http://www.cuponoodles.net The adventures of a library student Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:04:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I came into possession of an orphan kitten on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I live in graduate student housing on the University of Arizona campus and pets are not allowed. I would love to find a good home for the kitten and a responsible and caring owner. The kitten is approximately ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/tucson/orphan-kitten/ Nexus is an application for Facebook that analyzes your network of friends and acquaintances and presents it in a visual web of connections. It was interesting to see my social network, where there were many connections amongst my Oregon friends, and then smaller, separated islands of Tucson friends. ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/technology/neat-visualization-of-facebook-networks/ I find Twitter to be a fun social tool for keeping in touch with friends both near and far.  Others have found it to be an effective method of distributing information.  Those I know who are skeptical of Twitter usually don't see the purpose behind it or see how it ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/technology/for-those-curious-about-twitter/ Boing Boing contributor and sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow wrote an interesting article for Locus magazine on why hardware e-book readers, like the Amazon Kindle, are bound to fail--at least for now. His reasoning cites competition with other entertainment products and a limited supply of manufacturing facilities: It's fine to be ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/technology/amazon-kindle-doomed/ Ever since I caught the reference to Édith Piaf in the lyrics to the Decemberists' "My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist" and curiosity drove me to look her up in Wikipedia, I've had a growing appreciation of her music. Though I haven't seen La Vie En Rose, the ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/movies/non-je-ne-regrette-rien/ The latest issue of Wired magazine has an entertaining feature on 33 things that suck including air travel, junk mail and the nigh-indestructible plastic packaging that has a nasty tendency to slice fingers. (There's also a somewhat apologetic article on the suckiness of magazine subscription cards, which I noticed ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/libraries/a-thing-that-doesnt-suck-the-public-library/ I received this bit of news yesterday from the UA Library Student Organization mailing list: According to the US News and World Report, the librarian occupation is one among 31 careers that have bright futures based on factors such as job satisfaction, job market outlook, and salary. Special ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/librarians-2/one-of-the-best-careers-for-2008-librarian/ One thing about switching from a quarter system to a semester system is that the term feels pretty durn long. It's going to feel even longer if you add in the fact that each of my classes meets only once a week (granted, 2.5 hours at a time). ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/school/and-28-days-later-or-so/ As of last night I wrapped up my first class, IRLS 504 Foundations of Library and Information Services, here at the School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS) at the University of Arizona. It was a busy first week, with classes beginning at 8 AM and completing around 5 PM. ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/school/two-weeks-later/ There's not too much to say about the last couple of months. Or rather, I guess there is a lot to say but I don't have much time to say it. I leave for Tucson in about eight hours. I finished working at my student job, said ... http://www.cuponoodles.net/school/a-new-year-and-a-new-start/