Archive for July, 2009
Well, that’s not very nice
Slate has an incredibly interesting article about some recent shenanigans with Amazon taking books off of people’s kindles. Yeah, they can do that. The people who found that Kindle version of books like 1984, Animal Farm, and Atlas Shrugged, were offered full refunds– but does that really makes it ok?
Consider the legal difference between purchasing [...]
Filed under: By: The Librarienne, change or die | 4 Comments
Tags: Amazon, Kindles, Orwell, 1984
Green and Clean
When I ordered a copy of McDonough and Braungart’s Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (DK Melcher Media, 2004), I did not expect to receive a DuraBook. Invented by Charles Melcher, DuraBooks are printed on synthetic materials produced by a combination of plastic resins and fillers through a process that challenges my simple understanding of engineering.
The authors of Cradle to [...]
Filed under: Book Review, By: Librarian About Town, tools of the trade | 1 Comment
Tags: bubble bath
Live from ALA 2009 – sort of
I wish all major library conferences were located in Providence, RI or some city I didn’t feel an urgency to completely take in. I have been in Chicago ‘conferencing’ for a day now and have yet to do any actual professional development.
I have been to the top of the Hancock Tower, tried a tapas restaurant, [...]
Filed under: A Day in the Life, By: Miss Information | Leave a Comment
Tags: american library association, Chicago, day off, Ferris Bueller
I have to…
post the link to this. Perhaps I’m showing my biases here, but I really never promised that I wouldn’t. Enjoy!
Filed under: By: The Librarienne, Fun Finds | 1 Comment
Tags: George W. Bush Library, Goodnight Bush
