The Library Predict-o-matic 3000

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1. Kathryn Greenhill says:

   January 20, 2007 at 4:26 pm

   "Dave Pattern will create another random generator which librarians will refresh more times than is good for them.

   He will be acquired by Exlibralisisovativeixbay and made to wear copius amounts of lipstick just so Michael Stephens will call him "hot". "

   You've done it again. Thanks!
2. Kathryn Greenhill says:

   January 20, 2007 at 4:26 pm

   copious..sigh
3. Dave Pattern says:

   January 20, 2007 at 7:07 pm

   Heh — as long as I don't have to wear high heels!

   I think my faves so far are:

   Talis will release a new ILS product named "Sexula". It will come with optional lipstick.

   Sirsidynix will unveil a new virtual version of Michael Stephens named "Alola". Unfortunately, it will only be 27% as sexy as the original.

   ExLibris will release a new coffee machine named "Parpy". It will be solar powered.
4. Dave Pattern says:

   January 21, 2007 at 12:46 pm

   Heh…

   
5. Dave Pattern says:

   January 21, 2007 at 1:30 pm

   I've added a URL for each prediction, so you can win friends and influence people by sharing it.
6. Paul Miller says:

   January 22, 2007 at 9:23 am

   "Were you amazed by the breaking news that LibraryThing is going to buy out Talis?"

   Erm. Yes, I was!
7. Dave Pattern says:

   January 22, 2007 at 10:37 am

   See Paul — that's exactly why you need the Predict-o-matic 3000, otherwise staff at Talis, SirsiDynix, III, and Ex Libris wouldn't know who they were working for from one week to the next!

   By the way, I can't wait to see you demo your new "Sexula" product

   (I should point out that the last item about LibraryThing buying out Talis was pure speculation, and had nothing to do with the large number of LT shares I'd recently purchased)
8. Dave Pattern says:

   January 23, 2007 at 8:45 am

   Just in case anyone was wondering, the product names are generated from bits of existing products (e.g. Uni-corn, Meta-Lib, Hor-izon, etc) plus a sprinkling of Sci-Fi robot style names.

   There's also a few words thrown in that could sway me towards buying a product (e.g. Mega, Ultra, Giga, Sex, etc). Let's face it, if SirsiDynix gave you the choice between buying "Horizon" or the "GigaHorizon MegaSex 750", I know which product brochure I'd be wanting to look at!
9. Lori Ayre says:

   January 26, 2007 at 4:46 pm

   I'm so glad I stumbled upon the Predict-o-Matic 3000. It isn't easy to make me laugh out loud at 7:45 in the morning before I've finished my coffee. Congratulations to all you libfreaks that made that stuff up. Priceless.
10. Mentat says:

    January 26, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    Library Predict-o-matic 3000…

    If you haven't seen the Library Predict-o-matic 3000 presented by Dave Pattern (of self-plagiarism is style blog fame), please go there now and get your F5 key ready. Each refresh provides a new library prediction for 2007. Just to get……
11. Dave Pattern says:

    January 26, 2007 at 8:54 pm

    Heh — my new favourite:

    

    …I can't wait to see Megachatron take on Mothra and Space Godzilla!
12. Michael Stephens says:

    January 27, 2007 at 12:29 am

    I absloutely love this! Thanks for the humor…

    Sexio