Fat Tweets? Oh the Humanity!
So this is what the big boys are all excited about? 'Fat tweets'? The ability to tease out a whopping 141 or more characters in a completely text-based messaging system? Can we resurrect the telegram while we're at it?
Half-Serious
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 11:29am.
Is the New York Times in Love with Apple?
Is the New York Times in love with Apple? Or did they just not have anything better to write about this week? Here's the first screen of today's 'Technology Section' in their neat 'Skimmer' format (larger image here).
Of the 18 articles on the first screen, 7 are about either the iPhone, the iPad or a commentary on whether Apple's getting too big for its breeches.
And that's okay but maybe for the sake of accuracy they should rename the thing the "Half Apple Section"?
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 10:41pm.
I'm writing this with Tears in my Eyes
Please, people, stop sending me this crap email spam! You say you were all mugged in a park near your hotel in Wales? Congratulations!
Who knew that Wales was such a dangerous place? But in any case, you also say you're all stuck there now? What's wrong with that? I'd love to be stuck in Wales!
So stop sending me this crap email spam! Just calm down -- all of you -- and enjoy the place!
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 11:18am.
Nicest Thing I Can Say about the iPad
-- It's the Kindle-killer. Yippie!
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 9:48am.
Things I Noticed While Filling out the U.S. Census 2010 Form
- It looks like the mailman just dumped a form into everyone's mailbox without really checking apt. #s.
- I notice they only have three digit spaces for age.
- It looks like a hell of a long form -- until you realize that most of it is for "Person 2" to "Person 12".
- What about "Person 13"?
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Sat, 03/20/2010 - 4:09pm.
Bereavement Notice: Harvey the Reference Plant RIP
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the sudden death of Harvey the Reference Plant on February 13th, age 2 weeks. In Harvey's brief association with us, he brightened up the Reference Desk in ways that more puny (and apparently cheaper) plants just couldn't match. We send our condolences to the entire plant world and have reconciled ourselves to the fact that a replacement, in the form of a new bouquet, is on its way.
UPDATE: Stop the presses -- apparently Harvey is not dead! He's a 'bulb' plant and all we have to do is wrap him up and wait till he blooms again. It's a miracle.
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 8:52am.
It's Official: Plant's Name is Harvey
The People have spoken and 'Harvey' has edged out 'Irene' by 4 tics to 3.
So ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, members of the press, horticulturalists and bibliographers the world over, I give you,
Harvey the Reference Plant
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 8:17pm.
Plants Are People Too
So we got this enormous plant for the reference desk which looks like it came from the "Little Shop of Horror". It's looking at me all the time and I know it's probably eaten a student or two when my back was turned. So naturally I'm taking a poll among my colleagues to see what we should call it: "Harvey or Irene?"
At this point it's a tie.
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 4:23pm.
Questions I Didn't See on the DePaul Compliance Training Test
I just completed Depaul's "General Compliance Training" test. It seems to have consisted of a gazillion questions. Oddly enough, it didn't include the following:
- Is it okay to eat people alive?
- When robbing a bank should you only ask for twenties?
- You know all those empty liquor bottles under your desk? If you kicked them under the desk of a colleague so that it looked like he had a drinking problem and not you, would this constitute a violation of university guidelines for recycling of glass, paper and plastic?
Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 12:26pm.
Top Ten Things I Don’t Have Time to Talk about Because I'm Working on this Other Project
- The way of the world, our progress so far, the meaning of it all.
- Why the Cubs will make it to the World Series in 2010!
- Why I'll take 'Augmented' over 'Reality' any day of the week.
- Why 'Cloud' and 'Disruptive' will finally be put to rest, replaced by 'Heaven' and 'Topsy-turvy'.
- Why Daley ought to sell me Lincoln Park when he puts it up for sale next year.
- Why I've got time to do this if I'm supposedly working on that 'other project'.
- Why our only hope is a three-legged cow with 25% less carbon emissions.
- Why the Encyclopedia of Associations and the Occupational Outlook Handbook will never fade from my memory (ever again). (Don't Ask.)
- Why a knowledge of English Poetry is perfect preparation for anything related to web development. (And I've got the sheepskin to prove it!)
- Why if we have a chance to do this over again, we ought to proceed directly to 2010 and only pretend like it took us 10 long years to get here.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
