tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185778402024-03-08T06:44:57.949-05:00MouseLessTechnology stuff relating to libraries and library usersPhil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1151689377130935762006-06-30T13:40:00.000-04:002006-06-30T13:42:57.143-04:00Country Song TitlesI was listening to the <a href="http://www.austinlizards.com/">Austin Lounge Lizards</a> on the way to work today, and wanting to maintain my country music buzz I dialed up some country on <a href="http://music.yahoo.com/">Launch.</a> The titles of country songs are really something. A couple that I heard were "Men and Mascara Always Run" and " Screw You, We're From Texas." Of course, in the car this morning I was listening to songs like "You Can Eat Dog Food" and "We Always Fight When We Drink Gin."Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1151629503432961172006-06-29T21:01:00.000-04:002006-06-29T21:10:57.666-04:00Musique de Jedi<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { }.flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/philshirley/178039217/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/62/178039217_424bce93c5_t.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Picture139_29Jun06" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/philshirley/178039217/">Picture139_29Jun06</a>,<br />originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/philshirley/">Phil Shirley</a>. </span></div>Today's "Musique de jeudi" organ recital at the church near my library was Star Wars music (this is a picture of Darth Tater on the organ console). It was fun to hear this music on the organ. The big pipes really put some rumble into Darth Vader's theme, and it was fun to hear how the organist chose stops for the different parts. I realized that I don't have a digital copy of the Star Wars music, so I have put the set into my Amazon cart. I've gotta learn what the different organ stops are by sound; I'm going to study the samples at <a href="http://www.die-orgelseite.de/pfeifenarten_e.htm">http://www.die-orgelseite.de/pfeifenarten_e.htm</a>.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1151029021798819842006-06-22T22:16:00.000-04:002006-08-11T19:22:40.243-04:00The Right TrousersYou may remember the ads for the <a href="http://www.dockers.com/mobilesitelet/flash/mobilePantFrame.html">Dockers Mobile Pant</a> a few years ago. My wonderful wife bought me two pairs of them, and they were great. The zippered pocket further down the leg was very convenient for gadgets (like a Palm or a second cell phone). The second zippered pocket inside each of the front pockets was nice, and was very handy when traveling in pickpockety areas of Italy. I still have the pants, but they don't fit anymore--the one bad thing about losing weight. Sadly, they don't make these anymore; they have something new, but they just seem to have a big non-subtle cargo pocket on the leg and no zippered pockets. Maybe some will show up on eBay someday. I'm holding onto mine, in case I gain weight or really baggy pants come into style.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1151026390518780892006-06-22T21:29:00.000-04:002006-06-22T21:33:10.576-04:00Employee of the Month<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { }.flickr-frame { float: right; text-align: center; margin-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/philshirley/172717726/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/71/172717726_243eb6b922_t.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="Employee of the Month" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/philshirley/172717726/">Employee of the Month</a>,<br /> originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/philshirley/">Phil Shirley</a>. </span></div>I'm employee of the month, so I get the special parking spot! (The blue sign says "Reserved for Library Employee of Month".) The library is actually behind you; what you see is the back of the neighboring gas station. If I ride my motorcycle to work this month then I'll post a picture of that, too.<br clear="all" />Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1150251476578399762006-06-13T21:49:00.000-04:002006-06-18T10:07:03.930-04:00Happy Father's DayThere are two words that I've never heard said by anyone but my dad: geedunk and cattywampus. Now through the magic of the Internet I can see that he wasn't just making them up (not that I ever doubted my dear old dad :-). Oh, and there's a math problem at the end in honor of Father's day.<br /><br />The way my dad uses it, "geedunk" means sweets (and maybe other junk food), based on the name of a place where you can get this stuff. That's basically what they say on the <a href="http://www.sgaus.org/hist_fac.htm">Navy Historical Facts and Trivia</a> page. The <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia03-3.htm">Naval Historical Center</a> also has some info on the word. The term seems to have jumped ship and crossed over to other branches of the service, or at least to the army, where my dad learned it.<br /><br />"Caddywampus" means caddycorner, or kittycorner, according to both my dad and <a href="http://www.slangsite.com/slang/C.html">SlangSite.com.</a> Caddywampus is also the name of "one of today's formost instrumental rock bands" according to their own web site (I had never heard of them, but that doesn't mean anything). This word came into my mind recently because the <a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak quiz</a> at Blogthings falied to list it as an alternative to "catty corner."<br /><br />One more thing for my dad: A math problem. I hate this particular one; I was a math major, and I took a class in probability, and it still doesn't make sense to me. It's the (in)famous Monty Hall Problem, made famous a number of years ago by Marilyn vos Savant in <span style="font-style: italic;">Parade</span> magazine. Many people, including math professors, wrote in to tell her she was wrong, but all my Googling seems to say she was right (as does Charlie, the math genius on the TV show <span style="font-style: italic;">Numbers</span>).<br /><br />The common definition of the problem seems to be: There are three doors; behind one is a good prize (say, a car), and behind the other two are less desirable things (say, goats). You choose a door, hoping to get the car. Then the game show host, knowing what's behind each door, opens one of the doors that you didn't choose and reveals a goat. Now there are two doors left--your's and the other one. He asks if you want to change to the other door. What is the probability that the car is behind your door, and what is the probability that it's behind the other door?<br /><br />Well, at first there were three doors, so you had a one in three chance of getting the car. Now there are two doors, so you have a fifty-fifty chance, right? What if I choose door number 1, but my friend in the audience secretly thinks "it's door number 3", and then the host opens door number 2; my act of choosing doesn't mean any more than my friend's silent act of choosing, does it?<br /><br />So, it seems like it's fifty-fifty, but the experts say no. They say that whatever door you choose has a 1 in 3 chance even when there are only two doors left. There is an explanation of this on the <a href="http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.monty.hall.html">Math Forum</a> at Drexel School of Education, and a more mathy one on a web page of the <a href="http://www.usna.edu/MathDept/courses/pre97/sm230/MONTYHAL.HTM">Naval Academy.</a> Another explanation if at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem">Wikipedia.</a> That's the one that I think has the best explanation--but it's still definitely counterintuitive.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1150231406467988122006-06-13T16:35:00.000-04:002006-06-13T16:43:26.530-04:00You Gotta Get a GimmickA singing, dancing librarian at Blendon Middle School in Westerville, Ohio inspires kids to read. Some might say that her approach is over the top, but it<span style="font-style: italic;"> is</span> a good thing to bring some personality to what you do. Read all about it in the <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/06/12/20060612-B1-03.html">Columbus Dispatch.</a>Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1149956808653416012006-06-10T12:22:00.000-04:002006-06-12T19:59:59.113-04:00Emoticons I've learned recentlyI don't know if these are emoticons or ASCII art or what, but here are two that I learned recently (from my dear wife):<br /><br />heart (aka puffy heart): <3<br />cupcake: [|}Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1149818125027782552006-06-08T21:24:00.000-04:002006-06-08T22:00:37.763-04:00Live Music at LunchToday I attended my first "Musique de jeudi" recital. The organist at a church that's one block from where I work gives these recitals every Thursday at 12:15, for about a half hour. I love hearing live music, and it's very cool that I have an opportunity to do this during my work day.<br /><br />The church is the <a href="http://www.firstchurchcf.com">First United Methodist Church,</a> and the organist is Dean Wagner. The audience was maybe 20 or 30 people I guess. Wagner came down and talked to the audience about what we were going to hear, which was useful because I didn't know what a ciacona was before but then I was able to recognize the characteristic repeating bass pattern in both the ciaconas (ciacone?) he played.<br /><br />Today was Pachelbel day. Coming up:<br />June 15, Dietrich Buxtehude<br />June 22, Leon Boellmann<br />June 29, Musique de Jedi (Star Wars)<br />July 6, Flor PeetersPhil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1149458537789525252006-06-04T17:48:00.000-04:002006-06-04T18:02:17.803-04:00Ex-Presidents Hot for Tivo (& Treo)I know you've been wondering: What kind of cool electronic gear do our ex-presidents have? After extensive research (watching "The Daily Show" and reading <span style="font-style: italic;">Entertainment Weekly</span>), I bring you this special report:<br /><br />On "The Daily Show" a few weeks ago, John Stewart asked guest Jimmy Carter if he watched the show; President Carter replied that it was on pretty late, but he watched it on his TiVo.<br /><br />One of the stupidest parts of <span style="font-style: italic;">Entertainment Weekly</span> is a column called "Stupid Questions with..." (at least they're honest about it). I'm usually able to avoid it, but this time I was sucked in. Anyway, somehow Reba McEntire said that she was watching a baseball game on TV and saw her buddy George H.W. Bush and his wife sitting behind home plate. She got out her Treo and called him on his Treo, and saw him answer (the <a href="http://web.palm.com/?cid=">Treo</a> is a kind of phone). She didn't say what model he had; if I had to guess, I would say it was a 700w, because Windows seems somehow more Republican than Palm OS.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1149356631783047512006-06-03T13:26:00.000-04:002006-06-03T13:43:51.866-04:00Science Fiction Double FeatureNow reading: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006057559X/103-2449226-0742217?v=glance&n=283155">Year's Best SF 9.</a> This is a collection of science fiction short stories that appeared in 2003. I'm enjoying being exposed to writers who I"ve never read before, like Octavia E. Butler (who died recently) and Cory Doctorow (who contributes to one of my favorite web sites, <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a>). It's good to break away from my usual habits, reading my favorite cyberpunk authors.<br /><br />Now watching: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/">Doctor Who</a> episodes from last year on the SciFi Channel. I haven't watched Doctor Who for many, many years and I became interested in it again after reading the biography of Douglas Adams, who wrote for Doctor Who a little. Gotta get those old episodes.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1149127147746040712006-05-31T21:54:00.000-04:002006-06-02T08:21:54.283-04:00Though Small Minds Reject UsWhen <span style="font-style: italic;">Consumer Reports</span> comes every month, the first thing I read is the "Selling It" Column in the back, where they have pictures of questionable ads, deceptive packaging, and funny errors. My favorite this month: A picture of a sign outside a day care center that says "Small Minds of Tomorrow." I'm sure they didn't mean it like it sounds.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1146014758969923292006-04-25T21:23:00.000-04:002006-04-25T21:25:58.980-04:00ASCII Art Generator<pre>From the <a href="http://www.network-science.de/ascii/">ASCII art generator:</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> _____ _ _ _ </span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">| __ \| | (_) |</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">| |__) | |__ _| |</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">| ___/| '_ \| | |</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">| | | | | | | |</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">|_| |_| |_|_|_|</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> </span></pre>Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1145551343976747382006-04-20T12:23:00.000-04:002006-04-24T16:51:37.153-04:00Kiss and don't TELAs <a href="http://phosnorkapages.blogspot.com/2006/04/weekly-reader-5.html">Pho</a> points out, Cincinnati public schools Superintendent Rosa Blackwell is silent on the issue of Ohio's proposed Tax & Expenditure Limitation amendment (TEL), according to an <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/open/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1145349738302720.xml&amp;coll=2&thispage=1">article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.</a> This is strange, because TEL is described by most school officials in the state as a very bad thing for education, until you realize that she's the wife of Ken Blackwell, the author of the amendment. TEL (or TEL/TABOR) would also be bad for public libraries in Ohio. <a href="http://www.olc.org/TELTABOR.asp">The Ohio Library Council</a> has made its defeat their top priority in 2006. This amendment will be on the ballot in November. If you live in Ohio, please vote against it, for the sake of your local government, schools, and libraries.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1145465325188774682006-04-19T12:40:00.000-04:002006-04-19T12:48:45.200-04:00Polka to the People!Hooray--<a href="http://www.brave.com/bo/">Brave Combo</a> is coming! This group is definitely not your father's polka band. This Grammy-winning, hard-rocking, high-energy group plays a lot of polka and a little of everything else, and plays it really really well. Anyway, I get to hear them again this year at Lock 3 Live in Akron (July 3), and I might venture up to Cleveland to hear them at the Beachland Ballroom July 1.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1144885736912597042006-04-12T19:44:00.000-04:002006-04-12T19:48:56.926-04:00Beethoven's 9thOn Saturday, April 22 the <a href="http://www.tuscarawasphilharmonic.org/">Tuscarawas Philharmoic</a> will perform Beethoven's <span style="font-style: italic;">Symphony #9</span> under the masterful direction of <a href="http://www.tuscarawasphilharmonic.org/eric/index.htm">Eric Benjamin.</a> Don't miss this thrilling concert!Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1144885390936911162006-04-12T19:30:00.000-04:002006-04-12T19:43:18.903-04:00ASO RocksThe <a href="http://www.alliancelink.com/alliancesymphony/default.htm">Alliance Symphony Orchestra</a> gave a nice performance on Saturday, featuring classics such as Bizet's <span style="font-style: italic;">Carmen Suite #1,</span> Sibelius' <span style="font-style: italic;">Finlandia,</span> and Handel's <span style="font-style: italic;">Water Music.</span> The Bassoon Monsoon (as Heidi described our unusually large section) did nicely on the "Les dragons de Alcala" movement of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Carmen Suite.</span> The group sounds good this year under the baton of Dr. Elaine Anderson of Mount Union College. Good job, everyone!<span style=""><b><br /></b></span>Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1140976237853697032006-02-26T12:06:00.000-05:002006-02-26T13:52:43.983-05:00Treo 600I know--the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treo_600">Treo 600</a> is old news (the Treo 650 and the Treo 700w are out), but this blog is not about late-breaking technology news. The Treo 600 is a smartphone, a cell phone that also does other stuff. This particular smartphone runs the Palm operating system, so it can run pretty much any Palm software, and it can browse the Web through your cell phone service. The web browsing is of course a different experience than it is on a computer, but it's still pretty good. Other Treo 600 features include a QWERTY keyboard that can type on with your thumbs, a camera (only 0.3 megapixels, so it's not a substitute for a real digital camera), and a speaker (good for use as a speakerphone or sometimes even to listen to MP3's). My favorite hardware feature is the 5-way navigation button, which allows you to do a lot of stuff without having to tap on the screen with the stylus (I'm always trying to avoid "pointing devices" in my computing).<br /><br />I never got into PDA's before because I couldn't find anything that made it worth carrying an extra gadget with me. I like the Treo because I would carry a phone anyway, and it's worth the extra size and weight to have so much more in my pocket. Some of my major uses for it are:<br /><ul><li>MP3 player: If I'm going on a long trip I'll take the iPod, but for everyday things where I don't want to worry about carrying an extra piece of equipment the Treo does just fine. I have a 1 GB SD memory card that I update maybe once a week with fresh content, including music and podcasts. Playing MP3's drains the battery a bit, but for my 20-minute commute it's just fine.</li><li>Web browser: My lunch hours at work are usually spent using the web browser on my Treo to read my favorite feeds in Bloglines. The web browser also comes in handy if I'm out somewhere and an unanticipated question comes up (What time does that store close? Where's the Ikea in Pittsburgh? What drinks can you make with chartreuse?).</li><li>Contacts, appointments and reminders: These traditional Palm applications come in handy for me. If I put an doctor's appointment or an orchestra rehearsal date in my phone then I don't have to depend on a piece of paper that (1) won't be with me all the time and (2) might just get lost. I use a special program (Butler) for reminders for occasional special things to do during the day (meeting with boss, take medicine, etc.).<br /></li><li>Camera: It's no substitute for a full-featured, high-quality digital camera, but for fun snaps or documenting something at work ("load the paper into the printer *this way*") it can be just the thing, and you can send a picture to an e-mail address easily.</li><li>Phone: Sometimes I use it as a phone, also. :-)</li></ul>I got my factory-refurbished Treo 600 in 2005 for a little over $200 from <a href="http://stores.channeladvisor.com/km-electronics/">KM Electronics</a>. It has worked just fine for me except that it developed a problem that's common to the Treo 600: If the battery was not completely charged (or plugged into the power cord), you couldn't make or receive calls. The fix was easy (although I had to buy tools to do it): Take the back off, unplug the battery, and plug it back in.<br /><br />Newer models: The Treo 650 is very tempting. It has a much more high-res screen, a better keyboard, and Bluetooth (so it can communicate wirelessly to other devices such as a headset). The Treo 700w (available only with Verizon service right now) is also interesting; it runs Windows Mobile as the OS (some people really like the new "Today" screen, and it might be nice to be able to play DRM-ed files that play only on Windows Media Player), and it has a higher-resolution camera.<br /><br />I'm very happy with my Treo 600. I use it every day, and it has a lot more applications that I haven't mentioned (<a href="http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/stories/2003/12/04/whatsOnMyTreo600.html">The Shifted Librarian</a> lists a bunch of them).Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1137373229189131552006-01-15T19:24:00.000-05:002006-02-26T12:00:22.723-05:00DVD's in a global marketplaceThis started out in my head as a rant, with a hack added on at the end, but then with further consideration ... well, let's start with the rant:<br /><br />Currently, the complete collection of The X-Files on DVD at amazon.com is listed at US $809.99 (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006SH25C/qid=1137371255/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0687048-1799255?n=507846&s=dvd&v=glance">link</a>).<br />At the British Amazon, amazon.co.uk (<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AAF9Q0/qid=1137371405/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-4860863-5091630">link</a>), it's £179.99 (US $320.07)! Those bastards who came up with region-encoding DVD's, supposedly to control how soon they release new movies on DVD in different parts of the world, are exploiting this technology to get me to pay more for the same (or almost the same) product than people in other countries!<br /><br />The hack: You can get a DVD player for $60 that can play DVD's for any region just by pressing a few buttons on the remote. And, um, oh yeah, actually it's not just a matter of the region encoding on the DVD, but also that fact that different TV encoding is used in the U.S. (NTSC format) than in Europe (PAL)--but the $60 DVD player also takes care of that, playing both NTSC and PAL discs.<br /><br />With further consideration, I'm still upset--even more so, actually--not just about The X-Files, but also about titles that are only available for other regions of the world and/or only in PAL format. In the past the NTSC/PAL difference has been a problem with playing videos and DVD's from other parts of the world, but now there are inexpensive DVD players that can play both kinds of discs, and perhaps someday this technology will be in all DVD players. So, this barrier is being broken down, but the region-encoding is definitely not going away. Sure, some people know how to get around region encoding (and care enough to go through the trouble), but this doesn't satisfy me.<br /><br />In order to get my money's worth out of a DVD, I wan to be able to lend it to my family and friends. This doesn't happen with region-encoded DVD's. Also, I don't always buy every DVD I want to watch. I often request that my local library buy things. But they're not going to buy things that most people can't play.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1137368930696140782006-01-15T18:48:00.000-05:002006-01-15T19:13:35.043-05:00"CD Baby loves Phil"I had heard that CD Baby (a place that sells CD's through mail-order) was cool, but nothing had come up to get me out of my Amazon.com rut until recently. The e-mail that CD Baby sent me confirming that my order had shipped had a "from" field that said "CD Baby loves Phil", and included lines such as the following:<br /><br />"Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow."<br /><br />"A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing."<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoyed receiving this e-mail. Libraries should do as well as this at giving their Internet-based services a personal face.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1130966201617093512005-11-02T15:46:00.000-05:002005-11-03T09:30:52.330-05:00Mouseless?Do I expect you to become mouseless? No, but maybe you can learn to use the mouse <span style="font-style: italic;">less.</span> The mouse is the perfect tool for some things, but often you can get something done faster using the keyboard. The next time the mouse falls of the desk into the wastebasket, leave it there and see how long you can work without it. Sure, there's a learning curve. For a given task you'll have to figure out how to use the keyboard instead, and then you'll have to remember those strange new tricks, but with repetition your new skills will become more natural and will provide a base for learning more keyboard tricks. It will take some work on your part, and of course not every task is appropriate for the keyboard, but keep at it; your patience will be rewarded.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18577840.post-1130964236582786892005-11-02T15:12:00.001-05:002006-01-15T18:47:23.460-05:00Hello, World!The idea is to share things that might be useful or interesting to others who work with technology in libraries. This could be library technologists or really any library staff, and could involve technology that's used in libraries or consumer technology that library staff should be aware of. Actually, I like to write--it's fun, and I learn more about a subject I'm writing about; if other people get something out of it then all the better.<br /><br />My only previous web project of note was a personal web site in the mid-90's which included a guide to report writing in Geac ADVANCE. You can also find lots of posts from me about report writing in the archives of ADVANC-L and Dynix-l.<br /><br />This is MouseLess--I hope you find something useful here.Phil Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358743447372580006noreply@blogger.com0