14.14km later

i survived the run. it wasnt a record breaking time, but the good news is that i didn’t get to ‘eye of the tiger’ which i had lined up in my ipod for that moment when my body was screaming no and the finish line was not yet in sight.
i found that merengue tunes are good for running to, as they [...]

wireless

we are about to install wireless hotspots in some of our busier libraries, which is quite exciting for us as it potentially opens our membership to a currently untouched demographic (ie ‘i’m young, hip and upwardly mobile - why do i need to use the public library when i have my own wifi laptop and i [...]

library joke #1

its comedy festival time in melbourne right now so i thought i would get into the spirit of the event and put some library jokes on The Ath chalkboards for comedy punters to laugh at (??) as they waited between shows (the library shares the same space as one of the comedy fest venues). here’s one [...]

lights off for earth hour. all good, but should plasma radiance count as ‘light’?

between 8 and 9pm yesterday the residents of melrose place observed earth hour and turned all the lights off.  it would have all been quite good and noble and everything, had there not been a televised afl match between carlton and st kilda (see previous post for importance of viewing game).
once all the lights were out, we found that light [...]

bobo

The new BoBo shelving collection by Wayne Maxwell will be released soon, a series of alder wood shelves with a wenge stain and a white backing board.
from this excellent blog dedicated to bookshelves.

carlton fc - what’s good about it?

so katy has just become an australian citizen. and in doing so she needed an afl team to get behind. being a regular to  the princess park running track, it seemed only natural then that carlton fc become ‘her team’.
even though i know little about carlton, i do know a couple of things. namely: the [...]

[home] library management - the rules

link to a geeky blog entry about the rules of home library management. and a follow up article here . for example, to minimise the risk of book loss when someone asks to borrow one there must be an unconditional no, or otherwise,say goodbye to it and buy another one on amazon.
also, what is acceptable to display on your living [...]

6 sleeps to the ‘fun’ run

have yet to train the full distance [14km - i know - not 'that' far - but it is for me]. i am afraid that i will get halfway through the burnley tunnel and the event will end, leaving me stranded in the tunnel with big trucks and other dangerous vehicles in my path.
still need [...]

origami book

this youtube origami looks a bit tricky. havent tried it yet though. the nick drake musical accompaniment makes what could be a pretty daggy origami instructional video quite ‘cool’.

bells, take III

easter long weekend coming up and i now have my own ’surfbetty’ thanks to ebay and TNT. its down to torquay for the third consecutive week, and the rip curl pro has just begun, which i am pretty psyched about. surrounded by such surfing royalty as kelly, taj (he’s from WA down south),mick and andy it’s [...]