This is turning out to be a very busy time of year for me. Regular posting will resume sometime in the near future.

Sunday, I leave for Chicago and the Gaming in Libraries Symposium!

Assuming all goes well, I’ll be blogging the event in something approaching real time. Look for posts here on Monday and Tuesday night, if you’re interested.

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The Internet Librarian 2005 conference kicks off today in Monterey, California. I am unable to make it this year, but plan on ramping up my conference travel on other occasions. Have fun everybody, and blog away! I need my vicarious fix.

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This is just a hello to anybody who found Hidden Peanuts via the Library Journal article. Sit down and stay a while! If you’re wondering where the library content has gone, I’ve recently been focusing on a countdown of my top ten favorite multiplayer video games, which took up most of my writing time. I’ll be back to focusing more on the LIS and tech worlds now. Feel free to browse the categories to the right of the site for older posts.

I’d like to point out that I also write for Library Journal’s Techblog, which has a great bunch of contributors and a more newsy, brief and regular update format than this site.

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I’m still here and all is well. A number of people have contacted either me or acquaintances of mine, knowing I recently moved to Alabama and asking if I had come through Katrina OK. Don’t waste the prayers on me – they’re needed elsewhere.

In the end, Katrina’s eye ended up swinging further to the west of Huntsville than was originally forecast. We got lots of wind and a notable level of rain, but very little damage. The worst I had to endure was two hours without water. In comparison to other areas, I’m more than blessed.

So my absence from blogging (and responding to comments) is not due to weather, but in fact a combination of time spent moving and spotty internet access at my new apartment. But the new job is going well, and I’m quite happy with where I am!

More to come.

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I forgot to mention this before I left, but I am now in Alabama! Looking forward to starting work next week, and spending time getting things ironed out. I won’t have net access for a little while, so things here will be quiet.

P.S. I’m writing this from the Huntsville/Madison County Public Library. Beautiful place!

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I’ll be taking a few days off from posting as I head down to Alabama for apartment hunting. Later!

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You might notice an extra button in the upper right corner of the site, labeled “Portfolio”. I’ve been looking for a way to show off some of my work, and this seems to fit the bill. As of now there’s only two projects featured there, but they each represent many, many hours of work. And as I dig through my computer, I’m sure I’ll find more things to put on display.

In case you’re reading via RSS and want to check it out, here’s a link.

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Despite my misgivings about the whole process, due to a new security flaw I upgraded to WordPress 1.5.1.3 today. My links to individual entries stopped working at first, which nearly gave me a heart attack. But it seems to be ok now.

As much as I love using WordPress, deep down inside me somewhere I’m convinced that the whole site is balanced like a house of cards, and the slightest wind will topple it all.

Let me know if something doesn’t behave as expected.

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edit: Thanks to Sharon for pointing out that I misformated the LITAblog link. Fixed now!

I’m done with class for a bit, and packing up things for my trip to ALA in Chicago!

During my last conference attendance, at Computers in Libraries back in March, I did a lot of coverage here of various sessions. This time around, things will be different.

My thoughts on and summaries of ALA sessions will be posted at the Public Library Association’s blog: www.PLAblog.org. In addition, I’ll be continuing to contribute to Library Journal’s Techblog.

Back at home on HiddenPeanuts, I’ll be posting more personal thoughts like my experiences in Chicago itself, pictures, anecdotes, etc. I’ll do my best to link to my posts elsewhere, too.

Expect nightly updates, as I don’t want to pay for wi-fi in the conference center.

In other ALA coverage, the Library & Information Technology Association promises many posts at LITAblog.org. Sharon, a classmate of mine, is posting so check it out!

Right now my big conundrum is whether or not to attend the ALA Scholarship Bash Saturday night at the Museum of Science and Industry. Opinions/recommendations are welcome.

Almost forgot, I’ll be spending Friday morning at the Wired NextFest! Its “education day”, so as a student I get in for free! Expect many pictures.

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The RSS problem I mentioned the other day was not limited to just me. The WordPress 1.5.1 upgrade had a major RSS bug. If I understand correctly, the RSS feed was only generated for 24 hours after a new post was made. After that, it just returned a blank page.

Official bug fix:

Replace your wp-blog-header.php in your root WordPress directory with this one.

I ran across this fix here. Thanks for the pointer!

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