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A Book Lover's Guide to IKEA seating
Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:08 PM EDT (HTMLGiant)
Say what you will about cookie-cutter culture, IKEA offers affordable furniture that doesn't smell like the 1970's. When enjoying your favorite book, it's important to be seated properly — or at least in a way that compliments your reading experience.
Twitter to roll out commercial accounts this year
Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:02 PM EDT (VentureBeat)
Twitter said the company is in the first phase of rolling out commercial accounts that will entice business users to pay for premium services like detailed analytics. (via American Libraries Direct)
Make Your Own URL Shortening Service
Seeded on Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:37 AM EDT (Lifehacker)
URL shortening services are ubiquitous on Twitter and other cramped online spaces. They won't all last, as tr.im has demonstrated, and their shutdowns could annihilate your linking history. If you own a domain, though, you can host your own service.
10 Ways to Archive Your Tweets
Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:42 PM EDT (Read/WriteWeb)
Did you know that your tweets have an expiration date on them? While they never really disappear from your own Twitter stream, they become unsearchable in only a matter of days (via American Libraries Direct)
14 Facebook Ills (and How to Cure Most of Them)
Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:40 PM EDT (Switched)
From tracking the Jonas Brothers to organizing the Iranian democracy movement, Facebook is the most powerful network -- at the moment -- for linking people up around town or around the world. Love it or hate it, you really can't avoid it. (via American Libraries Direct)
Resource of the Week: How to Read a Privacy Policy
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:21 AM EDT (Resource Shelf)
This report — from The Common Data Project, a nonprofit based in NYC — analyzes the privacy policies of 10 major websites, as well as several start-ups. (via American Libraries Direct)
101 Best Genealogy Web Sites
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:19 AM EDT (Family Tree Magazine)
If our ancestors had swung down from the trees with six fingers on each hand, we'd probably be counting by dozens.
Is there a margin muse in your library book?
Seeded on Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:16 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Marks in library books are usually moronic scrawlings or tedious displays of ego, but just occasionally you come across something fascinating (via American Libraries Direct)
Literary Libations: Beers Named After Books & Authors
Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:39 AM EDT (Brews and Books)
Apparently, I'm not the first one to think that beer and books are a match made in heaven. (via American Libraries Direct)
Catching Spammers in the Act
Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:32 AM EDT (Technology Review)
Researchers have shed new light on the methods by which spammer harvest e-mail addresses from the Web and relay bulk messages through multiple computers. They say that findings could provide additional ammunition in the fight against junk e-mail campaigns.
100 Essential Skills for Geeks | GeekDad | Wired.com
Seeded on Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:32 AM EDT (Wired News)
Like all good Geeks you should be able to utilize resources to accomplish any of these things. Knowing where to look for the knowledge is as good as having it so give yourself points if you are certain that you could Google the knowledge necessary for a skill.
20 Tips to Define And Manage Your Social Networks [Part 1]
Seeded on Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:30 AM EDT (MakeUseOf)
Tips for managing your online personae. (via American Libraries Direct)
Supermax prison: Obama's books objectionable
Seeded on Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:21 AM EDT (Google)
The federal government's most secure prison has determined that two books written by President Barack Obama contain material "potentially detrimental to national security" and rejected an inmate's request to read them. (via American Libraries Direct)
The Gig-Saver: 15 Tones, One Guitar
Seeded on Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:16 AM EDT (NPR)
Bruce Jacob, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maryland, had a musical problem. His new electric guitar just wouldn't give him all the sounds he wanted.
100 Awesome iPhone Apps for Culture Snobs
Seeded on Thu Jul 9, 2009 8:16 AM EDT (Online College)
If you feel that you're well on your way to becoming an epic culture snob who quotes Latin while visiting the locals' favorite coffee shop in Guam, you'll want to check out this list of 100 awesome iPhone apps just for you. (via American Libraries Direct)
50 Useful Firefox Add-Ons for Job Seekers
Seeded on Thu Jul 9, 2009 8:13 AM EDT (Job Profiles)
While visiting countless employment sites and emailing resumes can be time consuming and fruitless, your browser may help make the search more efficient.
Can You Come Up With A Science Fiction Book Cover Worse Than These?
Seeded on Thu Jul 9, 2009 7:54 AM EDT (io9)
Orbit Books is trying to create the worst science fiction book cover of all time — but they're up against stiff competition. (via American Libraries Direct)
10 Ways to Find People on Twitter
Seeded on Thu Jul 9, 2009 7:50 AM EDT (Mashable!)
There are a number of ways you can find people on Twitter. Here are ten sites you can use to locate "tweeps" to follow. (via American Libraries Direct)
Twittruth Tells The Truth About How You Really Use Twitter
Seeded on Thu Jul 9, 2009 7:49 AM EDT (Read/WriteWeb)
How do you really use Twitter? Do you retweet a lot of other peoples' content, share a lot of links and respond to direct messages? (via American Libraries Direct)
World's oldest Bible published in full online
Seeded on Thu Jul 9, 2009 7:46 AM EDT (Telegraph)
The world's oldest surviving Bible, which has been scattered around the globe for more than a century, has been published in full online. (via American Libraries Direct)
Archives' record-keeping lapse - San Jose Mercury News
Seeded on Thu Jul 9, 2009 7:42 AM EDT (San Jose Mercury news)
National Archives visitors know they'll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building's magnificent rotunda in Washington.
U-Md. Professor, Students Create Electric Guitar That Allows Customized Sounds
Seeded on Tue Jul 7, 2009 7:48 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Clark School engineering professor Bruce Jacob decided to create a better guitar, attacking an elusive aesthetic problem with a series of math equations, a circuit board and wiring.
10 Ways to Learn Stuff While Procrastinating Online
Seeded on Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:35 AM EDT (Mental Floss)
A great list, especially for those who are trivia-buffs/collectors of useless knowledge -- now you can multi-task while you procrastinate! (via American Libraries Direct)
How to know if you're reading a bad book
Seeded on Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:29 AM EDT (Feminist SF -- The Blog!)
Some of these criteria apply more to science fiction / fantasy, others more to paranormal / thriller romances. (via American Libraries Direct)
Fifty Books for Our Times | Newsweek Books
Seeded on Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:26 AM EDT (Newsweek)
Which books—new or old, fiction or nonfiction—open a window on the times we live in, whether they deal directly with the issues of today or simply help us see ourselves in new and surprising ways. (via American Libraries Direct)
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A Book Lover's Guide to IKEA seatingSay what you will about cookie-cutter culture, IKEA offers affordable furniture that doesn't smell like the 1970's. When enjoying your favorite book, it's important to be seated properly — or at least in a way that compliments your reading experience.
- Twitter to roll out commercial accounts this year
Twitter said the company is in the first phase of rolling out commercial accounts that will entice business users to pay for premium services like detailed analytics. (via American Libraries Direct)
- Make Your Own URL Shortening Service
URL shortening services are ubiquitous on Twitter and other cramped online spaces. They won't all last, as tr.im has demonstrated, and their shutdowns could annihilate your linking history. If you own a domain, though, you can host your own service.
- 10 Ways to Archive Your Tweets
Did you know that your tweets have an expiration date on them? While they never really disappear from your own Twitter stream, they become unsearchable in only a matter of days (via American Libraries Direct)
- 14 Facebook Ills (and How to Cure Most of Them)
From tracking the Jonas Brothers to organizing the Iranian democracy movement, Facebook is the most powerful network -- at the moment -- for linking people up around town or around the world. Love it or hate it, you really can't avoid it. (via American Libraries Direct)
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A Book Lover's Guide to IKEA seating
Twitter to roll out commercial accounts this year
Make Your Own URL Shortening Service
Make Your Own URL Shortening Service
10 Ways to Archive Your Tweets
14 Facebook Ills (and How to Cure Most of Them)
Resource of the Week: How to Read a Privacy Policy
101 Best Genealogy Web Sites
Is there a margin muse in your library book?
Literary Libations: Beers Named After Books & Authors