Nick Bradbury, the author of FeedDemon, writes a helpful post of How I Use FeedDemon. I find it particularly helpful to see how the creator of a particular software is taking advantage of all the features. I have been using FeedDemon for several months now. However, only recently have I been using FeedDemon on a... Continue Reading →
Opera Promotes Deal With .edu’s
Opera just launched a deal that will allow academic institutions a free site license for the browser. The details of the offer are available here. The browser is being pitched as a much safer alternative to Internet Explorer. However, Opera believes there are other reasons to choose it's browser: "Opera is the ideal browser for... Continue Reading →
The Future of The Internet
Pew Internet & American Life have released a 62-page study entitled The Future of the Internet This lengthy report discusses the impact the internet will have on various aspects of society, as well as how it will change in the next ten years. Below are some interesting excerpts: On Family Life “The context for family... Continue Reading →
Possible Names for this Blog
I am still dinking around with possible names of this blog. As I think that this blog will contain mostly library and job-related stuff, I am thinking of calling the blog Library Voice or My Library Voice. I am leaning towards My Library Voice, I think simply because of the emphasis on My. My wife... Continue Reading →
First IM Reference Interaction
Today I had my first reference interaction using AOL IM. My library has been doing chat reference for quite some time, and we are available for about ten hours on most weekdays. Our business is good, and we are able to help quite a few students with library research. We have about twelve people who... Continue Reading →
Sore Fingers
Due to all of the packages, luggage, and the piles of baby supplies, I had to leave my guitar at home during our twelve-day holiday trip. When I returned, my guitar was there for me, still in its case, and miraculously, still very much in tune. I have been dinking around on it a little... Continue Reading →
IE Not Working Right
This was an interesting exchange on the Web4LIb list. The problem with IE: Is there anybody experience delay at IE searching? Our library got some complains on Internet Explore delay or even hung after patron entered a wrong url. For example, user enter ccc.ddd at address line, IE would stuck at original page and doesn't... Continue Reading →
Entering the Blogsphere
This is the first post to this blog. Originally this blog was supposed to be just a playground site, but I think I may use it for an actual blog. I have been keeping up with several blogs from a variety of topics, and I think I might like to jump on board. Most of... Continue Reading →