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chipy bookclub

So the Chicago Python Group has started up a bookclub about a month ago. The first book we’re reading as a group is Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming which is fortunately...

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pascal’s triangle in python

I mentioned Pascal’s Triangle in the previous post, and after typing in the Oz code decided to make a Pascal’s Triangle pretty printer in python. from sys import argv   def pascal(n): if n == 1: return...

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On Lateral Thinking

I recently checked out Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance after reading Kevin’s piece about how the book informed his practice of library cataloging. I am enjoying it a lot more this time...

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buddhism and spimes

The Dalai Lama has an op-ed on science and faith in yesterdays New York Times. There are some delightful descriptions of his encounters with science as a child, which I imagine are excerpts from his...

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openurl as microformat

The Search Author: John Battelle Year: 2005 Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover ISBN: 1591840880 Ok, so The Search is a great book so far…but I’m really just testing some local modifications I made to the...

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Standard

When I find the time I’m enjoying reading The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks which (so far) details a many-species galactic civilization in 4034 AD. The milieu includes an amorphous ancient species known...

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>js

So I’ve been dabbling with that four letter word at $work to create a hierarchical journal/volume/issue/article browser. Le rails and scriptaculous make it pretty easy indeed. I figured I’d be a good...

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John Price-Wilkin Interview

In case you missed it in your overstuffed RSS reader Jon Udell recently interviewed John Price-Wilkin who is coordinating the University of Michigan’s joint digitization project with Google. The...

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miscellaneous talk

If you are reading Everything is Miscellaneous like me then you might be interested in watching a talk David Weinberger did a few days ago at Google. I only wish I had more time to ingest all the good...

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sicp reading

If you’ve ever harbored any interest in reading (or re-reading) The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs please consider joining some of the books4code folks as we work through the SICP...

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terminology services sneak peak

I just saw Diane Vizine-Goetz demo OCLC’s Terminology Services at the CENDI/SKOS meeting and was excited to see various things out on the public web. For example, the LCSH concept “World Wide Web” is...

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Think of Things

Pooh began to feel a little more comfortable, because when you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite...

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Hacking O’Reilly RDFa

I recently learned from Ivan Herman‘s blog that O’Reilly has begun publishing RDFa in their online catalog of books. So if you go and install the RDFa Highlight bookmarklet and then visit a page like...

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GoodReads microdata

I’m not sure how long it has been there, but I just happened to notice that GoodReads (the popular social networking site for book lovers to share what they are reading and have read) has implemented...

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Visualizing FRBR Worksets

The model behind the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) was published over 10 years ago, and has been simmering in library land ever since. Bit by bit, FRBR has been finding its...

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straw

By now I imagine you’ve heard the announcement that OCLC has started to make WorldCat bibliographic data available as openly licensed Linked Data. The availability of microdata and RDFa metadata in...

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watermark woodcut indigo octavo

You know how sometimes you can get ideas for a subject you are interested in by studying a different but related subject? So, strangely enough, I’ve found myself reading about paper conservation....

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No Place to Hide

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think Greenwald’s book is a must read if you have any interest in the Snowden...

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