We use this at the library where I work. We have three librarians, all of whom take turns working at a reference desk computer in addition to their own. We share one Dropbox account between all four computers, which means that we all have access to the same instruction materials, updated statistics, fliers, and other important documents no matter where we're working.
No more checking three places to see who has what, or emailing files back and forth. It's in one place, it's up to date, and when we go somewhere to do a presentation, it's handily downloadable from the web.
Dropbox is my new BFF.
No more checking three places to see who has what, or emailing files back and forth. It's in one place, it's up to date, and when we go somewhere to do a presentation, it's handily downloadable from the web.
Dropbox is my new BFF.
You can already see Vonnegut's papers, including a ton of those rejection letters and original manuscripts, and the Kinsey library in one go - the Lilly Library at Indiana University holds his papers and anyone can view them with a little pre-planning. They did a pretty fantastic Vonnegut exhibit a few years ago.
You just made me cry. I absolutely adore McMann's Wake and Fade. They're interesting, with a great look at both the ups and downs of dreamwalking and a pair of really engaging lead characters.
But /Miley Cyrus/?
*sobs*
But /Miley Cyrus/?
*sobs*
@Hendrich Attila: To some extent, that question is what the book is about. How they should be treated.
@Mav: I agree. I'm happy for the show to end this season if they're done - more and more I find myself in favor of shows that choose their end date rather than dragging out into will-they won't-they cancel us hell.
And Supernatural has been a hell of a ride, almost straight upward from season one. I'm beyond excited to see what they're doing this season, with Lucifer, and everything I've read makes me /more/ excited.
That said, I've grown to trust these guys enough that if they honestly think they can tell us another season's worth of interesting stories, you can bet I'll be in the seat.
The gang behind Supernatural has become one of the tv-creator-types I'll pretty much follow anywhere by now.
@Log1c, M.Sc.:
Supernatural is one of the few shows that actually got better as it progressed.
Absolutely! I am continually astounded at what they can pull off. Everything that I think they've written themselves into a corner, or will have to default to lame reset or magic to solve something, or cannot /possibly/ handle the subject matter appropriately, they /do/. And they knock it out of the park.
I've been preaching word of this show to anyone who will listen. It's one of the smartest, wittiest, gutsiest, more creative, unique, entertaining, and outright scary shows I've ever seen.
@Scotland:
That is excellent!
The supporting characters in this season are just superbly and amazingly cast. It's a testament to how well done this is, and to how well this 5-day format suits the show, that it's actually difficult to think of Frobisher and Lois as secondary characters at all - it feels like an extended movie, and I'm as invested in both of them as I am in any of the leads.
Frobisher especially just gets better and better as this goes. His conversations with the 4-5-6 are absolutely terrifying, and he sells what is essentially a room full of smoke and noises with everything he's got - and it works better than almost any of the 'scary' or 'creepy' things we've seen in any big-screen movie recently.
One thing I particularly love is how the first conversations with the 4-5-6 are so fraught with relief. Frobisher corrects it, redirects it, always asking 'is that acceptable', and always nearly fainting with relief when the long-delayed 'yes' comes in reply.
So when the alien asks for a gift, you're primed, you're tense, but there's a part of you that thinks that maybe this isn't as terrifying as it feels, maybe it's all just fear of the unknown, maybe it's okay, because after all the 4-5-6 is /reasonable/.
And even after it asks for the children, that tiny little hope perseveres through the rest of the series. The 4-5-6 is /reasonable/. Right?
@brentbent:
Oh come now. We don't need to smoosh 'Christian' and 'racist' to make the point about how silly it is not to simply teach your children that Harry Potter is a made up book.
@Chip Overclock:
I find the Sci Fi group on Library Thing to be absolutely invaluable. I end up adding something new to my wishlist almost every day - and I've had a fantastic streak of great books as a result.
@transbastard:
Excellently said!
@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.:
It'd be an excellent mini series. Band of Brothers - zombie style!
One thing I'd hate to see lost is the oral history aspect of it - the snips and snaps that come together to create such an interesting world picture. A mini series or tv show could do that really well, I think. I'm curious as to how a movie would pull it off.
@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.:
Absolutely. That's the part of the book that made me sit up and go 'HELL YEAH!'
@Dirk:
No kidding. I kept wincing during that scene because the acting was so bad it grated. I see why it was cut, if this was the only version they had.
No kidding. I kept wincing during that scene because the acting was so bad it grated. I see why it was cut, if this was the only version they had.
And as everyone knows, ‘cult programme' is euphemism for ‘shit programme'.
Seriously? I mean, /seriously/? Can you honestly type that sentence in an article bemoaning the "lack" of good Brit sci fi? Isn't that attitude exactly the sort of thing that /kills/ good sci fi?
I mean, for all that I adored BSG and Firefly and a number of other US shows, I don't think any of them really qualify as "more" than a "cult program" - cult is not a euphemism for 'shit'. It's a euphemism for 'a group of people deeply touched by and enthusiastic about a show and who are willing to completely immerse themselves in the experience of it."
And /that/ is something to be /valued/ - especially in a day of television when very few shows hold the monster ratings anymore and /everything/ is angled at a subset of an audience. If your subset turns out to be the sort who buy toaster toasters and rewatch the DVDs ad nauseum and buy them for friends and family, that is /good/ business sense. And hallelujah for that, because it seems to be slowly making these 'saved by the fans' campaigns more effective.
Cult is a /good/ thing, people. Cult means we're devoted and we're not going away.
Seriously? I mean, /seriously/? Can you honestly type that sentence in an article bemoaning the "lack" of good Brit sci fi? Isn't that attitude exactly the sort of thing that /kills/ good sci fi?
I mean, for all that I adored BSG and Firefly and a number of other US shows, I don't think any of them really qualify as "more" than a "cult program" - cult is not a euphemism for 'shit'. It's a euphemism for 'a group of people deeply touched by and enthusiastic about a show and who are willing to completely immerse themselves in the experience of it."
And /that/ is something to be /valued/ - especially in a day of television when very few shows hold the monster ratings anymore and /everything/ is angled at a subset of an audience. If your subset turns out to be the sort who buy toaster toasters and rewatch the DVDs ad nauseum and buy them for friends and family, that is /good/ business sense. And hallelujah for that, because it seems to be slowly making these 'saved by the fans' campaigns more effective.
Cult is a /good/ thing, people. Cult means we're devoted and we're not going away.
Do we mean July 20?
This looks creepy and awesome and amazing!