The Anatomy of a Conversation – More Than Skin Deep – Modeling the Art of Listening….I Could Go On and On

Walking through the library tonight after having taught a library instruction session (which is part of what I do in my day job), I saw that these two models had been set down in interesting poses relative to one another. Even in passing by I could see that there were some close ups that might [...]

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Pixels to Start Your Mind, Break Your Heart, Move Your Feet: A Worldmapper Discussion

In my work as a librarian I came across this amazing site, which is thought provoking and alternately heartbreaking or amusing, though much too much more the former. The way it works is a bit like a semi inflated balloon in ones hands. If you compress one part of the balloon another part of the balloon [...]

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The Dassler Effect, A Retrospective

Well, this new version of The Dassler Effect has had a more promising start than I could have imagined. And yet its previous incarnation was no slouch either (it still shows up first on Google). Because it was around for longer, it has far more more photos on it than the current blog and there [...]

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Oh to be a Donkey Librarian!

Of course, taking care of a donkey and getting it to go, I am sure, is rather difficult work, even if I have always rather had a fondness for the beasts, especially Puzzle of Narnia. And baby donkeys? Well, I cannot begin to describe their cuteness. However, I digress. This story is really quite cool, [...]

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