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I normally get about 70-100 pageviews on my blog in a given week. Today I got linked to by LISnews... My how things change.
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Does the page view count only those that actually go to the blog? Or does it include Google Reader/RSS/Atom traffic?
- Matt Lorfeld
Just people who go to the blog itself.
- lris
I Interrupt This Blog… - http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2009...
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"Bring It On" on Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/7520736
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Ok. Last one from my trip down memory lane (there's a 4th video on Vimeo that's password protected because I'm not the choreographer, but lemme know if you want the password). Every summer the teachers and alumni of the dance academy put on their own show. Some people are professional dancers, others haven't danced in a long while but still love the project and come back in the summer. Here's a piece I choreographed for that show back in 2001.
- lris
from Bookmarklet
I can't believe I made them do cave turns. I was cruel.
- lris
Art is suffering, though, Iris.
- Pete
A Little Moby on Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/7519779
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What do you do when you're given three teenagers and two 6-year-olds to choreograph for? You give the teenagers a piece to themselves and then go for as much cute-factor as you can. Watch Enza (the girl in the front in the first piece) to get an accurate sense of what I was going for with these.
- lris
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How-To: Laws for Using Photos You Take at Your Library - http://infotoday.com/mls...
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there are a few legal issues relating to photography that librarians need to be aware of, particularly the rights of privacy and publicity
- lris
Deciding to skip quiz night for the 9th or 10th time in a row.
Kind of like a pub quiz?
- Julian
So much like a pub quiz that it *is* a pub quiz.
- lris
I've been going to one for a few weeks. Unintentionally fell into it. What keeps you away?
- Julian
I could use a pub right now.
- Chris Z.
I've been either out of town or sick nearly every weekend in that length of time, Julian. A couple of times I've been too tired to think that staying out till 11 would be fun.
- lris
I've been out to pub quiz night twice. Once years ago with friends, and just this fall at Access. It's definitely something that is best done as a group. But I don't know that I'd want to stay out until 11 on a school night.
- DJF
There's a regular group of faculty that I fell in with at this thing. I miss seeing them, but maybe next week.
- lris
ah... so it's _outreach_ ;-)
- DJF
I went to quiz night with Iris and we won! Well, not due to me. But still. It was exciting.
- laura x
Oh that's right. I'd forgotten about that.
- lris
pub = beer
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Yes, I can indeed confirm that there is beer there. :-)
- lris
Somewhere between falling asleep and waking up, my motivation and optimism went for a walk without me, and they haven't hurried back.
John (a.k.a. dendroica), Derrick and Laura B coughin' less liked this
Ice cream will de-groggify me after that surprise nap, right?
Laura B coughin' less liked this
Yes.
- Laura B coughin' less
yes, yes it will
- Sir Shuping
Sitting at Martha's coffee shop in hopes of making it through a piece of the reading for this week's book group. But mostly playing around on the internet instead.
hello! I am not there!
- marthalib
martha owns a coffee shop??
- Sir Shuping
I know! (I suddenly NEEDED their mac and cheese, so I am waiting for them to start serving lunch. Impatiently.)
- lris
Sorry I am not there! I am off to book club shortly. Hope you are having a nice time and that your mac and cheese is deeelicious
- marthalib
Grand Tetons on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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This is a marker drawing I did years ago (like, I think I was 17) from a photo I took while on vacation at the Grand Tetons.
- lris
from Bookmarklet
when i saw this it reminded me of a water colorist named john marin: http://www.artnet.com/artist... very cool picture
- Sir Shuping
Thanks Andrew. Part of the reason I like this drawing is that it reminds me to step out of my comfort zone, color-wise. I tend to be pretty timid with color intensity, but markers just don't let you hide. I tried to think of this drawing while I was painting today (http://ff.im/b7mm5), but I still have a hard time.
- lris
"timid with color intensity" Yup, same here. Sharing your art is an encouragement to me. Thanks.
- Polly Potter
Cascade on Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/7494860
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In the next installment of "Iris remembers an artistic past"... This past summer I traveled back to Chicago to see some friends, and I took a good portion of one day to ride the train out to the suburb where I'd lived and visit the dance academy where I'd spent so many hours dancing, teaching, and dabbling in choreography. While there, I was able to find a couple old performance videos, one of which included this piece that I choreographed and set on several of my friends in the summer of 1999. The video quality is abysmal, and the performance itself is still a little sloppy (this was filmed before the piece really came together), but it's the best I have.
- lris
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The first of what will probably be many coffee shop lamps.
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There are 15 different crazy lamps at this coffee shop. By my calculations, that's 45 hours of painting... eventually.
- lris
I love modern technology. Watching my grandma being surprised by her sister appearing in LA (having traveled all the way from Tokyo) as an 80th birthday present.
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Is in possession of a brand new set of 24 colored pencils. *thrills*
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Growing up, my mom made sure we had nearly unlimited supplies of top-of-the-line art supplies in the house. I'm starting to realize just how much she cared about this because at the time we were very, very poor.
- lris
I love colored pencils!
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
i find it amazing sometimes that as we get older we realize just how much our parents cared about us, by supplying the little things that made growing up so much fun
- Sir Shuping
What brand? I'm a big fan of Prismacolor.
- Satan thinks ur awesome
Staedtler, the same brand we used when I was a kid and again in college: http://www.staedtler.com/karat_a...
- lris
heavy duty.......................
- VAL D.
Because that was so fun, I went back to the art supply store. We'll just pretend it was all free... (Oh, and I got some postcards made out of watercolor paper, so DM me your address if you want one.)
- lris
Anyone interested in the deluxe super best awesome colored pencil set, google "500 colored pencils"
- Jason Griffey
You know where I live...
- Steve is older than ever
Painting. Actually painting for the first time in 10 years. Why did I quit?
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initially thought you were painting walls :) my level of creativity is clearly low today. Hope you are outside enjoying this wonderful weather while you create!
- Jen Holman
Thanks, Steve, for inadvertently reminding me that I love doing this kind of work.
- lris
You are welcome. You can say "inadvertently" if you like; I'll go with "serendipitously." I had just put down the watercolors to pick up the computer.
- Steve is older than ever
I too should start again its been to long
- VAL D.
I've been painting a lot more lately. Such great stress release.
- Kårín Dalzĭel
Well, maybe I know why I haven't done this very much. It takes a lot of time. Today's lamp took nearly 3 hours. Still, I love this and hope to carve out more time for it soon.
- lris
Step one: Get out of bed.
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really, I think getting out of bed is overrated, but, while you are up, eat some breakfast!
- marthalib
Wiggle your big toe.
- Julian
Step two: finish All's Well That Ends Well.
- lris
I thought step one was "cut a hole in the box," but maybe that's a different thing altogether.
- Steve is older than ever
Step three: Take a shower and get dressed while composing an unpublishable blog post in my head. Daydream about going to Big Woods State Park and taking my sketch pad.
- lris
Step four: get out of the house.
- lris
Step five: cut a hole in the box
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Ok you jokers, clearly I don't have the requisite equipment for step two. Are you hoping I'll start something doomed to failure, here??
- lris
I thought step one was we can have lots of fun?
- Chris Z.
Step six: profit!
- imabonehead
Played with Google Wave today. That's about all there is to say about that.
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The World Between the Lines - http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2009...
blyberg’s at it again! « ex libris - http://ex-libris.ca/?p=822
That is, doing innovative stuff that makes other folks jealous! This time, it’s testing a growl/prowl based messaging system to summon iphone-equipped roving librarians back to the desk.
- lris
Just confirmed that work will give me the MS Office suite if I buy a new laptop for myself. Little by little I'm talking myself into this.
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Ok. Pretend I've never done this before. Pretend I'm your grandma (only with pretty high expectations from her computer). MacBook or MacBook Pro? Anything I should be sure to get or ask about? I use a Mac at work, but my personal laptops have always been PCs until now, so this really is new to me.
- lris
Also, order online or go to an Apple store?
- lris
MacBook Pro 13 inch, get the iWork suite (Keynote alone is worth it) and if you are buying, definitely get AppleCare. You can sometimes save a few bucks going refurb online.
- Jason Griffey
from twhirl
Don't forget to get the appropriate VGA dongle for connecting to projectors, as well.
- Jason Griffey
from twhirl
Griffey is awesome. :-)
- lris
I am very happy with my basic MacBook, although I really should get AppleCare.
- laura x
(An excellent thread, as I'm considering buying my first evar Mac - thanks for posting, iris!)
- The Archangel ωαřмaiden
I also am happy with Buffle the MacBook, though the new small Pros look pretty gosh-darn nice. Yes to iWork, yes to VGA dongle. Does your work have a tech store? there may be cheaper prices through there. Otherwise, check the difference between a refurb and the education price on Apple's site. Do not bother maxing out the RAM through Apple; you'll spend WAY less buying at OWC or other reputable memory merchant. Um... that's everything I can think of.
- D0r0th34
AppleCare is sold on eBay all the time for waaaay cheaper than through Apple - and it's legit. http://twitter.com/jessamy...
- jambina
Remember to practice your apology for when you forget your dongle, as has happened to some poor mac user at every event I've ever been to. WTF is wrong with VGA, Apple?
- Mr. Gunn
I presented today and did not forget my dongle. *pats self on back*
- marthalib
i've got just the basic macbook, but i'm a mac newbie. you may want to check your workplace as they may offer discounts for ordering the mac through them (educational discounts)
- Sir Shuping
I forgot my dongle because I do not own a dongle. DON'T BE ME (thanks griffey!). I have the basic macbook, and my work had a deal where it gets paid for out of my paycheck (automatically). Dunno if you would have similar?
- MegvMeg
where would be the best place to get the macbook dongle?
- Sir Shuping
I think we all just enjoy saying dongle
- marthalib
will work give you Windows if you want to partition it?
- marthalib
Any Mac store will have the dongle. Don't think price will differ too much. And yes, I have forgotten my dongle -- my FIRST KEYNOTE SPEECH and I forgot the damn dongle.
- D0r0th34
I keep my dongle in my bag. Just sayin'.
- Jason Griffey
As should everyone, jason. As should everyone.
- The Archangel ωαřмaiden
I'm paranoid and, besides taking the dongle along, take a Powerpoint version on a USB stick just in case. Sometimes on two USB sticks. (Also: dongle dongle dongle!)
- Deborah Fitchett
*snerk* at Colleen.
- Jenica
dongledongledongle
- holly
somebody needs to write the Dongle Song
- D0r0th34
now does that have a long o or a short o?
- Sir Shuping
jambina, yes!
- holly
more of an "ah" sound than long o, short o, or oo (but I'm from Massachusetts) p.s. why does my Firefox spellchecker have a problem with how I spell Massachusetts?!
- Aaron the Librarian
The dongle doesn't come with? That's even dumber than not just using VGA to begin with. I'm an iWork doubter but have never used it (and avoid "office" programs as much as possible) so I shouldn't talk. If you plan to plug into an external monitor regularly, check the specs: it used to be that the non-Pro models could only do video mirroring, rather than having dual screen action....
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- Steve is older than ever
Buffle the MacBook can handle dual screens, so I'm betting the new ones can too. And yeah, it's nickel-and-diming that the dongle doesn't come with.
- D0r0th34
Oh, as for how to buy, can you get the education discount at the Mac Store? I was under the impression you had to order from the education store online. Also: shipping without a dongle is stooopid!
- Steve is older than ever
dongle
- marthalib
LOL. Non-pro models have been able to do dual-screen for years (at least 3, since that's when I got my last macbook). Agreed with the nickel-and-diming, but VGA is an old standard...if anything, I'd expect new ones to come with the DVI dongle instead. I tend not to use iWork for anything except Keynote, but if you're giving any presentations at all, it's worth it just for it. Plus, it's...
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- Jason Griffey
yeah, actually a lot of the computer labs on our campus are going all-Mac hardware because even with the extra up-front expense, it's cheaper to dual-boot and run the lab on only one kind of machine.
- D0r0th34
Also: remember all my info is out of date.
- Steve is older than ever
This morning, after my presentation, the session facilitator said to me, "Oh, I see you remembered your dongle. I have a Mac and I always have to work really hard to remember it." True story.
- marthalib
it lives in my bag. Because I don't need it in my office, only when I'm moving around.
- DJF
The dongle doesn't come with the laptop because most people would never use it. I actually borrow my father's for the ~twice a year that I need it.
- Deborah Fitchett
Wow, thanks all. I guess this leaves me to weigh how much I want to plan for the "just in case" of presenting and all that. Where's that crystal ball when I need it? Also, Dongle.
- lris
it prolly won't kill you to wait to buy the DONGLE DONGLE DONGLE until you need it. ;)
- D0r0th34
I'd love to know which of their vaunted usability experts came up with the idea "hey, let's make all our laptops incompatible with every projector in existence!" Maybe they just liked saying dongle too? /dongle
- Mr. Gunn
yeah, I'd like to get my hands around the neck of the guy who designed the port such that the dongle DONGLE dongle falls out of it easily.
- D0r0th34
I do not own a dongle. I put all my presentations on the interwebs and use whatever computer they provide. . . although since I had to present on the computer with a virus at CiL, perhaps I won't be doing that any more.
- laura x
I don't remember if it because I was still at Pierce, or because C was still in school, but we got edu discount on our macbook (3+ yrs ago) at the Apple Store. Also, Applecare totally worth it, even at full price...and I never buy extended warranties. DVD drive died last winter, got it replaced, along with some cosmetic stuff, right before AppleCare expired.
- Elaine Nelson
I think today's the day.
- lris
yay!! so which one are you getting?? make sure you share pictures! :)
- Sir Shuping
... and unboxing
- Fiona Bradley
Woo! Please do keep us updated. Also, I haven't had a chance to type "dongle" yet, so here goes: dongle.
- Catherine Pellegrino
dongle dongle dongle
- lris
i luv iris
- jambina
really, it somehow never gets old. DONGLE
- marthalib
I think we need someone to compose a video tribute to the dongle. Who will volunteer their talents?
- Sir Shuping
Can "Dongle" be the title of an upcoming LSW zine?
- Catherine Pellegrino
Heh. "Reprehensible Dongle"
- Steve is older than ever
oh, Steve, that is good
- marthalib
So, today will not be the day, after all. But soon the day will come.
- lris
I will not get riled over conference tweets taken out of context. I will not get riled over conference tweets taken out of context. I will not get riled over conference tweets taken out of context.
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Oh, sure you will!
- Rochelle Rochelle
Rile!
- Steve is older than ever
Forget it, Iris. It's Twitter.
- Chris Z.
Polanski references are not funny, Chris.
- Steve is older than ever
Y'all are bad influences. I'm trying to grow here, people. ;-)
- lris
I should print that out and paste it on my display. I've memorized the "I will not write posts or articles based on conference reporting of any sort" bit, but extending that to FF is tougher.
- Walt Crawford
Woot! Google wave invite from Jambina! *kisses jambina*
Sir Shuping liked this
I predict that this moment is the happiest you will ever be about Wave.
- Steve is older than ever
Me too. :-) But I'm tickled that Amy thought of me.
- lris
I just got mine too... I'm so very excited... but now what?
- Matt Lorfeld
Oh, and minutes after I accepted that invite, one comes in from Sir Shuping. It says I can't share it, but I wonder if that's a "really, it won't work" kind of thing or more of a "please, we'd rather you didn't."
- lris
Good question, Matt. (Also, I watched the game last week and thought of you sitting all frustrated in the stands.) </threadjack>
- lris
we forwarded a second one we got and it worked fine for the person we forwarded to
- suelibrarian
Ah, so "IT CANNOT BE SHARED" is really more of a guideline, then. :-)
- lris
Totally blowing my "avoid caffeine" goal out of the water today.
MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS and Laura B coughin' less liked this
I'm trying so hard... I think I may have to have a nap before I do my evening chores-and-dinner routine, though... ugh.
- Jenica
I've been mostly caffeine-free for a long time, now, but... yeah... not today.
- lris
i had an apple cider donut with cinnamon sugar instead of caffeine. I recommend it, highly.
- Jenica
Turning Topics Into Searches - http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2009...
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Honey: An effective cough remedy? - MayoClinic.com - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health...
Laura B coughin' less liked this
"In fact, in the study, honey appeared to be as effective as the cough suppressant dextromethorphan in typical over-the-counter doses." I'm never going back to that nasty cough syrup again. Never. Blech. Once was quite enough.
- lris
from Bookmarklet
Aww, the professor I taught for this morning wrote a very nice email to thank me, and he copied my director. :-)
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awesome!
- Sir Shuping
Every year, at least once, there's a writing seminar that uses "globalization" as the general topic around which to structure all their writing. Every year I help out with the research paper piece of the course. Every year I feel like I fail this class miserably despite redesigning it every single time. T minus 10 minutes till my next attempt.
Can you elaborate? That actually sounds kind of fun to me.
- laura x
Elaborate on what? The assignments (which change with each teacher, to some degree)? My failure?
- lris
I'd be curious about the assignments, Iris. When I read "globalization" I cringe at the vastness of the word and how difficult it is to bring such a concept down to a meaningful, local level -- the kind of level that students appreciate and generally produces better writing and research. I have a similar problem with a lot of the "whole university" wide reading stuff -- great concept,...
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- Mickey Schafer
Yeah, I'm curious about the assignments, and about how you try (and perhaps fail) to support them.
- laura x
Most of our writing seminars pick a theme, and then do all their writing for the term based around that theme. One of the themes that gets taught once or twice a year is "globalization," and it's taught by different teachers who just use the same reader and the same theme as a hook for their own courses. Typically, one of the kinds of writing they teach is the basic college research...
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- lris
Been there :) I often get students to use thesaurus functions to narrow searches, and that can work- globalization as DE is better than KW ;). Also, yes, globalization is a huge area. It might even be worth getting the *tutors* to not use the word, or instead speak of 'globalization and....'
- Pete
I'd hope that the professors see wrestling with "globalization" as a blanket term as one of the goals of the course. So confusion about the word is at the core of what they are doing, and will likely take them all term to to come to grips with it at all. Usually when we come into a course to talk about research, we aren't tasked with attacking the central problem of the course head-on. So confused students aren't fun for us, but they seem inevitable in this case.
- Steve is older than ever
Pain- you will have it. Sociology is the new UFC.
- Pete
Yes, that was pretty consistent mano-a-mano imagery there, wasn't it?
- Steve is older than ever
From a practical standpoint as one who teaches the writing of research-y papers, the problem was well stated with the phrase "paralyzingly huge" -- I don't think it is the librarian's responsibility to re-word poorly-conceptualized writing assignments -- something content professors are notorious for (write a 15 page paper on X -- turn in on last day of class -- it counts for 50% of...
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- Mickey Schafer
Pete -- lol! Had to share that one with colleagues who often suffer from FF inspired interruptions.
- Mickey Schafer
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