Boston Globe: … the single biggest predictor that financial failure lies ahead for a family? Having children. Even just one of them.. . . According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics's Consumer Expenditure Survey, American families spent 44 percent less on appliances in 2000 than they did in 1973, 22 percent less for food (both at… Continue reading Boston Globe
Month: September 2003
More Bang for Your Buck
More Bang for Your Buck. What's the Best Value in Town? Take a guess. All libraries should include a page like this on their web sites, although I would advocate adding dollar figures. [Thanks, Will!] [The Shifted Librarian]
And Yet You're Eliminating Libraries??
And Yet You're Eliminating Libraries??. Interesting ILL Statistic “A recent study published by OCLC reports the following statistics: Libraries as logistics expertsU.S. libraries circulate 1,947,600,000 items a year Public libraries1,772,000,000 Circulation (lent to patrons)39,500,000 Interlibrary loan1,811,500,000 Total (State library data 2001–2002) Academic libraries122,000,000 Circulation14,100,000 Interlibrary loan136,100,000 Total (ACRL 2001) Libraries: How they stack up. OCLC… Continue reading And Yet You're Eliminating Libraries??
Protect Your Right to Privacy
Protect Your Right to Privacy. Help ALA Keep Big Brother Out of Your Library! “The American Library Association is accepting donations for its E-Spy program to keep Big Brother out of the library. If you choose to contribute, do as I did and tell them to thank John Ashcroft for inspiring the donation. From the… Continue reading Protect Your Right to Privacy
Introducing Syncato
Introducing Syncato: Kimbro Staken: Syncato is the new Weblog system that runs this site now. It is written in Python and uses Sleepycat Berkeley DB XML for its database. The system is heavily based around XPath manipulation of XML data. All presentation is handled through XSL-T and I built some extension modules that tie Berkeley… Continue reading Introducing Syncato
Jeff Key's Snippet Compiler
I got a few IMs from people about Jeff Key's Snippet Compiler. This thing looks awesome for people who just wanna do quick and dirty things with .NET. I'm starting back trying to learn a little bit of coding, and this looks perfect. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Larry O'Brien talks about Borland's C# Builder
Larry O'Brien talks about Borland's C# Builder. Larry's the former editor of SD Times. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
discusses SQL Server's past, present and future on MSDN
Eric Brown discusses SQL Server's past, present and future on MSDN. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
The Current State of Big Firm Legal Tech – Law.com
The Current State of Big Firm Legal Tech – Law.com. The AmLaw Tech survey of large law firms is out. Well worth studying, this survey gives us a baseline for thinking about legal tech trends. I've included my quick thoughts on what I notice. [DennisKennedy.blog]
Fusebox Conference – Presentations / Code Available
Fusebox Conference – Presentations / Code Available. Various presentation and code examples are now available from the Fusebox 2003 conference website. Worth checking out, especially if you missed the conference!… [An Architect's View]