My application to edit the Reference/Libraries/Library_and_Information_
Science/Librarians category over at dmoz has been approved. Unbeknownest to me prior to today, this category has not been touched for quite a while, so there is some serious work to do. I’m excited to move sites more properly labeled as blogs into the correct category, but first I’ve got to finish cleaning up (and hopefully subcategorizing) the Weblogs category. Growth is astronomical as I’ve already added more than 30 sites to the directory in about one week’s time. Remember, submissions are always welcome (by going to the appropriate category and selecting “Add URL.”)

Great news in the blogging world as the developers of Movable Type have announced the imminent (later this year) release of a new application called TypePad. TypePad would provide a central server for hosting, much like Blogger, with all of the user-friendly customization aspects of Movable Type. For those who are not well-versed in dealing with file manipulation and/or the acquisition of server space, this should make breaking away from Blogger much easier. Ben Hammersley wrote an article in the Guardian that announces the new product.

Critics (including producer George Martin) have suggested that The White Album would have made an amazing single album. The following page lets you tinker with different arrangements, keeping you to a 17-25 minutes per side parameter:
The Abridged White Album?

Here’s my arrangement, which after much deliberation, I’m fairly satisfied with.

Side 1
Everybody’s Got Something To Hide…
Dear Prudence
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Blackbird
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Martha My Dear
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

Side 2
Helter Skelter
Mother Nature’s Son
Yer Blues
Sexy Sadie
Wild Honey Pie
Cry Baby Cry
I’m So Tired
Rocky Raccoon

What have you got?

It’s taken awhile, but this site is finally the number one listing in a Google search for
planet neutral. That’s out of 211,000 hits. Incidentally, a similar search for
planetneutral revealed only 10 hits, all related to me, most of which are random reviews/comments on other people’s sites. At least my dmoz category shows up.

Jason Kottke knows the deal:
Portal Wars II: When Search Engines Attack

It’s the same story we hear in grad school every day – it’s all about the user. It doesn’t matter what you make happen with technology. What matters is what you do that makes it easy for me to make it happen.

Was checking in over at a relatively new blog called Libraryman and found a nice mention (April 18) of my ODP category. Also, some positive comments. Starting to feel good about the decision to take some responsibility within the blog community. And always like to see people finding my work useful (exactly what makes my academic work seem so pointless).

Turn your worldview upside-down by studying these maps.

Courtesy of Metafilter.

This picture from ArtCars should be self-explanatory. Wish I could say I thought of the headline, but it comes courtesy of memepool.

Apparently, people don’t understand the purpose of password protection. Here’s a look at what office workers will do for a free pen.

Thanks to Lockergnome.