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iPad: is the name an iMbarrassment?

Inevitably, the name has received almost as much attention as the device. For those earnest researchers anxious to pursue the naming issue in depth, there is the not-so-startling news that there is a hi tech Japanese adult diaper called, you guessed it, the AiPad. This, however, may sum it all up: Mac’s iPad

Caleb Larsen’s “A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter” (2009)

This is just cool.  Found it online today when I was doing some research on deaccessioning to feed my museum studies students at CWRU.  It’s a black box that auctions itself off on e-bay every seven days. So many questions!

Wreath-Away

Today, on the way back from a shopping excursion (my only child is headed off to a semester in NYC) we counted 75 Xmas wreaths still hanging on front doors on the approximately 2 mile jaunt home.  75 wreaths still on doors and it is January 25. So here’s another idea free of charge to [...]

Things they don’t teach you in “search” school

I work for a women’s archive. This means that a great many of the people we write about have significant middle names. Unlike men, after all, women are often expected to give up their “maiden” names when they marry. This leads to interesting search problems. In most cases, however, a search in Google (or on [...]

Anyone for a field trip to the Science Museum in London?

’1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World’ at the Science Museum in London!  Read the BBC article describing the exhibition.   Or, better yet,  visit the excellent exhibition website.

What happens in PowerPoint, stays in PowerPoint!

This ARTICLE has nothing to do with museums, it’s about healthcare fraud.  Nonetheless it serves as a cautionary tale to all of us–if you thinking a committing a crime, don’t create a PowerPoint explaining how you are going to do it.

Let’s Start Having All Our Conferences at Holiday Inns

Human bed warmers!! Now that’s a new technology I can appreciate–send ‘em to Cleveland quick.  It’s cold here.

World’s Fair Use Day

The first annual World’s Fair Use Day, in Washington DC, has come and gone, but good stuff about what happened can be found on techdirt and on thecommandline. Also, of course, at www.worldsfairuseday.org.

Pass it On

The American Library Association will launch its first Preservation Week May 9-15, 2010.  This year’s theme is “Pass It On: Saving Heritage and Memories.”  Ideas for participation can be found on the ALA website: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/preswk/index.cfm.

The Amazing Non-downloadable iPhone App

When low tech is high tech: Use a Glass as a Smartphone Speaker “I rarely use my iPhone to blast music but when me and a group of my buddies were all listening to a new song, one of them (who also has an iPhone) grabbed my phone and a cup… it was amazing …The [...]