Sunday, May 31, 2009
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 11:11 about to make @chewythingz mad by stuffing him in a box and taking him to the vet for yet another attempt to diagnose the crazy. #
- 12:45 Kitty's going on a tricyclic anti-depressant. bit.ly/dms3W #
- 12:50 Also the vet's office had a cage full of kittens. Considered asking if I could trade Chewy in on a newer model. #
Friday, May 29, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 09:53 Not nearly enough sleep, but coffee will fix that. Ready for a trip to Trader Joes and Half Price Books w/@yanajenn. #
- 20:12 I have so many new books to read, and so much yummy food, and a small plant that looks like it has tentacles. Sweet! #
Thursday, May 28, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 13:22 Data community vs a constituency that works in the same field. What are the differences? #errt #
- 16:54 Total kitty barf-o-rama. Ew. #
- 19:51 BSG was right! All of this *has* happened before and will happen again. Proof via: tinyurl.com/qpfdy4, tinyurl.com/ofc86j #
- 23:55 Answered all emails I needed to. Sync'ed up new comp with almost all data from old comp (including Zotero files!) Did dishes. Now sleep! #
- 23:55 (It's where I'm a viking!) #
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 12:46 I <3 @dorotheasalo. By finding correct wording of the saying I quoted, instead of my elided version, I sound much more knowledgeable. :) #
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 15:11 And now, time for the Changing of the Hairstyle: www.flickr.com/photos/msmolly/3564287784/ #
Monday, May 25, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 20:32 Hey! Tiny adorable computer is back. I finally had time to open it up and wiggle things around and now it works! #
Sunday, May 24, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 15:02 oh man, I've been living the life of a cat ever since the Sumer Institute ended yesterday. Two... Two beautiful naps. Ah ha ha! #
Saturday, May 23, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 09:33 Feels like a counselor on the last day of summer camp. Tired, but really going to miss everyone. #sihdc09 #
- 09:49 How to create a community of practice among librarians working with data curation? #sihdc09 #
- 10:55 One unexpected lesson learned this week: ran out of gas completely, but hybrid battery can keep me going for a few blocks to gas station. <3 #
- 10:57 The librarian and the archivist, like the farmer and the cowman, should be friends. #sihdc09 #
- 18:08 put the AC in the window before collapsing for a two hour nap. Good ideas all around. #
Friday, May 22, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 09:07 "It's very easy to take any concept without a clear definition and blow it up into something completely terrifying." -DS #sihdc09 #
- 09:14 Collective response from entire library community helped address probs of print preservation. How to translate to digital issues? #sihdc09 #
- 09:27 When we say we must collect *all* dig material are we working against curatorial/authoritative trad that ppl look to libraries for? #sihdc09 #
- 09:28 Treat digital preservation a series of everyday actions & behaviors that let us keep these materials viable for the long term. #sihdc09 #
- 09:36 "Digital preservation is unsolvable" is a fig leaf for people who don't want to deal with the issue. #sihdc09 #
- 09:39 RT @dorotheasalo Salo's Heirarchy of Digital Preservation Needs: twitpic.com/5kpuw #
- 10:33 If a checksum screams in a data center and no one hears it, does it make a sound? #sihdc09 #
- 11:14 "Imagine being an archivist at Hogwarts and being handed the Maurader's Map" @dorotheasalo #sihdc09 #
- 14:37 Everybody get on the bus. The data curation bus. I'm driving. #
- 14:40 Answer from @declan to "If a checksum screams in a data center and no one hears it, does it make a sound?" ... "A bit." #sihdc09 #
- 18:15 Mike & Molly's w/ pizza from Jupiter's. Convening soon. #
Thursday, May 21, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 09:29 Primary materials, whether objects or text that are grist for the humanities mill. Is *all* of this humanities data? #sihdc09 #
- 09:39 Data in which the curator has some involvement in the electronic form it takes #sihdc09 #
- 09:53 Wait. There are librarians who don't like Ranganathan? I don't know who they are, but I oppose them. :) #sihdc09 #
- 09:55 What are the implications of translating "Books are for use" to "Data is for use"? #sihdc09 #
- 09:59 Must make conscious decisions about what aspects of a thing/data/etc. you want to preserve. #sihdc09 #
- 12:08 Naked human eyeballs tend to be expensive. And they tend to be unreliable because they get bored. -- from M S-McQ #sihdc09 #
- 12:29 I <3 the people who take time to open and close the door quietly. #
- 13:56 Humanities scholars are, as a whole, not interested in data from random texts, but in data from a particular *set* of texts. #sihdc09 #
- 14:30 RT @eligerman new library motto:"uncover and discover".thinking that it should be italicized or,you know,not just randomly placed on website #
- 21:00 I started my workday 13 hours ago and I think I can finally stop no... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz #
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 09:49 TEI: why can't a monkey do this? #sihdc09 #
- 09:52 Julia just namechecked Kevin Hawkins and complimented a paper of his #sihdc09 #
- 10:44 TEI - it haz a flavr #sihdc09 #
- 11:16 gonna have to buy some sweater vests #
- 13:48 Summer Institute attendees interested in a game of trivia tonight? www.boltinilounge.com/ #sihdc09 #
- 13:56 <O_o> Marco, the helpful markup tag #sihdc09 #
- 14:23 <O_o> I'm sorry, your document seems to contain ghost italics. Remove? Y/N #sihdc09 #
- 15:31 #sihdc09 gets beautiful weather, except in room 52 where it's 9 million degrees #
- 15:37 Will answering an irritating email while already hot and grouchy minimize its disruption to my mood or multiply it? Experiment begins. #
- 16:01 That... worked surprisingly well. Irritant managed. #
- 22:17 Seriously, American Apparel? tinyurl.com/q7z98k No...really...*seriously*? tinyurl.com/r9abfg #
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 11:50 In the Summer Institute for Data Curation in the Humanities, hashtag: #sihdc09 #
- 12:15 Using old laptop because tiny adorable new one suddenly wouldn't turn on last night. So grouchy! #
- 12:26 Ah, my favorite data collection. The prairie vole. #sihdc09 #
- 14:20 Ah, the giant whirlpool of the data lifecycle model. #sihdc09 #
- 14:55 "How to work with scholars, not just study them from afar."- Palmer #sihdc09 #
- 15:17 In pharma business there's incentive and institutional requirement to digitize & share data. What is the incentive for others? #sihdc09 #
Monday, May 18, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 10:01 Even back in the Edo period they did the Peanuts dance: www.flickr.com/photos/msmolly/3539225102/ #
- 11:37 @trombonekenney Ooh man, I'm sorry about your house. #
- 13:06 Is there nothing that baking soda can't do? #
- 16:52 first attempt at beer now slowly doing its thing in the closet. #
Sunday, May 17, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 22:54 staying up till 5 last night makes the idea of an early bedtime tonight especially attractive. #
Friday, May 15, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 11:17 me and my adorable tiny computer at the laundromat. I love it so much! Computer, not laundromat, obvs. #
Thursday, May 14, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 11:21 Went out to run errands. Most everything is flooded and I am soaked. Gonna work from home today. #
- 11:23 You Refinery people will be happy to hear that I finally gave in and got a summer membership to your gym. ;P #
- 11:43 Chewy, curled up on the couch next to me like he didn't just try to bite my arm off this morning. Jerk. #
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 19:49 Oh good god damn, LandlordSteve. The drainpipe under my sink has come apart. What is going to fall apart in this place next? #
- 22:43 My favorite of the local squirrels: www.flickr.com/photos/msmolly/3527519210/in/photostream/ #
- 23:37 For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, the answer to the what's-new-in-the-help-desk-area scavenger hunt: tinyurl.com/p86kqr #
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 10:46 People that don't read the Summer Institute emails don't get to complain if they get last pick on the sandwiches. ;) #
- 22:30 I have never seen anything funnier than my cat biting the couch furiously. Thank god it wasn't my arm for once. #
Monday, May 11, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 15:30 New Star Trek = awesome. #
- 23:28 Do you ever browse through posts on some of the Trending Topics & realize that there are whole swaths of Twitter that are just like YouTube? #
Sunday, May 10, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 09:38 Ah sinus headache, my old nemesis. We meet again. #
- 11:27 Argh, a stranger came and ganked one of the seats at our table at CPL. Now it feels crowded. #
Saturday, May 09, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 10:18 Stuffy nose and headache. Allergies, impending cold, or simply lack of coffee? I will try the simplest remedy first. #
- 14:28 RT @unexpand Campus preacher bellowed that I was"on the wrong path to happiness."To be fair, I WAS on a path heading back to work from lunch #
Friday, May 08, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 11:11 So when are we going to see Star Trek? Tonight? Tomorrow? Saturday? Plz weigh in if you're interested. #
- 17:34 Ok, Star Trek Saturday or Sunday. Further discussion to follow. #
- 17:36 Someone small and furry liked Arby's horsey sauce, but was surprised by the aftertaste. #
- 19:20 Omg! CBS has episodes of The Love Boat online. Today is the best day ever. #
- 20:11 10 minutes in and John Ritter has already stolen a wig and women's clothing so he can stalk an ex on the cruise. #
- 20:26 20 minutes in: Sherman Hemsley is trapped in the elevator, which is papered with the EXACT same grasscloth wallpaper I used in my NYC apt. #
- 20:45 30 minutes in: Isaac tells Doc that John-Ritter-disguised-as-a-lady is "Warm for your form." Man, I love this show. #
- 21:16 40 minutes in: Cpn. Stubing macking on Ritter-as-a-lady - "A man gets very LONELY at sea." #
Thursday, May 07, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 09:19 Creepy teeth dreams last night. Then dreamed I went to a place that did pre-skydiving physicals (?), dentistry, & was a general store. #
- 09:47 RT @beatonna Save Tesla! teslasciencecenter.org/ Where will the ladies throw their bloomers? tinyurl.com/coaktw #
- 15:46 Impatient to get my new netbook! But it is still far away, in Reno, NV, according to FedEx. :( #
- 18:04 Digital preservation! Fighting the forces of chaos and bitrot! Plus a way to explain what my career is about to my folks: is.gd/xg2m #
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 11:37 at Espresso on Neil, almost every table occupied. #
- 15:07 Pepper is ingredient that's making this popcorn of WIN. Bag says popped has fewer calories than un-. Huh. Cause not all kernels pop, maybe? #
- 18:07 Dishes washed, coffee grounds cleaned up, apt. vacuumed, lightbulb changed. Dinner -- eggs, goat cheese, asparagus, & glass of wine. #
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
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Monday, May 04, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 10:19 Gonna go start the morning off with the ladies and Shirtless Hugh Jackman Movie. #
- 14:57 2nd best reason to see Wolverine - He punches a helicopter... TO DEATH. #
Sunday, May 03, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 10:17 sunny day and time for the farmers' market! #
- 17:53 about to undertake an ambitious living-room rearrangement #
- 21:12 I'll let @karenwickett rearrange my furniture any day. ;) #
Saturday, May 02, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 08:40 Oh good. What better way to start the day than by knocking over the coffee and getting grounds & hot water all over myself and the kitchen? #
Friday, May 01, 2009
So, today this happened...
- 14:26 You know how some people can type so fast it sounds like they're just running their fingers randomly over the keyboard? Freaks me out. #
- 21:27 I'm pretty sure this is a sign of the end of the world... RT @theanalogdivide oh, terrified. www.ssa.gov/pgm/flash/jacob.htm #
