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Geek of the test

You don't have to wait for me to discover your geekiness!
Find out for yourself with
The Geek Test*


According to this test:




I fear they underestimate me.

*They admit to some outdated material on the quiz but have decided to keep the same questions for consistency. That's pretty geeky.

Geek of the flickr toys

Library! for the bookish
Originally uploaded by libraryann.

I just had too much fun playing with the photo manipulating toys on the flickr.com photo sharing site.

I must have made 4 different magazine covers, just for my own amuzement.

"Librarians do it in the stacks by the book"
Patronize him: What are his real information needs?
(that is my favorite part)


again, go make one

Geek on a trading card

trading card
Originally uploaded by libraryann.

I do believe that I have totally outdone myself. I can't speak for the other 375 members of the flickr group but this was a lot of fun to create. I think we should all have to have one of these to hand out.



No more launching into useless "elevator speaches" when both parties know that neither is interested...
"You want to know my research interests? Let me give you my card.."



No more lengthy job interviews that ultimately end in "We'll call you"
"Want to know if we are a good fit - let's take a gander at the other cards in your pile..."



Things not working out with an employee - get together with other bosses for trade and negotiation sessions. "I'll give you one cataloger and two clerks for that adult services department head."



Friction-free info, indeed.

Go make one!!

Geek of Closure

Wow. It really is super fast now.
And my compulsion to write another post in response to the last post has been sated. Whew.

Geek of the Blog

I can't just take their word for it, no, I have to take the time to create a mini post in order to try out the new publishing speed in blogger. Oh well.

Geek of Grants or I give Bettie the shortest reign ever

I quickly and unwittingly stole the honor away from Bettie by this response to the innocent question, "Would you all like a copy of the grant paperwork?":

"Yes! Yes!" bouncing in my seat and actually clapping.

Bettie, I feel your pain.

Geek of Collaborating

Tip of the mortorboard to Bettie for volunteering to help some researchers work on a definition of "high-level collaboration" and "low-level collaboration." She reiterated her interest by saying, "Yes, please do call me. I think that really sounds like fun."

I simply sat with my arms folded and looked at her. She put her head down and said, "I know, I know. I won."

geek!

Geek in training

My son wins the award this week. When I asked him if he was excited about Kindergarten starting next week he replied, "I'm so excited I can't even believe this is happening to me! It's like a dream...(shaking his head) it's like a dream."

They say the geek does not fall far from the mothership.

Geek of the Software

Well, my stats professor did it again. He mentioned during class that he has been inside the SPSS* Headquarters in Chicago. He described the inside offices (underground and many stories up) and the proximity to the river and the subsequent massive leaking of said river into said underground offices.

Luckily, we determined that he was there for a conference and not on vacation. THAT would have been almost too much. Almost.....



*SPSS is a statistical software that Quantitative Researchers use to compile and analyze their data. It's full of lots of fun little tricks.