Revolting Librarians Redux: Guardians of culture rant out

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Network Guardians Face Thorny Job

Network Guardians Face Thorny Job 03/15/2003 06:03 AM
Viruses spread faster. Hackers get craftier. And network administrators can hardly keep up with security patches. Executives from the telecom, wireless, cable and satellite industries gather to brainstorm solutions. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.

Microsoft workers are revolting

Microsoft workers are revolting 05/31/2004 10:11 PM

Apple resellers are revolting

Apple resellers are revolting 06/16/2004 09:56 AM
The Register Jun 16 2004 2:13PM GMT

Going digital: Revolutionary or
revolting?

Going digital: Revolutionary or
revolting? 08/23/2004 10:57 AM
globetechnology.com Aug 23 2004 3:44PM GMT

Guardians digital edition raises stakes

Guardians digital edition raises stakes 12/31/2003 08:34 AM
The Register Dec 31 2003 7:22AM ET

Wired News: Network Guardians Face
Thorny Job

Wired News: Network Guardians Face
Thorny Job 03/16/2003 08:32 AM
Network Guardians Face Thorny Job

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'Sex pest boss showed me revolting PC
porn'

'Sex pest boss showed me revolting PC
porn' 02/10/2004 02:47 AM
IOL Feb 10 2004 7:30AM GMT

The Fight Between Sharing Culture And
Owning Culture

The Fight Between Sharing Culture And
Owning Culture 06/22/2005 02:17 AM
It seems that museums are finally starting to realize that the digital age represents a real opportunity for them to reach many new people by digitizing their offerings and sharing the culture they represent across a much wider audience than a physical museum allows. It seems that many museums are having trouble figuring out how to digitize their collections, and would welcome help in doing so. However, another story points out how that can cause problems when the people involved get stuck on intellectual property issues. Apparently some people who created 3D digital versions of Michelangelo's David are freaking out that if they share the digitization without some form of copy protection people might (gasp!) share it without permission. Wait a second... isn't that what they should want? That would allow them to share the cultural wonder with many, many more people, and allow them to experience it in ways never possible before. That's a good thing, not something to be worried about. However, in an age where people seem to think that every idea, concept, software or piece of data needs to be "owned" and locked up, apparently it's the natural response -- and that's unfortunate for every culture.

Where librarians go to hack

Where librarians go to hack 05/03/2004 07:24 PM
Proving you can never be too pedantic (in a good way, mind you), I bring you hacker librarians:

There is a subculture of librarians that could make a significant impact on the profession. They are women and men, youthful and experienced alike, who all share one thing: a passion for solving problems by creating software. They are hacker librarians.

Hacker librarians are not afraid to configure and install software. They do not shrink from writing a program in whatever flavor of 'P' language they favor, from Perl to Python, with the hardiest even tackling Java and C++. Beyond enjoying the hunt for the right solution, they like to create solutions with colleagues and appreciate those who can provide knowledge about user needs and experiences.

Dewey Hacks, anyone?

Don't Mess With Librarians

Don't Mess With Librarians 09/15/2004 05:32 AM
The timid media won't do it, so 'radical' librarians are standing up against the government to protect free speech and fight censorship. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.

Ask Those Oklahoma Librarians

Ask Those Oklahoma Librarians 06/10/2004 11:36 AM
If you've been wondering how to get your Oklahoma questions answered, wonder no more. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries has a handy-dandy page where you can either e-mail your question...

Librarians to the Rescue

Librarians to the Rescue 08/14/2004 10:50 PM
Slashdot Aug 15 2004 3:07AM GMT

"Librarians For Terror"

"Librarians For Terror" 08/22/2004 03:41 PM

DNS Rant

DNS Rant 12/20/2002 03:45 AM
My broadband provider seems incapable of running a reliable DNS service. It pains me greatly because DNS isn't that difficult...

Resources for School Librarians

Resources for School Librarians 03/26/2005 07:17 AM
Resources for School Librarians
http://www.sldire ctory.com/libsf/reslibs.html

An excellent resource of link compilations covering resources for school librarians in the following categories: 1) Learning and Teaching, 2) Information Access, 3) Program Administration, 4) Technology, 5) Education and employment, and 6) Continuing Education. This site is maintained by Linda Bertland, retired school librarian, Philadelphia, PA. . This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

The Perfect Podcast for Librarians

The Perfect Podcast for Librarians 06/17/2005 07:16 PM

(other than Greg’s podcasts, of course!) - it’s Who said? A Literature Game!

“What it is: an audio literature trivia game, delivered as a podcast, if you want it that way.

Every other day or so, I'll make an audio recording from a novel. It will be short passage, always something a character says. Your task will be to guess the character, book and author.

Two ways to play: on the web site, and as a podcast. We are experimenting with the process a little.

1. All on the web site:  Go here, listen to the clip, then submit your guess using this form.
2. As a podcast:  If you are set up to receive podcasts you can listen via the RSS feed, then submit your answers via the guessing form.

I'll post hints on the discussion forums.”

I’m also very much enjoying the Make podcasts, along with Greg’s, of course. Sadly, no MLS libraries have subscribed to Make: Technology on Your Time, which makes me think they just don’t know about it. If your library “just doesn’t know about it,” check it out, because it’s a pretty unique title and I’ll bet you’ve got an audience for it. I follow along at home via the blog, podcasts , del.icio.us links, and Flickr pool.

Academic Librarians Meeting

Academic Librarians Meeting 02/17/2004 11:50 AM
Hello, academic librarians! I'm demonstrating how blogging works.  :-)

Asian Resources for Librarians

Asian Resources for Librarians 12/16/2003 06:45 AM
Aardvark - Asian Resources for Librarians, has thousands of links to Asian university libraries and over 450 links to Asian databases on the Web (most of them free), conference listings, and much much more. You can get to it at...

Next Gen Librarians Affecting
Librarianship, Too

Next Gen Librarians Affecting
Librarianship, Too 06/16/2004 12:20 AM

next gen

"Rachel was nice enough to email me and let me know her piece about next gen males (including an embarrassing quote from me) was up on LJ's site. I got the email promptly at 8:00 when my Treo does its first of many email checks of the day. I found this quite appropriate." [walking paper]

The Men Among Us

"As Aaron Schmidt, 25, a reference librarian at Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Western Springs, IL, says, 'I first learned about the discipline of librarianship from a bad search on Google. The irony!' " [Library Journal]

We the [Order the Book Already]
Librarians

We the [Order the Book Already]
Librarians 08/19/2004 12:08 AM

We the Librarians? (Go Buy Dan Gillmor's Book!)

"I'm seeing tremendous blogbuzz about 'We the Media,' Dan Gillmor's new book about the impact of blogging on journalism and news reporting. But I haven't seen any citations for this book (even a notation of 'purchased') in any of a half-dozen major library catalogs I checked." [Free Range Librarian]

I couldn't believe this when I read it, so I checked the SWAN catalog to see if any of my libraries have it, and THEY DON'T! Un-freaking-believable.

I'll note a disclaimer that Dan was kind enough to send me a copy of the book and I've only had a brief chance to skim a few pages, but even without this copy I would feel completely confident calling this an important book about 21st Century media. I know Aaron will order it when he's back in the office, but you other MLS libraries get your ordering-butts in gear. I hope to talk Tony into linking to the free versions on the web, much like we did for Larry Lessig's book, "Free Culture."

And on a side note, congratulations to the SWAN staff for a fairly smooth implementation of the new interface. Finally - FINALLY! - I can search our catalog from one screen, rather than having to choose to search (step one), choosing the type of search (step two), and entering a query into the box (step three). It's a very big improvement, plus they've added jacket covers and book reviews. The whole thing is just easier to read and use!

stunning rant

stunning rant 05/12/2004 01:30 AM
Cold Turkey:

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New Rant: Die, Version 4, Die!

New Rant: Die, Version 4, Die! 10/10/2002 09:55 AM

Another Google Rant

Another Google Rant 12/18/2003 11:52 AM
About Web Search Dec 18 2003 10:47AM ET

RealPlayer Rant

RealPlayer Rant 03/08/2004 11:17 PM

Real Obnoxious: Another great rant about how crappy RealPlayer is. I agree with everything here — RealPlayer borders on malware these days.

...playing video streams is only a very small aspect of what Real Player does; Real Player, most prominently, is a small bastard with inferiority complex and delusions of grandeur, not too different from Napoleon. Although Real Player's task is simple and limited to a certain timeframe, Real Player defaults to running at all times, whether its limited functionality is needed or not, and claims a seat for itself in the throne commonly called the systray.

Here was the last rant. Via BoingBoing.

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Waiter Rant

Waiter Rant 06/24/2005 04:50 PM
Nunc Dimittis. My favorite waiter-blogger's finest piece so far.

Government documents and the librarians
who love them

Government documents and the librarians
who love them 11/17/2003 05:46 AM
Amazing gallery of photos of government document librarians posing with their fovorite govdocs. I used to work at a Business and Urban Affairs collection at one of Toronto's bigger libraries -- it's amazing what governments publish.

1. The Adventure of Echo the Bat / Kimberly Kowal
2. Air House, A History by Perry D.Jamieson / Paula Fox
3. This is Ann [anopheles mosquito]...she drinks blood! (1943) / Anna Hobbs
4. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 1913-1914 / Randy Smolnikar
5. Assorted Publications / Future Farmers of America

Link (via Making Light)

sometimes people inspire me to rant

sometimes people inspire me to rant 06/06/2004 08:22 AM
ponyboy's done the most effective trolling of me i've ever seen on the web

Stross's future-rant

Stross's future-rant 04/30/2004 03:37 AM
Tomorrow, I'll be interviewing Charlie Stross at Plokta.con, a con in Newbury, UK. He's the Guest-of-Honour, and he's written up a corker of a GoH contribution for the programme book.

Eusocial animals like ants, termites, bees, or naked mole rats, exhibit curious behaviour; their societies are stratified by role, with workers, warriors, and reproductive castes that may differ morphologically from one another. Humans aren't so obviously specialized, but if you consider our machines as part of our extended phenotype, it begins to look that way: if our machines become intentionally driven, and they're tailored to play different roles in our society, then you could argue that we occupy some kind of privileged position in a hive-relationship with tools that require our continued safety and comfort in order to further their own reproduction. There's nobody here in this hive but us queens, and the living machines we so carelessly manufacture as conveniences for our own comfort. Individual ants or other eusocial insect species all share the same genetic code, but different castes express radically different phenotypic traits, and indeed most ants are sterile workers who can only further their genetic traits by ensuring that their cousin, aunt or mother the hive-queen succeeds. Our machines don't share our genome (yet), but they share parts of the vast haze of information that has gathered around the genome, and they can only reproduce through us.

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Cory's drm rant wikified

Cory's drm rant wikified 06/20/2004 08:34 PM

Cory's excellent drm rant which he presented at Microsoft Research has now been wikified to allow people to comment and add to it. Excellent.

The famous Dean rant

The famous Dean rant 01/23/2004 02:19 PM

This morning I watched the Diane Sawyer interview with Howard and Judy Dean, and was very touched. I told the Berkman Thursday group last night that I was pretty sure that Dean would turn the corner and emerge out of New Hampshire as a viable candidate, and after watching the interview and last night's debate, I'm even more sure. Last night I also told what I know about The Scream, and why it was so shocking and where it came from. After seeing the Sawyer interview I feel I must tell the story in public. First a disclaimer. No one in the Dean campaign asked me to tell it, nor does anyone in the Dean campaign know I'm going to. I don't work for them and I don't support any of the candidates for President at this time. Anyone who wants to point to this piece should use this link< /a>.

I wasn't counting, but they must have shown the famous Dean rant twenty times during the Sawyer interview. I saw it live and was disgusted by it, and then saw it twenty more times, so that's a total of approximately 41 times. Once was enough for me. The other (approx) 40 times it was just sensationalism, and over time my opinion of it shifted. During the interview I wanted one of them, Judy or Howard to ask her a pointed question -- what is the big deal Diane? Of course that would be anger, and was probably exactly what the producers at ABC-News hoped would happen.

I was at Dean headquarters on the night of the Iowa caucuses, and I watched the Dean rant on TV in the office, with the other Web programmers. A few minutes before the speech they had a staff meeting in the conference room. Everyone was there except me and another guest. Not being a staffer, I didn't belong in the staff meeting. Several times during the meeting a loud crazy-sounding scream came from the room, everyone was doing it, and it was really frightening. The stuff of nightmares. This was before Howard Dean's rant. I asked Jim Moore what that was about, he said it's an Indian war yell or something like that, they used to do it in United Farm Workers rallies, and they adopted it at Dean For America. A few minutes later Dean let out the famous scream, it was the same scream I heard in the conference room.

They're probably not saying this publicly because it wouldn't seem contrite to do it, and they probably know they'd get roasted for saying the scream and ranting you heard was part of the motivational culture at DFA. Some have compared the Dean speech to a similar rant by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that made the rounds of the Net. So Dean gets a bit whacky, but after seeing it so many times, the shock value is fading. Taken at face value it wasn't anger, it was a steam-letting, and an attempt to rally the troops, and totally understandable. The press, as usual, is making a big deal of catching a candidate being a human being. But that's what he is. He's not an actor, he's not a commercial, he's not a deodorant, he's not a product, and I'm glad we have a chance to have this discussion. I'm not a Dean supporter (yet, but I'm getting there) and they didn't ask me to say this, but please, it's time for the press to let us have an election, or maybe it's time for us to have an election without them.

Timothy Noah at Slate seems to agree. "If only Dean had taken a swing at Nurse Ratched before they wheeled him into the operating room." Amen!

New Track for Public Librarians at
Internet Librarian!

New Track for Public Librarians at
Internet Librarian! 02/01/2005 10:09 PM

Michael Stephens is organizi ng a track just for public librarians at October's Internet Librarian conference. This is most welcome news because PLA books sessions at its conferences too far in advance to address "current" trends, while most public librarians I know feel LITA is beyond them. I think we can fill a real niche here, especially since Michael plans to focus on practical advice and tips, not theory. Even better, he's aiming the sessions at small- to medium-sized libraries, those that need this the most.

He's already got a few ideas that he wants to implement, but he's also asking for comments, suggestions, offers, and discussion from all public librarians. Got a topic that intrigues you? Heard about a "top tech trend" but you're not sure how to actually implement it? Have some ideas of your own? Share them all over on Michael's post. This is your chance to help build a track that addresses YOUR needs. Help us prove that if you build it [the public librarian track], they will come!

Then make sure you register for Internet Librarian (October 24-26, 2005). :-)

Librarians fuming over Intel magazine
bounty

Librarians fuming over Intel magazine
bounty 04/14/2005 09:46 PM
CNET News.com Apr 15 2005 1:11AM GMT

Patriot Act Riles an Unlikely Group:
Nation's Librarians 10/29

Patriot Act Riles an Unlikely Group:
Nation's Librarians 10/29 11/03/2003 05:28 AM

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The Daily Rant: Carnival of the Vanities
No. 25

The Daily Rant: Carnival of the Vanities
No. 25 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
25th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities .. the Daily Rant here .. Jay Caruso's place .. It's up .. COV25?

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Java, day #3: JDBC, MySQL, and a Rant

Java, day #3: JDBC, MySQL, and a Rant 12/23/2002 02:48 AM
Well, it's not really day #3. But I've spent a fair amount of time on Friday and over the weekend reading a copy of "The Java Programming Language" to refresh my memory on all this new-fangled Java stuff. I decided...

Other News: Anti-eMac Rant

Other News: Anti-eMac Rant 12/22/2004 01:56 AM
Leave it to Louderback to trash the eMac....

Google Blogger Comment Rant

Google Blogger Comment Rant 05/15/2004 09:38 PM

Just now I found out that users commenters to get a Google Blogger account before they can post comments to blogs hosted by Google Blogger.

This makes no sense.I wouldn't mind if they just required the commenter to register themselves and made creation of a blog optional.  Yes, one could just create one and ignore it but it's irritating to be forced into creating and abandoning something like a blog just so I can post comments.

The right way to grow membership is by increasing the quality of service for members (i.e. convenience), not by telling blog readers to either join or go away.  Maybe Evan or Jason can explain why.

Update:

It turns out that this was caused by a preference setting.  Now it makes sense although I sure hope this was not the default setting.  Evan and Jason, nevermind.

Interesting rant on unix usability

Interesting rant on unix usability 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Seems jwz wrote a rant about the lack of usable videoplayers under linux and had a "slashdot moment" afterwards. I...

David Weinberger's excellent rant

David Weinberger's excellent rant 04/27/2004 04:03 PM
C-SPAN captured David Weinberger's excellent rant yesterday at the Technology and Politics Summit in DC. The stream was overloaded last I checked, but I captured a clip (WinMedia< /a>, QuickTime ). The corresponding segment of the stream, when it becomes available, is here. It's the part where he talks about how networked markets erode the power of conventional marketing, empower the customer, and transform the business of product evaluation. ...
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Mad Monkey Haiku

Mad Monkey Haiku 06/10/2004 02:43 PM
Fuck the Ser enity Prayer. I want a cross-stitched version of Michael Mulder's Seven Haiku at Night in a Convenience Store on my wall.

Periodic Table of Haiku

Periodic Table of Haiku 03/16/2003 12:24 PM
P eriodic Table of Haiku

The History of the DeCSS Haiku

The History of the DeCSS Haiku 01/28/2004 08:43 AM
He's SETH DAVID SCHOEN

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Urgently seeking 419 haiku

Urgently seeking 419 haiku 02/17/2004 06:03 AM
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"Periodic Table of Haiku"

"Periodic Table of Haiku" 03/19/2003 10:44 PM

The Periodic Table of Haiku

The Periodic Table of Haiku 03/16/2003 02:40 PM

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Periodic Table in haiku

Periodic Table in haiku 03/15/2003 11:03 AM
The Periodic Table of Haiku is a Periodic Table of Elements annotated with haiku in appreciation of each of the fundamental units of matter.

72 Hafnium

I'm in solid, Zirc
make nuclear control rods-
I can take the heat

L ink Discuss (Thanks, Raaven!)

Freedom of Speech, or The DeCSS Haiku

Freedom of Speech, or The DeCSS Haiku 02/10/2004 02:35 AM
Seth Schoen: The History of the DeCSS Haiku I wrote the DeCSS Haiku because I was angry at the attempts?

Perl Haiku Poetry Contest

Perl Haiku Poetry Contest 01/23/2004 03:49 AM
Slashdot Jan 23 2004 7:56AM GMT

Enter the Spymac Haiku Contest!

Enter the Spymac Haiku Contest! 09/15/2004 11:20 AM
Spymac's Haiku contest is now open! Enter your original technology-related haiku to the contest thread and have the chance to win a <a href="http://www.spymac.com/shop/index.php?artid=13" target="_blank">Spymac.Cap</a> and a <a href="http://www.spymac.com/shop/index.php?artid=5" target="_blank">Spymac logo embroidered t-shirt</a>. The haiku can be about anything technology related. Entries may include such topics as "New G5", "My cell phone", "iPod mini" or "I hate my printer". A haiku is an unrhymed Japanese poem generally consisting of three lines with five, seven, and five syllables, respectively. Traditionally the poem concerns nature, the seasons, or an aspect of the natural world, but we are going to focus on technology for this contest. Example 1: I love my iPod Sounds, oh so sweet to my ears Play me some music. Example 2: Cinema display electronic glowing abyss eyes never lost <b>Maximum one entry per member.</b> Contest closes on September 31st. Those who entered will then have their entries judged by Spymac members (one vote per person!) up until October 15th when the winner will be announced. Entries should be posted in the <a href="http://www.spymac.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=118211 " target="_blank">discussion thread in the Lounge</a>. Prize information: <b>Spymac T-Shirt</b> The Spymac T-Shirt is made in Greece from 100% high-quality cotton and features an embroidered Spymac logo on the chest. <b>Spymac.Cap</b> The Spymac.Cap is constructed of cotton twill and peach skin, and utilizes a hidden adjustable size-strap that features the Spymac logo. A silver Spymac Smoking Man is embroidered on the front of this comfortable and stylish cap.

Freedom of Speech, or The DeCSS Haiku

Freedom of Speech, or The DeCSS Haiku 01/27/2004 09:54 PM
Seth Schoen: The History of the DeCSS Haiku I wrote the DeCSS Haiku because I was angry at the attempts?

Valentine's Day Perl Haiku Winners
Announced

Valentine's Day Perl Haiku Winners
Announced 02/12/2004 01:19 AM
ActiveState writes "Forget sonnets for your sweetheart. For a real display of passion, find out the winners of ActiveState's first annual 'Why I Love Perl' Haiku Contest, where devoted programmers express their love for one of the web's most popular ...

Perl Haiku Contest Winners Announced

Perl Haiku Contest Winners Announced 02/14/2004 01:14 PM

Revolting Librarians Redux: Guardians of culture rant out

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