Category Archives: Tech

Bleeding Ears iPod

Posted on October 24, 2008 by kevinyezbick

In ordering computer books for the library I was looking forward to the arrival of Chris Seibold’s Big Book of Apple Hacks. I didn’t really find much in there to improve my MacBook – which I already love as is. … Continue reading →

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Upgraded to Movable Type 4

Posted on August 15, 2007 by kevinyezbick

Just finished upgrading to Movable Type 4 — and punching buttons to see if there are any snafus Couple snafus — can’t seem to get multiblog to put the entries in order on the main page and there is some … Continue reading →

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Google Book Search Updates

Posted on August 30, 2006 by kevinyezbick

The library listservs are alive recently with news that Google Book Search has rolled out two new features: Downloading Out of Print Books that are in the public domain and their new library search futures that they provide details of … Continue reading →

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Google Books Script Gaining

Posted on March 17, 2006 by kevinyezbick

The Google Books script and Superpatron are getting ample attention now…First on the Official Google Blog, then during the Symposium in the only portion of the webcast not archived, and now today in Library Journal. The more ubiquitous it becomes … Continue reading →

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WSU (Wayne State University) Googlebooks Greasemonkey Script

Posted on February 18, 2006 by kevinyezbick

The googlebooks script I ran for the Farmington Community Library was turning out to be pretty pointless in that the FCL collection is miniscule in comparison with the amount of books available through Googlebooks. In comparison with the Wayne State … Continue reading →

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More Adaptations of Superpatron's Greasemonkey Scripts

Posted on February 14, 2006 by kevinyezbick

So, I still haven’t figured out how to get the holds working in the Greasemonkey FCLlookup script . Regex’s and scripting aren’t exactly my forté. But — I’ve now adapted Ed’s adaptation of the moviedudescript for the Farmington Community Library: … Continue reading →

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Amazon FCL Linky Lookup

Posted on February 5, 2006 by kevinyezbick

Ok… So I’ve scraped together the Amazon FCL Linky for Greasemonkey. Based off Edward Vielmetti’s Amazon AADL Linky which was based off of Udell’s Library Lookup. I’m not keen to the holds variable yet, and have to find a book … Continue reading →

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Greasemonkeyed GoogleBooks

Posted on February 4, 2006 by kevinyezbick

Late last night, too late to get a good night’s sleep for today’s shift, I was “google talking” with Edward Vielmetti of Superpatron fame. Earlier in the day I had seen a post on Jessamyn’s librarian.net talking about Google Books … Continue reading →

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Google Reader

Posted on October 8, 2005 by kevinyezbick

The way I read my feeds has been changed forever. I’m dumping Thunderbird – and am in the process of uploading my OPML file to Google Reader. I am totally geekily excited about this. Today at work I was trying … Continue reading →

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The Blog Cycle Set to Spin

Posted on September 14, 2005 by kevinyezbick

Where once I felt burnt out – I now have the urge to write like mad… Unfortunately — I still haven’t been able to figure out why the dynamic publishing features of movabletype aren’t working… I know about the openbase … Continue reading →

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