For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

So back in 7th grade, my science teacher once sent me to the shop teacher to retrieve a nail. He handed me ( Read more... )

This is both hilarious and depressing at the same time. But, I guess, most of life is.
Enjoy!

From http://ideas.4brad.com/hitler-tries-dmca-takedown

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you have probably seen a parody clip that puts new subtitles on a scene of Hitler ( Read more... )

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Most of the last year for me has been spent with my head down, working like mad to get my master's degree done, which is now *DONE*. I anticipate that the next few months will involve some posts about how this has affected me, and my thoughts on the future of information science, and my future in particular. We'll see if I keep it up.

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Why did Apple have to design the headphone jack so that only Apple headphones will fit in it?!? I forgot my iPod headphones at home this morning, and my spare pair of earbuds at work won't fit into the phone's jack.

And folks near my desk are very noise :-(

Edit: And I'm ok until they start playing Wagner. I hateses Wagner!

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When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech."When I was your age, television was called books ( Read more... )

From Wired...

Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker's library. You exit the austere parlor of his New England home and pass through a hallway into the bibliographic equivalent of a Disney ride. Stuffed with landmark tomes and eye-grabbing historical objects-on the walls, on tables, standing on the floor-the room occupies ( Read more... )