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• Weekend Project: Make a camera cozy

  Published: July 27, 2007, 9:00 am

  Tags: Crafts, Digital Camera, Friday Fun, Weekend Project

  A camera cozy keeps your lens cap in place and protects your camera's lens and LCD screen, and making one yourself isn't that hard. Break out the sewing machine and an old pair of jeans and a sweater, and check out instructions from the Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories blog. You'll have just the right size battery compartments and style at the

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• 2 Good 2 Wait 4 Friday Fun: The Wall of Monty Python

  Published: July 24, 2007, 3:59 am

  Tags: Friday Fun

  With publication of this post, law librarian productivity comes to a grinding halt today. Check out the Video Wall of Monty Python. Yes, each of the 88 thumbs on the web page is a video clip! The most important web...

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• Friday Fun: Librarian Blogger Sing-along

  Published: July 20, 2007, 3:59 am

  Tags: Friday Fun

  You don't have to hold a tune to sing along with the Laughing Librarian's Blogga song (by Brian Smith). [JH]...

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• Friday Fun: PC v Mac Ad Parody, South Park Style

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:58 am

  Tags: Friday Fun

  A parody of the Mac vs. PC commercials with South Park characters. Created as the final project for a multimedia production class at California State University Northridge (CSUN)....

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• Friday Fun: Men Can Be Librarians

  Published: August 10, 2007, 3:58 am

  Tags: Friday Fun

  News Flash: men can be librarians! Check it out. [JH]...

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• Weekend Project: Make a kite out of a plastic bag

  Published: August 10, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Diy, Friday Fun, Weekend Project

  kite. Sounds like another fun and cheap TV-less way to entertain the kids this weekend. How to Make a Kite Out of a Plastic Bag [wikiHow]

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• Friday Fun: Librarians don't die, they just...

  Published: August 17, 2007, 3:57 am

  Tags: Friday Fun

  Librarians don't die, they just... (mp3) was written and performed by U of MN Law Librarians! My top two favorites are library directors don't die... and law librarians don't die... Which ones are your favorites? Leave a comment so the...

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• Friday Fun: Got a couple hundred extra mousepads laying ...

  Published: August 17, 2007, 12:55 pm

  Tags: Diy, Friday Fun

  Got a couple hundred extra mousepads laying around? Build yourself a new couch. Tx, Steve!

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• Featured Mac Download: Wallpaper your desktop with Flickr

  Published: August 17, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Downloads, Featured Mac Download, Flickr, Friday Fun, Mac, Mac Os X, Top, Wallpaper

  Mac OS X only: Freeware application DeskLickr grabs new images from Flickr and automatically sets them as your desktop wallpaper. Similar to Windows-only Flickr Wallpaper Rotator and the Linux-only Webilder, you can specify photos you want to download by username, tags, groups (I'd recommend the wallpapers group), and more to ensure you're

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• Featured Mac Download: Free Mac icon set, OSX-flat

  Published: August 17, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Desktop, Featured Mac Download, Friday Fun, Gui, Icons, Mac, Mac Os X

  Mac OS X only: Spruce up your Mac's look with the OSX-flat icon set, which is split into black-and-white and colored icon sets. Coupled with previously mentioned LiteIcon, replacing the default icon set and theming your Mac has never been easier. Remember that if you use LiteIcon to replace your icon theme, you will need to relaunch Finder for

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• Friday Fun: Librarian Job Interview

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:59 am

  Tags: Friday Fun

  Monty Python style!

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• Friday Fun: Make Music Online with JamStudio

  Published: August 24, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Digital Music, Friday Fun, Music

  Create music online using guitar, drum, bass and piano loops la GarageBand with JamStudio. Each instrument comes with an impressive collection of loops, and you can build your song—adding instruments and loops—in (almost) any way you want, then save the results. JamStudio isn't for the professional musician by any means, but if

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• Friday Fun: Microsoft Surface

  Published: August 31, 2007, 3:58 am

  Tags: Friday Fun

  Microsoft's next big failure, surface computing "where everything happens face-to-face family style," on a 30-inch table-like display operated by hand gestures or by placing physical objects on the computer's surface is the subject of the following two parodies. [JH]

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• How To: Win at Carnival Games

  Published: August 31, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Friday Fun, Fun, How To, Life Hacks, Success

  Unlock the many secrets of carnival games with the guide from Blifaloo.com and stop emptying your wallet to win a $.30 stuffed animal for your girlfriend. Blifaloo.com covers all the carny games you know and love like the rope ladder, ring toss, balloon dart throw, basket toss, coin toss, milk bottle throw and more. Rope Ladder The trick to

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• Summertime and Friday at work

  Published: June 28, 2007, 6:02 pm

  Tags: Motivate Others, Leadership Qualities, Friday At Work, Leeiwan, Summertime At Work, What To Do On Friday, Things To Do On Friday, Summer Work Environment, Friday Perks, Fun At Work, Happiness At Work, Friday Fun, Perks, Friday, Work Life Balance, Lee Iwan, Leadership Sty

  at the office, especially on Friday. Everyone enjoys a perk, a freebie or a bit of fun in their life, and this is especially true at work. Lighten up the summer work environment with the following ideas: 1. Have a random raffle or give away. Give away a book(never a business book), a gift certificate to the coffee shop, tickets to a movie, a

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