Introducing: FISH: FISH: Free (as in kittens) Integrated Search Handler. But never, ever tell your patrons that (unless they want to know). Backranym it to “FISH Isn’t So Hard” or “Finding Instead of Searching Helps.” But let’s break down the orignial meaning: ——- this looks like a nifty tool for drupal using libraries.

sleepless nights with steve woolf: No accountability = no community. —— accountability has no necessary relation to community, it may be present, it may not. two things are necessary for community, a shared space (this may be imaginary, virtual, etc.) and the capacity to exclude others. once you establish the capacity to identify that ‘this […]

CUSEC 2007: Canadian University Software Engineering Conference: Bits of Change How can software be political? Which components of software make a political statement: is it this function call over here, or is it that while loop over there? In certain parts of the world today, governments read private e-mail and arrest people based on these […]

New Years Pratt Steam Show!: For those of you that weren’t around for the whistle show that Conrad (Pratt’s Cheif Engineer) put on.. some fine folks posted video on youTube. Enjoy!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSErBvy3F9A The first link was filmed in day time so you can get a better look at the set up on the lawn. Pretty […]

2006 artists most played 2006 tracks most played ————— there is a bit of bias in those… but eh.

On Two Conservative Student Writers | TPMCafe: ut this simply shows his lack of understanding of the role of college professors. We aren’t there as guides but as teachers. We don’t want to tell our students what to believe, but how to learn about the world. If we guide at all, it’s to an understanding […]

Faith in Free Markets: I agree, then, that economists have faith in free markets. We can’t prove that free markets will generate a better result. But we’ve observed them long enough to have faith in them. We believe, with faith and evidence, that free markets provide the most prosperity for the most people. —– I’d […]

Your results:You are Superman Superman 70% Iron Man 65% Spider-Man 55% Supergirl 50% Catwoman 50% Batman 45% Robin 45% Hulk 40% The Flash 30% Green Lantern 30% Wonder Woman 25% You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others. Click here to take the “Which Superhero am I?” quiz…

I started this blog on dec. 29 2002. it is dec 29, 2006. that means, this blog is 9 million and 4 years old (must be the new math). I spent the last week at my sister’s playing with my nephew and helping during the holidays as i found time. I did not get as […]