This is an amazing site. Shorpy: The 100-Year-Old Photo Blog No, it is not 100 years old but the photos on it are. And they are gorgeous. If you are a fan of photography or just history, set aside 30 minutes or more to go through these beautiful images. (And […]
If you are a fan of Macs and Apple products in general, you should also be a listener of MacBreak Weekly, a TWiT netcast. At the end of each podcast they give their software pics and now there is a site documenting them! From TUAW: MacBreak Weekly has a Picks […]
I know many in the biblioblogging world have been following this story. Today and ad came out in the NY Times with the signatures of over 300 presidents, including the presidents of my past and current institutions. The statement is on the American Jewish Committee’s website and reads, in part, […]
I mean, c’mon, I am geek and all, but is this really necessary? August 8, 2007 Government Grant to Preserve Virtual Worlds The Library of Congress announced last week that it had awarded a two-year $590,000 grant to several institutions to help preserve online games and virtual worlds. The project, […]
Some of you may know that for the last six years I have been the online editor for the Newsletter for Targumic and Cognate Studies. This site is now located at http://targum.info and we are now taking the newsletter to an online only format. As part of the change we […]
Engadget has a blow by blow liveblog of the Apple announcements. So far it is (very pretty) new iMacs and all new iLife suite with a new .Mac hook to iPhoto (which is thoroughly revised) and iMovie. There could be more. The Apple Store is still down, so you can’t […]
I agree, a touch screen iMac would not make much sense (for a kiosk yes, but not a desktop) however I do like the look of the iMac case in this demo ad. Still, an aluminum Cinema Display style iMac would look nice too. Me, I am still wanting an […]
But the demands are infinite. Merlin Mann, of 43Folders.com fame and MacBreak Weekly fame, gave a Google Tech Talk. I have just started it, but early on (at 6 minutes and 47 seconds) says the above and: Where you put your time and attention says a lot about who you […]
The wedding that is. It was a gorgeous affair, simply stunning. This was my “baby” brother-in-law (10 years my junior, I have known him since he was 13) and his beautiful bride. I was honored to be the officiant and it was just wonderful. The fireworks that the groom arranged […]
So here is the funny thing about the comic above. On Saturday (two days from this comic going online) my brother-in-law Kenny is getting married!