http://thepinakes.com from papyrus to pdf Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:50:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://thepinakes.com/2010/07/diptych-angular/ Normally I'm fairly conservative in my choice of movies to watch and books to read -- I'll read numerous reviews before giving something a chance. But I love the serendipity of the book drop, or, I should say, of clearing the book drop. Today a small book with a simple ... http://thepinakes.com/2010/07/the-shape-of-a-city/ From the gleefully subversive comic Toothpaste for Dinner: toothpastefordinner.com http://thepinakes.com/2010/07/solitude/ Sequels, as a concept, are much maligned. But then again, The Empire Strikes Back is as good or better than Star Wars. Godfather II? Better than the first. And thus it's time for the second go-round for the Information Amateurs Social Club! Early career librarians and archivists, recent MLIS grads ... http://thepinakes.com/2010/07/the-information-amateurs-strike-back/ Since series originators Miss Grace and Kellee are taking a short break from the Diptych Project, Nicole and I are catching up on diptych themes we missed during our sabbatical. First, glee: Next up, familiar: While I wasn't aiming to publish this photo in conjunction with the Tour de France, it's a ... http://thepinakes.com/2010/07/diptychs-glee-and-familiar/ Today I officially signed the offer letter to become the Librarian for Outreach, Digitization and Electronic Resources at Holy Names University in Oakland, California. This marks both a personal and professional milestone; while I have been working part-time since the beginning of the year in temporary positions first at the ... http://thepinakes.com/2010/06/hired/ This month San Francisco Opera debuted a new production of Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), the second of Richard Wagner's four-part operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. The Ring Cycle represents the most ambitious, epic undertaking in the classical canon, seventeen hours of music and elaborate staging featuring gods, heroes, giants ... http://thepinakes.com/2010/06/die-fliegenden-walkuren/ It's there, through the fire. But it was hard to compete with Nicole's this week, which looks like so many different things at once but is in fact her duster. http://thepinakes.com/2010/06/diptych-dust/ I've taken a sabbatical from the diptych series for a little while, for a variety of reasons, but I'm going to try and get back in the swing of things. First off, my partner Nicole submitted photos worth checking out for some of the weeks I skipped (glee and urgent). ... http://thepinakes.com/2010/06/diptych-summer/ A couple weeks ago (April 30, to be exact), a mix of early career librarians and MLIS students got together at the Latin American Club for a couple drinks, story-swapping and the type of informal networking that is an awful lot of fun (as first advertised here). Some were friends ... http://thepinakes.com/2010/05/information-amateurs-are-born/