Computer Music
Here’s an astonishing tour de force. A piece of music using only Windows sounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsU3B0W3TMs
Uni Library Facebook “Page”
Facebook has introduced ‘pages’ which seem to work better – for our purposes at least – than ‘groups’. You can link to useful stuff like the catalogue, subject directory, R@P; you can leave feedback (please do!); and best yet it will carry …
HEMA Department Store
It won’t be often that TOTD advertises a Dutch department store and it may be that you never want to buy anything from it. But if you’re interested in web design, it’s worth waiting a moment or two at their …
Watch the Worlds – Revisited
While we’re on a theme – and for those still moved/haunted by Monday’s TOTD, RobbieDingo has this to offer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSb1gVFtQPA
Virtual Starry Night
And related to yesterday’s TOTD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehSeGeBAbzQ Created by non other than HVX Silverstar who TOTD had the privilege of meeting in a virtual class on virtual librarianship in virtual worlds.
Roo Reynolds
TOTD was privileged to hear Roo speaking earlier this week. A ‘metaverse evangelist’ talking about Second Life (and other virtual worlds with some passion and insight). Here’s his blog: http://rooreynolds.com/ If you get the chance to hear him – well …
Museum of Laziness
TOTD has been slacking off: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7173527.stm reports on a museum which has opened and closed already. Still, for everyone who houses their own personal museum of laziness, it was no doubt a nice tribute.
How to get a job even when there’s not one going…
http://www.archive.org/details/paulfindsemployment
Surfin’ NLA
It’s not *all* fun and games in the library, of course. Occasionally, staff have to get those trolleys out… (or is that “get trollied”?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvKntJKctoU (Thanks our neighbours up the road for this one).
Worldmapper: the world as you’ve never seen it before
http://www.worldmapper.org really is the world as you’ve never seen it before but for the self-confessed “innumerate” contributer, “it brings stats to life”.
