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ppm?

26 July 2008 at 12:34 » Comments (0)

How interesting. Lifehacker, den of PIM hobbyists, links to a Fleshbot post asking: How do you organize your porn?. The post currently has 49 comments. Personal Porn Management, a subactivity of PIM.
Don’t click on that last link if you are in a place where it is inappropriate to view porn. Or if you just think […]



good old academic snark.

14 July 2008 at 19:49 » Comments (0)

From: Koschmann, Timothy, Kuutti, Kari and Hickman, Larry. (1998) The Concept of Breakdown in Heidegger, Leont’ev, and Dewey and Its Implications for Education. Mind, Culture, and Activity 5:1, 25 — 41
Indeed, in some cases the authors themselves recognized such links. Leont’ev (1981), for example, made reference to the writings of both Heidegger and […]



if i were a superhero…

4 July 2008 at 11:35 » Comments (0)

From ICHCB, of course.
  



read it here first.

24 June 2008 at 0:43 » Comments (0)

In my dissertation proposal I offer an initial operating definition of information organization behavior to replace the unacceptable one I’ve ranted about before:
Any activities undertaken by a person or people—uncoordinated or working as a group in an organization or institution—to describe, represent, name, order, structure, categorize or class information objects. Information organization behavior takes place […]



favorite new/changed lcsh of the week (7 may 2008)

31 May 2008 at 12:27 » Comments (0)

(A) 150 African spurred tortoises as pets [May Subd Geog] [sp2008003319]
053 SF459.T8
550 BT Pets
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(C) 150 Cookery (Tahini) [sp2008002746]
550 BT Cookery (Sesame)
550 RT Tahini
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150 Dressage horses [May Subd Geog] […]



comps.

27 May 2008 at 22:37 » Comments (0)

Two days down. Three to go.
What my advisor told me is unsurprisingly actually true so far: it is actually kind of fun. The four hours flies past. It’s just playing with ideas and writing.
One thing it is teaching me is I can crank out 7-8 not too terrible pages a day if I […]



back to the everyday.

7 May 2008 at 15:53 » Comments (6)

So my literature review for comps has been distributed to my committee members. It’s a tome [1], so I feel a little bad about dropping in the collective lap of my committee. But it was a very useful paper for me to put together.
One of the things I argue in this paper is that […]



best new/changed lcsh of the week (April 23, 2008)

6 May 2008 at 19:03 » Comments (2)

I prefer dabbling ducks, personally.
150 Anas [May Subd Geog] [sp 85004818]
* 053 QL696.A52 CANCEL
* 053 QL696.A52 (Zoology)
* 450 UF Dabbling ducks
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(C) 150 Bawdy poetry, Greek (Modern) [May Subd Geog] [sp2008001615]
450 UF Greek bawdy poetry, […]



best new/changed lcsh of the week (16 april 2008)

1 May 2008 at 12:19 » Comments (0)

(C)150 Grassroots comic books, strips, etc. [May Subd Geog] [sp2008020216]
680 Here are entered works on comics made by local community activists and other
non-professional artists that are intended to communicate a message and/or to encourage
debate on an issue.
450UF Grass root comic books, strips, etc.
450UF Grass roots comic books, strips, […]



i’ll save you!

30 April 2008 at 8:48 » Comments (0)

Unclutterer, a blog about getting organized and uncluttered, recently asked its readers to share a bit about themselves and (among other things) the kind of topics they would like more coverage on, what issues they need help with.
On the wrap-up short-list: Photograph and video organization.
Also: Organizing digital data and Paper clutter
OK, so my […]