Now, here’s something to look forward to this November, oh well, yeah aside from the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie. It’s also the targeted month for the release of Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith DVD. Yeah baby! Revenge of the Sith all over again and again and again. ROTS in its THX glory right in the comforts of your own couch. (more…)
105 “useless” librarians
I received an email from an irate alumna of the UPLSAA Yahoo groups referring a link to an article written by Mr. Adrian Cristobal in his column at the Manila Bulletin Online (July 28, 2005) . The first paragraph of the article reads:
HAVING been accredited by the Professional Regulatory Commission, 105 librarians, just like 101 Dalmatians, make us wonder what to do with them? Their only possible employment lies with Powerbooks, National Book Store, and all other book companies which probably have more books than all the public libraries in the country.
Last Monday’s dinner with my special someone was at a cafe owned by her friend. The place aptly named Wheatberry Bakery and Cafe is fairly new and is wholly owned by a young husband and wife team. It is located somewhere in Tomas Morato in Quezon City. (more…)
Moi and some office mates had a great feast this lunch time at the Palutuan Restaurants in Julia Vargas. It is Ortigas’ answer to the famous Dampa Restaurants in NIA Road, Las Pinas, where customers will contract any of the “palutuan” restaurants to cook the raw food that they will have to buy at a wet market at the back of the establishment. Customers will then pay the restaurant for the cooking charge plus drinks, should they order for other drinks except tap water. This kind of food joint gives customers value for their money and is a very economical way of eating out. (more…)
Greenstone Digital Library Software
GDLS is an open source software developed by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato. It aims to encourage libraries and other information centers to develope their own digital libraries using a software which they can further developed to suit their own needs.
With the high price of Library Softwares available in the market nowadays, GDLS would be very useful to small libraries located mostly in developing and underdeveloped countries.
GDLS runs on all versions of all versions of Windows, and Unix, and Mac OS-X.
