Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian@glammr.us
Systems librarian, podcaster, musician, author, historian, and cyberpunk
This is important; and it shows a massive disconnect between the ALA and reality.
No Legitimization Through Association: the CIA should not be exhibiting at ALA.
Some people watch birds. Me, I wait for dusk to watch for bats.
🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
We were together at the Nebula
Awards dinner on Saturday, April
30, 1977, and I made some casual
mention of planning to lose some
weight.
Whereupon Harlan said, “In that case, I’ll gain some height.”
~Isaac Asimov on Harlan Ellison
He never repented, but the Ticktockman seems to eventually get everyone, at the end.
Goodbye, Mr. Ellison. And thank you.
He’s cute but he snores.
I’ve got pride!
Yes I do!
I’ve got pride!
How about y...
Oh, uh... yeah!
Make no mistake: If I walk into my hotel room, set my bags down on the bed, and turn around to see one of these sitting on the dresser?
I will unplug it and shove it into the nearest convenient drawer.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/19/17476688/amazon-alexa-for-hospitality-announced-hotels-echo
When you’re prepping for the #ZombieApocalypse, apparently Ross Dress for Less has your back.
Citizens are not even supposed to be consciously aware of this place, so they could not possibly be receiving a menacing and unearthly voice instructing listeners to bring precious metals and toddlers here.
Listening to Do By Friday and they’re talking about scoot scoots. So I check out the scoot scoot site to get more info.
Where am I buying this from again?
So I’ve seen a couple of stories in my feeds where people are excited about a new podcasts app Google is working on. OMG GOOGLE PODCASTS!
Hey. HEY. Ya remember, I mean, do you even recall Google Listen? Remember that?
Next up, a new service tentatively named Google RSS. 🤔
New Apple Watch face for #pride🌈 and black pupper. She’s pretty chill this evening.
I normally don't talk about podcast drama, but this one made me tilt my head like a dog hearing a strange noise.
A few months ago, the podcast network This Week in Tech (aka TWiT) sued Twitter for trademark infringement.
Predictable results ensued.
All work and an ILS reboot make Dan a dull boy.
From The Verge: Google promises ethical principles to guide development of military AI
"We've got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand."
~Neil Young
"Hang on while Windows reports the problem to Microsoft..."
Yes, indeed. I'm sure Microsoft will be thrilled to hear about the ILS Staff Client freezing, forcing me to shut it down from Task Manager. #librarylife
6k. 106 degrees (41 C). #AsthmaCanBlowMe #RunWithMe #DesertRunner
You ever have a moment where your code just suddenly works? And you'd swear on anything; bibles, mom's grave/life, all that's holy, to god, whatever; that you ALREADY WROTE THAT GODDAMN CODE AND IT DIDN'T WORK LAST TIME YOU TRIED IT?
Tonight at Sonic you can get a Blue Slush along with a blue screen.