Sitting at the reference desk in front of you is your friendly neighborhood unlibrarian. The shelves behind her contain materials on such esoteric topics as fountain pens, linguistics, squid, World of Warcraft, and your mom. The unlibrarian shoves some papers underneath a paperweight in the shape of a small black swan, then looks up at you and says, “Shhh.” var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-77581-5"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @cygnoir)http://unlibrarian.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx5o5828wE1qz4t1jo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.johncabrera.com/general/lost-on-the-subway.html">Lost: the Subway map</a></p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/364847989http://unlibrarian.com/post/364847989Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:10:20 -0800“You have but to take a peek in the comments section below this column, any column, any article on this or any news site whatsoever, to see just how mean and nasty we have become. It does not matter what the piece might be about. Obama’s speech. High speed rail. Popular dog breeds. Your grandmother’s cookies. The anonymous comments section of any major media site or popular blog will be so crammed with bile and bickering, accusation and pule, hatred and sneer you can’t help but feel violently disappointed by the shocking lack of basic human kindness and respect, much less a sense of positivism or perspective.”<br/><br/> - <em>Mark Morford, <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/01/29/notes012910.DTL">“Why are you so terribly disappointing?”</a></em>http://unlibrarian.com/post/360008630http://unlibrarian.com/post/360008630Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:25:26 -0800<a href="http://www.truthout.org/howard-zinn-historian-who-challenged-status-quo-dies-8756439">Howard Zinn, Historian Who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87</a>: <p>Rest in peace, and thank you.</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/356874339http://unlibrarian.com/post/356874339Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:04:21 -0800<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/26/klencke-atlas-british-library-exhibition">Largest book in the world goes on show for the first time</a>: <p>Showoff.</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/356780024http://unlibrarian.com/post/356780024Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:00:00 -0800<a href="http://www.munifail.com/">MUNIFAIL</a>: <p>Didn’t get to work on time today because of a MUNI breakdown? Tweet Mayor Gavin Newsom with this handy website! (via <a href="http://twitter.com/njudah/status/8244575373">njudah</a>)</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/356376035http://unlibrarian.com/post/356376035Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:34:04 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9BnLbv6QYcA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9BnLbv6QYcA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA&feature=PlayList&p=58NKeitRqbE">Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/TheOnion">TheOnion</a>)</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/355718778http://unlibrarian.com/post/355718778Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:21:54 -0800<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/26/international/i140829S94.DTL&tsp=1">Man caught at airport with 44 lizards in pants</a>: <p>Regrettably, there is no photograph.</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/355197187http://unlibrarian.com/post/355197187Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:05:17 -0800“In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically.”<br/><br/> - <em>Vincent van Gogh</em>http://unlibrarian.com/post/354822541http://unlibrarian.com/post/354822541Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:49:28 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwv9jrr4lb1qz4t1jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dictionaries have been removed from classrooms in southern California schools after a parent complained about a child reading the definition for “oral sex”. (via <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/25/oral-sex-dictionary-ban-us-schools"> ‘Oral sex’ definition prompts dictionary ban in US schools | Books | guardian.co.uk</a>)</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/354653189http://unlibrarian.com/post/354653189Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:18:58 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwv8fuk9lR1qz4t1jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/01/20101269170257444.html">French report calls for veil ban</a>: “A French parliamentary panel has called for a ban on Muslim women wearing the full Islamic veil in public institutions, describing the dress as an ’unacceptable’ challenge to French values.” (via <a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/01/20101269170257444.html">Al Jazeera</a>)</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/354627112http://unlibrarian.com/post/354627112Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:55:06 -0800<a href="http://projects.propublica.org/unemployment/">ProPublica Unemployment Insurance Tracker</a>: <p><p class="MsoNormal">At least 25 states’ unemployment compensation funds are insolvent or will be within six months according to a study by <a href="http://projects.propublica.org/unemployment/">ProPublica.org</a>, a non-profit investigative journalism organization founded two years ago. (via a colleague)</p></p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/353194620http://unlibrarian.com/post/353194620Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:25:50 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwozo5caKh1qz4t1jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://twelvesouth.com/products/bookbook/">Bookbook by Twelve South</a>: a MacBook case that looks like a well-loved hardcover book. Gorgeous. (via FunkyPlaid)</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/348764654http://unlibrarian.com/post/348764654Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:00:05 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwk69fhKrQ1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://scottbeale.org/post/344607695/indie-relief-buy-mac-software-to-support-haiti">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/indierelief-buy-mac-software-to-support-haiti/">Indie+Relief, Buy Mac Software To Support Haiti</a></p> </blockquote>http://unlibrarian.com/post/345695113http://unlibrarian.com/post/345695113Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:37:40 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwiuanUkp21qz4t1jo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>do not even be afraid of fear itself (via <a href="http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=308">pictures for sad children</a>)</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/343481987http://unlibrarian.com/post/343481987Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:18:22 -0800<object id="flashObj" width="400" height="339" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/6555681001?isVid=1&publisherID=769341148" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=61334962001&playerID=6555681001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/6555681001?isVid=1&publisherID=769341148" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=61334962001&playerID=6555681001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="339" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/01/insanely-vulgar-better-off-ted-outtakes-video.html">Insanely vulgar ‘Better Off Ted’ outtakes (NSFW video)</a></p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/341281289http://unlibrarian.com/post/341281289Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:10:33 -0800“We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — ‘Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.’”<br/><br/> - <em>John Steinbeck (via <a href="http://delgrosso.tumblr.com/">delgrosso</a>)</em>http://unlibrarian.com/post/340095866http://unlibrarian.com/post/340095866Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:25:19 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwcu45v2bj1qzzixqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wuthering Heights repackaged as “Bella & Edward’s Favourite Book”, via <a href="http://lekevbo.tumblr.com/post/338916870/ummwhat-dearly-beloved-we-gather-here-to-say">lekevbo</a>. This does not offend me as much as you might guess. It points readers toward classics that they may not have read otherwise.</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/339493756http://unlibrarian.com/post/339493756Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:10:19 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwcxi14Dgh1qz4t1jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You shall not multipass!</p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/337898989http://unlibrarian.com/post/337898989Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:42:00 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwb7fryFmc1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/boba-fett-searching-for-han-solo/">Boba Fett Searching for Han Solo</a></p>http://unlibrarian.com/post/336933060http://unlibrarian.com/post/336933060Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:33:57 -0800<a href="http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/12/gifts.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Librarianinblack+%28LibrarianInBlack%29">Librarian in Black’s Gift Guide for Librarians and Book Lovers</a>http://unlibrarian.com/post/286623008http://unlibrarian.com/post/286623008Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:02:08 -0800