Karin Dalziel's Blog

March of the Librarians

2007-02-15T03:01:26Z

It's just funny.

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Outsourcing Design - Finally

2007-01-18T14:45:48Z

Designers are everywhere nowadays. There are plenty of kids with a pirated version of Photoshop (or, more hopefully, Gimp) that can do what used to be up to the professionals. There's an army of people proficient at designing, and not only that, ...

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New hipster PDA templates

2007-01-15T05:44:14Z

I have created a new template for my Hipster PDA. Download Karin's color coded Hipster PDA templates (PDF format). These are for 3x5 index cards. I will eventually make a page devoted to the template, but there's just the files for now.

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Visual learning, active learning, and learning of the future (and something about video games)

2007-01-12T03:32:46Z

I have read a lot over the years about visual vs auditory vs kinesthetic learning (kinesthetic learning is learning through body movement, I think). There are also those that seem to be great at book learning - just reading something and remember...

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Excuse me while I dork out. (Synergy on Ubuntu and Windows)

2007-01-10T05:45:25Z

I read today about the program Synergy, which lets you move a mouse (and copy and paste) across multiple systems as if they were one desktop. I've been wishing for something like this for a while, but figured it was impossible. I have the Linux m...

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The History of Humanities Computing available online!

2007-01-09T15:48:58Z

The hefty, interesting, and useful "A Companion to Digital Humanities" has been published online at: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companion/. This is a great and informative book, and the online publishing is great because not everyone can af...

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Duck Hunt on the Wii

2007-01-07T20:32:48Z

I gotta try this later: Duck Hunt on the Wii (Via Opera) *edit* More flash games for the wii can be found here

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Too much or not enough simplicity

2007-01-06T05:13:02Z

I am constantly being frustrated by too much or not enough simplicity. Let me explain. There are times when one really needs simplicity. I love Google Reader - I go to the page, everything is there, ready for me to read. I scroll down, and it m...

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Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa

2007-01-04T04:19:46Z

I found out that at Christmas at my Grandparents (which I was, unfortunately, not at) they announced that they are selling their farm land and will be giving their grandkids and kids a bit of money. When I say a bit, I mean "holy crap, that's a l...

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Eating healthy is more expensive - but it's so worth it.

2007-01-04T02:33:01Z

I read this post today with interest: Americans Aren’t Fat Because They Lack Willpower; They’re Fat Because They’re Broke I have no doubt that there is some truth to this: travel to an Indian reservation that is not well off financially, and yo...

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Karin Dalziel's Blog

March of the Librarians

Outsourcing Design - Finally

New hipster PDA templates

Visual learning, active learning, and learning of the future (and something about video games)

Excuse me while I dork out. (Synergy on Ubuntu and Windows)

The History of Humanities Computing available online!

Duck Hunt on the Wii

Too much or not enough simplicity

Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa

Eating healthy *is* more expensive - but it's so worth it.

Eating healthy is more expensive - but it's so worth it.