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Note from a friend:

“…[W]hen a book is returned and is to go on hold, the computers all have this quick audio clip (from star trek) that says “Something’s wrong!”
We wanna change it to something funny and more lighthearted. any thoughts?”

This started me thinking about sound clips that could be integrated into an ILS/LMS or into one’s own PC if one is fond of library humor.

(Don’t know how to change the sounds on your Windows PC? Check this out. You’ll need the .wav version of these files.)

Some ideas I had:

• Beastie Boys:
  “Hold it now, hold it now, hold it now, hit it!” [mp3] [wav]
  
  
• From Carly Simon’s ‘Tranquillo’:
  “Put it on hold! Put it on hold!”[mp3] [wav]
  
• From Schoolhouse Rock:
  “Circulation!” [mp3] [wav]
  

Other ideas?

January 26th, 2012 | Category: Fun, Technology | Comments (3)

Louise Alcorn and I originally came up with these for one of the LSW ‘zines, but I just remembered that I’d never posted them here. Hope they amuse.

Click the thumbnails for the full-sized images.

December 22nd, 2010 | Category: Fun | Comments (2)

Part 1 was posted here.

Again, I laughed.

December 17th, 2010 | Category: For Medical Libraryfolk, Fun, Library School, Video | Comments (3)

I laughed.

“You will live on gin and Valium…and when you run out of them, you will survive on spite.”

This one cracked my wife up: So you Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities
(Liz has a PhD in Art History)

November 9th, 2010 | Category: Fun, Library School, Perception of Libraries/Librarians, Video | Comments Off

Awesome and new to me.

October 29th, 2010 | Tags: zombies | Category: Fun, Library promotion, Video | Comments (5)

Crispian Jago writes:

“Believe it or not, I don’t really have a particular interest in alternative therapies, I just can’t help picking at the scabs of alt-med credulity.

However, if perchance you are a little disillusioned with allopathy, here’s a handy little flowchart to help you find the ideal alternative therapy to meet your needs.”

(Click for full-size image)

October 26th, 2010 | Category: Fun, Snake Oil | Comments (2)

Fair warning: Some lyrics NSFW in many workplaces.

Lyrics and mp3 available here.

Baba has to be the most pro-Darwin MC who ever dropped a rhyme. Check out some of his other stuff.

More Baba here.

October 18th, 2010 | Category: Fun, Snake Oil | Comments Off

Things that mock pseudo-science, bad science, and snake oil make me grin. Today’s example is about homeopathy.

October 11th, 2010 | Category: Fun, Snake Oil | Comments (19)

So I listened to the first LibPunk podcast and can honestly say I’ve never so enjoyed listening to libaryfolk talk about librarianating.

You can download the mp3 or listen in the embedded player below:

Sarah and Kendra have a site here: http://libpunk.info/

Here’s the Podcast feed.

Want to join in? Do!

April 28th, 2010 | Category: Fun, Perception of Libraries/Librarians, Podcasting | Comments (18)

I love these solely based on my experience as a patron of a public library, trying (and failing) to enjoy the ebooks and audiobooks they offer.

I’m sure the good folks at the Cleveland Public Library have seen this by now:

Click for full-size

March 3rd, 2010 | Tags: audiobooks, comics, DRM, ebooks, humor, overdrive | Category: Fun, Technology | Comments (5)

Among the things I like: Patient safety, Jon Stewart, and Atul Gawande.

Gawande talks with Stewart about The Checklist Manifesto (video embedded below).

Steven Levitt calls this “…the best book I’ve read in ages.”

Dagnabbit. Now I need to read it.

February 8th, 2010 | Category: For Medical Libraryfolk, Fun, Video | Comments (1)

My brother, Andrew, a Web developer, is a very clever guy and a fan of woot.com.

Recently, he bought a digital picture frame from Woot that can be fed photos via RSS- as a gift to my parents.

The clever bit is where each of my siblings created a Flickr or Photobucket account in which to post photos of grandchildren. The feeds from each of these accounts was combined in Yahoo Pipes so that, once the frame is set up on my folks’ WiFi network, any new photos posted appear in their digital photo frame.

What a great way for a geographically dispersed family to keep grandparents updated.

My mom called to tell me how much she liked it, and I made a point of noting it was Andrew’s clever idea. All I did was mash the feed together in Yahoo Pipes.

I love technology when it is used intelligently.

December 26th, 2009 | Category: Fun, Personal, RSS/Feeds | Comments (14)

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November 20th, 2009 | Category: For Medical Libraryfolk, Fun, Mobile, Technology, Video | Comments (8)

I got my 2009 H1N1 live, attenuated (nasal spray) vaccine today.

I continue to be surprised by how many otherwise rational people (including health professionals) are frightened by the prospect.

For the record: If New York State law did not require me to get both the seasonal and the H1N1 vaccine, I would get both anyway.

I’ve avoided commenting on the media coverage of Swine Flu. Why bother when Jon Stewart does it better?

October 22nd, 2009 | Category: Fun, Video | Comments (5)

via: http://leavesamark.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/lolpharma/
(Thanks to Sarah for pointing this out.)

September 4th, 2009 | Category: For Medical Libraryfolk, Fun | Comments (2)

I’d be interested to hear response from this library…or from other public libraryfolk.

July 28th, 2009 | Category: Fun, Video | Comments (8)

Jill Jarrell hipped me to the fun videos her library posts on Vimeo. Here’s one on workplace etiquette (Jill stars in the fridge, grazing, at about 3m:19s).

July 4th, 2009 | Category: Fun, Video | Comments (1)

Martha Hardy (friend, medical librarian, incredibly cool person) hipped me to NCBI ROFL, a wonderful blog that highlights the best chuckles from PubMed citations.

Edit: D’oh! Nikki posted about this yesterday and Berci before that!

I have become a truly lame blogger.

June 27th, 2009 | Category: Blogging, For Medical Libraryfolk, Fun | Comments (3)

How timely that a friend sent me the link to this game just when I needed a fun break from Swine Flu panic.

In Sneeze, you are an influenza virus in one human and have the opportunity the spread yourself in various environments by having your human sneeze just once on each level.

May 7th, 2009 | Category: For Medical Libraryfolk, Fun | Comments (1)