Archive for June, 2005
Monday, June 27th, 2005
Computer Screen Made From Fog
Here’s the scoop on another new technology that’s just coming out. This one is AWESOME and has the potential to totally change multimedia presentation and eventually even advertising, if costs aren’t a problem.
You can read the entire story at the Discovery Channel’s News website. You can also get Discovery Channel News via RSS.
A new interactive [...]
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005
Libraries Exempted from Renewed Patriot Act
One of the biggest controversies involved in the Patriot Act has been the right of the FBI to visit a library and demand records of books checked out by certain patrons. Libraries have very strict rules AGAINST sharing that kind of information with anyone. Part of intellectual freedom, privacy, and all that. So when the [...]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2005
Librarians in the Movies
Describe a librarian. I mean, in the movies. What’s a movie librarian like? You know what I’m talking about: female, fiftyish, thin, single, horn-rimmed glasses, hair in a tight bun, lives with five cats, and goes around SHUSHING everyone. There are TONS of examples of this kind of thing in the movies, and it ALWAYS [...]
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