Thursday, March 9th, 2006,
by Fred (,
Google, Google Book Search, Greasemonkey, library, librarylookup, MLC, St. Louis
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Inspired by Edward Vielmetti’s Greasemonkey script for Google Books and the Ann Arbor District Library, I adapted the script for the Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis. Basically, for any single book listing on Google Book Search, the script grabs the ISBN and does a lookup of MLC holdings. It then inserts a link right on the Google Books page telling you if the book is available in any of the MLC libraries (Brentwood, Ferguson, Kirkwood, Maplewood, Richmond Heights, Rock Hill, University City, Valley Park and Webster Groves). For now, it doesn’t tell you which one, but you can click the link to find out.
Here’s the script: Google Books MLC Library Lookup
Still to do:
- add a xISBN query
- provide alternate searches for items without ISBNs
- modify it for the St. Louis County system
You’ll need Firefox and Greasemonkey to make it work. For credits, I’ll just quote the Superpatron:
Thanks Jessamyn West and Kevin Yezbick for the ideas, and to Gordon Mohr for Javascript help. Jon Udell gets credit for the original script. I used the Joe Hewitt’s Firebug debugger to figure out what was going wrong with my first couple of tries, and Gordon’s Regex Powertoy got me started.
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006,
by Fred (,
Google, Google Maps, Kansas
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Cool TV starting tonight on PBS: Monty Python’s Personal Best
“Monty Python’s Personal Best,†a series of six outrageous one-hour specials showcasing the groundbreaking comedians with new footage and original clips, will premiere on PBS February 22, 2006.
Each episode will include members of the original Monty Python troupe performing in favorite clips from their unorthodox television series, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,†repurposed with exclusive new material. Each of the five living Pythons — John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin — produced and wrote his own episode, and collaborated to create the sixth special in honor of deceased member Graham Chapman. The episodes will air over a three week period in two-hour blocks on PBS on February 22, March 1 and March 8.
Check your local affiliate for showtimes. In St. Louis, the episodes are running at 8 and 9 pm Wednesdays and 2 and 3 am Fridays for the next three weeks.
There were 45 episodes of Flying Circus. Here’s a complete list. Some of the sketch choices are obvious (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). I just hope to see:
- Anne Elk’s Theory on Brontosauruses
- Gumby Brain Specialist
- Ron Obvious: The First Man to Jump the Channel
- Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
- The Philosophers Song
- The Olympic Hide-and-seek Final
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Thursday, February 16th, 2006,
by Fred (,
Google, medals, olympics
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The real first day of spring - Pitchers and catchers report
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