Dan Just thought I would post a few comments on one of my favorite books and the inspiration for the name Library Monk. Canticle tells the story of a post nuclear war United States. People have turned against science and learning and life has reverted to a medieval existence. As they did in the Middle Ages, … Read more
Updated the blog to pMachine Pro. Not a lot of readily obvious new features, just a lot of stuff I haven’t figured out how to use yet. I did change the comment system so that anybody can post comments, no registration required, never liked that anyway. In other news my main clown infozo has moved … Read more
“You see, I don’t believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that’s been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.” -Monty Phython I read in the Johnson City (TN) Press that a bear got into the old library at ETSU. I wonder if the … Read more
Marc Andreessen was quoted Tuesday as saying “There hasn’t been any innovation on the browser in the last five years. And five years from now there won’t be any changes.” I think that estimate is a bit early but there is little doubt that web browsers are stagnant. However I do agree with Web Standards … Read more
There was a power outage (I was gone) and my computers did not get assigned IP numbers in the correct order. As a result Library Monk was down for a while. But now all is well
The Vatican Museum is now online. It joins the Vatican Library and Archives which were already online. Maybe one day I’ll make it to Rome but for now this will have to do.
Just thought that since this site is called Library Monk, I’d post a few monkish links. Perhaps Jesuits? Or Trappists? Or Benedictines?
Proving that information technology is everywhere, it was announced today that the NASCAR Winston Cup Series will be called the Nextel Cup Series. That’s quite a big jump to go from a tobacco company to a wireless company. Maybe it will mean free wireless networking and/or cell phones at the tracks.
I’ve bought quite a bit of stuff from the Apple/iTunes including Elvis, U2, and the Clash. I have to say I like purchasing the music better than using P2P software, because you know what you are getting and you support the artist. Although what the artist gets is largely dependent on their label and I … Read more
While Internet Explorer on the Mac is dead, the browser situation on the Mac is alive and well. Mozilla and its Gecko incarnations and Safari are at the forefront. And now the formerly dismal Omniweb is using Apple’s WebCore and JavaScriptCore in Omniweb 4.5 beta, which means it renders code just as well as Safari.
