Entries from July 2006 ↓

I've been giving it some thought, and from here on out the "Dancing Librarian" exlibrius category will be a little more strict with its content.  I'm going to try and narrow it down to be more pertinent, library-related information.  One of the reasons I moved to ahniwa.com was so that I wouldn't feel guilty when I didn't post library-related news.  Even so, I'd like to offer that more specific content, unadulterated, for those readers who might not be too interested in my other ramblings and much more frequent linkish posts.

That said, I'm also going to make more of an effort to keep up on my library-related reading (I'm 976 posts behind in my "library" bloglines right now), and in turn write more that directly concerns libraries and librarians as well.

Everyday is a sweet, romantic, predictable animation that simply made me smile, so I thought I'd share.  I'm sure it helps that I've been in a wacky, romantic mood lately.

(via lore) 

To mark its anniversary, the Secret Crocodile Adventure Club is going sequential!  Or at least, as the Archcroc V admits, "sequential for as long as I can stand!"  I've been a member since pretty early on, and enjoyed it immensely.  Theo and I even competed in the first (and so far, only) guest-croc competition, in which we placed moderately well and which earned a lovely print that now hangs proudly on my wall.  Even so, I'm really excited for Stig's promise of sequential crocodile stories, and a more story-telling, webcomicky feel.

If you enjoy it, I really recommend signing up for the weekly mailing.  The rantings and ravings of the majestorial Archcroc V are just as if not more amusing than the illustrations themselves.  For now, go check out Prince on the Mountain, page 1.

Proof that Canada has cooler news than we do, and really hot lesbians.

Student Nicole Dawson, 22, made out with girlfriend Tau, 27, at the southeast corner of King and Bay yesterday to protest alleged corruption in the investment industry. Here's how it went:

11:58 a.m.: Ms. Dawson slips Tau the tongue, two minutes ahead of schedule.

12 p.m.: The protest gets under way proper. Six protesters hold up signs targeting the Ontario Securities Commission and its chairman: "Liberal OSC a Sham," "David Wilson Must Go," and "Stock Market Rotten."

12:02 p.m.: Two young men pace around the protest, wearing the stunned, elated look that men wear when they stumble on something like this.

12:08 p.m.: The women get to second base, caressing each other's rears and nuzzling each other's breasts with impressive focus.

(via ryan) 

Edward Tufte's latest book, Beautiful Evidence, has gotten some mixed reviews, but whether good or bad they've certainly piqued my curiosity.

From 37signals:

“What struck me is how you almost never have to hold something in your head while turning the page…he usually finishes his thought within the two pages you can see…and when you flip, it’s something new…that’s an excellent self-imposed constraint…’whatever i need to say, i’ll do it here.’”

and from an Amazon.com reviewer:

This book is, of course, going to be widely read and highly praised. But I don't think it will it be read enough. It is frustrating to read something like this advocating ethical scholarship and standards for evidence when there are new books that flat out lie about science. And when you can lie about science — that part of human endeavor that Galileo transformed with his forever idea that it was all about evidence — you can lie about anything.

To do your bit to kill truthiness, you could do much worse than following the principles in Beautiful Evidence.

 (via kottke)