Thank you again to Information Systems specialist John Baskette
Dear John: Thank you for all the help you have been to me by questioning and probing me about all the projects that I wanted to “computerize”. I took a college demography (study of population) course...
View ArticleToday is the day that the U.S. Supreme Court is supposed to issue the...
We are are about to “live in interesting times.” Whatever the text of the majority opinion and the dissenting opinions (if any) may be, the result will change the United States forever, and probably...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court’s Decision on the Affordable Care Act
I was surprised to learn that Chief Justice Roberts joined with 4 others in a majority opinion that the act would pass constitutional muster. Some of my previous messages were about my belief that...
View ArticleThe Future of Automatic Data Processing (1967 Speech)
I have been reviewing our federal government publications collection, and found a set of volumes from the former “Industrial College of the Armed Forces”, which is based at Fort Lesley McNair,...
View ArticleNo Olcott, I am not brain dead, this blog is written by a real person
Just wanted to let you know that I am not brain dead. Many of the spammers appear to be not worth commenting about.
View ArticleFive years of lindseyt’s blog, milestone or millstone?
I received a message in cyrillic text (Russian language). I will use a dictionary to translate the words into English. At the moment, I know that it refers to my first blog entry, created on August...
View ArticleMinutes of the North Texas Documents Group May, 2012 meeting.
North Texas Documents Librarians Group Minutes and Notes for the May 17, 2012 Meeting. Attendees: Thomas Lindsey, University of Texas at Arlington; Julia Stewart, Southern Methodist University;...
View ArticleFinding a topographic map in the University of Texas at Arlington Library...
Finding a topographic map in the Government Documents Map Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Library The topographic maps are filed in folders using two different classification number...
View ArticleThanks again to Brian Erickson
Brian has been helping me ready some late 1700s quill pen manuscript letters that I am trying to transcribe. It is great to have another person work on the puzzle. We found some VERY interesting...
View ArticleCreating Info Site about West, Texas and explosion
I’m going to put up information about West, Texas where the fertilizer factory caught fire, exploded, killed 12 firemen, 2 residents, and destroyed 154 homes. First information may appear after May 5.
View ArticleI think I know why the NSA and others believe that it is necessary to monitor...
Not sure why my message explaining why I think that I know why “THEY” think that it is necessary did not get posted. I am not going to repost it; I have other things to tell you about in other posts....
View ArticleSix years of Lindseyt’s blog, milestone or millstone?
20,932 spam comments blocked117 spam comments waiting to be reviewed. Last year, I said that there were over 20,000 comments in the blocked category. That would have been an average of 4,000 spams a...
View ArticleThe War Department Papers manuscript transcription project
I have been looking at scanned and digitally stored manuscripts of the War Department Papers project. The U.S. government from the Revolutionary War era Continental Congress, congress under the...
View ArticleTexas as an independent nation: what kind of government would it need?
I belong to a chapter of Toastmasters International. For my project 2, I am working on a speech about what kind of government Texas would need if it were to become an independent nation. The American...
View ArticleTexas as Independent Nation: My Speech at a Toastmasters International Meeting
Unfortunately, I ran overtime, beyond the 7 minute, 30 second limit, and I still more to say. I chose the Ukraine as the model nation, because it is about the same size area as Texas, has a seacoast...
View ArticleWhat federal employees should do during their furloughs
In September, 2009, I sent an email to syndicated columnist Jim Pawlak, author of the Career Moves column, titled “What I did on my furlough day.” I myself was not furloughed, but many employees of the...
View ArticleMy next Project for new careers for Librarians
This list is part of my new project. I will be discussing it with people who participate in some LinkedIn discussion groups for librarians. Group members, you know how to contact me. Packaging...
View ArticleA silly costume idea for costume events
A friend has started working at a charitable organization resale store. There are many outfits that can be purchased at great prices and used for costume parties. For ladies who remember the song...
View ArticleCareers outside librarianship taken on by MLS degree holders
I searched an alumni directory to locate people who had earned the MLS degree in the last years of the 1970s. I found 411 names, and non-library related business addresses and occupation titles for 45...
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