Happy Tuesday, dear readers! Can you believe we are into the second full week of August already? Summer is truly flying by. Today I wanted to share some very random fun that has come over my feeds to brighten up your day. All Tuesdays could use a bit of fun. So let’s get to it.

I am a fan of quotes that help me feel like getting up and accomplishing things. So I rather like this list of 29 inspiring procrastination and productivity quotes. I think the quote from Stephen King is one of my favorites on this list.

Who can resist an awesome video on art and chocolate? Not me. So I share with you this video of a chocolate mill that reveals delicious changing geometry. This is just so cool, though it looks like they didn’t eat the chocolate which seems a shame. Totally want to eat some chocolate now.

Also, I had to share this multi-function hairclip. Now I don’t usually wear hairclips, but this is one I could totally get into.

Finally, I quite like this article by Lifehacker on why creative side projects are good for you. Now you have justification for spending time on your creative side projects, not that you needed that anyway.

Hope you have a wonderful rest of your week, dear readers. I’ll be back soon with some more news and notes. Allons-y!

Happy Tuesday, dear readers! I hope your week is going well. Today’s fun comes in the form of some crafts, so let’s get into it.

I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I love to get cards in the mail. Emails are fantastic, texts are great, but there is something just lovely about receiving a card in the mail. One of my friends makes amazing handmade cards and I thought of her when I saw this craft. Also, crafting always allows me to unwind, so I was quite taken with this lovely how-to for a Happy Meowday card. Super-cute.

Also in the realm of cute, kitty crafts is this how-to for creating a tiny kitty plush Looks cute and easy to do. And also a sock kitty how to. Yes, it is a cat craft kind of day.

Finally, if you don’t feel like crafting, just check out this amazing blanket of geekery. I am in awe.

Have a wonderful rest of your week, dear readers. I’ll be back soon with more news and notes. Allons-y!

Happy Tuesday, dear readers! I hope that your weekend was relaxing, Monday was kind to you, and that your Tuesday is going well. As always, I have some fun for you to check out for a break from work today. Today’s fun comes to us in the form of typography, so let’s get to it.

The lovely this week in fonts should make you smile and want to use some new fonts in your designs. I’m loving Riga this week. Looks like a lovely font to use in the library. Unfortunately for me, my campus already has specified fonts to use for design (at least they are nice ones).

And, for those who like some guidance in mixing fonts, check out 10 commandments of typography. Handy chart to help when choosing fonts. Just remember, as one of my many typography resources said, no one ever got fired for specifying Georgia.

Finally, while not related to typography, I just had to share this amazing article on Tree of 40 Fruits. It is so beautiful and amazing.

I hope you have a lovely week. I’ll be back soon with more news and notes. Allons-y!

Happy Tuesday, dear readers! I hope your week is going well. I can hardly believe we are in the second half of July. The summer is just rushing by. So today, I have some fun things for you to read/view as a reminder to take a break today.

I love calligraphy and had to share this great photo post of optical illusion that makes calligraphy jump off the page. So beautiful. It makes me want to start practicing my calligraphy more.

Also, I can’t resist lists of best librarians from literature, television, film, etc., so had to share SciFi and Fantasty’s best librarians list. If all librarians were like the librarians in Night Vale, I think we’d spend a lot less time worrying about whether or not people take our profession seriously.

Finally, enjoy this amazing video of ceramics masters creating works of art. Absolutely breathtaking:

I hope you have a fantastic rest of your week. I’ll be back soon with more news and notes. Allons-y!

Happy Tuesday, dear readers! I hope your week is going well and that you had a lovely weekend. I can hardly believe we are into July already. Time is flying, even in the relative peace and quiet of summer here on campus. Today, as with all Tuesdays, I have some fun to help you through your day.

I highly recommend this video by Ruth Change on how to make hard decisions. Really great TED Talk and yes, though serious in subject matter, it is fun to watch.

I think summer time definitely calls for trying out new recipes (we’ve been making a lot of flatbread recently) and Joy the Baker has a bunch of tempting recipes. I’m thinking this one would be hard to beat: strawberry raspberry crostata.

I hope you have a lovely rest of your week and I’ll be back soon with more news and notes. Allons-y!

Happy Tuesday, dear readers! I hope your week is going well. Today I have the usual assortment of fun things to share to give you a bit of a break on Tuesday. Today’s fun has to do with type, so let’s get to it.

First, another wonderful this week in fonts for your viewing pleasure. I quite like Sanelma as it just looks perfect for summer signs.

Also, in type news, I think this book, The Typewriter: A Graphic History of the Beloved Machine looks like it will be a lovely read with fun photographs.

I think these wooden blocks might just be the perfect block set to give as a present to a kid: typeblocks. Amazing! Somewhat expensive for a set of blocks, but what a great early exposure to typography!

I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day and week. I’ll be back soon with more news and notes. Allons-y!

Happy Tuesday, dear readers! I hope your week is going well and you had a lovely weekend. Today, as with most Tuesdays, I want to share some fun with you. So let’s just get into it.

It is summertime, which means berry time. I’m excited for berries and even more excited about trying out this lovely recipe for triple berry cinnamon swirl bread from Joy the Baker. Also, I’m excited in general for making bread this summer as we recently went to a bread making class led by Cat of Sour Flour, in which we learned to make amazing flatbread. So excited to bake up some more from our lovely starter we got to take home.

Also, because it is definitely time for some ridiculous fun, I had to share this from Gizmodo: guy jumps over an entire island while kitesurfing. So crazy and amazing.

Finally, who can say no to looking at some lovely fonts for fun? Definitely not me, so I give you this week in fonts. I’m rather taken with Eveleth.

I hope you have a lovely week, dear readers. I’ll be back soon with more news and notes. Allons-y!

Happy Tuesday, dear readers! I hope your week is going well and you had a lovely weekend. We had a busy weekend on campus with Welcome Day for our newly admitted students. Fun to see so many excited people and give out some library information and swag. Now it is back to work, meetings, and hopefully some writing this week. But for right now, let’s get into the fun.

I’m teaching digital history this term, so anything that might be useful or interesting for my class automatically makes it to the top of my “to share” list. So I’m rather excited that Good Street View now lets you travel back in time. Pretty nifty.

Anyone who has been reading this blog for a bit understands that I am really fond of cats. (Yes, it fits into the librarian stereotype. No, I don’t care.) So I quite loved this sleek table is hiding a playground for cats. Looks super-fun for cats, although I think my cat would have more fun trying to scare people when they were sitting at the table more than anything else.

And because we are supposed to be getting abnormally hot weather this week, and hot weather obviously makes me think of summer, I had to share this Joy the Baker recipe for lemon pound cake with lemon poppy seed buttercream. I may have to make this for a BBQ we’ll be going to in the neari-ish future.

Have a lovely rest of your day, dear readers. I’m be back soon with some more news and notes. Allons-y!

Happy Tuesday, dear readers! I can hardly believe we are into the last full week of April. This spring is just going so quickly! But for today, let’s share some fun to help our Tuesday along.

Readers of this blog know that I love typography. So I really love this TED Talk by Matthew Carter on typography design:

This article by Gizmodo on mapping type foundries of New York City is really interesting.

And finally, here’s a nice article from Lifehacker on the seven easiest vegetables to grow for beginners. I wish our patio got more sunlight so I could grow veggies, but hope that you are able to do some gardening this spring, dear readers.

That’s what I have for some fun today, dear readers. I’ll be back soon with some more news and notes. Allons-y!