davidrothman.net » Fun http://davidrothman.net Health Information | Geekery Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:54:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Alert Sounds for Library Computers http://davidrothman.net/2012/01/26/alert-sounds-for-library-computers/ http://davidrothman.net/2012/01/26/alert-sounds-for-library-computers/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:15:21 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=3499 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:

Other ideas?

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Click the thumbnails for the full-sized images. :)

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Again, I laughed.

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“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)

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]]> http://davidrothman.net/2010/10/29/how-to-print-at-the-cod-library-while-avoiding-the-zombie-horde/feed/ 5 Mocking Snake Oil: Alternative Therapy Flowchart http://davidrothman.net/2010/10/26/mocking-snake-oil-alternative-therapy-flowchart/ http://davidrothman.net/2010/10/26/mocking-snake-oil-alternative-therapy-flowchart/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:50:45 +0000 David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/?p=3201 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.”


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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.

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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!

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Download audio file (TS-349359.mp3)
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Shelf Check 373

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

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