Archive for May 18th, 2007

Friday Sillies: 100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers

9.5 minutes long, but worth watching.

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Bibliothèque Chic: News from the Library

I’m desperately trying to catch up on a bunch of half-completed, half thought out, half-assed posts, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet. So here is some library-related news, opinions, and silliness from the past few weeks.
Myth of the Universal Digital Library by Annalee Newitz via Alternet. Three reasons why everything [...]

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Two Commentaries on Immigration

“It is just so difficult to think that they don’t want us” in Larry James’ Urban Daily written in response to a municipal law requiring proof of citizenship from tenants.

Supporters of the ordinance claim that these hard working, undocumented families use up the scarce resources of the community, including public education and health care. [...]

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