William Denton wdenton@identi.ca

Toronto, Canada

Library geek.

12 years ago To: Public
Curious about pump.io.
13 years ago To: Public
Wolfram|Alpha is distinguishable from magic right now, but in a while, who knows.
13 years ago To: Public
Having learned AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" on piano, I riffed a while on a Steinway. "Is that Flashdance?" asked a bystander. :( #thunder!
13 years ago To: Public
To read Overdrive ebooks on my Android tablet (through Toronto Public Library) I need to create an account with Adobe. WTF? #drm #wrong
@wdenton That's why the majority of my ereader's content comes from Walt Crawford's Cites & Insights, Full Circle Magazine, and the Baen
Stephen Michael Kellat at 13 years ago
@wdenton Free Library. No DRM by them...
Stephen Michael Kellat at 13 years ago
13 years ago To: John Miedema, Public
@johnmiedema Was told about http://www.bibliotravel.com/ ... see also the Related Projects page. Useful?
@wdenton Thanks William. Looks good. I will have a close look.
John Miedema at 13 years ago
@wdenton These projects give me a lot to think about. It's been done, but what makes for a real interesting use of geo book data?
John Miedema at 13 years ago
13 years ago To: Public
Thanks to this video, I can now play AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" on the piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxgF7gcbfzI #thunder
13 years ago To: John Miedema, Public
John Miedema likes this.
Thanks. Added to the post.
John Miedema at 13 years ago
13 years ago To: Public
@johmiedema Also http://lovecraft.scholarslab.org/neatline-exhibits/show/lovecraft-in-providence/fullscreen from http://neatline.org/
13 years ago To: Public
Every time an atheist says "Every time X does Y, God kills a kitten," a kitten purrs and settles in for a nap.
13 years ago To: Dan Scott, Public
@dbs Thanks for your comment on my site---I approved it (don't have a good comments function) and replied to explain and agree
Cool! Thanks for the heads-up.
Dan Scott at 13 years ago
13 years ago To: Public
Blog post: My first experiences with a Nexus 7 http://www.miskatonic.org/2012/07/16/my-first-experiences-nexus-7 #nexus7 #ubuntu
13 years ago To: Public
Nexus 7 doesn't mount as a USB device either!? WTF?
That's been par for the course post-Froyo: same behaviour with Honeycomb on GTab 10.1 and ICS on Galaxy Nexus. Say hi to "adb push".
Dan Scott at 13 years ago
13 years ago To: Public
Google Nexus 7 can't play AVI? What the hell?
The Root's Updates, The Root's Updates shared this.
AVI is complex/messy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Video_Interleave http://www.iskysoft.com/apple-ipad/play-avi-on-ipad.html
Dan Scott at 13 years ago
13 years ago To: Public
Guardian obit for Celeste Holm. They don't make 'em like her any more. http://gu.com/p/3937z
13 years ago To: Public
@wdenton Thanks, Small Demons is sweet. I am going to have a good long look at it.
John Miedema at 13 years ago
13 years ago To: John Miedema, Public
@wdenton Thanks William, I emailed Peter Biggens. I would like to access it as data or api. If you run across more, I am interested.
John Miedema at 13 years ago
13 years ago To: Public
Another libraries.SE question: How to encode lat/long in #dublincore dc.coverage? And #DSpace? http://libraries.stackexchange.com/q/906/311
13 years ago To: Public
@wdenton Alrighty, what did the service do? I've not heard of it.
Stephen Michael Kellat at 13 years ago
13 years ago To: Public
@alpacaherder Near me there's http://www.layar.com/layers/rulaarchapp/; many campus wayfinding apps; I'm looking for others
13 years ago To: Stephen Michael Kellat, Public
Provided a point of interest web service for augmented reality applications.
@wdenton Hunh. Anybody in LIS-world using such at their library that you're aware of?
Stephen Michael Kellat at 13 years ago