“Self described library activist” says F-word to a librarian, gets banned from the library. Interestingly, I know that guy, he used to do his library activism in Seattle and would chat me up when I was teaching computer classes. [thanks tom]
Month: June 2004
books on phone != girls on film
I know that I can sometimes be a “late adopter” but I am still having a hard time getting my head around reading a book on a cell phone. LISNews has more links from a previous story.
ronald reagan library/cemetery
My boyfriend started his summer internship for Senator Jeffords on Monday and gets a day off on Friday thanks to the Ronald Reagan hoopla. Here is an at-a-glance portrait of the Reagan library where Reagan will be buried tomorrow. [lisnews]
nancy pearl retiring
Nancy Pearl — who has done a lot more great stuff than just posing for a plastic figurine — to retire at the peak of her superpowers. Special thanks to LISNews for ensuring that her name will be forever keyword-linked to the world’s finest love doll [do not click that link at work].
dead docs’ final resting place
Speaking of the overlap between cemeteries and libraries, check out the UNT “cybercemetery” whose mission is “to provide permanent public access to the electronic Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.” [like maybe this one?]