Posted on Sat 14 October 2006 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding
It's a bit late now, but as the guy in the corner with the clicky keyboard desperately trying to take notes during the presentations (when not stifling giggles and snorts from #code4lib), I would be a lot more relaxed if I was certain that the presentations were going to be …
Posted on Tue 10 October 2006 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding
The bulk of the Access 2006 conference is being held at a hotel-that-shall-not-be-named-for-reasons-that-will-become-apparent-shortly in Ottawa this week. I was at the CARL Pre-Conference on Institutional Repositories today and a kind man (Wayne Johnston from the University of Guelph) tipped me off that the hotel's pay-for-wifi system is a little bit …
Posted on Tue 26 September 2006 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding
On the always excellent Techessence, Dorothea Salo posted Hiring a systems librarian. The blog post warned against libraries who put together a “laundry-list job description” for systems librarians:
Sure, it'd be nice to have someone who can kick-start a printer, put together a desktop machine from scraps, re-architect a website …
Posted on Mon 25 September 2006 in Family • Tagged with Personal
Every once in a while I'm allowed to get hysterical, okay?
According to CBC Radio in Sudbury, there's a 150 kilogram black bear prowling around our neighbourhood, tearing apart garbage and causing great concern for residents. We've brought it on ourselves, though. Apparently my neighbours are so filthy that they've …
Posted on Tue 19 September 2006 in misc • Tagged with Programming languages
A few minutes ago, I gave you some examples of how open source works. Now I'm going to give you an example of how quasi-open source doesn't work.
Looking for a tool to help visualize the development of our library's new Web site, I came across a reference in the …
Posted on Tue 19 September 2006 in Software Freedom • Tagged with PHP
A couple of recent examples in the PHP community have reaffirmed my faith in the open source development model: the PEAR proposal process, and the delay in the 5.2.0 release.
Example #1: PHP's PEAR project
Over the past month I've been working on a couple of PEAR proposals …
Posted on Sun 10 September 2006 in misc • Tagged with Personal
Lynn and I ran a 5K (the Ramsey Lake Tour) this morning with Amber in the stroller. The route was pretty much the same route I take to work, so we opted to walk over to the University for the event. Of course, we were running late thanks to Missy …
Posted on Fri 08 September 2006 in Libraries • Tagged with Libraries
Update 2007/01/02: The wiki you are looking for is at http://futurelib.pbwiki.com/ -- sorry for not updating this earlier.
Update 2006/09/10: I have been informed that while my effort was appreciated, Karen and Eric Lease Morgan are working on setting up their own wiki instead …
Posted on Fri 25 August 2006 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, PHP
Earlier in the month I asked for feedback on the super-alpha MARC package for PHP. Most of the responses I received were along the lines of "Sounds great!" but there hasn't been much in the way of real suggestions for improvement. In the mean time, I've figured out (with Lukas …
Amber watched her first film in a real theatre(*1*) this morning. She had slept straight through You, Me, and Dupree two weeks ago, but insisted on paying attention to today's showing of Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby. Maybe it was the NASCAR action, maybe it was the …