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Category Archives: Technology
Blog is back online!
I have successfully moved to Richmond, Va. and gotten Internet! More stuff shall be coming soon, but in the meantime I have changed it around so that you can login either with a name and email address or with your … Continue reading
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Blog outage
This blog is going to be offline for a couple of days; I’m in the process of moving from Chapel Hill, NC to RIchmond, VA. It’ll be back up when I get internet, hopefully on Tuesday or Wednesday. Cheers!
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Do-It-Yourself Scanning
(Also posted on the blog of the Reference, Access, and Outreach Section of the Society of American Archivists) One of the biggest expenses that archival repositories and libraries have to deal with is the expense of digitization. Options include renting … Continue reading
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Tagged access, cameras, digitization, do it yourself
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Library of Congress, Twitter, and catching up after a vacation
I just got back from a week long vacation, and while I was there I didn’t really check my computer; I checked my email, prepared for an interview, and thats about it. So, now that I have returned, I’m presented … Continue reading
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Tagged access, google reader, library of congress, twitter
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Australia to ban certain websites
The federal government of Australia is considering banning its citizens from viewing a list of 10,000 websites that it deems objectionable. Specifically, the the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy said that the list of banned websites will … Continue reading
Browser ennui, part 2
So, in my followup to my first Browser ennui post, I have decided to stay with Firefox, albeit upgrading to 3.6 beta 5, and keeping 3.5.6 on my computer as well. 3.6b5 is faster than Firefox 3.5.6, and only occasionally … Continue reading
Nook, Project Gutenberg, and Distributed Proofreading
I got a Barnes and Noble nook, which is an ebook reader, for Christmas. So far, I’ve only loaded it up with free ebooks from Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is a project whose goal is to digitize out of copyright … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, distributed proofreading, ebook, free culture, nook, project gutenberg, public domain
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Browser ennui
I’ve had a problem deciding what web browser I should be using. I’ve been using Firefox for a long time, but for some reason the current versions on Ubuntu like to freeze a lot, causing me to have to force … Continue reading
My Own Personal LOCKSS
One of the primary tools in the area of digital preservation is LOCKSS, which stands for “Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe.” It works similarly to a mirror system: your library saves whatever it wants to save to a computer, … Continue reading
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Tagged backup, digital preservation, dropbox, lockss
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Projector and cable television
So I got a projector today! Hurray! I got it from UNC’s surplus warehouse, which is where they take all sorts of things when they are no longer used in the office form which they came. You can find all … Continue reading
