I had a really good meeting with Iman and Andrew Wilson (from Huddersfield based Blink) on Friday morning to see if we can set up a new project that combines the library with all (or some) of the following: gaming, RFID, serendipity, attracting non-users, improving book findability, and generally having fun. Blink have done some [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2007’
Creatures of the night
Those who know us well will know that we get a lot of wildlife around (and sometimes inside) our house, some of which appears in this Flickr set. In recent months, a pair of tawny owls (Wikipedia/RSPB) have taken to hunting in a patch of woodland opposite our house. In fact, one of their favourite [...]
Tilt-Shifting
Whilst browsing through images tagged with "hitchcock" on Flickr, I came across this image by Paul Szynol: My initial reaction was "that's a cool scale model" and then I started reading the comments… my mind boggled when I realised it wasn't a model, but a real photograph that's undergone a process called "tilt-shift" (which is [...]
Librarians as books – part 3
I've tweaked the code to try and improve the final image (more info below), and here's the latest batch… Peter (largest version) Ruth Kneale (Random Musings from the Desert) (largest version) (largest version) Helene Blowers (LibraryBytes) (largest version) (largest version)
Librarians as books – part 2
Here's a few more… By the way, if anyone would like an image "bookifying" then feel free to email it to me: email[at]daveyp.com Stephen Abram (stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com) (largest version – 3,420 book covers) Sarah Houghton-Jan (librarianinblack.typepad.com) (largest version – 4,680 book covers) Casey Bisson (www.maisonbisson.com) (largest version – 2,700 book covers) Meredith Farkas (meredith.wolfwater.com) (largest version [...]
Librarians as books – part 1
…or should it be "books as librarians"? Anyway, some more playing around with book covers and average colours… Michael Stephens (www.tametheweb.com) (largest version – 3,720 book covers) Stephen Abram (stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com) (largest version – 2,460 book covers) (largest version – 2,040 book covers) Kathryn Greenhill (librariansmatter.com/blog/) (largest version – 3,600 book covers) Hopefully the people who [...]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night…
As reported at the Gordian Knot, Pat Sommers (CEO, SirsiDynix) has resigned. I don't think we were expecting Pat to come to the joint EUUG & Dynix User Group Conference in Barcelona, but it will be interesting to see if anyone from Vista attends. The conference programme is shaping up nicely, so I'm looking forward [...]
1000 Frames of Hitchcock – part 6
And here's the next batch of "1000 Frames of Hitchcock"… Family Plot (1976) (60 seconds) Rear Window (1954) (60 seconds) Rope (1948) (60 seconds)
1000 Frames of Hitchcock – part 5
Here are the last two for this week… Frenzy (1972) (60 seconds) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) (60 seconds) I couldn't resist using the frames from Uncle Charlie's speech — as he speaks the final words, he turns and stares straight into the camera… The cities are full of women, middle-aged widows, husbands, dead, husbands [...]
1000 Frames of Hitchcock – part 4
Here's the next batch of "1000 Frames"… The Birds (1963) (60 seconds) Psycho (1960) (60 seconds) Blackmail (1929) (60 seconds) Waltzes from Vienna (1934) (60 seconds)