I was so inspired by the concept behind the TEDxLibrarians conference in Toronto at the end of this month that I decided to take up their video challenge.  So here I am talking about Librarians as Thought Leaders.

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Check out these videos about the new Northwest One library. The happy one is first, the controversial one is second. I'm in the second, though not a part of the controversy.

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Thanks to ymasen for pointing me to this video. I think it's a great little piece of film.

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I'm starting to do video tutorials of my library classes (so I don't have to really do them in person that much any more). Here's my Blog Your Life class.

I know it's a little grainy, I had to re-edit it and iMovie lost my files and all kinds of stupid stuff. So, it's a little blurrier than I would prefer, but next time I'll know better.

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We've finally gotten our first substantial snowfall this year. The Post is going bonkers saying it's the largest snowfall in years, and at a whopping 3-4 inches, they're technically correct, but emotionally overblown ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I posted this video. I think it was even pre-youtube days when I first posted this video! The other day goldenboy asked about Pierre Et Gilles, since he saw one of their photo books on my shelf. I told him about this video, but never pulled it up, until now ( Read more... )

For the last three or four years I have divorced myself from politics in general. Neither national, state or local politics in any way have crossed my threshhold. I was forced to watch the debates. I was cajoled into going to the primaries in an ice storm. And I even considered not bothering to vote in DC. I mean, it's like 99.999% democratic ( Read more... )

This is probably the best AMV I have ever seen in my entire life. The title is "Eve - The Perfect Human" and it is a compilation of a vast array of nude anime women, disturbing sex scenes, medical torture, and it's all set to the tune of Closer by Nine Inch Nails. Good god it's awesome. Thanks to Japanator for the link.

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This weekend, starting tomorrow morning I'm off to Pennsylvania for an exercise in henge building and sales. I'm not selling henges, I'm selling occult paraphernalia to people who happen to be building a henge. If you'll be at Stones Rising, please drop by and buy a little something from us poor shopkeeps ( Read more... )