Tweets for 2007-05-31

• Wow. In meetings all day yesterday; missed the big news. Way to go CK! #

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Tweets for 2007-05-29

• @swirlee: Think you meant “‘in fact’ is, in fact, two words” #
• Long weekends shouldn’t mean more work on Tuesday. They just shouldn’t #

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Tweets for 2007-05-28

• topcoating the table. If this is May, I just can’t wait for August #
• Finally listening to the new Fork You themesong. LMAO #

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Tweets for 2007-05-26

• In NJ, relaxing by the pool #
• L:40.32815,-74.50504 #

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Tweets for 2007-05-25

• Repairing hardware may be the most satisfying part of my job #

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Tweets for 2007-05-24

• Can’t figure out how Twitter tools decides which days to post, and which days not to post dailies #

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Another argument for digital libraries: less violent

GALVESTON — A Scott Elementary School librarian has been charged with hitting a child with a stack of shelf markers.

Lise Van Borssum, 64, is charged with assault by contact after she was accused of striking a child on the leg with a stack of six or seven of the markers, which are similar to bookmarks. The incident is alleged to have happened April 25.

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I’m still trying to figure out exactly how this happened. How does a librarian hit a child on the leg? My guess is that if his/her leg was within reach of a librarians hand, the kid was climbing on the shelves at more-or-less eye level at the time. If so, I’d say the librarian was sorely provoked. Not that I’m excusing the librarian.

I also want to know, though, in what universe slapping someone with a few sheets of plasticized paper is “assault.” No adult should ever touch a child in anger, but I think we need some new legal terminology here. I vote we establish a new class of crimes. The threshold for asoult should be potential for physical harm, which six or seven shelf markers clearly don’t possess. Let’s call everything else “roughing.” Roughing by non-custodial adults that happens in a school will be “roughing the learner” and will inlcude things like inappropriate use of a shelf mark; eraser, chalk, and globe throwing; and grabbing by the shirt collar or necktie.

[thanks, Victor!]

Tweets for 2007-05-23

• Looks like the intertubes were having fun while I was conferencing yesterday. Love Gruber’s spot-on snark: http://daringfireball.net/2007/05 #
• listening to my talk from yesterday. I think every other word was “uh” or “um”. #

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Tweets for 2007-05-19

• Caffeinated. Thinking about paintiing a table. #
• There’s a certain satisfaction in using my grandfather’s power tools to refinish a table. #
• On the other hand, there’s a reason they don’t build sanders like this anymore. and the reason is probably OSHA. #
• Watching paint dry is about as exciting as one would expect #
• Found images on the camera I thought were lost when the laptop was stolen. uploading now, will photoshop later #
• @dc: I’ve wondered the same thing about the MBP. #
• 2 Gateway 920 workgroup servers. 2.4Ghz (I think) P4. Cheap to good home. #
• Must…Leave…House. Stir crazy doesn’t even begin to describe it. #

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Tweets for 2007-05-17

• Almost done installing software and configuring the new MBP #
• Firefox: and xpi confirm dialog is not a pop-up it just isn’t #
• Just unpacked a little baby free-standing SMARTBoard. Cutest technology ever. I think our student workers may name it #
• done so much running around today I haven’t even responded to emails. now catching up with backlog. Never leaving my desk again. #

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