Now that's one smart cookie...

Shared on Facebook by the Lexington Public Library, not sure of attribution

I love the Internet

One thing I couldn't figure out on Ice Cream Sandwich was removal of individual notifications...in the previous version you tapped one side of the notice. Now you slide it, easy enough, but I didn't find that out without searching. Also, I couldn't quite figure out Rory McIlroy's accent (what can I say, I was switching over to news and golf was wrapping up, and the accent intrigued me; I don't care for golf and had never heard of him before). Turns out he's from Northern Ireland. My, the power we have due to Google and Wikipedia and their instant information. And if a ever lose them they'll have to bring back those librarians who learned to find info in the pre-Internet age (or those of us who learned both) to save the wealth of human knowledge.

This is really cool

It's a graphic showing the worth of librarians around the world, and neat facts about libraries and the people who make them work:

http://mastersineducation.org/files/2011/07/LibariansWorthAroundWorldLrg.jpg

Be sure to click on it to make it bigger. Thanks to Angélica Navarro Serment for the link.

Hmmm...a new way to store information

Flawed Diamonds Could Store Quantum Data

Scientists have developed a new way to manipulate atoms inside diamond crystals so that they store information long enough to function as quantum memory, which encodes information not as the 0s and 1s crunched by conventional computers but in states that are both 0 and 1 at the same time. Physicists use such quantum data to send information securely, and hope to eventually build quantum computers capable of solving problems beyond the reach of today’s technology.

Good to know we have some amount of future job security as librarians

Computer Literacy Doesn't Mean Information Literacy, Report Says