Archive for April, 2008
my clover lawn is doing great
… especially with all this rain we’re getting. I’ll post a photo soon, but in the meantime, read this comic and share my smug.
Posted: April 28th, 2008 under house.
Comments: 1
beCamp is coming up!
This is a repeat of a post I wrote on the beTech Blog
Special note for code4libbers: If you’re anywhere in driving distance of Charlottesville and you like technology, beer, and FUN, please consider yourself invited to beCamp. We’re going to have a pretty healthy code4lib contingent already, so chances are good that you will [...]
Posted: April 23rd, 2008 under code4lib, libraries.
Comments: none
Please comment on the Blacklight award nomination
Shameless self-promotion warning!
Blacklight has been nominated[1] for a Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration. You can read the nomination here: http://matc.mellon.org/nominate/university-of-virginia/project-blacklight. I feel a little abashed about some of the language, but I guess no one ever won an award by being modest.
If you think Blacklight is a worthwhile project, would you please go [...]
Posted: April 11th, 2008 under blacklight.
Comments: 1
How not to apply for a job
Update: Image of letter removed. I’m feeling paranoid.
Folks, I kid you not, this was an actual cover letter I just read, applying for a full-time professional librarian position. I don’t feel safe posting it here since you’ll notice in spite of the fact that it has no identifying information about it at all. It isn’t [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2008 under random.
Comments: 6
