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Vacations, kids and electronics 29 Jul 2012 | 07:19 pm
Kids, get your nose out of those comic books and look at the scenery. (Trip to Black Hills, 1965) Kids, get your nose out of those video games and look at the scenery. ( Trip to Black Hills, 2011 ) ...
Dells trip with the grandsons 28 Jul 2012 | 06:40 pm
The blog has been quiet this past week since the LWW and I have been on a road trip with grandson's Paul and Miles. As always, my primary goals was for everyone to have such a good time, we all want t...
All 10 fingers, all 10 toes, redux redux 28 Jul 2012 | 04:19 pm
London Marie was born yesterday, July 27 at about 12:15AM. Grandchild number four for the LWW and me (and first granddaughter). I am updating my wishlist that I created for her cousin Miles in 2005 ....
BFTP: How many jobs have you had? 22 Jul 2012 | 03:36 pm
A weekend Blue Skunk "feature" will be a revision of an old post. I'm calling this BFTP : Blast from the Past. Original post September 9, 2007 The Department of Labor projects that people will h...
Ask better questions 21 Jul 2012 | 02:48 pm
I very rarely re-post other's work in full, but today's the exception. This short post by Andy Burkhardt is so important to libraries (and increasingly brick and mortar schools) that I'm making it rea...
Do old F.A.R.T.s have any value? 20 Jul 2012 | 06:19 am
In response to my "history quiz," a semi- retired friend of mine wrote: I like the title for those of us a bit out to pasture, so to speak. I hope I’m not becoming an anachronism---- The title...
Four views on singularities 19 Jul 2012 | 02:04 pm
Daniel H. Wilson's new book Amped * offers a chilling future in which technologically-enhanced (not silicon) humans are a persecuted minority. Great social commentary, fast-moving plot, and interestin...
History Quiz: the Answer Key 18 Jul 2012 | 02:52 pm
I know everyone has been anxiously waiting for the answers to the library/technology quiz. Here you are: The are library catalog cards and one created them using a device called a typewriter. Sort...
History Quiz: Part Two 17 Jul 2012 | 02:55 pm
For librarians and technology people who are really smart - or really old.... The answer key on Wednesday. Part Two Answers tomorrow. If you ...
History Quiz: Part One 16 Jul 2012 | 03:16 pm
For librarians and technology people who are really smart - or really old.... The answer key on Wednesday. Part One Click here Part Two tomorrow..
