It's a snowy morning here in Amherst (and on GI when I left home). They've been getting wholloped in the Southern Tier this week, but we've had rain for the last few days, which melted the snow that we got last week. It's still too warm for it to be nice snow -- it's 32 degrees. So it's a wet sloppy mess for the most part.
Because Ethan stayed home with Russ and Will, I stopped at the local coffee shop to grab breakfast. A yummy egg, ham and cheese sandwich on foccaccia and the best decaf coffee I've ever had. While I was waiting for my sandwich to be made (yes, they made it from scratch), I noticed a number of homey-looking pies on one of the work tables. Cherry pies. I asked, and all but the one with the almond-crumble top were already spoken for. Well, I bought that one for dessert for tomorrow. It was still warm. Ahhhhhh.......
Of course, on the radio they had to do the story on Thanksgiving travel. Someone (I think from AAA), said that "Thanksgiving is a magnitudinous holiday." Huh.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Our New President
This was posted on the New York Times website four minutes ago:
"Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, as the country chose him as its first black chief executive."
Amen.
He won Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Three huge swing states. Amazing. There will be no questioning this ending. Not like the last two elections. I couldn't dare to hope. I mean, I did hope, but I didn't want to get my hopes up too high, having had them dashed over the last eight years. But this is real.
Will he bring the United States back up in the eyes of the world? I think so.
"Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, as the country chose him as its first black chief executive."
Amen.
He won Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Three huge swing states. Amazing. There will be no questioning this ending. Not like the last two elections. I couldn't dare to hope. I mean, I did hope, but I didn't want to get my hopes up too high, having had them dashed over the last eight years. But this is real.
Will he bring the United States back up in the eyes of the world? I think so.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Costs of digitization
Why is it so hard to find costs for digitization? If you do research, you'll find wildly different costs, from $.04/page to $20/page, and different costs for text vs. images (which I can understand). But you'd think that people who do grant-funded projects would have published this info. Don't granting orgs want this kind of information? "So, Ms. Soandso, how EXACTLY did you spend the money we gave you?" Also, you have to put costs in your grant proposals. Are those figures just pulled out of... [ahem] the air?
This looks ok: The Price of Digitization: New Cost Models for Cultural and Educational Institutions
I like this quote from the end of the summary for the above-linked symposium report:
Let's remember that: The best is the enemy of the good. Let's make it our mantra. I may have it tattooed on my butt. Or at least put it on my office door. (No one would see the tattoo.)
This looks ok: The Price of Digitization: New Cost Models for Cultural and Educational Institutions
I like this quote from the end of the summary for the above-linked symposium report:
"I ended by quoting Voltaire, "the best is the enemy of the good," and urging people to go for more material at lower costs and quality levels. I also think we urgently need help demonstrating why we need these projects. Institutions don't quantify the value of new information and fear that it is used by those outside their community; we may need a new definition of community." (http://www.ninch.org/forum/price.lesk.report.html)
Let's remember that: The best is the enemy of the good. Let's make it our mantra. I may have it tattooed on my butt. Or at least put it on my office door. (No one would see the tattoo.)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Technology Issues
Kind of a pain when you install a Firefox add-on and it makes Firefox not work properly. Granted, it was a beta of Google's new toolbar, but still. I expect more from Google for some reason. I'm crazy.
And, why will iTunes take some of my files but not others. Why is it discriminatory? I'm only trying to put MP3s in. Are some MP3s better than others? That doesn't sound right.
Oh! And, the LibraryThing app in Facebook has stopped working, so it's not updating my list of things read. Thankfully the code is still working here on the blog.
And, why will iTunes take some of my files but not others. Why is it discriminatory? I'm only trying to put MP3s in. Are some MP3s better than others? That doesn't sound right.
Oh! And, the LibraryThing app in Facebook has stopped working, so it's not updating my list of things read. Thankfully the code is still working here on the blog.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
My Wii
I finally got a Nintendo Wii on Friday, and found a Wii Fit on Saturday. Now my crazy stalking of Target can end.
Of all of us, Will was the only one in our family who had used a Wii, and of course he was tickled, and wanted to play it RIGHT NOW! Of course, it wasn't as easy as that. The old Sylvania in the living room wouldn't switch over to game mode, so moved that, along with the DVD/VCR player to the basement, and brought the Toshiba with built-in DVD/VCR to the living room. The screen's a bit smaller, but it's much clearer, and everything works.
Finally got everything hooked up, and Will and I played a number of games Saturday night before supper. After the boys went to bed, I pulled out the Wii Fit and did about 45 minutes of that. Did the same Sunday night. Yesterday I was SORE!!! But all good.
Of all of us, Will was the only one in our family who had used a Wii, and of course he was tickled, and wanted to play it RIGHT NOW! Of course, it wasn't as easy as that. The old Sylvania in the living room wouldn't switch over to game mode, so moved that, along with the DVD/VCR player to the basement, and brought the Toshiba with built-in DVD/VCR to the living room. The screen's a bit smaller, but it's much clearer, and everything works.
Finally got everything hooked up, and Will and I played a number of games Saturday night before supper. After the boys went to bed, I pulled out the Wii Fit and did about 45 minutes of that. Did the same Sunday night. Yesterday I was SORE!!! But all good.
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