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Entries from August 2009

My Online Persona

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Thanks to Isaac Pigott's post on this, I decided to check it out.
What I found most fascinating was watching the tool develop the profile by searching the web based simply on entering my first and last name. This process may not work very well for someone with a common name, but for me it [...]

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Tags: General

Digging the new Steve Earle

August 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Lungs by Steve Earle  Download now or listen on posterous
05 Lungs.mp3 (2717 KB)
Though I would not be considered a huge country music fan, I do own a few country albums. The latest from Steve Earle, a tribute to Towes Vans Zandt, is [...]

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Are you an edupunk librarian?

August 9th, 2009 · 11 Comments

It’s risky business…talking about limited money/funding when you still have some money/funding. Some might suggest, based on this exploration, that if you can do without the money then we’ll take away what you have already. This discussion is more of an exploration in planning. Planning is important for leaders to consider, especially with the potential [...]

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Tags: Library · teaching · Technology

Discoveries in Fasting

August 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

It has been eight years since the last time I fasted – it was in late 2001 – and for that fast I practiced in solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters by fasting from sunrise to sunset for a couple of weeks.
Recently I was sharing about a personal relationship issue with a monastic friend [...]

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Tags: Buddhism · Family · General · Ojai