Comments for Spinstah http://spinstah.net/blog . . . as a good New Englander, skepticism and pragmatism are my intellectual heritage. --Elizabeth Gilbert Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:34:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on NMC Horizon Connect Session: Howard Rheingold is Net Smart by What’s interesting today | Spinstah http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1879&cpage=1#comment-6073 What’s interesting today | Spinstah Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:34:30 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1879#comment-6073 [...] Collaboration, Crap Detection, and Network Awareness. I’ve got some notes from this that I’ve posted under separate cover, but if you’d rather just watch it yourself the recording is here, it uses Adobe Connect. I [...] [...] Collaboration, Crap Detection, and Network Awareness. I’ve got some notes from this that I’ve posted under separate cover, but if you’d rather just watch it yourself the recording is here, it uses Adobe Connect. I [...]

]]> Comment on What’s interesting today by Paul http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1858&cpage=1#comment-5458 Paul Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:43:30 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1858#comment-5458 re: SXSW you forgot that this year's torrent of FREE mp3s is online! ~4.5 GB of free music how is that not interesting? (Baltimore folks w/ poor internet (i.e. Comcast which hates torrents) comment here and I'll bring you a DVD at happy hour) re: SXSW you forgot that this year’s torrent of FREE mp3s is online! ~4.5 GB of free music how is that not interesting?

(Baltimore folks w/ poor internet (i.e. Comcast which hates torrents) comment here and I’ll bring you a DVD at happy hour)

]]> Comment on My 5 Essential Cookbooks by Tracie http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1829&cpage=1#comment-5335 Tracie Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:42:03 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1829#comment-5335 I love the Betty Crocker, too. Kevin had one when I first met him, and I fussed over it so much that when his mom asked him for present ideas for me, he told her to get me the cookbook. Even though it was early in our relationship, his mom was like, "But then you'll have two of them!" Ha, little did she know how many years I would use that book as a single gal before we got hitched. :-) So, we did have two for awhile, but I got rid of one of them when we moved. I love the Betty Crocker, too. Kevin had one when I first met him, and I fussed over it so much that when his mom asked him for present ideas for me, he told her to get me the cookbook. Even though it was early in our relationship, his mom was like, “But then you’ll have two of them!” Ha, little did she know how many years I would use that book as a single gal before we got hitched. :-) So, we did have two for awhile, but I got rid of one of them when we moved.

]]> Comment on Travel Diary: Dallas by spinstah http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1800&cpage=1#comment-4996 spinstah Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:37:35 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1800#comment-4996 Austin is fabulous and I can't wait to go back there someday. Foodwise I feel like I barely scratched the surface. Austin is fabulous and I can’t wait to go back there someday. Foodwise I feel like I barely scratched the surface.

]]> Comment on Travel Diary: Dallas by laura k http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1800&cpage=1#comment-4984 laura k Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:57:58 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1800#comment-4984 We had pretty much the same feelings about Dallas, and its dining options. One of the biggest surprises to me was that the hotel restaurants were varied and numerous, and were of a bit higher quality than I think is usual in hotel restaurants. I guess that's what you have to do when there are few decent restaurants in a convention center area. I had dinner at Sonny Bryan's, which is apparently a chain of barbecue spots with varied reviews. But I thought it was well done. I tend to prefer pork to beef barbecue, but when in Texas... I did manage to get out of the convention center area and head to Bread Winners Cafe in the West Village for lunch Monday. The neighborhood was not nearly as cool as I'd been lead to believe, but lunch was fantastic. I had a Cuban sandwich, very Texas-style with barbecue pulled pork. It was a highlight, and I only wish I had eaten less of it so I would have had room for dessert, since it all looked so tempting. But the sandwich was too good to ignore! Overall, I wasn't that impressed with Dallas, but then again, no one told me that I would be, so...I hope the next time I go to Texas, it's Austin. I've heard that actually IS a town worth visiting. We had pretty much the same feelings about Dallas, and its dining options. One of the biggest surprises to me was that the hotel restaurants were varied and numerous, and were of a bit higher quality than I think is usual in hotel restaurants. I guess that’s what you have to do when there are few decent restaurants in a convention center area.

I had dinner at Sonny Bryan’s, which is apparently a chain of barbecue spots with varied reviews. But I thought it was well done. I tend to prefer pork to beef barbecue, but when in Texas…

I did manage to get out of the convention center area and head to Bread Winners Cafe in the West Village for lunch Monday. The neighborhood was not nearly as cool as I’d been lead to believe, but lunch was fantastic. I had a Cuban sandwich, very Texas-style with barbecue pulled pork. It was a highlight, and I only wish I had eaten less of it so I would have had room for dessert, since it all looked so tempting. But the sandwich was too good to ignore!

Overall, I wasn’t that impressed with Dallas, but then again, no one told me that I would be, so…I hope the next time I go to Texas, it’s Austin. I’ve heard that actually IS a town worth visiting.

]]> Comment on Librarians have the 4th highest unemployment rate! by R Harwood http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1698&cpage=1#comment-4399 R Harwood Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:53:51 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1698#comment-4399 In addition, I noticed that "information science" is listed separately, with different scores, in the WSJ article. In addition, I noticed that “information science” is listed separately, with different scores, in the WSJ article.

]]> Comment on What’s interesting today by Erin Dorney http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1711&cpage=1#comment-4356 Erin Dorney Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:52:52 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1711#comment-4356 Hi Alison - Thanks for the link to our Lead Pipe post! I'm not too far from Baltimore myself (York, PA) - perhaps our paths will cross at some point. :) Happy Thanksgiving! Hi Alison – Thanks for the link to our Lead Pipe post! I’m not too far from Baltimore myself (York, PA) – perhaps our paths will cross at some point. :) Happy Thanksgiving!

]]> Comment on Librarians have the 4th highest unemployment rate! by Librarian, Cybrarian, Schmibrarian | TO BOOKS! http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1698&cpage=1#comment-4311 Librarian, Cybrarian, Schmibrarian | TO BOOKS! Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:59:43 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1698#comment-4311 [...] started thinking about this when I read SPINSTAH‘s post on the true unemployment rate for librarians.  The Wall Street Journal recently posted this table [...] [...] started thinking about this when I read SPINSTAH‘s post on the true unemployment rate for librarians.  The Wall Street Journal recently posted this table [...]

]]> Comment on Librarians have the 4th highest unemployment rate! by Todd http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1698&cpage=1#comment-4280 Todd Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:29:24 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1698#comment-4280 "Of course, I can’t really include all of this in a tweet." Then maybe Twitter is not the best medium for communicating about that article. “Of course, I can’t really include all of this in a tweet.” Then maybe Twitter is not the best medium for communicating about that article.

]]> Comment on Librarians have the 4th highest unemployment rate! by spinstah http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1698&cpage=1#comment-4278 spinstah Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:44:18 +0000 http://spinstah.net/blog/?p=1698#comment-4278 Ah, I didn't catch the data source given in the report. Thanks for pointing that out. At a quick glance I can't find a report on grad degree info. It's a mystery! Ah, I didn’t catch the data source given in the report. Thanks for pointing that out. At a quick glance I can’t find a report on grad degree info. It’s a mystery!

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