economic downturn = wretched choices. Reported here earlier about the Massachusetts Horticultural Society having to sell off their book collection for financial reasons. They sold the bulk of it to the Chicago Botanic Garden. Other rare books were sold at auction where they were dismantled, colored, and sold as illustrations. “Albert Burrage bequeathed his collection… Continue reading economic downturn = wretched choices
Month: March 2004
More books equal better brains.
More books equal better brains.. When I worked for The Princeton Review, one of the things we used to tell students was that the only thing that really significantly correlated with test scores was income. If you had more money, you'd generally do better, no matter how you had done in school, how much you… Continue reading More books equal better brains.
Aunt Tillie's OS X adventure
Aunt Tillie's OS X adventure. In a pair of recent essays, Eric Raymond tears into the open source community — rightly so — for its failure to deliver software that Aunt Tillie can use. He's spot on. One of his comments got me wondering, though: If the designers were half-smart about UI issues (like, say,… Continue reading Aunt Tillie's OS X adventure
Yahoo to Charge for Guaranteeing a Spot on Its Index
NY Times: Yahoo to Charge for Guaranteeing a Spot on Its Index. The practice, called “paid inclusion,” has long been a part of many search engines including Microsoft's MSN search function and Ask Jeeves. But Google, which last year surged ahead of Yahoo to become the No. 1 site for searching on the Internet, disdains… Continue reading Yahoo to Charge for Guaranteeing a Spot on Its Index
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The winter is forbidden till DecemberAnd exits March the second on the dot.(and that's one of my favorite lines from the musical “Camelot”)
The Ubiquitous Heavenly Jukebox
The Ubiquitous Heavenly Jukebox. Portable Music Cuts the Cord “At CES last month, one of the biggest 'aha' moments for me came when Rio showed me an update to its current Karma, with an MMC/SD slot that'll accept a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi card. The first use for a wireless MP3 player is fairly obvious: transferring… Continue reading The Ubiquitous Heavenly Jukebox
Seattle Central Library is a Techie Librarian's Dream (and a Patron's!)
Seattle Central Library is a Techie Librarian's Dream (and a Patron's!). The new Seattle Central Library (opening on May 23rd) has the following items which make me shiver with jealousy: free wireless access in every corner of the library sound domes that contain the music coming from speakers in the YA area from leaking into… Continue reading Seattle Central Library is a Techie Librarian's Dream (and a Patron's!)
Daniel Boorstin, 89, Former Librarian of Congress, Dies
Daniel Boorstin, 89, Former Librarian of Congress, Dies. Daniel J. Boorstin was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and social historian who was the librarian of Congress for 12 years. By Robert D. Mcfadden. [New York Times: Books]
cocoa.mamasam donation
cocoa.mamasam donation. The best Cocoa programming resource that I know of—I use it pretty much every single day—is the searchable mailing list archives at cocoa.mamasam.com. I hadn’t noticed until today that they take donations, so I donated $30. It’s easily worth it—this site has saved me many hours of head-scratching. It’s a very nearly indispensable… Continue reading cocoa.mamasam donation
.NET report card
.NET report card. Every couple of years Microsoft wraps a marketing label around all the major initiatives in the company. In 2000, the label was .NET; in 2003, Longhorn. As developers and IT managers ponder what the “Longhorn wave” might mean to them, InfoWorld decided to assess the current .NET wave. Its goals were many… Continue reading .NET report card