A menagerie (with barbarian chorus) for catwhowalked, etc.

Felicitous Natal Anniversaries today to birthday buddies janinas_nest, catwhowalked, and anneke!

Hippo birdie two ewes (ya sure I shouldn't spell that "youse"?)
Hippo birdie two ewes
Hippo birdie deer ewes
Hippo birdie two ewes!

And for my first encore, ( here's a short excerpt of a song you probably know all too well... [cues barbarian chorus] )

Mostly trad-blogging for a Monday morning

Welcome to swebeast! Sorry I didn't get more of a chance to be social at the Homecoming Reception. It was an odd weekend, which is a large part of why I haven't posted about it.

From ext_42142: "Information R/evolution -- This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively. If you are interested in this topic, check out Clay Shirky's work, especially: http://www.shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html ... Also check out David Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous: http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/ "

More from ext_42142:
A nice photo of a modern aircraft carrier making a sharp turn
NASA instructions for building the tools the Shuttle and ISS astronauts need to repair the solar panel on the ISS. Quoth CT7: "A little more complicated than anything MacGyver had to do, but at least they've got spare parts to work with."
Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection -- Your lobbyist dollars at work ...

For some reason thinking of money and politics made me think of Jeff MacNelly's infamous tax form. Note for those of you who have never seen a 1040 from before 1985: If you think they're complicated now, you don't want to think of what they were like then!

liadan_m points to a page of covers of books that *really* oughta be in print.

Also via liadan_m, for my many librarian friends: Great Moments in the History of Cataloguing

grayhawk points to this entry in techsupport ... indeed full of win.

ecwoodburn points to this post in folk's LJ, referencing the beginning of this video clip -- "Yeah, we welcomed [the Saudi monarch] with the Darth Vader theme from Star Wars. Someone, somewhere, is (a) pissing themselves laughing and/or (b) getting well and truly fired."