Book Review: The Sorcerer's Stone

The Book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling I nabbed this title on audiobook from overdrive. Score! I have, admittedly already seen the movies. But I wanted to experience the book as written by J. K. Rowling, even if by listening to the audiobook it technically means I still have...

Chocolate Mice

An example highlighting the importance of grammar and spelling in certain contexts. At least, they didn't write "Chocolate Moose...

Book Review - The 4-Hour Workweek

The Book The 4-Hour Workweek Timothy Ferriss I was introduced to this book by my colleagues at Florida International University. They were raving about his other book, The 4-Hour Chef, so I decided to look him up. Of course, I did not buy the book. Instead, I borrowed this book from my local library...

The Future of Education

A few surprising statistics about technology and education! by aleksandarsavic....

Writer Hate

The Greats Hate Writers are insecure people, that is true. They typically feel inadequate about their writing. Mostly, this is because they find other successful writers to be inadequate as well. This infographic illustrates this phenomenon by highlighting the nasty things that writers have said about...

Check Out This Dog!

Re-post of an excellent, library-related post from Dan Lewis' Now I Know email chain. Enjoy!...

Tech Leaders

Perception is Everything When students want to learn how to use new technologies, where do they go? According to a fairly recent study performed by the School Library Journal (2013 wasn't THAT long ago, right?) it appears they ask their librarian! This study focuses on K-12. I wonder what we would...

Color Guide

A little reference guide: Explore more visuals like this one on the web's largest information design community - Visual...

History of Typeography

This is just cool. Enjoy the nerdiness...

Learn to Use the Library

A Trend is Born! So I've been posting videos and infographics lately, it's just something I've been looking at. I think this one is pretty sweet, especially the vertical text in the middle. Conversion is pretty tricky and should be done sans professional only in the most extreme cases. by newhousemaps....

American News

Just The Facts We all rely on some news outlet to get information about the world. There is no way we can personally everything that is going on even on a local level, much less across the globe. However, sometimes we get discouraged at the way news is reported. For those times, we can turn to Glove and Boots to tell it like it is:...

Infographic: Chocolate!

Here is an interesting infographic on Chocolate. Happy Friday! Explore more visuals like this one on the web's largest information design community - Visual...

Get Boring... For Free!

Free Stuff A short while ago I was asked to read, review and give away a copy of Boring: Finding an extraordinary God in an ordinary life by Michael Kelley. I finally finished it and scheduled a review post for tomorrow on my other blog: We Talk of Holy Things. But I couldn't wait to get the giveaway...

Borrow A Bicycle

Worlds colliding: fitness and nerdiness. You can borrow a bike from the Winter Park, Fl. Public Library (WPPL). This offering follows the long line of practical needs that libraries meet which includes the accessibility of both information and technology to those who may not be able to get these resources on their own. Libraries strive to meet the informational, educational AND recreational needs...

Libraries > Pi / Pie

Did Someone Say Pie? This is a delicious statistic that I came across on twitter. Well, I came across a tweet promoting this article which I then retweeted. Anyways, here's the good stuff. (And the source link is not too shabby either!) The Atlantic actually attempted to answer that very question [What is the public approval rating for libraries?] and found that libraries beat the approval ratings...

Merlin (TV show) Rapid Reaction

It's not like we devoted our lives to the watching of this program, but tonight was a bittersweet evening as we viewed the final episode of the Merlin TV Series. It took us about a year and a half to finish all 5 seasons. The story is captivating and compelling, while some of the twists may be...

Certified

Please, Mr. Postman My diploma finally came in the mail! It is the crowning achievement of 2.5 years of hard work, cash-flow monitoring and computer screen squinting. Needless to say, the household is hap...

The Art of Scarf Tying

Brr... I enjoy a good scarf from time to time. Being from Miami, I hardly (if) ever get the chance to put my scarf tying skills to good use. This infographic is for the novice who desires a few fashion tips. Enjoy! by pslifestyle. Explore more infographics like this one on the web's largest...