Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian | |
| On the last day of 2008, my friend (this guy) told me this story that he'd read from this book:At a party hosted by a successful hedge fund manager, (the late) author Kurt Vonnegut remarked to fellow... | |
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| I enjoyed this video. A "tour of the British colony of Singapore in 1938" video footage in YouTube:The narrator sounds "uppity" and stereotypically stiff-upper-lip British. He pronounced "Malay" as... | |
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| First song for the year, from my band buddy and I.It's pretty obvious both of us are Joe Satriani fans.Enjoy! First conceived by Adrian Loo. Arrangement by Ivan Chew.Adrian Loo: Drums and... | |
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| This was announced today. From the NLB press release page (emphasis are mine):Changes to Library PolicyFrom 1 April 2009, the following policy changes will be implemented:Disruption of Borrowing... | |
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| Spotted these recent posts in LisNews.org:Librarians in the Scottish community of Edinburgh are being re-styled from "librarians" to "audience development officers".A link to an opinion piece,... | |
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| This post's title came from words uttered by nine year-old Tyler from California, USA.Reading this New York Times article, I wonder how many Singaporean kids are like Tyler. Perhaps we'll be... | |
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| Nice of Mongobear to drop me an email, letting me know that he used this sample (from Twilight 2008) in his performance poetry piece.Mongo intends to feature that piece at the IndieFeed Performance... | |
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| [First posted at MyRightBrain]Two passengers on the bus.Both women.One was clearly younger than the other. I could tell from their skin.The younger one appeared in her twenties. Smooth, clear skin... | |
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| Preetam informs me that Barcamp Singapore 3 is this month.Asked if I would be interested in presenting - Creative Commons, Music, and "even library stuff".Date: Saturday, 28 Feb 2009Venue: Ngee Ann... | |
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| Singaporean academic, journalist, entrepreneurial educator and Thinker, writes an essay on the "Future of Journalism in a post-newspaper world":This essay is an attempt to explore what may lie over... | |
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