
- Christa
nuh uh!
- holly #ravingfangirl
Anne Of Green Gables Is A Sexy Blonde On The Cover Of A New Paperback Book Set - http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievh...
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Have we discussed the WRONGness of this yet?
- ellbeecee
from Bookmarklet
Oh, what the crap.
- Jennifer Dittrich
whut?
- Mary Carmen
What about the carrot-tops?
- Heleninstitches
No, no, no, NO NONO NONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Oh thank goodness. I knew there'd be kindred spirits here.
- ellbeecee
so rather than the title character, they picked a different character from the book for the cover? did someone else need more exposure?
- Christa
sadness
- John: Thread Killer
Maybe that's Josie Pye?
- Mary Carmen
Maybe it's meant to be Rachel Lynde.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Ruby Gillis was blonde, I think.
- RepoRat
and the publisher is an on-demand self publishing company? wtf? https://www.createspace.com/
- Christa
Are they rewriting Anne of Green Gables as some kind of story not appropriate for early elementary? That cover is very teen/adult.
- Hedgehog
but it's also part of Amazon, Christa? Yeah, it's strange.
- ellbeecee
Well, she *does* get into the cordial #onlythingIrememberaboutAnneofGreenGables
- Meg V. Meg
Christa/ellbeecee - I think Anne of Green Gables is public domain, so someone's put together an ebook version of their own (using Amazon's Createspace platform) to sell. With a completely WRONG cover image.
- Deborah Fitchett
AUBURN
- maʀtha
Hedgehog - I remember someone getting very adamant with me that there is an adult version because the version they were given from a children's department (not an abridged version, the actual book) couldn't possibly be right. The copy from the YA area couldn't be the right one, either. She insisted there was an adult version of the book. Now, I'm not saying there isn't some adult fanfic out there for it, but it was an interesting conversation. :)
- Katy S
Christa: CreateSpace isn't a publisher, it's a service agency that will produce any legitimate book (which any PD book is). CreateSpace plays no role in the creative decisions. (Yes, it is a division of Amazon.)
- Walt Crawford
There is so much wrong with that. Shirt, hair color, lack of freckles on her face, etc.
- Running Slow
As I noted on another thread: Very clever "author": Packaging several public domain texts, adding a sure-to-be-controversial cover, using CreateSpace (=no upfront costs): Controversy equals probably a big handful of sales. For finding or creating one cover. Cha-ching!
- Walt Crawford
hmmm. i'm not sure LMM would have cared though. I mean, yes, she would think the cover was stupid. (I imagine her wanting to know wtf Ruby Gillis was doing on the cover of her books, wearing THAT of all things.) But the woman wrote for product contests, when she was starting out, and she had an incredibly hard life. I think she might be pleased as punch that people are still reading...
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- Marianne
Katy, I wonder if the person in question had come across one of the later volumes when Anne is an adult, and not realized it?
- Marianne
Marianne - I think she saw the movie version on PBS and had no idea that it was actually based on a children's book. I suspect that she didn't think she was the type of adult who would like a children's novel.
- Katy S
Remember Megan Follows in that episode of "Made in Canada"? http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Betsy #TeamMonique
blonde Anne with an E is wrong.
- maʀtha
They were talking about this on my local radio station this afternoon!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Recording Now Available: NCompass Live: Digital Preservation, Part 1: Inventory and Selection http://nlc.nebraska.gov/scripts... #NCompLive
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Most Library podcasts are stupid. NCompass live is not stupid.
- Rochelle's favorite Royce
:)
- Christa
Rochelle, one of my Nashville friends just posted a link on fb to the seed library. Very cool!
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I tossed it up on my Facebook after our Hillview Urban Ag Center FBed it https://www.facebook.com/home.... People are sharing like crazy..cuz it's cool!
- Marge LW
Plus I am encouraging the staff movers and shakers to John-Cotton-Dana it next year. It is going to be amazing on every level - concept, collaboration, sustainability and libraries. Pole dancing and butchering will pal.
- Marge LW
how cool! we're doing an episode of NCompass Live next month about setting up a seed saving program at a Nebraska library: http://nlc.nebraska.gov/scripts...
- Christa
Semi-serious question: has Monsanto really not tried to police/prevent these groups?
- Meg V. Meg
If they're not circulating patented seeds, it shouldn't be an issue, but I'd be interested in how the intake process works.
- Rachel Walden
the library in Nebraska is partnered with the Seed Savers Exchange, who works with heirloom seeds. so maybe not competition for Monsanto?
- Christa
seed library - is this part of your serials collection?
- maʀtha
Yeah, I was wondering if/how they have to prove that the seeds are what they say they are.
- Meg V. Meg
do they bear tiny call #s? or acquisition #s? I know people inscribe things on grains of rice
- maʀtha
Years ago, when I got my serials acquisitions job, my friend Mark thought this is what I did, for realz - acquire seeds and grains for a library collection.
- maʀtha
cereals acquisition!
- Rachel Walden
Heehee
- maʀtha
I am enjoying my Android, but I get slightly sad when a lot of cool apps are iOS-only. :/
- MontglaneChess
Android
- Galadriel C.
Android.
- Kirsten
Android (and my Kindle Fire HD runs modified Android, so I finally have skin in this game).
- Walt Crawford
Android
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
Both :) I have an Android phone and an iPad and I like them both pretty much equally.
- ~Courtney F
i say both also. :)
- holly #ravingfangirl
What Courtney said.
- Royce's favorite Anna
Android.
- Christa
Android
- Hedgehog
I am all iOS and am happy. Basically, iCloud rocks my world. Nothing against Android, though.
- kaijsa
i'm with courtney and holly. my phone is a samsung galaxy note and i have a kindle fire (both android) but i also have an ipad. most apps that matter come in both flavors.
- henry
Ideologically I'm Android. Ethnically I'm iOS. When it came time for me to pick a smartphone, though, I went with ethnicity. Too many choices. iOS I only had to choose 8 or 16 GB and black or white.
- laura x
Neither. I'm waiting for a tablet that works like a computer, particularly in how it treats files, which I like to be able to open with multiple different aps depending on the situation. I acknowledge that I may be waiting a long while. (Actually it's possible that Android can be made to do something like what I want; need to get my sister to demo her tablet for me in this respect.)
- Deborah Fitchett
I'm not sure what you want to do with your files, Deborah, but I switch between Google docs, dropbox, Notability, Evernote, CloudOn and Office2HD on my iPad, depending on what I want to do. I like that i can open attached from email into most of the apps. It's definitely not like a regular computer, but there are things I can more easily do on the tablet than the desktop/laptop.
- kaijsa
Snowflake, could you perhaps expand on how you cross-use these apps with iPad? I'm struggling to figure out exactly where (GDocs, Dropbox) I should start dumping my files, in order to have best access to them on my iPad.
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
Deborah: I wonder whether one of the new convertible tablets (with detachable keyboards) running Windows 8 might work for you--or, for that matter, the Surface Pro, which also runs Windows 8 (not the special RT version). They're out of my price range, but...
- Walt Crawford
Snowflake, for various reasons I eschew the cloud (bandwidth charges, speed, Patriot Act, being a control freak...), so there's that. Walt: <suppresses a shudder> Ideologically I'm moving further away from Apple ware, but if I give up on MacOS it'll be for some brand of Linux, not Windows. :-)
- Deborah Fitchett
Louise, I mostly stick files in dropbox. Then I can open stuff in Notability or Evernote if I want to play with them beyond just reading/referencing. PDFs are mark-upable, docs are editable. Google Docs doesn't interoperate with other things really, but I start so many things there that I can continue working on them. I'm still playing with things to get the workflow right, but I'm printing a ton less these days, so it's working to an extent.
- kaijsa
Deborah, that makes sense. I've embraced the cloud for various reasons, but understand why some might not. Maybe there will be a Linux or Android solution for you.
- kaijsa
It's possible that either a) what I really want is a very small computer, or b) a regular tablet would be just fine once I'd divested myself of a couple of decades of The Way I've always Done Things. But then it's also somewhat moot because it really helps prevent a recurrence of my RSI if I take a break from computing for at least the duration of my commute and instead read ebooks or handwrite in a notebook. :-)
- Deborah Fitchett
The "no filesystem" thing mostly works pretty well. You do need to recognize that it's not your primary computing device.
- DJF
Louise, like Snowflake I have found that Dropox pretty much allows me to do whatever I to with whatever file type. I'm working mostly with Word, PDF and image files.
- ~Courtney F
Thanks, Snowflake and Courtney and all! Helpful comments.
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
I can't believe Survivor is still on the air. Who is watching that show?
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fer serious?
- jambina
This is season 26....WTF.
- Mary Carmen
Big Brother is coming back, too. Fifteenth season. Finally in HD!
- Julian
SEASON 26? no. do they do two seasons a year? please say yes.
- jambina
I watch it.I enjoy the crazy shit that happens.
- Christa
I think they have done multiple seasons. but still 26????
- Mary Carmen
Two seasons a year for 13 years. Crazy, huh?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I've watched every episode. I like it a lot.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Well, that answers that question. View on, my friends.
- Mary Carmen
I check in every once is a while to see the new locations. I love the photography on that show.
- Brian Johns
Kinda nervous. About to do a reference consult and I have not done one in a while. Once a medical librarian...always a medical librarian.
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You can always stall for time by asking, "I'm sorry, would you repeat that last part?"
- Andy
Cinahl appears not to be loading correctly.
- Rochelle's favorite Royce
Or "Is it lupus?"
- Johnny
It's never lupus.
- Christa
Good excuse to look for pictures of rashes on the internet, huh?
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
It went really well and the professor was not hard on the eyes.
- Mary Carmen
Sunday Kitchen: Go!
Sarah made oatmeal with bananas
- maʀtha
Salted caramel brownies in the oven, for Mister's birthday. Will also be making Chicken Vesuvio for dinner.
- Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
Considering oxtail soup
- maʀtha
Nothing much, really. I'm trying to eat up some of my freezer stockpile.
- Katy S
throwing in the towel and calling for pizza. What I'd planned, I'd be the only one eating, so.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Jason's making pizza.
- Anne Graham
the chicken taco stuff in the crock pot.
- ellbeecee
Bottling plums in the microwave while watching West Wing DVDs. Makes for a messy microwave, but the jars sealed, so I may keep using the method.
- Deborah Fitchett
Other plans include black bean burritos, roasted beets, pesto & pasta & chicken, baked oatmeal, something else (not all together)
- maʀtha
I baked a Bakewell tart and a blackcurrant and coconut one, and made Toad-in-the-Hole with loads of onion gravy for tea :-)
- Heleninstitches
What is a bakewell tart?
- maʀtha
Kale pie.
- Galadriel C.
Kale pie recipe, please. I made turnip & leek soup.
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Pastry, jam, almondy-cake on top :-)
- Heleninstitches
Wendy's! Taco Bell! :)
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Molletes!
- RepoRat
Burritos! Made shredded beef in the crock pot.
- Christa
A funny thing happened at the coop: the oxtail soup turned into a coop made quiche and the baked oatmeal turned into a box of cereal.
- maʀtha
Then I came home and shoveled.
- maʀtha
Safeway had fried chicken on sale, so I got that. Added a salad and noodles (from a pouch).
- Julian
I baked some samosas (they were premade, frozen) and ate them with sour cream.
- Marianne
I was going to make chili and a pie. I made the chili, but have lost interest in the pie, sadly. I think I may even go to bed early.
- Royce's favorite Anna
French lentil and roasted beet salad. Almost did me in - still not recovered from the flu - but man is it good!
- Marge LW
spinach quiche for lunch and meatloaf for dinner. :)
- MontglaneChess
Kale Pie recipe courtesy of my fabulous sister-in-law: http://northcountrygirlkelly.b...
- Galadriel C.
i just saw "thought leader" used. unironically. :(
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Ouch
- Anne Graham
WHERE
- Andy
IT WAS IN ALATT. but with the fuckery going on with comments on FB, i don't see it now.
- holly #ravingfangirl
!!!
- Andy
not finding it via FB group search. DAMN YOU.
- Andy
Well, you know FB is always quick to purge thought leaders...
- Chris Z.
it was in that post where someone was asking about LinkedIn. i swear there were over 10 comments earlier. >.>
- holly #ravingfangirl
i found it. it's in the thread by Todd Grooten asking about LinkedIn. a comment by Naomi House. i see like 15 comments on the post.
- Christa
see? the comments are so fubar lately. FUCKERY.
- holly #ravingfangirl
I only see 3 comments there. huh.
- ellbeecee
there should be a link at the top of the comments to view the other comments before them.
- Christa
It the person using the word was serious, then that's ironic.
- DJF
unfortunately, they were. here's the quote for those of us who can't see it "I know many jobs are posted on LinkedIn only- especially ones at companies- I follow a bunch. You can 'meet' some of the top thought leaders in our field through LinkedIn and engage them in civil discussions. it is how I met Ellen Mehling of METRO and LIU's Palmer school. So joining the civil discussions can help introduce you to potential employers."
- Christa
yes, that's what i saw previously christa but now, i can only see 3 like lbc. the comments there have been randomly doing this all week.
- holly #ravingfangirl
I saw it too, a while back, same thread. I just thought "It's ALATT; why even bother." [Still there, once I click on "show XX additional comments."
- Walt Crawford
I was just wondering if Sergio was still googlebombed by Iris. And he kind of is, but this cracks me up even more.
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WHUT THE WHUT?
- jambina
Sergio, stop hiding behind your 'jambina' alias ;)
- awd
heh. when you click on the 'Images for sergio rivera ayala' link, it changes to a picture of Griffey.
- Christa
I AM GRIFFEY
- jambina
And yet I've sat with both of you simultaneously around fire pits. Was I dreaming? Was it some sort of strange Fight Club moment?
- Hedgehog
If you have to ask... what is the first rule!
- awd
This just made my whole freakin' day.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Steve, you totally engineered this, I know you did
- maʀtha
the latest in the pill-cutting saga: the pharmacy gave me triangle-shaped pills this time. WHICH I NOW HAVE TO QUARTER. ಠ_ಠ
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I...what? I didn't know they made triangle pills. you need advanced calculus to be able to quarter them!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Er.
- Jennifer Dittrich
RIGHT?
- holly #ravingfangirl
It's 4 smaller right triangles.
- Andy
NO MATH.
- holly #ravingfangirl
math burns!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Draw it out and you can see how it can be done. Half it first then it will be on an angle to make the other two triangles.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
geometry!
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
If you find the midpoint on each side, draw a line between those three points. That's how you get 4 right triangles.
- Andy
HULK SMASH PILLS IN TO FINE DUST AND DIVIDE POWDER!
- Kristin
this is why kristin is my favorite.
- holly #ravingfangirl
:D
- Kristin
you math-heads should come here and cut these fsckers for me.
- holly #ravingfangirl
I'd be happy to. Also, Andy gets +1 sexy for being able to explain that.
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
Are they equilateral triangles? If so, cut parallel to any side (halfway between that side and the apex) flip the small bit over and put it in the middle of the big bit as a template for the next two cuts. Bam! Quartered.
- Le Slip Anglais
from Android
Yeah, i meant equilateral triangles, not right triangles. Big difference.
- Andy
I had to do something like that once, and I crushed it and divided it by weight. I had to go buy a gram scale from some kind of "alternative lifestyle store". That was weird.
- Ha3rvey #teamMonique
ok, weez, but know the pill is 5/16" on its longest side. no, they are not equilateral. and pillcutters, are, shall we say, imprecise. and pills disintegrate. ;) i would totally crush them if that was an option, 3.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Can you cut it into twelfths and give them three-twelfths of a pill? That might help somehow.
- Jason P
bring them back to the pharmacy and/or the doctor and ask them how you're supposed to do it. let them know how stupid and impossible it is.
- Christa
Yeah, holly, i have yet to find a really effective pill cutter that doesn't lose you quite a lot of the pill in dust loss.
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
I seem to be getting everything out of sequence here. Apologies for the redundant comments :-)
- Le Slip Anglais
from Android
Triangular pills shit me every time. I don't know whose idea they are but that person should be shot.
- Hookuh Tinypants
Have you asked pharmacy if THEY can cut them? Probably not, but they might have a better tool.
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
hmm, i asked them about getting the other shape (no can do), but i didn't ask them about that. an idea.
- holly #ravingfangirl
The pharmacy could also suspend the medication into a liquid form and it should be easier to dose this way?
- Janet:#TeamMonique
This sounds like a job for 3D printing. You could make pills in any dosages!
- Andy
janet, unfortunately, the compounding pharmacy my vet uses is in another town, so that's not feasible for this batch. never mind that this cat does not tolerate us giving her liquid meds at all. i'll just suffer and whine. ;)
- holly #ravingfangirl
andy, that is actually pretty damn brilliant.
- holly #ravingfangirl
I NO RITE?
- Andy
All I know is that Side-Angle-Side is okay, and Angle-Side-Angle is too, but Angle-Side-Side makes an ass out of you and me. #WaitThatDoesntSeemRightSomehow
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
With my artistic talent, the best drawing I would manage is stick figures. But, I guess, that would still work for triangles.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Any hints from all of you about making these pecha kucha slides? Hints, tips, things to avoid?
Use the auto advance option on the slides. Last time I did one of these, I was shocked that I was the only one who did that (I set mine to move every 19 seconds).
- Katy S
CATS.
- Christa
there are slide sets out there that Janie H and Andy made CC on Flickr i believe. Crib that shit.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
unfortunately, as I'm doing as webinar, they can't do auto-advance. They've offered to manually "auto-advance" for me. I told them no, but I might change my mind. Sadly, my pecha kucha is on a topic, but I might look for Janie and Andy's anyhow and steal, er, crib gratuitously, cuz I'm effing behind on this thing.
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
Also, yes, CATS. Also, comic fly picture (it's relevant).
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
Keep the images clear and distinct. I also had a one sentence description ready as a script. The images take the longest time to collect
- Elizabeth Brown
from Android
Thanks, Elizabeth, that helped. I got it done...at 1am. It was a long day for other reasons. I'm pretty pleased. Went back through it and really cut down what little text was there. I need to buff up my outline - I do what Elizabeth suggested with the one-sentence to spark my memory as I go along.
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
The Aaron Swartz thread -- http://friendfeed.com/lsw... -- is driving me insane. If you'd rather post something about Swartz or suicide or hacktivism rather than whatever the fuck is going on in that thread, please post it here.
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I can't claim to know a whole lot about Aaron Swartz, but what from what I did know, he was a bit of a hero to me. I have always wanted to be one of those unstoppably creative and curious types with the courage and energy to match, and from the outside he seemed like one of those people.
- Steele Lawman
Like all too many of those kinds of people who are heroes to me, he was also apparently depressed a lot of the time and suicidal.
- Steele Lawman
I know that I'm being a jerk about this, but the more I think about Swartz, the more heartbroken I feel. And to see the LSW thread head off into talk about fucking repositories and informatics and other irrelevant inside-pool library bullshit was killing me.
- Steele Lawman
And yes, I have taken my pills this morning.
- Steele Lawman
FWIW, I don't think you're being a jerk.
- Anne Graham
Thanks, Anne.
- Steele Lawman
I don't think you're being a jerk, either. I feel much the same way.
- laura x
I agree with you. While the discussion may be important, that thread did not seem to be the place for it. When it was originally share, I assumed it would go more like what you are starting here.
- Running Slow
Anonymous has already pulled some kind of hack at MIT: http://www.washingtonpost.com/busines... I hope they have special plans for US Attorney Carmen Ortiz
- Steele Lawman
If you are a fan of petitions--and as a library-type, I'm sure you are--there is a White House petition to remove Carmen Ortiz from her US Attorney position: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitio...
- Steele Lawman
As many of you know, my father killed himself. He was 58, not 26, but it was still too young. I can't imagine he would have gotten along with or approved of Swartz, but he had the same kind of totally uncompromising view about the things he believed in. And he was brilliant and funny and the best father a little girl could ever have wanted. It breaks my heart that I didn't get to know...
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- laura x
Also, I really liked this piece: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...
- laura x
The DOJ website was down for awhile last night, too--Eric Goldhagen (Jenna Freedman's husband) has a screencap on FB.
- laura x
Thanks for doing this Steve. I also don't feel like you're being a jerk. This has been bothering me, too. I get that his death may get people thinking/talking/doing more about making scholarly info freely available. and that's fine. BUT, I am very disturbed that people are ignoring what I think is more important - he was suffering from a mental illness, depression, and he committed...
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- Christa
I don't see how you are being a jerk
- maʀtha
I'm being a jerk in that I'm berating people for talking about what they want to talk about in a particular thread. I also deleted some of my comments in that thread Saturday or Sunday, which, if still there, might show that I helped divert the attention from Swartz and his death and life to suggestions about uploading articles to Pirate Bay, which may have in turn pushed the...
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- Steele Lawman
I think you know, Steve, how I feel about suicide, also how I feel about how we collectively fail so many people with mental illness. I feel angry and terribly sad.
- maʀtha
lol at Steve. if you say so
- maʀtha
Jason Scott http://ascii.textfiles.com/archive... "Yes, as mentioned, a lot of people now talking about Aaron are people I don’t like. But Aaron, you see…. Aaron treated us like a RAID setup – he saw past all our flaws and inconsistencies and brought out the best of what we were offering. For me, he pinged me about my warrior spirit and ways to make a difference and what was going...
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- Steele Lawman
(Liking to bookmark all the links)
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I adore Jason Scott, and not just for Sockington.
- Anne Graham
I like to make fun of "Democracy Now," but they devoted a nice big chunk of time to Aaron Swartz today. An audibly anguished Larry Lessig had good things to say about Aaron and rather stupid things to say about mental illness. They also played a speech or a sizable excerpt of a speech Swartz gave about SOPA. I think you can hear it at the website, http://www.democracynow.org/
- Steele Lawman
Lessig was on As It Happens tonight and you could just hear the pain in his voice.
- jambina
^^^ will listen to it tomorrow. I download As it Happens to my phone and listen as I walk to work. The "working to make things better" is part of why this is so sad. he really did.
- barbara fister
just listening to democracy now. wow.
- jambina
Bugger. I was responding to Sandy Thatcher, who thinks Aaron Swartz should have done time to show his commitment, and accidentally "liked" his comment. I do not like it, no I do not.
- barbara fister
The general tenor of comments at academic publications is making me a little crazy. Do. Not. Read. Comments. (The ones at IHE are, unusually, more stupid and angry than at the Cronk.)
- barbara fister
I'll have a few hours at the ref desk to build up some steam on them.
- Steele Lawman
People. Help me stop reading comments. I really have to stop. the "theft is theft" "stealing is stealing' "nothing excuses theft" makes me want to commit multiple felonies.
- barbara fister
Don't stop. Hit back, hard.
- Steele Lawman
Hm. I hope they approve my comment. I suggested that Thatcher's questions are cynical and flawed. Asking, "Do you think the NET Act of 1997 is a bad law and that everyone should be permitted to steal and upload copyrighted material to the Internet so long as no profit motive is involved?" is like asking "Do you think Lolita is a good book, and that everyone should commit statutory rape?"
- Steele Lawman
I wish I could write a macro that would hide Sandy Thatcher's comments from all Chron articles.
- kaijsa
They did publish my comment and it sounds less crazy than I feared.
- Steele Lawman
^^^ love it.
- barbara fister
Sandy occasionally makes sense, but mostly makes me turn into a frothing rageful comment-hater.
- barbara fister
Sometimes seeing his comments I'd like to stick a scholarly monograph where the sun don't shine.
- John Dupuis
Having been on the receiving end of many of his comments, I'm chuckling here.
- Jennifer Howard
Nine Rules for Stifling Innovation - Rosabeth Moss Kanter - Harvard Business Review - http://blogs.hbr.org/kanter...
John Dupuis liked this
"Invoke history. If a new idea comes up for discussion, find a precedent in a an earlier idea that didn't work, remind everyone of that bad past experience. Those who have been around a long time know that we tried it before, so it won't work this time either."
- ellbeecee
from Bookmarklet
I've been in libraries - and non-library organizations - that do a number of these things. And I think even the best organizations can have moments where one or more of these comes out to play.
- ellbeecee
yup, i recognize way too many of those things in MPOW.
- Christa
Oh wow. I think I've seen every one of those at one job or another. Though there is a corollary to #1, "Be suspicious of any new idea from below"...until you can call it your own and take credit for it.
- Rebecca Hedreen
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