Category Archives: that’s cool

Librarian’s hand ( a movie)

robinna/ March 5, 2009/ Libraries, that's cool/ 1 comments

So, every year, we do a video. Each year, the library movie has a different theme (2008 — bmovies). I was part of making this movie, but this isn’t my movie (but I have permission to republish it). Ignore my very bad acting…

Tweeting the Prez

robinna/ November 13, 2008/ social media, that's cool, twitter, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

I’ve written a little about the use of social networking by the Presidential candidates during the campaigns. I didn’t “friend” any candidates during the campaign even those that I supported, because to be honest, I would rather seek out political information than have to endure the constant barrage of PR spam. However, I am really interested in the use of

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best 404 e-v-e-r!

robinna/ July 21, 2008/ my projects, that's cool, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

So, I was tracking down some referrer spam last night and hit upon this (apologies to the creator, because I can’t figure out which website it is) and I thought the 404 I created was clever….

New online resource — Civil Rights Digital Library

robinna/ June 18, 2008/ my projects, that's cool/ 0 comments

The recently unveiled Civil Rights Digital Library, contains text, image and video archives with annotated bibliographies, learning modules, study guides, etc.Not only of interest to educators and students, the Civil Rights Digital Library is a treasure trove of real life stories — talk about reality tv!This collection also serves in providing access and digitally archiving a huge collection of material.

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i &hearts robot

robinna/ April 24, 2008/ that's cool/ 0 comments

I’m not one for product endorsements — for one thing, technology products are rarely as good as they seem they should be (Littermaid self cleaning litterbox, cool mp3 stuff that only works with ipods, etc.), but I think I love my new vacuum cleaner. Yes, I &hearts a vacuum cleaner. In case you haven’t seen/heard about it, the roomba is

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Hulu, not hula — free streaming video — movies, tv, and more.

robinna/ March 16, 2008/ that's cool, media/ 1 comments

The ad-supported streaming video site, and product of a partnership between NBC Universal and Fox, is opening its doors to the general public tomorrow after approximately five months in private beta. For the first time, users will be able to freely stream Hulu’s Flash-based, ad-supported TV and movie content….. Updated Techmeme article list here:http://www.techmeme.com/071029/p1#a071029p1 Hulu live here:http://www.hulu.com/