Re: [CODE4LIB] personal name api

2013-01-28 Thread Randy Fischer
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > Does anybody here now of an API allowing me to feed it a personal name > (like Tom, Dick, or Harry), and have it return the possible/probable gender > of the name? Nope, not as such. I generally use the name in a google image search

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anybody using the Open Library APIs?

2013-01-22 Thread Randy Fischer
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:04 PM, David Fiander wrote: > All I'm really looking for at this point is a way to convert an ISBN into > basic bibliographic data, and to find any related ISBNs, a la OCLC's xISBN > service. > For the former, how about isbndb.com?

Re: [CODE4LIB] Digital collection backups

2013-01-11 Thread Randy Fischer
any bulk transfer costs in that case (if memory serves). DAITSS uses both md5 and sha1 checksums in combination, other preservation systems might require similar. -Randy Fischer

Re: [CODE4LIB] extracting tiff info

2012-11-19 Thread Randy Fischer
exiftool is pretty complete, but if you an do with the small amount information that tiffinfo provides, it is significantly faster than exiftool. -Randy Fischer

Re: [CODE4LIB] Anyone using node.js?

2012-05-08 Thread Randy Fischer
ou'll really need to put something like Apache in front of it - then you lose the streaming capability. (I'd love to hear I'm wrong here). -Randy Fischer

Re: [CODE4LIB] Linux Laptop

2011-12-14 Thread Randy Fischer
If I was buying a laptop and it had to be non-apple, I'd probably get a Lenovo ThinkPad W520. -Randy On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Chris Fitzpatrick wrote: > I just had a Howard Beale moment with Apple. I'm mad as hell and I'm not > going to take it anymore. > > I'm curious what people can

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2011-06-17 Thread Randy Fischer
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Re: [CODE4LIB] Blogs/news you follow

2011-05-11 Thread Randy Fischer
Don't have much time for surfing. http://planet.intertwingly.net/ is essential, though.