Graeme Williams
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Graeme Williams
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Retired software sales engineer acutely interested in public libraries, particularly cataloging.
In Australia we called it 'running writing'.
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My mother (born in 1928) had one! I believe they were intended to be used with the last small fragments of hand or bath soap as an economy measure.
October 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I have a folder full of github repos, plus one more subfolder called notarepo where I put throwaway code that I don't want to push to github.
September 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
A wonderfully twisty plot and a large cast of interesting characters.
September 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
When I was in college I had an alarm clock called a "tri-vox" which started out as a click, then a ding, before it finally did a proper alarm bell.
June 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It depends on the library, specifically what software they're using. Both Bibliocommons and Aspen Discovery will convert any search into an RSS feed you can check with an RSS feed reader. Some browsers have them built in. I don't know of any libraries that will email you, but let me know.
June 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Plus a branch of the local public library.
April 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There's also inter-library loan. Maryland has a nice system which allows you to submit an ILL request yourself. Or you can submit a request to your local library, and they can hunt it down for you.
You can use worldcat.org to check how feasible ILL is for any particular title.
Good luck!
December 31, 2024 at 11:17 PM
In some states, every library has access to a state-wide collection of (Overdrive) ebooks. Some libraries will provide a library card to people out of state, for free or for a nominal charge. Taken together, that means you can get access to a state-wide ebook collection in another state.
December 31, 2024 at 11:14 PM
It depends on where you live. In some states, a resident of the state can join any library in the state. Each library you join will give you access to that library's Hoopla (or equivalent) ebook collection.
December 31, 2024 at 11:14 PM
I delete them unless it's part of a series and I want to remember which one I've read, and as a reminder to read the next one.
December 27, 2024 at 4:57 PM
2a. I think of methods and attributes as being disjoint, even though I know under the hood they may be the same.
December 3, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Reposted by Graeme Williams
Who wants a heavily-researched story about a guaranteed way to win a legal battle against someone with unimaginable wealth?

escapepod.org/2021/07/29/e...
Escape Pod 795: Tiger Lawyer Gets It Right
Vladislav Argyle rested his head on the cool titanium surface of the plaintiff’s table. It dipped a little under the sudden weight of his skull, then hummed as the antigrav lifts adjusted their power…
escapepod.org
November 30, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Functions returning a tuple, and being able to unpack the result into variables when called.
November 30, 2024 at 1:32 AM
The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik, starting with A Deadly Education. Fiendishly clever setting.
October 1, 2024 at 5:29 PM
It would help if the library's online catalog would indicate, when it lists the books you have out, which books have people waiting for them. Some online catalogs do, some don't.
August 5, 2024 at 1:25 AM
I want future generations to look at our medicine the way we look at humors, bloodletting and leeches. I want future generations to refer to now as the Dark Ages.
July 18, 2024 at 2:37 PM
And tax help. Both the estate and the deceased may need to file with the IRS. But I guess the lawyer can tell you that.
July 7, 2024 at 8:19 PM