habitually probing generalist

Firefox seems to be working again.  Woohoo! I copied my FF profile folder to my desktop and then uninstalled FF 1.0.4, although Windows was still reporting FF 1.0.1 was present and would not remove it due to a missing uninstall folder.  But that was a known problem. I then ran Regedit and selectively removed most [...]

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If you are getting weird hits on posts from the last few months from the same location, don’t worry, it is probably just me weeding my ‘Keep Alive’ posts in BlogLines.  I can’t promise you not to worry because it may not be me, and I don’t know how you’d know that it is. Anyway, [...]

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Kevin of Kevin’s Worklog has a thoughtful post on Google’s page ranking algorithm and relevance.   I just made a comment asking for a little clarification of his thoughts. [Awaiting moderation] Go read it [Kevin's post, not necessarily my comment], and the Buzzle article that he links to.  Seems Google’s patent application has shed some light [...]

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Curmudgeon becoming.Last Open Access HaikuNot funny to me. I 1st saw this from Alane at It’s all good: A haiku introduction to open access by Peter Suber, then I saw it again at Library Web Chic this morning. [Sorry I don't have a direct link to Alane's post at IAG, but I also despise Blogger's [...]

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I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been eating a lot of apples lately—although I don’t like McIntoshes (Galas, Fujis, and Pink Ladies yum!)—but I took the plunge today and ordered a 12" PowerBook.  But by waiting so long I probably won’t have it in time for ALA next weekend, drat!  That’s my own fault [...]

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Where have I been?  I’m not even sure I know the answer to that question.  And since starting this blog I rarely write in my journal anymore …  well, that is a shame since this isn’t supposed to be my journal. Last weekend and the 1st half of this week was LEEP On Campus for [...]

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Yesterday evening I went to the Le Roy (Ill.; aka LeRoy) Summerfest to see The Eva Hunter Band.   They were great as usual, and the rain actually let up from the late afternoon until after midnight.  It cooled things down a bit too, which was nice.  I picked up her latest album, Thirsty and a [...]

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If you listen to any music recorded after the early 1950s then you should raise a hearty "Happy Birthday" to Lester Polfus, aka Les Paul, today in honor of his 90th birthday and to his many musical accomplishments.  Les Paul practically single-handedly invented modern studio recording techniques. …he perfected the first muli-track recording machine, allowing [...]

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Minor edits 16 Jun 05: Removed an extraneous word and clarified last sentence. As a comment on the current Gorman flap—this is why I’m not quite ready to give up on ALA.  I need to be a member of ACRL to be a member of our student group, and how can I pass up the [...]

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Announcing a Blue Light Special in Aisle 13!  [How many of you aren't old enough to know what in heck I'm babbling about?] Anyway…as the one and, so far, only webmaster for the ACRL@UIUC Student Chapter I proudly announce that we are Live!  We have our very own website for the inaugural, and we believe [...]

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