djfiander

djfiander, 4 days ago to random

@mwl Will you revoke the certificate for the signed ebook before or after you distribute it?

djfiander, 9 days ago to random

Microsoft copilot says that if I like Meat Beat Manifesto, then I might like Skinny Puppy.

djfiander, 10 days ago to random

Suddenly feel like blaming the patriarchy for the fact that men don't get called flakey as often as women are.

I. Am. A. Flake.

djfiander, 11 days ago to random

Petition to start referring to Pierre Pollievre as "the wrong Pierre".

djfiander, 15 days ago to random

There are a lot of librarians right now who are telling themselves that Ex Libris is owned by ProQuest, so it's an American company.

Me, I am lots of librarians.

djfiander, 18 days ago to random

"All Librarians Emeritus/Emerita shall be
accorded the following privileges:
...
e) they will be provided with a free dial-up for remote
access to the University computer system and the Internet for forty (40) hours per month...."

djfiander, 19 days ago to random

Computer account with only two folders:

1. Unorganized
2. Disorganized

djfiander, 22 days ago to random

Going to start referring to the local Scottish and British shops as "ethnic grocery stores"

djfiander, 22 days ago to random

Ex Libris development is based in Israel.

djfiander, 24 days ago to random

Hmm... Indigo books is being bought out. Interesting...

djfiander, 24 days ago to random

If I bike to work without my fitbit, does it even count?

djfiander, 26 days ago to random

Facebook just showed me an ad for Staybridge Suites Abu Dhabi?

djfiander, 29 days ago to random

"Although fifty-seven is not prime, it is jokingly known as the Grothendieck prime after a story in which mathematician Alexander Grothendieck supposedly gave it as an example of a particular prime number." -- Wikipedia entry for the number 57.

djfiander, 1 month ago to random

@mwichary A friend recently shared "Typerwriter Mysteries" on Facebook, from your IA collection of typewriter related materials.

It mentions The Journal of Artistic Typing. Did you ever find any copies of the journal in a library?

djfiander, 1 month ago to random

Thanks to Stanley Kubrick, I can now recognize Ligeti when I hear it in other films.

djfiander, 1 month ago to random

Is an elevator an Autonomous Vehicle?

djfiander, 2 months ago to random

Peak Orientalism is calling a book about Adlerian psychology structured as a Socratic dialogue a "Japanese phenomenon".

djfiander, 2 months ago to random

Has anybody managed to produce parallel texts (like Loeb's classics) in a useful way as ebooks that aren't just PDFs?

#ebooks

djfiander, 2 months ago to random

@adr Americans always complain about the Berne Conventions "Moral Rights", but then they pull shit like this (yes, I know that O'Connor isn't American, but Bruce Springsteen has done the same thing).

djfiander, 2 months ago to random

[Folk singer singing mournfully]

djfiander, 3 months ago to random

The Canadian Centre for Bio-ethical Reform [sic] needs to die in a fire.

djfiander, 3 months ago to random

How low can the bar go?

"Ford government to scrap online licence plate renewal, will be done automatically instead"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-bethlenfalvy-announcement-gas-station-1.7113396

djfiander, 3 months ago to random

The province has just announced that it will not appeal it's loss regarding Bill 124.

djfiander, 3 months ago to random

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

djfiander, 3 months ago to random

"My working hours are none of your business. You'll get email when I send it."