technology failures; opportunities
Oct. 4th, 2005 11:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaThings that have broken recently:
Our dryer. Current solution: Mr. Sunshine. Longer-term solution: craigslist. We're waiting for the right one to come up: newish, Whirlpool, large capacity, under $150. mr. flea insists we must buy a Whirlpool, to match our new/used washer.
Our VCR. Current solution: don't watch videos. Longer-term solution: did you know they make combo VCR/DVD players for under $100? Hello, Christmas present from in-laws! Added bonus: now we'll be able to watch DVDs on our TV, not just on the computer.
Since both items are, conservatively, 15 years old, I shouldn't blame the technology gods. I mean, the dryer is Harvest Gold. We're lucky it lasted as long as it did. (We're also lucky it didn't set our house on fire or shock me to death, but that's another story.)
In non-broken crap news, I am being strongly encouraged to be a guinea pig in a new program the Association of Research Libraries is considering, a 1-year certificate program to encourage people with advanced degrees in academic fields to try out librarianship.
Advantages: payment of tuition (but not fees) for 5 classes at schmancy Library School, paid 6-week internship of my devising, cash for a trip to visit a library, prestige.
Disadvantages: out-of-pocket costs of about $2000; probably will need to cut back hours at work taking another financial hit; complications to Project Baby 2.0; complications to Project Get That Man Finished With His Degree and Into a Job.
We're in the having coffee and talking about it stage, and yet simultaneously the send me a resume and letter of interest by Thursday stage. The person in charge of the new program is a former colleague who did an MLS part-time while working and raising 3 kids, and she wants it to be reasonable for people with jobs and lives, which is a good thing for me. She's really gung-ho about me, which is pretty nice, I must say.
In work news, I am now tense and DUSTY.
Our dryer. Current solution: Mr. Sunshine. Longer-term solution: craigslist. We're waiting for the right one to come up: newish, Whirlpool, large capacity, under $150. mr. flea insists we must buy a Whirlpool, to match our new/used washer.
Our VCR. Current solution: don't watch videos. Longer-term solution: did you know they make combo VCR/DVD players for under $100? Hello, Christmas present from in-laws! Added bonus: now we'll be able to watch DVDs on our TV, not just on the computer.
Since both items are, conservatively, 15 years old, I shouldn't blame the technology gods. I mean, the dryer is Harvest Gold. We're lucky it lasted as long as it did. (We're also lucky it didn't set our house on fire or shock me to death, but that's another story.)
In non-broken crap news, I am being strongly encouraged to be a guinea pig in a new program the Association of Research Libraries is considering, a 1-year certificate program to encourage people with advanced degrees in academic fields to try out librarianship.
Advantages: payment of tuition (but not fees) for 5 classes at schmancy Library School, paid 6-week internship of my devising, cash for a trip to visit a library, prestige.
Disadvantages: out-of-pocket costs of about $2000; probably will need to cut back hours at work taking another financial hit; complications to Project Baby 2.0; complications to Project Get That Man Finished With His Degree and Into a Job.
We're in the having coffee and talking about it stage, and yet simultaneously the send me a resume and letter of interest by Thursday stage. The person in charge of the new program is a former colleague who did an MLS part-time while working and raising 3 kids, and she wants it to be reasonable for people with jobs and lives, which is a good thing for me. She's really gung-ho about me, which is pretty nice, I must say.
In work news, I am now tense and DUSTY.
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Date: 2005-10-04 03:44 pm (UTC)Really? How advanced? Would they be interested in a web chick with an MA in English or is it PhD all the way?
I hope the dryer stuff works out. I got mine as a gift from an uncle who repaired them as a retirement business/hobby. It's amazing how long some of those can last. If I see any ads around my apartment complex I'll let you know.
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Date: 2005-10-04 03:48 pm (UTC)*****=your citystate (entered as newyorkny) (I can never remember who's "out" re location on lj and who isn't. email me at calligrafiti at yahoo dot com if you'd like the full url without *****.)
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Date: 2005-10-04 03:50 pm (UTC)I think (not being you!) that you should do the schmancy MLS program, if you do it without cutting back too much. It sounds like a good track for people in your sitch, and much better than trying to do the whole schmear part-time.
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Date: 2005-10-04 03:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-04 03:55 pm (UTC)All the current fellows have PhDs, but they don't seem to require one (I don't have one). This new certificate thing is in development - I think I'd be the sole tester as early as next spring semester - and then they'll see if they want to roll it out more broadly, maybe by next fall or in 2007.
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Date: 2005-10-04 03:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-04 04:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-04 05:37 pm (UTC)If you were in DC I have a VCR to get rid of. But it's so not worth the shipping, and I probably won't be down there again until November. I'll let you know if I am, though!