A Wandering Eyre

Geez, I ignore a feed for a couple days and all hell breaks loose. This is what happens, gentle readers, when you do not pay attention to things. The Smart Bitches, they are smart you know, have uncovered a huge plagiarism scandal by bestselling romance author Cassie Edwards. If you go to their website, you [...]

I have had a filtering post bubbling about for awhile. I think this may be a week for griping about idiotic technology choices. Filtering and firewalls will come later. Today, I present to you, ignoring half of the argument in favor of making yourself appear right. It’s called balance; let’s find some. One of my [...]

I am, as you can see below, catching up on feeds. Here are some tidbits to get you through Hump Day: Yet another reason not to tell people online where you live, especially if you are an arsehat. LOTR MMORPG seems to be getting advice from the Bush Administration. Oh, Shiny Pretties. Me want. A [...]

Kathy Sierra was on CNN today and has a final post on her blog. I am very sad that we are losing Kathy to a handful of sick people. She has been a tremendous voice for a revolution in the way we think about the people we serve. I hope that Kathy knows that many [...]

Robert Santangelo, a 16 year old, is being sued for illegal downloading. He is in turn suing the five records companies for anti-trust violations. This is a good case to keep your eye on as the results could impact how all of us get music and other content online. –Jane, tries to be a good [...]

Wiley is shelling out over 572 million* pounds (not like a pound of flesh, but the currency of the same title) for Blackwell Publishing. MPOW uses Blackwell for many, many of its purchasing needs. Blackwell holds our book contract and, as a subject librarian, I maintain an online profile for Approvals. It will be interesting [...]

Before I lived in Houston, I lived in Dallas for two wonderful, glorious years. I love Dallas. Better weather, colder winters, and a good NPR station. The station up there is KERA and I was in love with that station. It was on in my apartment all day every day. I knew what time of [...]

My brother and I spent a lot of time watching Steve Irwin and all of his adventures. I am sad that he will no longer be able to share his love of animals with others. Many condolences to those he has left behind. We will miss the adventure. –Jane, crikey!

The big news in H Town today: Lay and Skilling are found guilty. –Jane, chalk one for the little guys

On this day, the 23rd of March in the year 2006, I bring you headlines to make you laugh, cry, and curse. Sometimes all three at once. ANGELIKA BYORTH: Get ye mofos to the library to meet up with two cool cats Thrillin’ to Trillin: Entertaining author is expected to draw crowds in St. Louis [...]