As a universal donor, I try to give blood when I’m not on my bike (thank you roofing staple) — so, the red cross was at OSU today and without a good reason not to give blood, I dropped by and gave a pint.  I actually wish I could do it more often — but […]

So, as folks might have gathered from a few of my posts over the last week, I had a few engagements that have keep me on the east coast over the past week.  One of the events that I had attended during the week was the RLG Tools forum at the Boston Public Library.  This […]

I’ll admit it — I arrange me layovers (when I have to have them) around airports that have free wifi.  For that reason, I’ve avoided Denver International for years.  Well, on my way to DLF — I had to layover in Denver for a couple of hours (thanks to a delayed flight) and imagine my […]

That would be cool wouldn’t it, but that’s not quite what happened.  Thanks to the historically close Democratic Primary, President Bill Clinton spent Friday and Saturday in Oregon, campaigning for his wife in small towns across Oregon.  As luck would have it, one of the towns that he stopped was Monmouth, Oregon, right in our […]

While the IE team had said IE 8 would pass the Acid 2 test, I was taking a bit of a wait and see because a lot can happen between concept and release.  But, I downloaded the beta and sure enough, there’s the smiley face.

 
So, how about the Acid 3 test — not so […]

I’ll write more about Code4Lib, but one of my favorite parts of Code4Lib was seeing David Walker’s session providing a first look at OCLC’s grid services.  Very promising.  If OCLC can deliver a robust api for both member and non-member libraries and provide the infrastructure to make this happen — then maybe it will allow […]

Apparently, Dr. Adnan Qureshi, a stroke expert at the University of Minnesota performed a study recently that found cat owners to be less likely to die of cardiovascular disease than dog owners.  The Minneapolis Star Tribune ran this story (http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/15858742.html [appearently, this page was only available for a little while — seems to be carried here […]

I’ve been spending some time in Regina, Ca. this weekend and I can’t think of any time that I’ve been in such bitter cold.  When my plane landed on Saturday, a little afternoon, it was the high of the day around -29 F (but felt like -49 F with the wind).  By nightfall, it was […]

Kind of off topic  — but I had to make a trip to the dmv this morning.  I’ve been finding that airports, rental car agencies, etc. are having a difficult time accepting my current license because much of the information on it has been smeared or damaged due to water (I have on older license […]

In response to my top tech trends post, Richard Wallis had asked if I would be willing to expand my thoughts in their Talking with Talis podcast series.  Sounded fun (and it was).  You can find it at: http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2008/01/terry_reese_sha.php if you are interested.
 
–TR