Thursday, September 23, 2004

Yale & New Haven

According to Yale ELIne Mail vol. 5, no. 1 - Sept. 2004, a "$230 million development project will replace the New Haven Veterans Coliseum with new facilities for both the Long Wharf Theater and a potential new hotel. Long Wharf Theater, which once expressed reluctance about moving downtown, is now excited and committed to taking advantage of New Haven's renaissance by locating in the heart of the city amid other cultural institutions as well as unique shops and excellent restaurants. The investment in this project by both the city and state is due in large part to the University's and city's commitment to the revitalization of downtown. As Jane Gordon wrote in the New York Times in June, 'New Haven's reputation has changed in the past few years. The city's nightlife has a brighter cast.'"


Yale's digital image collections.

Yale Tercentennial web site.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Lewis Loflin

I just accidentally bumped into Lewis Loflin's Web site, and it's overflowing with interesting thoughts. He's a political moderate, a social activist (helping relocate persons displaced from a local Apalachian trailer park to make room for a shopping mall), and a fierce critic of Christian theology and practice. Regarding the latter, he gives a lucid review of the scriptural (and logical) problems regarding Jesus as the decendent of King David, and therefore the properly-credentialed Messiah.

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Tuesday, September 21, 2004

PASC Home

The Performance Appraisal System Committee is changing the way all Library staff are evaluated. Pay close attention to development and ranking of goals.

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Sunday, August 29, 2004

Practical applications of FRBR

Transferred to Blogrolls 9/1/05.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Cool Optical Illusion

Cool optical illusion from Akiyoshi Kitaoka, of Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. Featured on David Weinberger's weblog.

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CT Transit Information

CT Transit Information. For getting to and from SCSU, Yale, and home, use Bus Route B (Whalley Ave.) (See esp. pg. 2 for B-1 route between Broadway and SCSU), and Bus Route J (Whitney Ave.)

From SCSU (Fitch St.) going back Downtown (Temple & Center Green)
Best for Tuesdays: B BUS lves. at 7:35pm arr. DT 7:54 pm Temple & Center Green
THursdays, lab finishes 8:15; B-4 BUS lves. 8:20 and B-0 BUS lves. 9:20
B BUS 12:57 is latest

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Reuters Photos

Reuters Photos

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Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me

WSHU and SCSU are hosting a live taping of "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," September 23, in New Haven. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online.

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Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Mom

Web pages on chair lifts produced by the Google Directory. Need to find an objective evaluation of various types, though. Consumer Reports? Nothing there. (Aug. 25, 2004)

[2004 08 04]
Here's a PDF version of the Connecticut DMV form (i.e. "1-B") for replacing a lost license. And here is the list of ID's the DMV will accept. One needs at least one item from each category, and it appears that an expired passport isn't sufficient for category 1. However, it does suffice for category 2. We'll need to get a valid passport, social security card, or birth certificate. Click here for NYC birth certificate application (assuming that Mom really was born in NYC)

[2004 07 15]
The concensus seems to be that Whitney Center is the place to go, if you can afford it. Tower One doesn't seem like a bad place at all, though. Just that the rooms are smaller and the lifestyle more casual. Here's the Tower One home page. "The renowned architect Charles Moore began construction more than 30 years ago. His and the others' dreams of a safe, cheerful, comfortable home in the Jewish tradition has come true." They have 367 apartments. Address and phone number are: Tower One/Tower East, 18 Tower Lane, New Haven, CT 06519, (877)372-1629 Here's another description from the United Way website. Ashlar Village in Wallingford, Connecticut also looks good, but it's probably too far from New Haven to be practical.

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Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Photography

[2004 08 03]
Submitted 7 rolls of negatives to CVS next day service. I believe they're sale price will be 25 cents per print. This seems to be the same price as if we sent the rolls off to Mystic. Digital photos seem to be by far the cheapest way to go, especially if we use Dell ("Shutterfly"), Sony Image Station, or Kodak.

[2004 07 04]
I've uploaded pictures from Steven Bernstein's and Christina's Farewell Party to Dell Picture Studio, which is much easier for me to use, perhaps because I've got a Dell computer? Need to keep in mind that only IE and Netscape are supported, though. Unfortunately, the auto-focus on my camera didn't work, and the pictures are unusable.

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Monday, July 19, 2004

Hebrew books

Nehora.com seems the only site for purchasing "Simanim" tikkun online. We ordered one for Yossi's bar mitsvah gift.

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Pulp Non Fiction

Pulp Non Fiction is a website obsessed with conspiracies, sort of like David Irving's Action Report online. Some of it's pretty intriguing, though (like Irving) the rhetoric slides regularly into paranoid anti-semitic rants.

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Thursday, July 01, 2004

PDAs

2004-12-31]
PalmAddicts

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Click these links for information on latest Sony handhelds: CLIE PEG-TH55; Various CLIE models Here's the model I like most. On sale at Circuit City for $270: SONY PEGTG50 - Sony CLIÉ™ Handheld PDA Here's a direct link to Sony's PEGA-CA60; And here's the PEGA-CA62/B; and the PEGTJ37

As much as I love the CLIÉs, though, I also love the Palm Tungsten E I saw at Staples. I prefer not having the built in keyboard, which most of the CLIÉs have, since this adds too much bulk. Here's the same Tungsten E, offered at Circuit City; and here's the same model offered directly from Palm One

11/30/03: Stopped by Circuit City, and admired the Sony Clie PDAs. Beautifully designed machines, some with digital cameras, but the ones without cameras are less bulky. We need to find a way to support Japanese character processing. For Palm O.S., consider shareware application from DYTS

10/5/04: Here's a possible solution to HotSync problem opening Date Book database.

10/8/04: This new Tungsten T5 model from PalmOne looks great. 256 MB flash memory, 320 x 480 display, Palm OS 5.4, weighs 5.1 oz. Includes USB cradle. Expensive though. $400. Meanwhile, I'm bidding on eBay for replacement of Visor Edge.

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