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Techsource post: Let’s go camping!

// October 4th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Conferences, U2, librarians

I am very sad not to get to attend and speak at Internet Librarian this year. I will miss seeing all my library technology friends in beautiful Monterey. Perhaps most of all, I’ll miss the first unconference event at IL, which will be deftly and awesomely hosted by Amy Buckland and Jenica Rogers. Read more at ALA Techsource:

Internet Librarian and Computers in Libraries are two of my favorite library technology conferences.  All of the programming focuses on the application of technology in libraries, they have great keynote speakers, and feature shorter “Cybertour” presentations in the exhibit hall–quick, 15-minute introductions to whet attendees’ appetites.  This year, the organizers of Internet Librarian are trying something new and different: before the conference begins, attendees and anyone else who signs up on the wiki have a chance to attend LibCamp Monterey, a half-day “unconference” on library technology.  I had the opportunity to catch up recently with organizer Amy Buckland about LibCamp and what attendees can expect.  She and co-facilitator Jenica Rogers are very excited about the event.

On a personal note, the reason I’m not able to attend is that I’ll be attending and taking photos at the wedding of one of my best friends in the world, Ellen Fauver.  Ellen and I met on a plane in 2001; I was on the way to San Antonio for SLA, and she was on her way to Florida to grade AP English exams.  We each mistook the other one of our own: her things were stuffed into a canvas tote bag, and I was carrying Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.  We’ve been fast friends ever since.  (Didn’t hurt that she was wearing a U2 shirt; also on that weekend, we’ll see U2 in LA, our fifth show together.)

Another wordle – U2 lyrics

// June 26th, 2008 // 4 Comments » // U2, Web Stuff

My friend John McDonald suggested a U2 Wordle. Here it is (and I can’t believe I didn’t think of it…):

A long lost U2 video sees the light of day…

// November 20th, 2007 // 4 Comments » // U2

…and it really probably should have stayed in the vault. Yikes!

This overwrought piece of crap accompanies my least favorite, most maudlin songs on The Joshua Tree, and it’s been released this week in conjunction with the (just past 20 years) re-release of JT.

Wow, I think this post marks the first negative thing I have ever said about the band, and I know I’m inviting flames by saying so, but they really should have kept this embarrassing footage under wraps, from the lamentable canaries tossed by Adam and Edge to Larry’s faint and foppish brow-mopping to Bono’s Bruce-Willis-style black tank top–not to mention the Messiah shot at the end. Awful.

The best U2 concept video is still “All I Want is You.” Go watch it, it will make you feel better.

Another brilliant U2 bit

// November 13th, 2007 // No Comments » // U2

…you have to wait for it, but it’s worth it. So much to love about this video!

New video from U2

// November 13th, 2007 // No Comments » // U2

What a surprise to have an email from iLike in my mailbox this morning (wow, a useful spam!). iLike is a Facebook application that allows users to identify bands and songs that they, well, like. You can see who else likes the same music that you do and connect with other fans by posting on bands’ iLike/Facebook pages.

Here’s the video:

It’s a previously-unreleased song from the Joshua Tree era, “Wave of Sorrow.” Pretty awesome. (but geez o’pete camera guy, why the heck did you put Bono in front of a sunlit window?? duh. And Bono STILL doesn’t know the lyrics to his own songs… but I forgive him!)

40 – slow it down…

// May 10th, 2005 // 3 Comments » // Photography, U2, Web Stuff

40 – slow it down…
Originally uploaded by cindiann.

So, I thought I would try out the “Blog This” feature on Flickr.

I. Love. Flickr.

This photo is my most “favorited” (shudder)–meaning that of all my photos, more people have added this to their favorites lists than any other. It’s also the photo that’s been viewed the most.

I find its popularity interesting, because while the lighting effects are interesting, it’s crooked (and straightening it throws off the balance of the lights) and not in focus–not, in other words, a great photo, technically-speaking. I almost didn’t even post it.

Other flickroids about me:
U2 at the Pond photo set
U2 Phoenix 4/15/05 photo set
My favorites
My profile

Useful, eh?

Spot the U2 Songs

// May 1st, 2005 // 2 Comments » // U2

For Tracey: A Celebration – Your Birthday

Maybe you still haven’t found what you’re looking for, but that’s not all bad! Someday, you’ll be where the streets have no name, maybe on the fourth of July, stopped at a red light somewhere near Van Diemen’s Land, throwing a brick through a window, totally out of control, and screaming stories for boys. Or possibly, in another time, another place, standing near shadows and tall trees, maybe on New Year’s Day, and a stranger in a strange land, you’ll see an unforgettable fire, and, with a shout, yell “Fire!” And a drowning man, his face scarlet, will say, “is that all?” Or maybe under an indian summer sky during October in God’s country, you’ll be standing by the exit to a red hill mining town, taking a trip through the wires to one tree hill, and you’ll end up at the Electric Co. by the ocean, running to stand still. And maybe one day, where you’re looking all along the watchtower for the silver and gold you lost on Sunday (bloody Sunday), an angel of Harlem will descend like a song upon the heartland and say, “Rejoice, party girl! When love comes to town, you will find your desire! Just remember in the name of God part II, take pride in the name of love, and stop feeling all helter skelter! Oh, love rescue me, I forgot my an cat dubh! I’ll have to go like bullet the blue sky!” Maybe one day on a promenade near a wire at twilight, you’ll see M.L.K., Elvis Presley and America! Oh my, some sort of homecoming! Or maybe someday in seconds, tomorrow, or when you’re 40, you’ll look into the eyes of a refugee who’s walk, walk, walking to the water, dancing barefoot in a race against time, holding a boomerang, trying to find a room at the heartbreak hotel, and you’ll say, “Ain’t love the sweetest thing?” And he’ll say, “Hallelujah, here she comes! Surrender, Hawkmoon 269!! Jesus Christ, look at those Spanish eyes! They get me deep in the heart, just like Pete the chop!!” And guess who that man will be? Bono, of course! And he’ll say, “Look into the heart of the mothers of the disappeared!” No, he’ll say “These are luminous times! Wherever you go, I will follow! I can’t live with or without you, especially since I might fall down (is that beer coming?). And thank goodness your name isn’t Gloria and you don’t live on Maggie’s farm, because all I want is you!”

Hey, it could hapen! I am just so witty, what would you do on a day without me?

(8/1/89)

Blogging the Pond

// April 3rd, 2005 // 4 Comments » // U2, Web Stuff

I took my new picture phone to Anaheim yesterday so that I could post real-time photos of the show to my blog. Well, I had mixed success at it; some of them posted, and some never showed. All of the ones I sent made it to my gmail account, though.

See the best of the best on Flickr.

We’re in!

// April 3rd, 2005 // No Comments » // U2

OMG not only are we in the ellipse, we are right in front of Bono!

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// April 2nd, 2005 // No Comments » // U2

David, a fan from Canada