Updates from Bloglines (long)

This is a long post with lots of "good stuff" found over several weeks in Bloglines. Hopefully, I'll keep up and future updates won't be this long!

• From Work-related Blogs and News: "Symptoms similar to attention deficit disorder are being caused by information overload.” Unfortunately, I can’t link to the site because it’s expired, but it’s definitely true!
• Spam you never see (but should)
• Fictional footnotes in books . Neat-o.
• From LISjobs:

Job Title: Internship in Digital Asset Management
Organization: Marvel Entertainment
Location: New York, New York,
Description: Marvel Entertainment is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, with a proprietary library of over 5,000 characters, including, Spider-Man, X-Men, and The Incredible Hulk.

Digital Asset Management Intern: Interns help manage a vast character database. They enter new content into the Digital Asset Management system as well as assist in troubleshooting database issues. Also included is the development of a taxonomy for managing the character assets. Interns should have good Excel and data-entry experience. Further, a basic knowledge of PhotoShop is required. Also important is a general knowledge of our characters and comic books.

• 100 Eskimo words for snow (or not) -- read the whole article
• The Dewey Blog says there are actually pop songs about Dewey Decimal. Really.
• CLNN: Curmudgeonly Librarian News Network found this really easy CSS design page. The scariest part? I actually understand how to do this!
• Stuff about guys reading
• Google is giving out flying advice? Why?
• Students in Alabama will just have to learn to overcome quietly, I guess.
• Bloggers made the cover of LJ

The rest are all from Librarian in Black

• Jewelry: for geeks and CSI freaks
• Where to keep your flash drive. More fun than your pocket.
• Cat names. It’s a list of actual names, plus a name generator.
• Star Trek phone.
• The Librarians Internet Index has a new look.
• Harper Collins is courting librarians on their website.
• WorldCat is going to let users add commentary to records…soon.
• Librarians who teach classes now have a help page. Or ideas page.
• A new tracking/subscription service: PubSub. Here’s
  my info from it.