These are great. Enjoy my geeky/techy friends.... more here

Some of you may remember geocities (from yahoo), an early online & free website builder. Yahoo abandoned it some time ago, but it is now being archived. Interesting (and short) article about obsolete websites, archiving, and cultural history.http://tinyurl.com/2wmyw48

Well, this just sucks (as a manager of groups on google...)Google Groups will no longer be supporting the Pages and Files features. Starting November 1, you won't be able to upload new content, but you will still be able to view and download existing content. See this announcement for more information and other options for storing your content.http://is.gd/fpoMe

The Georgia Library Association and Georgia Public Library Service are pleased to announce the September sessions of the Wednesday Webinar series, which highlights trends, innovation, and best practices in Georgia Libraries. The webinars feature Georgia speakers, but registration is open to anyone, anywhere.

Interesting idea..."University libraries nationwide are attempting to make scholarly research easier, whether with browser extensions or iPad applications. For technologies in the testing stages, though, low usage or lack of support can lead to an early demise.MIT Libraries has created a place to for these tools after they've come face to face with the grim reaper—its Beta Graveyard."more here:http://is.gd/ePwuhlink directly to archivehttp://libraries.mit.edu/help/betas/graveyard.html

Heh, not that I really used it for anything (I guess that's the problem), but interesting to read the news. http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2010/08/wave-cancellation-google-gives-up-on-next-gen-messaging.ars

If you've been to google today, you got to see a hideous background image -- pretty, but impossible to read the font. Want to replace with the default google page? Sorry you are out of luck -- at least for today. However you can choose a plain white image from Editor's picks which changes the background to plain ol' white background -- well sort of.

A sampling of common digital media and their life expectancies (assuming you take care of them):• Floppy disk - This can theoretically survive between 3 and 10 million passes• CD and DVDs - It depends heavily on the materials used in their construction (PDF), but you're looking at anywhere between 2 and 10 and 25 years, in the best of circumstances• Flash s

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