Such a perfect thing for a word nerd!
Check out my first Wordle! (Based on the lyrics of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" from "Evita" by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice.)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
A New Toy!
No, not the Wii, and not a new game for the Wii, either. I'm referring to http://wordle.net - a nifty site where you can create a "word cloud" based on a block of text or a URL.
Such a perfect thing for a word nerd!
Check out my first Wordle! (Based on the lyrics of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" from "Evita" by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice.)
Such a perfect thing for a word nerd!
Check out my first Wordle! (Based on the lyrics of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" from "Evita" by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice.)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
A moment away from the server
Just needed a break from rebuilding a software installation. I'm totally redoing the WebOPAC - moving it from one version to a newer version, and unfortunately, that doesn't just mean an upgrade of the software. It's a whole new install, and then each of the 40+ sites needs to be individually rebuilt, the links changed on the web page, their visual OPACs transferred from the old to the new, etc. Tedious work. The installation resisted me for a long time and didn't want to work properly, but I finally got it to see my point of view. It does, however, still occasionally stop working just to show me it can.
Random thoughts:
Yes, there is justification for my having a Wii. Truly. Educause says so.
Busy week last week; I was out of the office to work on the kids' theatre stuff I do every summer. This year we actually ran two productions, which went VERY well! The kids were fabulous and I think they had a good time. I did too, all in all, but boy, was I tired when it was all over! I'm not sure I'm recovered still.
Panda watchers everywhere are zeroed in on the National Zoo in Washington and the Atlanta Zoo (in Atlanta, of course) to see whether Mei Xiang and Lun Lun, respectively, will "bear" another cub this year! Pandas go through all the symptoms of pregnancy whether or not they are actually expecting, so we'll just have to wait for a birth or cessation of symptoms. I'm hoping that Tai Shan (Washington) and Mei Lan (Atlanta) will both have new siblings this year! The other two zoos in the U.S. that have giant pandas, San Diego and Memphis, are out of the running - San Diego's Bai Yun is still nursing Zhen Zhen, and Ya Ya, the female in Memphis, didn't go into estrus this year. Well, she's still young!
In the meantime, we can look forward to a 1 year birthday celebration for little Zhen in San Diego on August 3rd!
:-)
Random thoughts:
Yes, there is justification for my having a Wii. Truly. Educause says so.
Busy week last week; I was out of the office to work on the kids' theatre stuff I do every summer. This year we actually ran two productions, which went VERY well! The kids were fabulous and I think they had a good time. I did too, all in all, but boy, was I tired when it was all over! I'm not sure I'm recovered still.
Panda watchers everywhere are zeroed in on the National Zoo in Washington and the Atlanta Zoo (in Atlanta, of course) to see whether Mei Xiang and Lun Lun, respectively, will "bear" another cub this year! Pandas go through all the symptoms of pregnancy whether or not they are actually expecting, so we'll just have to wait for a birth or cessation of symptoms. I'm hoping that Tai Shan (Washington) and Mei Lan (Atlanta) will both have new siblings this year! The other two zoos in the U.S. that have giant pandas, San Diego and Memphis, are out of the running - San Diego's Bai Yun is still nursing Zhen Zhen, and Ya Ya, the female in Memphis, didn't go into estrus this year. Well, she's still young!
In the meantime, we can look forward to a 1 year birthday celebration for little Zhen in San Diego on August 3rd!
:-)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Welcome to July
Towards the end of the school year, the librarians always say to me things like, "You must look forward to summer when it's quieter" and "Enjoy your vacation." Ha!
Here we are at the 10th of July, and so far I haven't had a single day that hasn't been busy - almost to the point of frenzy, sometimes. Sure, email is slower (I think I've gotten 2 today that were both work-related and reasonably important), and the phone doesn't ring as much, but there is still LOTS to do.
Today, for example, I've been attempting to rebuild the WebOPAC. It's been slow going, and so far not successful at all. The only reason I have time right now to post to this blog is because I had to reboot the server to apply an update, and it's not willing to come back up. I called the Help Desk to have someone physically hit the power button, but of course all the server team is in a meeting, so I'm monitoring a ping request but still getting the "Request Timed Out" response. This project will likely continue into tomorrow!
Well, I think I will go clear some stuff off my laptop. It's running very slowly and I think it's cause it's over half full. Gets like that!
Here we are at the 10th of July, and so far I haven't had a single day that hasn't been busy - almost to the point of frenzy, sometimes. Sure, email is slower (I think I've gotten 2 today that were both work-related and reasonably important), and the phone doesn't ring as much, but there is still LOTS to do.
Today, for example, I've been attempting to rebuild the WebOPAC. It's been slow going, and so far not successful at all. The only reason I have time right now to post to this blog is because I had to reboot the server to apply an update, and it's not willing to come back up. I called the Help Desk to have someone physically hit the power button, but of course all the server team is in a meeting, so I'm monitoring a ping request but still getting the "Request Timed Out" response. This project will likely continue into tomorrow!
Well, I think I will go clear some stuff off my laptop. It's running very slowly and I think it's cause it's over half full. Gets like that!
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