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POPSDon't forget to vote on June 3. No on Prop. 98 You know, people really have no excuse to not vote. There are absentee ballots. I love absentee ballots. Sometimes you cannot get out of working or you are just lazy and they send it to you home. Yeah, imagine that! Anyway, I'm tired. It's May. The school year is winding down. But seriously, don't forget you Californians out there! If you are a renter, you need to read about these propositions.
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POPSChecking out Powerset I am not sure how they programmed this search engine to search for meaning/context. I am just testing it out now but I will try to share my thoughts on it later. If anyone out there has tried it already, let me know what you think. I am a little wary of things that claim to search or figure out the "meaning" of a person's searches. How did they do that? How can you search context?
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POPSFuel Frog App via RRW RRW posted a link to FuelFrog. You can track your gas mileage and you can even use twitter! How cool is that! A Camry fill up for under $60. I don't want to think about how much it's going to cost when I fill up my tank in a couple of day. Gah.
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POPSDamn he's got a fabulous smile. I'm not even going to start talking politics and I'm not in the mood to read anyone else's opinion but you know, comment away. But Barack Obama has one of the best smiles ever.
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POPSJSmooth Says It right here... too much talking. Let's pick a candidate and please please get on with it. It is about unifying the party or nation or what have you. It's not about you. Sometimes, it is not about you, HRC. Seriously.
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POPSFrom Weblogged-ed: Young Children Online My sister/brothers let their kids go online without a moments hesitation. A lot of parents do (I see this all the time at the p.l.). So, I thought I would post this because it's a pretty interesting study.
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POPSNow I know what Photobombing Is I was reading bits & bobbins & she posted a link to this post about photobombing. It cracked me up and also horrified me. And all these photos are from MySpace (WT?!?) right? right. Anyway, it is pretty funny and I too have been a victim of the photobomber. Watch out..there's a whole lotta boy butts. Why do boys always have to moon someone?
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POPSWhere are these troops going to come from? Yeah. Shocking - we don't have enough troops ; the troops in Fort Bragg live in a literal cess pool ; there is not enough health care (physical or mental) for the troops coming back ; enlistment is down (even though I've heard otherwise) - yes, there is a problem and we are already over-working the troops in Iraq & Afganistan and in turn, destroying families. I don't get it and this just pisses me off.
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POPSHow the Wikipedia scanner works We have to teach kids how to properly use Wikipedia. Some teachers do not mind it's use while other's describe it as "the devil." I am slowly moving on the side where it is ok to use as a reference point but not as a source to cite. As one of our history teachers said, "You would not cite World Book, so why would you cite Wikipedia." Exactly! But I do think it is a pretty good resource. There have been tales of how people and companies are creating their own entries and this Wikipedia Scanner helps to assure that those individuals do not create their own biased entries. It's good to see that something is in place so hopefully Wikipedia does not turn into another marketing tool like MySpace and Facebook and Google.
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POPSAll this killing to "save" the salmon I remember reading about how WA & OR have "approval" to kill sea lions but this is still shocking. I know that they have suspended fishing for salmon but is killing sea lions really going to help the population? Aren't there a lot of other factors as to why the salmon population is down? like over fishing by people? the lack of rain & snow in the mountains? the changing ocean temperatures? Not sure who shot them but it all seems a bit extreme to me. Though, I don't live in WA or OR so I'm not sure how big salmon fishing is for those communities...
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POPSThe Cans Festival - check it out if you are in London I read about this a couple of days ago and thought I would look it up. How could would it be to witness this? My brother used to do a lot of graffiti art when he was younger and now is getting back into it. When I was in San Diego last, we went and checked out a park that is set aside for graffiti artists. It was pretty amazing some of the stuff out there. Better to have the kids hanging out there then getting arrested or getting into other kinds of trouble.
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POPSHome of the Sleazy Sound I am digging this site! Thanks tiffanybbrown. I love these sounds :) reminds me of the Cocktail Escapades show I did with Jason K. & Chi-Yu. Delectable.
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POPSL.A. River Ride - June 8th I have to work this day but I thought I would pass it on. You can take part (bike, volunteer, hang-out) in the LA River Ride on June 8th. Mark your calendars!!!
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POPSDo you know who this is? My friend shared this with me & I clicked to see if anyone commented. No comments. So I thought I'd see if anyone out there in the Clipmark world knows who illustrated this.
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POPSSustainable ethical eating If you know me, you know I love reading about food, food culture and the food industry. Why? I'm obsessed! Anyway, I think, I will order this for the library so I can read it. Interesting interview too!
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POPSNew Beverly Midnights Ok, this is pretty cool. Van Damme in Sudden Death on the big screen! I know, I'm probably the only fool excited about it but whatever!
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POPSFascinating use of Twitter by Zappos from RWW Not that I'm a big marketer or know anything about marketing but this was pretty fascinating. I like the fact that now employees in other countries (China & Indonesia are the examples) can tweet about their work conditions. What does this say about the global community & global companies? I mean, if you know about working conditions in China, how will that affect the way you shop? Pretty interesting.
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POPSEwww. Come on people! What are you doing to these kids? Ok, so I posted a comment about Miley Cyrus but not because she was being sexy but because she looked dead in that photo and Michael K had me cracking up. Anyway, this was on Slate, and it is pretty frickin' creepy. What are these people doing to these kids? We sit here and talk about protecting children but this is what is out there all over the world. Sorry, I know, there is a lot more going on in the world that I am paying attention to, I just do not post it. But this is gross.
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POPSALA Conference is coming. Are you ready? I am not sure I can make it to the ALA Conference this year. I know! What kind of librarian do I think I am? Well, obviously, I'm trying to be great but I also have 2 other conferences this summer which means my head might explode. The Shifted Librarian posted a link to this so I thought I would Clipmark it and share it with all of you lovely people. Enjoy!
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POPSThe fine line between our public & private lives online Here is another article about how public and private lives are no longer being separated on the web. I have discussions about this all the time with my friends and peers about the etiquette and propriety needed online, especially in a field where so many kids can find you if you are not careful. Our behavior online is so important now because, as I have recently experienced, it is so easy for my students to find me online. I have resorted to putting a lot of things "private" or "friends & family only" and am using a social networking blog site that has privacy options. I also wonder about when or if there will ever be a line between private and public life. It is disappearing. Insurance & employers are penalizing individuals who smoke AT HOME and employers are viewing individuals MySpace or Facebook pages. When does it stop? Will it? When is it viewed as encroaching on individuals rights or lives?
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POPSMay 1st - Taco Truck Night in L.A. My co-worker, Chris, started this petition and then my friend, Jason, sent it to me via my reader. Small world. But seriously, definitely go and eat some tacos that night.
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POPSAnimation Book Look in Sherman Oaks, CA I did not make it to The Book Festival this year but I think I would definitely want to check this out. MisterJT shared this in Google Reader so I thought I would share it with all of you. Mark your calendars..AGAIN! So much going on in L.A. that's super fun times.
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POPSWTF Austria WTF???? This weekend, my friends' friend mentioned this shocking totally f---ed up story. How does this happen? I mean, 25 years in a frickin' dungeon? WTF? How screwed and psychopathic are you to do this to your own kid? Creepy.
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