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Why do we fall?

I love "Batman Begins".  Not just because it brought Batman back to life in the movies, but because of a line that Alfred Peenyworth says to Bruce Wayne: "Why do we fall sir? So we might learn to pick...

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Book Review--HTML5: The Missing Manual

A basic introduction to HTML5HTML5:  The Missing Manual Matthew MacDonald O’Reilly O’Reilly Publishing provided me access to an electronic copy of this book for review purposes. When I start looking at...

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An open letter

October 6, 2011 Online world Dear Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Harper Collins, Ebrary, EBSCO, and any other publisher/vendor dealing in ebooks (which is probably a good number of y'all), I'm sure by now...

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Talk About a Library day

A couple weeks ago I posted about how libraries need to get better about not standing on the sidelines. So to put my foot where my mouth is or whatever phrase you want to use here's my idea: National...

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Initial Kindle Fire impressions

I've had my Kindle Fire for just about a day now and thought I'd offer my initial impressions. First, as so many others have said, if you're looking for a replacement for a laptop...don't.  This isn't...

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Book Review--Head First jQuery

Head First jQueryRyan Benedetti & Ronan CranleyO’Reilly O’Reilly Publishing provided me access to an electronic copy of this book for review purposes. A basic introduction to jQuery and scripting...

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Kindle Fire Follow up

So I wrote about my initial impression of the Kindle Fire almost a month ago and I thought I'd offer an update on my thoughts on the device.  What I'm going to do is address some of the...

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Book review--"The Silence of Our Friends"

The Silence of Our FriendsFirst SecondJanuary 2012Mark Long, Jim Demonakos, Nate PowellEvery so often a book will come along that will challenge you, that will make you think, and that will hopefully...

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Book Review--"Friends With Boys"

Friends With BoysFirst Second Faith Erin HicksFebruary 2012Maggie McKay is a bit lost at the moment.  See she’s entering high school for the first time.  Which would be bad enough, but Maggie has never...

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Book Review--"Giants Beware!"

Giants Beware!First SecondJorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado April 2012 Claudette is a warrior, just like her dad (and perhaps her mom as well.)  She doesn’t want to be anything else in the world.  And...

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Book Review--Baby's In Black

Baby's In BlackFirst Second Arne Bellstorf May 2012This book is based upon a true story.  Astrid Kircherr is a young photographer in 1960 Germany, when her life is thrown for a loop.  Through Klaus,...

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Book Review--The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction

The Linux Command Line:  A Complete IntroductionWilliam E. Shotts Jr.No Starch Press O’Reilly Publishing provided me access to an electronic copy of this book for review purposes.The command line can...

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Book Review--Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual

Kindle Fire: The Missing ManualPeter MeyersO’Reilly Press O’Reilly Publishing provided me access to an electronic copy of this book for review purposes. The bad thing about purchasing the first...

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Book Review--"Hades: Lord of the Dead (Olympians)"

Hades: Lord of the Dead (Olympians)First SecondGeorge O'ConnorJanuary 2012 Our tale begins in the land of the dead.  We hear what it's like when we die--how we meet Hermes who guides us to the river...

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CIL 2012 presentation

My apologies folks I honestly meant to get this up two weeks ago and I didn't....but here it is now. For posterity's sake: In March 2012 I gave a presentation at Computers in Libraries titled "Getting...

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The Google Drive is finally here

I haven't had much of a chance to start playing with this yet (they have to prepare my drive before I can play with it actually...whatever that means), but wanted to go ahead and post about it... After...

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Book Review--Marathon

MarathonFirst SecondBoaz Yakin & Joe InfurnariJune 2012Athens faces its greatest battle...the Persian army has come to defeat them and accompanying them is their ex-tyrant of a king, Hippias.  The...

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Book Review--Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures Continued

Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures ContinuedFirst SecondJessica Abel & Matt MaddenMay 2012 Matt and Jessica have extensive experience creating and teaching comics and in their...

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Book Review--Victory (Resistance Book #3)

Victory (Resistance Book #3)First Second Carla Jablonski (author) and Leland Purvis (illustrator)July 2012 It's the final battle. World War II is drawing to a close and the allied forces are moving to...

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Book Review---Legends of Zita the Spacegirl

Legends of Zita the SpacegirlFirst SecondBen HatkeSeptember 2012 I remember discovering Zita in webcomic format several years ago and being entranced, not only with the character of Zita and the...

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