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Outgames – Downtown Swim Club Medals (Day 1)

1500 FREESTYLE1. Labine Gary 45 DTSC 19:55.164 x 100m medley relay (men)2. Downtown Swim Club 2 DTSC 4:54.39 (Ball Jeff, Garis Damian, Rojas Norman, and Escobar Carlos) Total MedalsGold – 1Silver – 1Bronze – 0

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Bloggers: A portrait of the internet’s new storytellers

The Pew Internet & American Life Project has a new report out, Bloggers: A portrait of the internet’s new storytellers. Summary of Findings at a Glance Blogging is bringing new voices to the online world. Telephone surveys capture the most accurate snapshot possible of a small and moving target. Contrary to the impression created by [...]

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Demand For “anytime, anywhere” Internet Access Drives Continued Surge In Notebook PC Ownership Around The World

Just back from the SLA conference where it was almost painful not to have a working laptop and while at the same time considering making the jump from PC to Mac via the new MacBook, I found the following from Ipsos very interesting. Demand For “anytime, anywhere” Internet Access Drives Continued Surge In Notebook PC [...]

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National Film Board puts up shorts archive

The National Film Board of Canada has developed an archive of fifty NFB animated shorts, including several animation classics.  You can search them by title, director and year of production. Two of my absolute favs are: Title: The Cat Came BackDirector: Barker, Cordell Year: 1988 Length: 07 min 37 s and Title: The Big SnitDirector: [...]

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Friday Funny – South Park Studio

South Park Studiohttp://www.sp-studio.de/ If I were a character on South Park, this is what I think I would look like.  Create your own!

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The Post’s Unsung Sleuths

This is an incredible article about the librarians at The Washington Post.  Fellow colleague, Derek Willis is given a full paragraph.  Way to go Derek! The Post’s Unsung SleuthsBy Deborah HowellSunday, July 2, 2006; Page B06 "The reporting that appears in The Post is supported by an infrastructure of research that readers do not see, [...]

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Friday Funny – Superman in 30 seconds re-enacted by bunnies

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SLA 2006 – Bits and bobs

A few final thoughts from my experience at SLA: text messaging is a lifeline (how did people ever find each other before it?) laptops are a must the local arrangements committee for every conference from now on must publish a list of wi-fi spots near the conference centre you can never drink enough water (this [...]

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SLA2006 photos on flickr

At last check, there were 183 photos on flickr tagged with sla2006.

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Technology Review Advisory Group Recommendations

My speech to the joint cabinets (Chapter Cabinet and Division Cabinet) went very well.  The recommendations of the Technology Review Advisory Group were well received.  The full report is available to SLA members only, so I am publishing only the recommendations here.  If you would like to access the full report or the executive summary, [...]

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