Author: Paul R. Pival
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Holy inkstains, Batman! Another Library Comic?!?
Actually I suspect (hope?) there are even more out there, but after Rex Libris, now comes Library Wars! Very interesting couple of comments down at the bottom you should check out. "In the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable. The libraries vow to protect their…
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Oooh, shiny! Google background images
If you use the Google.com (not a country-specific) page to search, you can now customize a background image if you're logged in. As you hover over the page you'll see a new link in the lower left, which will allow you pick from some standard pix, or upload one of your own: I think I'm…
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Evidence of price gouging in the Canadian mobile market?
AdMob (recently acquired by Google) has an interesting report out this month in which they compare iPhone and Android unique devices across the world for the month of April, 2010. What *I* found very interesting is that Canada is the only country in the world where there are more iPod Touch users than iPhone users!…
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Some Google and Schoogle notes and updates
The Centered Librarian points to 100+ Amazing Google tricks that will save you time at school at Eternal Code. The post consists of approximately 10 tricks for each of the following services: Search, Stuff specifically for education, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Mobile, Chrome, Books, and Services and Apps. Some really neat stuff in there. Beyond the Reference…
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BarTab – my new #1 Firefox extension
Chrome still doesn’t have a couple of what I consider are my vital extensions, so I still use Firefox whenever I can. Problem is, with all the extensions I use on it, plus the fact that I usually have something like 20-30 tabs open across several windows, Firefox has kind of become a bloated beast,…
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Weapon of Mass Instruction
I used to have a sticker showing some books with the text "Weapons of Mass Instruction" on my laptop, but I think this example of a Weapon of Mass Instruction is better by far!
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An eReader I *could* get before you!
While I don’t think I will, I can now pick up the Kobo ebook reader at Walmart here in Canada, as well as at several bookstores. where can you buy it in the States? You can’t yet, but will be able to next month. Sorry, it’s just so rare that Canada gets anything close to…
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Adobe Captivate 5 coming along with a version for the Mac
According to the The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW), when Adobe Captivate 5 is released in June, for the first time there will also be a version for OSX. Captivate is one of the heavy hitters in the Windows screencasting world, the other being of course Techsmith’s Camtasia Studio, which is my preferred tool.