Cyberpunk Librarian

Cyberpunk Librarian

By Daniel MesserTV & FilmTechnologyArts
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Cyberpunk Librarian episodes

  • Episode 30 – Intragalactic Librarian

    The Cyberpunk Librarian podcast turns 30! (Well, 30 episodes.) Join Dan for something different and fun, an original story time done in the style of a radio show. It’s pulp sci-fi with a library twist as we blast off with Intragalactic Librarian!

    Side note: I’ve marked this episode as explicit because of a bit of language here and there. Nothing too offensive, but more swearing than I normally indulge in during an episode!

    eBooks!

    If you like the show, download a copy of the story to take with you! Available in ePub and Mobi (Kindle) formats!

    Intragalactic Librarian Part One – ePub | Mobi

    Sound Effects

    All sound effect courtesy of FreeSound.org!

    • https://www.freesound.org/people/soundslikewillem/sounds/190707/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/Dpoggioli/sounds/196914/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/Dpoggioli/sounds/196907/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/soundmatch24/sounds/194312/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/WillFitch1/sounds/144887/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/VlatkoBlazek/sounds/261014/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/Cracken56/sounds/233568/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/kwahmah_02/sounds/249517/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/bareform/sounds/237558/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/Taylor_Pro_Sounds/sounds/210333/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/jamesrodavidson/sounds/192362/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/MentalSanityOff/sounds/153560/
    • https://www.freesound.org/people/bareform/sounds/218717/
    • http://www.freesound.org/people/noirenex/sounds/159453/
    • http://www.freesound.org/people/primeval_polypod/sounds/156508/
    • Music
      • Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
      • Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod
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        24 min
      • Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 29 – Open Sourcing Your Workflow
        When it’s your job to provide access to information for everyone, why not do the same about your job? Join Dan as he talks about how he keeps his coworkers up to date on what he’s doing! Links Phrase Express – Text expansion software for Windows. Evernote – Notes, online collaboration, awesome usefulness. Dynchronize –...
        24 min
      • Episode 29 – Open Sourcing Your Workflow
        When it’s your job to provide access to information for everyone, why not do the same about your job? Join Dan as he talks about how he keeps his coworkers up to date on what he’s doing!
        Links
        • Phrase Express – Text expansion software for Windows.
        • Evernote – Notes, online collaboration, awesome usefulness.
        • Dynchronize – Easy folder synchronization for Windows. Also available as a Portable App.
        • What I’m Working On – Updated weekly and on an as needed basis and shared with my coworkers via my email signature.
        • Slides in Progress – My current queue of slides that need to be made.
        • Episode 18: The Technogeneralist – Mentioned in the show. If you haven’t heard it, it might be worth a listen.
        • Music
          • Dream Blaze and Spontaneous Existence by Little Glass Men
          • Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
          • Support the show! Buy a copy of The View From Amalthea on Bandcamp! (Or you can just download the tracks for free on SoundCloud.)

             

            24 min
          • Episode 28 – Buildin’ Blocks, Killin’ Creepers

            On this episode of Cyberpunk Librarian, Dan talks Minecraft and how you can do some cool stuff with it at your library!

            Links
            • Minecraft – Buy and download the game!
            • Minecraft Server – Because you can have your own world.
              • Install Minecraft Server on Linux
              • Install Minecraft Server on OS X
              • Minecraft Wiki – Everything you need to know and far more that you probably don’t.
              • Server.Properties – Configure your Minecraft Server.
              • The Hunger Games… in Minecraft – See? I told you it was a thing.
              • Coe’s Quest – Absolute loveliness and relaxation while playing Minecraft. (Season One, there are nine seasons.)
              • Muse Farms – A build based Minecraft let’s play.
              • Music
                • Minecraft – The Song by Bobby Yarsulik
                • Minecraft Everyday by Viktor Cepeda
                • Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
                • Minecraft music from C418. Beautiful stuff!
                • Support the show! Buy yourself a copy of my EP of space music!
                  • Or just download the music for free from my SoundCloud.
                  • 30 min
                  • Episode 27 – Pretty Pictures, Better Design

                    Join Dan for an episode full of tips, tricks, tools, and techniques for creating better graphic design! After all, you don’t want a dumb looking sign in your library! Put some thought into your design and it’ll show in the end result!

                    Links

                    Books worth checking out

                    • Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans – Amazon | WorldCat
                    • Graphic Design: The New Basics – Amazon | WorldCat
                    • Websites worth clicking

                      • Have a look at some beautiful examples of De Stijl.
                      • Behance Graphic Design Portfolios are great places for some ideas and inspiration!
                      • Smashing Magazine goes in-depth about design tips and tools.
                      • Hack Design will teach you about graphic and web design via email!
                      • The Design Blog is another fantastic place for ideas.
                      • Identifont will help you discover great fonts and replacements for fonts you don’t have.
                      • Library Signage gives you the good, the bad, and the OMG of library sign design.
                      • Software worth your while

                        • Office 365 Personal and/or Home editions will get you the latest versions of Microsoft Office direct from the source. Always updated and always available via the cloud.
                        • Scribus – The graphic design studio for the rest of us. Also available in a Portable Apps edition.
                        • LibreOffice – The FOSS solution for your office suite. Also available in a Portable Apps edition.
                        • Pixelmator – The best, most affordable image editor for OS X. Highly recommended.
                        • GIMP – Cross platform, free and open source image editing. Also available in a Portable Apps edition.
                        • PaintShop Pro – A sadly underused bit of kit that is just as useful as Photoshop for 90% of the population at a tiny fraction of the price!
                        • Music and Audio
                          • Woman in Blue by Cafe Del Chillia
                          • Ivana Kupala Night by Crosswords
                          • Gravitational Slingshot by Daniel Messer. Download for free on SoundCloud or buy yourself a copy of The View From Amalthea which includes this song and a few others.
                          • Printer sound courtesy of FreeSound.org.
                          • 33 min
                          • Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 26 – Busy Hands
                            Projects at work and projects at home! Join Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, for a look at some of the things he’s working on for money and for fun. Raspberry Pis, LAMPs, Minecraft, and more. After all, busy hands are happy hands! Links KnightWise.com community on Google+ Raspberry Pi Kiosk Screen Tutorial Cherokee Web Server...
                            56 min
                          • Episode 26 – Busy Hands
                            Projects at work and projects at home! Join Daniel Messer, the Cyberpunk Librarian, for a look at some of the things he’s working on for money and for fun. Raspberry Pis, LAMPs, Minecraft, and more. After all, busy hands are happy hands!
                            Links
                            • KnightWise.com community on Google+
                            • Raspberry Pi Kiosk Screen Tutorial
                            • Cherokee Web Server – an easy to set up and use webserver managed through the browser
                            • PhraseExpress – an excellent text expansion app for Windows
                            • AutoHotkey – powerful scripting made easier
                            • Slide Code Generator for Polaris – my AutoHotkey script to generate slide codes for the Polaris PowerPAC
                            • Install LAMP stack on Ubuntu based systems
                            • Installing phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu based systems – Because I don’t speak SQL very well
                            • Coppermine – a fantastic, FOSS image gallery app for the web
                            • WordPress – my CMS of choice
                            • Anchor CMS – beautiful, simple blogging and content management
                            • Setting up a Minecraft server on Linux
                            • Notes

                              To disable screen blanking and screen savers on Raspbian for Raspberry Pi, you need to edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

                              sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

                              Look for a section in the file labeled [SeatDefaults]. You’ll find several lines underneath it commented out with the # symbol. Remove the # symbol from the line xserver-command and change it to read

                              xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms

                              Save the file and reboot.

                              Music and Audio

                              Hypodemia by NeXuS

                              Destiny by Atomic Cat

                              Rocket by Kevin MacLeod

                              Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita

                              Sound effects courtesy of FreeSound.org

                               

                              56 min