Sometimes a blog with thoughts and opinions by Dan Greene
The University of Texas at Austin now has their Gutenberg Bible online. It’s not the first one to go online, but the more copies that go digital, the less the originals get used. More people can use the digital copies, so the work is more widely distributed and the original is preserved.…
Added March 12, 2026: Wow, ZoneAlarm Pro still exists.
I just got ZoneAlarm Pro for my Windows machine, not that I really needed it, I’m already behind basic hardware firewall so not a whole lot gets through anyway, but ZA Pro has some good ad and pop-up blocking features and email protection.…
Just thought I would post a few comments on one of my favorite books and the inspiration for the name Library Monk. Canticle tells the story of a post nuclear war United States. People have turned against science and learning and life has reverted to a medieval existence.…
Updated the blog to pMachine Pro. Not a lot of readily obvious new features, just a lot of stuff I haven’t figured out how to use yet. I did change the comment system so that anybody can post comments, no registration required, never liked that anyway.…
“You see, I don’t believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that’s been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.”
-Monty Phython
I read in the Johnson City (TN) Press that a bear got into the old library at ETSU.…
Marc Andreessen was quoted Tuesday as saying “There hasn’t been any innovation on the browser in the last five years. And five years from now there won’t be any changes.”
I think that estimate is a bit early but there is little doubt that web browsers are stagnant.…