Too Sexy For My Books

For the first time in 13 years I am not spending the week immediately following Easter frantically reading and trying to pull together a semi-decent assignment. For the first time in 13 years I am not enrolled in some form of study. For the majority I feel relieved and have an odd sense […]

Another lazy-lady post. Pinky Beecroft is the Man in the Library, with an interesting approach to copyright.

“Take it Slow”, MGF

Been having a bit of a rough go of it the past couple of weeks. Life is again deciding to sweep me up on a course not of my own choosing – things are happening and they are happening fast. Not only to myself but seemingly to most of my good friends at the moment, […]

In a fit of procrastination at work I’ve been cleaning up my drafts folder when amongst all the random oddities I found I had saved this link – Are SEOs Better Searchers?, Discuss.  For the life of me I couldn’t remember why I had thought such a thread worth saving until I found this comment:
Are […]

It seems that everyday there is a new location/map/where-am-I?-here-I-am!/GPS thingy available. I am continually amazed that such technology is available, yet alone in such abundance. I guess this sense of wonder and amazement is due to the fact that I learnt to navigate many, many moons ago, well before GPS was a […]

A lazy-lady post. Its been a comfortable evening slothing in front of the telly with the flat mates watching quality programmes such as Jerry Springer and Millionaire. Reminded me of this clip - it still makes me giggle. Mind you so does Danish ‘fartkontrol’, heehee

Video: Who Wants to be a […]

Now who wouldn’t want to be a librarian

“Tiptoe, Goldfrapp”

Turns out the current downturn in the economy is doing wonders for libraries.  No, not because more people are seeking out the borrowing of books as opposed to purchasing them but rather due to the cosy carrells and steamy stacks.  Coming in at #4 on Scanner’s ‘10 Reasons the Recession Will Rock Your Love Life’ […]

Week before last I was given a new (and very unexpected) project at work. I was asked to adjust the relevance ranking on the OPAC. My eyes lit up and in the inside I was bouncing around doing my little woo-hoo dance. Of course I jumped at the chance and said ‘oooh! […]

On the way home from seeing a screening of ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ I was waiting in the elevator at Queens Way when a group of 4 women (around my age) got in and proceeded to have a loud animated conversation.
W1: Sooo, how is *didn’t-catch-poor-chaps-name*?
W2: He is soooo nice! Did you see […]