Photo - Pygmy Hippo

This will link to a picture of a pygmy hippo calf on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobby-jo/3067208810/in/pool-ilovehippos

It was taken by someone calling themselves 'meercat woman.'
I found the picture interesting and slightly disturbing at the same time.
Though it looks like it could make a good pet - it would probably eat any veges you didn't want.

Another thing I found interesting and disturbing was the discription of the group - ***Pygmy Hippos*** - on Flickr:

" For sharing photographs of pygmy hippos ONLY. No other types of hippo or other animals. No toy, ornamental or dead hippos. All photographs that do not comply with these rules will be deleted."

They sound like they mean business.
I took my leave of Flickr before I began to dwell overmuch on the prospect of pictures of dead hippos.

The Amazing Challenge

Ok, I'm cheating a little bit here as this is a blog I had to create for one of my courses a few months ago, but you take the good with the bad I suppose!

My goals for the Amazing Challenge are to change my (usual) attitude from one of assuming I will find something difficult, to one of embracing a new challenge as something I will achieve.

Also I aim to make time to complete the Amazing Challenge itself.

Ben

The OPAC sucks

We have recently had new OPACs installed at our library, and they are a big improvement.
Hopefully the same will happen for these poor guys soon!

Lyrics are below for those who, like me, found them a little hard to decipher.

Like any technology , however, a lot can depend on the familiarity of the user with the tool...






LYRICS:
The OPAC sucks
That's all I gotta say
You're out of luck
If you can't spell "Hemingway"
I'm getting bad results
Don't act like it's my fault
The OPAC sucks
A sad calamity
Like it's stuck
in 8 Million B.C.

The OPAC sucks
So bad that it's a crime
The line is broken
Save the reader's time
What does it want from me?
I'm stumbling blindly

The OPAC sucks
People are confused
It runs amok
Committing its abuse
Years and years and years ago
Computers replaced cards
How come finding what I want
Is just so goddamn hard?