Cyberpunk Librarian

Cyberpunk Librarian

By Daniel MesserTV & FilmTechnologyArts
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Cyberpunk Librarian episodes

  • Episode 25 – The Cyberpunk Behind Big Hero 6
    Let’s step back from the tech for a bit from something fun and different! Join Dan for a look at the cyberpunk technology and tones of the Disney animated film Big Hero 6!
    Links

    Hatsune Miku – Information about the virtual idol singer, or idoru, from Wikipedia.

    Music
    • Lei#4 by Gilo
    • Robotomie by Tortue Super Sonic
    • Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
      • 32 min
    • Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 24 – Delicious 3.14159
      Raspberry Pis have taken the maker and geek world by storm! Little, inexpensive computers that can do so many great things? Yeah that has a lot of possibilities within the library! Join Dan and discover a project he’s working on that involves a Raspberry Pi. Notes Outline for what I’ve done for a digital shelf...
      40 min
    • Episode 24 – Delicious 3.14159

      Raspberry Pis have taken the maker and geek world by storm! Little, inexpensive computers that can do so many great things? Yeah that has a lot of possibilities within the library! Join Dan and discover a project he’s working on that involves a Raspberry Pi.

      Notes

      Outline for what I’ve done for a digital shelf talker unit powered by Raspberry Pi.

      1. Raspberry Pi Model B  – uses a MicroSD and has four USB ports
      2. Using a kit I found on Amazon. Links in the shownotes
        1. The great thing about this kit isn’t just the case and plugs but also the WiFi plug. That’s what you really need for a project like this.
        2. Screenly OSE
          1. Managed through web browser
          2. Displays slides, MP4s, and websites as a digital signage solution
          3. Easier to use and set up than Xibo. I love it!
          4. OSE is the FOSS edition, there is a paid solution with more spiffs – check it out
          5. Using the custom image found on Screenly OSEs website, I flashed that to the SD card using Win32DiskImager – an open source app that is excellent for this
            1. The Screenly OSE custom image is just Raspbian with Screenly OSE pre-installed. Save yourself some time, just use it.
            2. Flash that to the SD card, pop the card in your Raspberry Pi, hook everything up, and plug it in!
              1. Plug into a live ethernet jack that allows access to the Internet. You’ll need that to get things going.
              2. It’ll start up and go right into a demo display with a video. Let that play through and then hit CTRL ALT F1 to get to a login prompt.
              3. The login is the default for Raspberry Pi and Raspbian, the user is pi and the password is raspberry – all lower case.
              4. So the tricky part isn’t getting Screenly OSE to work it’s getting the Pi to automatically connect to WiFi. Over ethernet it’s great! Wifi needs a little tweaking
                1. To do this, we need to install a better network manager. It’s spelled wicd, but to keep it straight in my head I call it “wicked” which will make more sense in a few moments.
                2. Getting wicd installed is pretty easy. I’ll have this info listed in the show notes, so don’t feel like you have to write things down furiously.
                  1. Type sudo apt-get update and then sudo apt-get install wicd-curses. So I call the network manager wicked and the whole thing is wicked curses, see?
                  2. sudo wicd-curses
                  3. You’ll get a pretty simple interface to set up your wifi connection, link to more information in the show notes but I bet you’ll figure it out pretty quickly
                  4. Set up your wifi access (choose it, password if needed, etc) and make sure you set it up to connect automatically!
                  5. After that, hit F10 to save the setup and then SHIFT C to connect. If you did it all correctly, the wifi connects up! BRILLIANT!
                    1. Oh except for the fact that it won’t do this automatically upon boot, not yet
                    2. Okay so the trick is that we need to get the wicd service to start automatically. To do that, we need to edit the /etc/profile file to start the service on login.
                      1. When Screenly OSE starts, it logs in. Whenever someone logs in, /etc/profile is invoked
                      2. So let’s cd /etc and, just to be safe, make a copy with sudo cp profile profile.bak, then sudo nano profile
                      3. To start the service, add sudo service wicd start to the end of that profile
                      4. CTRL X and save
                      5. Moment of truth time. Disconnect your ethernet cable and reboot the Pi
                      6. When Screenly OSE comes up, it may or may not show you the IP for the Pi. Sometimes it doesn’t get the wifi connection in time to display it. To verify your wifi connection,
                        7. 40 min
                      7. Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 23 – Evernote Everything
                        Sometimes you need to write stuff down. Maybe it’s a quick note. Or maybe it’s a book! Dan takes a fresh look at a familiar tool, Evernote. Notes What Did I Do? Keeping Track of Accomplishments Without Going Crazy, by Tyler Dzuba. Published on Letters to a Young Librarian. There are a few different versions...
                        24 min
                      8. Episode 23 – Evernote Everything
                        Sometimes you need to write stuff down. Maybe it’s a quick note. Or maybe it’s a book! Dan takes a fresh look at a familiar tool, Evernote.
                        Notes
                        • What Did I Do? Keeping Track of Accomplishments Without Going Crazy, by Tyler Dzuba. Published on Letters to a Young Librarian.
                        • There are a few different versions of Evernote. The free version rocks, but there’s a premium and business version too. This handy chart will help you compare features.
                        • I’ll be speaking at TechPhx! If you’re in the Tempe, AZ area then come check out the conference and listen to me (and others) speak! Use promo code ATTENDMYSESSION to get 50% off the cost of admission!
                          • Music
                          • Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
                          • We Are the Future by Nearfield
                          • Caught in the Beat by Broke for Free
                          • Air Born by Newton Balloon
                            • Typing sound effect courtesy of FreeSound.

                             

                            24 min
                          • Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 22 – Conferencing
                            Conferences have given styles, design, and form; and that makes it easy to figure them out. Join the Cyberpunk Librarian and find out how to get the most out of a professional conference, or almost any conference for that matter. Links Live Blog – WordPress plugin for easy live blogging, right there on the post...
                            28 min
                          • Episode 22 – Conferencing

                            Conferences have given styles, design, and form; and that makes it easy to figure them out. Join the Cyberpunk Librarian and find out how to get the most out of a professional conference, or almost any conference for that matter.

                            Links
                            • Live Blog – WordPress plugin for easy live blogging, right there on the post page! Brought to you by WordPress and Automattic!
                            • Polly-Alida Farrington – Librarian, trainer, author, and all around awesome.
                              • Music
                              Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita
                              Electro Funk by Stanko-Beronja
                              Jigo-Jitoku by DJ Jax
                              Desire by PASCALB
                              28 min
                            • Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 21 – Story Time
                              As Dan recovers from the move we present Story Time, where downtempo meets writing. Discover why it’s important that Kindles have no covers and why one big monitor is better than multiple, smaller monitors. Links Kindles Don’t Have Covers or the Return of the Penny Dreadful It Only Takes One Music Narita Spaceport Lounge by...
                              28 min
                            • Episode 21 – Story Time

                              As Dan recovers from the move we present Story Time, where downtempo meets writing. Discover why it’s important that Kindles have no covers and why one big monitor is better than multiple, smaller monitors.

                              Links

                              Kindles Don’t Have Covers or the Return of the Penny Dreadful

                              It Only Takes One

                              Music

                              Narita Spaceport Lounge by Kevin Bryce

                              Cohen Method by Tab & Anitek

                              Tesseract by Daniel Messer

                              Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita

                              28 min