Guest blogging, sort of

I work as a reference assistant for IC/UGLS, the branch of the Wells Library that is geared towards supporting undergrads. Each of us gets to write an entry for the IC/UGLS blog, and this week is my turn. I wrote about free image repositories because hey, who doesn’t need images at some point?  You can read my post here:

A few free image resources online

WikiHow’s article on how to be cool

Here.

Fortunately for uncool people, strangers on the internet are here to tell you how to be cool.

National Museum of Funeral History

Link.

Mike: Heh. You know, people are just dying to–

Tom Servo: No!

(Context, 9:48 )

It’s OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND!

The Dow Jones industrial average, that is. 

(Context.)

Welcome, Or: All the Good Post Titles Are Taken, Too

Hello, and welcome. Since my Xanga community more or less imploded, I’ve settled on Blogger as the home for the new blog. Hopefully I’ll be more responsible about keeping this one up to date. The goal for now is at least one update a week, which seems reasonable right now. 

Being a librarian in training, a big part of my life is making interesting things available to people. One of the most interesting things I can think of sharing now is the text of a talk Neil Postman, the social critic, gave in 1998. It’s called Five Things We Need to Know about Technological Change. Enjoy.