My very own WP hosting for this blog is now set up at http://www.dragonsheep.com.
If you were getting my posts through Feedburner (http://feeds.feedburner.com/ADragonInSheepsClothing), you don’t have to change anything. The feed has been updated to my new address.
Wish I could automatically bounce visitors to my new web site… but for now, just click. :-)
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Yay! Music to a book lover’s ears:
Scholars and others interested in flipping through some of the Library of Congress‘ most fragile books will be able to tap the knowledge without damaging the artifacts.
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said Wednesday the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded a $2 million grant to the world’s largest library for a program to digitize thousands of works with a major focus on “brittle books.”
The project supplements other efforts at the Library of Congress along with private companies such as Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Those massive book digitization projects, however, have typically shied away from materials in vulnerable conditions.
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‘K, so, something good actually happened on a Monday (yesterday).
My car is due for state inspection this month, and I need new windshield wipers. Last year I was caught for having old wipers. I had bought a new set of braces(is that what they’re called?)+blades a while ago, but hadn’t gotten the gumption to figure out how to detach my old wipers. So I finally decided to do so last night after I got home. In the dark. Well, with the streetlamps for light. In the cold. Keep reading →
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Talk about a knee-jerk reaction…
A Roman Catholic elementary school adopted new lunchroom rules this week requiring students to remain silent while eating. The move comes after three recent choking incidents in the cafeteria.
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