The Pro Bowl is this upcoming weekend but following that we have the Super Bowl on February 5th. The New York Giants and the New England Patriots square off in Super Bowl XLVI. With two big teams of the Northeast playing in the Midwest, there might not be as much appeal as if your hometown team was playing but at least there are always the commercials right? Capitalizing on … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Calibre, the necessary software for e-books
I only recently got my first eReader (Amazon's Kindle) after watching the market for quite a while. One thing that made me hesitant to choose one model was incompatibilities with book formats across devices and other restrictions and features that seemed to trade off. Of course, we could just stick to reading paperback or hardcover books (for all of their technical features) … [Read more...]
Sharp Moon’s Callisto service monitors a library’s access to e-resources
When Netflix raised its rates last year, it had a lot of unhappy customers on its hands. I think a big part of the dissatisfaction was that people already felt like they weren't quite getting their money's worth when they had DVDs just sitting around for a while without being watched. There are plenty of other subscription services out there that are in the same boat. If you … [Read more...]
Chat without needing to install software with imo.im
Although I grew up with AOL Instant Messenger, I'm not much for using IM these days. However, I can still recognize the value of being able to communicate even where you can't install the chat client you need. From a public library computer or a relative's computer, being able to chat could be a lifesaver but being able to install the software needed might be a no-go. Sites … [Read more...]
Jumping In At Drupal 7
I was tasked with migrating a website from internal hosting to paid hosting. When that "migration" actually meant a redesign, I surveyed the CMS landscape. The current site was running on Joomla! 1.5. This website was the first site I had administered running on the Joomla platform. To be completely honest, I hate Joomla!. There are limitations and things done backwards that … [Read more...]