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The secret to French dining…
If you have six or seven hours to dedicate to dinner and post-dinner drinks, you will discover the delightful absence of hangover or hunger the next morning. No wonder Parisians take so many vacation...
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NYPL Web Resources Rock my Mundo
I got my New York Public Library card in the mail today. Anyone who lives in New York state is eligible for a card, so I now have access to the library’s impressive collection of online resources. I...
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Visiting Otters in Vancouver
Off to Vancouver, BC for the week. I’m stalking the sea otters at the Vancouver aquarium. I get in tonight. If any CUPE 391 members want a beer, I’m buying. Organized librarians rock. The post Visiting...
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Scientist, Model, Library tourist
Elyse Sewell came in second place on America’s Next Top Model. I know this because I spent two solid days watching it on YouTube this winter while battling the flu. Why should you care about Elyse...
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Oldschool Metadata
Binders of field notes sit in the common area of the Macaulay library, the audio/video library where I spent three years working as a software interface designer. These are all digitized now, but the...
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Library Tourism
I visited my local Bernal Heights library branch this afternoon, in search of a place to sit and read. It turned out to be one of the last weeks the building is open before it closes for an extensive...
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Hot Librarian Necklace
From the department of products-inadvertently-marketed-to-librarians: Hot Librarian Necklace $40 USD – Handmade in Toronto and sold on etsy.com Oh yes. Hot indeed. I believe some of us here can confirm...
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A nerdygirl review of the Game Developers Conference
Greetings from an ethnic librarian working in the games industry! I’m posting this review of my experience last year at GDC (the Game Developers Conference) held every year here in San Francisco. It...
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Library Tourism: The San Francisco Main Branch
I’ve escaped my parental bonds for a moment, thanks to my husband, so I have a few minutes to tell you about my recent trip to the SF Public library. The big one downtown. The one I visited a long time...
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An Introvert’s Guide to Writing
Introvert, extrovert, or false dichotomy? I’ve been baring my soul and cockeyed schemes on the internet since 1997. I tell total strangers here on this site about my life, my thoughts on work, and the...
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