Public schools face librarian shortage. – “When Shirley Lynch retired as library director from Arlington High School, she thought she was wrapping up a 23-year career in education. But then school officials, struggling to find her replacement, asked Lynch to return until they filled the vacancy. It's been more than two years, and Lynch is… Continue reading Public schools face librarian shortage
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Fetch Book
Fetch Book. – “FetchBook.Info is a free service aimed to provide the best shopping tools for book buyers. FetchBook.Info is completely independent, and does not contain any promotional material or ads. We do not prefer any bookseller for any reason, and therefore we're totally objective.” “Every book price comparison is done in real time, checking… Continue reading Fetch Book
Which Founding Father Are You?
Which Founding Father Are You?
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FogBUGZ 3.0 is now shipping! This is a really huge upgrade; FogBUGZ moves up from being a simple bug tracking package to a rather robust management system that handles the entire development process. One big theme of FogBUGZ 3.0 was “listen to your customers.” If you use FogBUGZ you can get feedback from your customers… Continue reading Untitled
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I hope every American voted today. Whatever our individual opinions of the politicians, political parties, special interest groups, and lobbyists that make up the political landscape of the United States, we have the ability and the responsibility to be active participants in the processes of government.
MySQL Cookbook is Out
MySQL Cookbook is Out. Paul has written yet another MySQL book, which I'm sure is excellent. Here's the O'Reilly page and his page about the book. Congrats, Paul…. [Jeremy Zawodny's blog]
We have published a very good article explaining the Flash Communication Server component Framework.
We have published a very good article explaining the Flash Communication Server component Framework. Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX : Understanding the Component Framework This was written by two of the developers who put the framework together, and is an excellent resource. This will come in handy as we move the FCF project to work… Continue reading
We have published a very good article explaining the Flash Communication Server component Framework.
Keeping Up with New Information Technologies
Keeping Up with New Information Technologies. – “One of the most difficult jobs for any information professional is trying to keep up with changes in technology. Just as soon as you think you know how to apply something new in your organization, it's been replaced by something else. Change is constant and the amount of… Continue reading Keeping Up with New Information Technologies
Software makes historic books real page turners
Software makes historic books real page turners. – “We stopped into the Boston Athenaeum last week, sat down with the ''Sherborne Missal,'' and began to leaf through the pages. You know that book, right? It's an early 15th-century illuminated manuscript, with 690 21-by-14-inch vellum pages of gorgeously painted biblical and medieval English scenes. Recently acquired… Continue reading Software makes historic books real page turners
Abibliophobia
Abibliophobia. – “Abibliophobia: The morbid fear of running out of reading material.” “Words on –phobia originally referred to psychotic conditions but now we have extracted a word, “phobia,” from the suffix and add it wherever we please: “Wylie is such an abibliophobe that he never leaves the house without several magazines under his arm.” In… Continue reading Abibliophobia