Summer is in full swing. At the North Plains Public Library this means that our 12 computers are being used during the day even more than during the rest of the year. The other day there was quite a wait for access and we had a building full of young people. Nice!
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
board games for bored kids
10 Jul 08 – 11:27 am
recently on twitter.com/walkingpaper
9 Jul 08 – 11:59 pm
Ladytron – Sugar: http://www.last.fm/music/Ladytron #
@HiddenPeanuts http://is.gd/Pn2 ? and a rebuttal http://is.gd/Pn4 #
what else am i going to do for 3h on a wed morning besides bake a lemon meringue pie? #
recently on twitter.com/walkingpaper
8 Jul 08 – 11:59 pm
“Napoleon Dynamite” at the library tonight. Candy prizes for costumes/Pedro shirts. Sweet! #
Chromatics – Tick Of The Clock: http://www.last.fm/music/Chromatics #
library-ish iphone wallpaper
7 Jul 08 – 7:39 pm
Like books or libraries? Have an iPhone or iPod Touch? Then just maybe you’ll want to download some of these nifty library-ish iPhone wallpapers. I made them while half watching “Napoleon Dynamite” during a summer reading program event tonight.
Click through to flickr for the full size 320×480 images.
If you [...]
kids read, mom blogs
7 Jul 08 – 1:59 pm
I stumbled upon this great scene in the library today and it made me happy. There’s probably an opportunity here…
plurk rewards use, can library websites?
7 Jul 08 – 7:40 am
A friend invited me to join Plurk, yet another status updating site. I joined not because I need another place to microblog but just to check it out. There are a few neat things about the site, two of which I’d like to point out here:
Tweets, er plurks, are displayed on a timeline. [...]
recently on twitter.com/walkingpaper
6 Jul 08 – 11:59 pm
in my non-library life: http://www.crossfitportland.com/archives/315 #
have you noticed that worldcat.org has nice URLs? http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32703992 #
Ladytron – Commodore Rock: http://www.last.fm/music/Ladytron #
recently on twitter.com/walkingpaper
3 Jul 08 – 11:59 pm
google maps opac mashup http://www2.kfpl.ca/z3950/ajax/try4.html #
PDF menus are the worst. good on the rogue pub in north plains for going HTML, even though it looks like a 1997 angelfire site #
26 days of straight uptime for the MBPro is nothing to complain about. #
they have RSS
3 Jul 08 – 9:19 pm
In the latest Multnomah County Library Newsletter, a nice little plug for RSS. Good for people who are already in the RSS know, and good for those still get to discover the joys.
