First presentation of the semester is on tonight!It's my data modeling class - not the hardest class in the world (at least I hope it doesn't get too hard) - but still getting a bit of the pre-presentation jitters.

χε, χε, χε...

...and it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck....is it a duck?I am glad that Laura from Library 2.0 responded to my previous library related post.What I would like to bring up next as a conversation topic is the topic of what is it that constitutes a librarian. If you know people with an opinion and cogent arguments on the subject, please invite them to read my previous post, and this one, and

Προχτές, οδηγώντας στην δουλειά, πεθαίνει το αμάξι...έτσι ξαφνικά, τουλάχιστον είχα αρκετή ώθηση να αλλάξω λωρίδα και να κάνω πέρα. Έξω κρύο, -15 κελσίου... Τηλέφωνο στην οδική βοήθειά, και μετά από κανά τριαντάλεπτο έρχεται

...oy... I hate feeling sick...darned cold!

I was recently browsing through Library 2.0: An academic's perspective and I saw this entry titled: 10 positions I would like to see.I've been looking at library journals, blogs, and other sources to deduce What constitutes a librarian. I am currently in the process of gathering research on the subject for a paper that I plan on writing. Anyway - I ran across this aforementioned blog post and wanted

Αυτό μάλλον θα αναρωτιέται το πρόβατο (και ίσως μερικοί άλλοι)Βασικά άρχισα να κάνω τεστ με το garage band να δω πώς πάνε τα πράγματα. Μην φανταστείτε και πολλά - ένα δεκάλεπτο podcast έκανα - αλλά δεν το έβαλα ακόμα το διαδύκτιον. Ο

I read this article this morning about how software is hardThe title should really be "making software is hard" but anyway...I would personally like to know what they drank/smoked/ate to come to this conclusion - who thought that coding was easy?There are some people that are talented and make it look easy - but this can be said about other professions --> mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, doctors,

Πω πω νύστααααα!!!Αρχίσαμε λοιπόν την πρώτη εβδομάδα μαθημάτων. Τα πράγματα καλά: ένα από τα μαθήματα (object oriented systems) θα είναι πολύ εύκολο - δεν πιστεύω να υπάρχει πρόβλημα. Το άλλο (Decision Models) - πωωωωω! Φαίνεται να είναι βαρεμάρα!

I love my newton, however it's fallen to disuse, primarily due to the lack of Greek support.Here is an interesting article comparing the N800 to the MP2100http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/stuff/n800/For what it's worth, the N800 cannot be compared to the Newton, two different target demographics and functionalities to consider, however the author has many valid points :-)