Cyberpunk Librarian

Dan dives into the past and brings you a talk that was the genesis of his Defcon 32 presentation. We’re going to talk about shadow libraries, shadow librarianship, and what the traditional library might learn from the underground. If you're into watching the podcast with a slide deck, its available on PeerTube. Also… Check out The L0WL1F3 Podcast and Neon Dystopia! If you like this podcast, you’re gonna love L0WL1F3! And if you love cyberpunk culture, Neon Dystopia is your next stop after this one! Contact Mastodon – @[email protected] Bluesky - Cyberpunk Librarian Signal – CyberpunkLibrarian.01 Links IUG 2024 links and citations for this talk and all the other stuff too A librarian goes to Defcon - My talk at Defcon 32 Glorious by Kate Rusby What's More Punk Than the Public Library? aka the best t-shirt ever, get yours today and support the Mount Pleasant Library Friends Music Don't Talk to Me by Emily and the Blackouts Nope by Emily and the Blackouts Enchanters Nightshade by The Mind Orchestra Echoes from Afar by Sayok

It’s time for something a little different and this time around, Dan brings you a presentation from IUG 2025! We’re going to dive into AI, copyright, and data ownership and how the times are changing… and what that might mean for libraries. Watch If you want to watch the podcast with the accompanying slide deck, you'll find it on: PeerTube YouTube Links Everything pertaining to this talk is available on my IUG 2025 page. Music The song you hear in this episode is Mutual Observation, which was generously provided by Hexhotel! Big shout out and thank you for the music! Also... Check out The L0WL1F3 Podcast and Neon Dystopia! If you like this podcast, you’re gonna love L0WL1F3! And if you love cyberpunk culture, Neon Dystopia is your next stop after this one! Contact Mastodon - @[email protected] Signal - CyberpunkLibrarian.01

Episode 67 leads right into episode 68 as Dan takes on the theory and practice of underground librarianship, anarchivism, and shadow librarianship. Links No right to information at public libraries, 5th Circuit rules from UPI.com. Man burns 100 library books; residents donate 1,000 more to local libraries from News 5 Cleveland. Florida Department of Education releases list of over 700 banned books in K-12 schools from Central Florida Public Media. Multi-level barrage of US book bans is ‘unprecedented’, says PEN America from The Guardian. RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies from The Guardian. M*A*S*H War is war, Hell is Hell from Season 05, Episode 20. Idaho HB 710 Legislation of Concern in 2025 from EveryLibrary. Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act from Wikipedia. Signal - Encrypted messaging. Bookshop.org - New and used books from independent shops. Anna's Archive - The open source search engine for shadow libraries. Z-Library - One of the world's largest eBook libraries. FMHY - The largest collection of free stuff on the internet! VPN Ratings from PC Magazine PirateBox - A great little project for a SBC. Project Bookmark - A portable file-sharing system built on NodeMCU ESP8266 that creates a wireless access point and serves a web interface for accessing digital documents and hosting discussions. Ubuntu Tutorials - Including all kinds of ways to install Linux on older hardware. https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/ - The source of the ten kilogram shoe box. https://ubuntu.com/tutorials?q=bootable+usb - Ubuntu install tutorials Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Coma by Natural Causes Cares for the Waves by Mesmerists Failures of Infinity by Nihilore Ignorance is Bliss by Minds Eye Spines Entwined by The Polish Ambassador Ritual Revival by The Polish Ambassador Sounds & Images Multiple Tornado Alarms from Freesound Featured image by Jude Robinett Also... Check out The L0WL1F3 Podcast and Neon Dystopia! If you like this podcast, you're gonna love L0WL1F3! And if you love cyberpunk culture, Neon Dystopia is your next stop after this one!

Libraries are in danger and Dan is angry. There have been more books banned in the last two years than ever before. Censorship and attacks on libraries are both on the rise, but we can fight back. We can rise above. Links Henry Rollins on anger L0WL1F3 Podcast s4e17 L0WL1F3 x Cyberpunk Librarian “404 Books Not Found” Wordpress.org just belongs to me WP Engine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to WordPress resources WordPress saga escalates as WP Engine plugin forcibly forked and legal letters fly Publii - The most intuitive CMS for static sites. Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 58 – Static, Not Stagnant Noah Garfinkel on Twitter Pastor holds bonfire to burn to ‘witchcraft’ books like ‘Twilight’ Sinclair’s Soldiers in Trump’s War on Media EveryLibrary EveryLibrary Institute Unite Against Book Bans Pen America on Book Bans Libraries for the People Beautiful, free web templates from HTML5Up Texas county criticized after Indigenous history book re-classified into fiction section Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Ecken und Kanten by Blackberry Spines Entwined by The Polish Ambassador Re:peated by Aldous Ichnite Cyclesomatic by Aldous Ichnite Day Tripper by Nine Lives

You can have it your way, on your hardware, with software you prefer. Your little free Cyberpunk Librarian gets into the philosophies and basics of self-hosting! Links Are You Keeping Up with the Commodore? Generating X - From video games to television to movies and events, Generating X offers insights on the times – the times being from the late 70s to the mid 90s. Commodore 64 BBS: The Documentary - A documentary series on the history of Bulletin Board Systems WWIV - Also known as "World War IV," this is the BBS software that powered my own board and many others in the Yakima area. It's still out there, still under development, and still used! Telnet BBS Guide - The reports of the death of BBSes have been greatly exaggerated. A historical area code 509 BBS list - Yakima and Spokane, WA The Forgotten World of BBS Door Games - From PC Magazine Cyberpunk Episode 50 - Workplace Ambience - Turn on, tune in, and chill out as Dan takes you on a trip through the sounds of ambient and space music! Zotero - A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. ArchiveBox - A powerful, self-hosted internet archiving solution to collect, save, and view websites offline. YunoHost - YunoHost is an operating system aiming to simplify server administration and therefore democratize self-hosting while making sure it stays reliable, secure, ethical and lightweight. The YunoHost App Catalogue - Lots and lots. Cory Doctorow - Craphound - Using git via Flashback. WordPress - The open source publishing platform of choice for millions of websites worldwide—from creators and small businesses to enterprises. GitLab - The most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform. Nextcloud - Open source content collaboration platform for tens of millions of users at thousands of organizations across the globe. Radio Free Elsewhere - Something different, somewhere else. Radio Free Elsewhere - The playlists. Publii - With Publii, the most intuitive static site CMS, you can create a beautiful, safe, and privacy-friendly website quickly and easily; perfect for anyone who wants a fast, secure website in a flash. Cyberpunk Librarian - Episode 58 - Static, Not Stagnant - An episode where we discuss Publii. SearXNG - Privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine. Shaarli - Bookmark sharing, link blogging. The personal, minimalist, super fast, database-free, bookmarking service. Cyberpunk Librarian - Episode 02 - Oh Shaarli, You're All Alone - The Cyberpunk Librarian returns to talk about a bookmark aggregator that can be yours and yours alone. It’s simple to use, easy to install, so why not share with Shaarli? PrivateBin - Formerly Zerobin. PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Interstellar by Mindseye Leave the Atmosphere by Mindseye Vim and Vinagarette Remastered by Triple5 Here Atoll by Modern Monster Disperse by Ketsa Arcade by Artur Aravidi Star Gazer by Artur Aravidi Au Bord de la Fontaine by Le Vent du Nord

It's a full episode follow up and we're gonna talk about a free and open source library project that Dan is building with his own three hands! Links The L0WL1F3 Podcast - Dystopia? Check. Every episode is either about some fresh new hell that was probably predicted in a cyberpunk story, or some topic that could be viewed through a cyberpunk lens. Produced in affiliation with neondystopia.com Episodes of The L0WL1F3 Podcast I appeared on include: 22_L0WL1F3_&_CYBERPUNK_LIBRARIAN_super_mario_bros_the_motion_picture.mov_part_one 23_L0WL1F3_&_CYBERPUNK_LIBRARIAN_super_mario_bros_the_motion_picture.mov_part_two 32_L0WL1F3_cybersnitch_demos_OPAD_battle-librarian.sql s3e6 L0WL1F3 "metropolis" s3e10 L0WL1F3 "the s****horpe problem" s3e18 L0WL1F3 feat. Cyberpunk Librarian "The OrangeBoy/PatronPoint Affair" LibraryThing - A free, library-quality catalog to track reading progress or your whole library. Calibre - The one stop solution for all your eBook needs. Beautifying Calibre - It's absolutely possible. SQLPro for SQLite - A simple, powerful SQLite manager for macOS. DB Browser for SQLite - An excellent cross platform app for managing SQLite databases. Infopump, the Cyberpunk catalogue - A work in progress. Infopump GitLab repo - Infopump's repository. Music Ryo Miyashita - Bellydance at Ebisu Psychadelik Pedestrian - Cosmos (Universal Mix) Sro - Speaker Set Kevin Bryce - Scattered Mandalas Fignomo - Adult Horizon Fignomo - Blue Lola Uncan - Wave of the Synth Goodies Check out my shop on RedBubble! Ya know, if you want to.

The Cyberpunk Librarian is back! Again! I think? Anyway, Dan finally got some time to make podcasts again so welcome back to the high tech, low budget world of Cyberpunk Librarian! As things go, Dan's been busy working on a lot of library tech goodies, and that makes for an extra geeky episode. Grab a beverage and join us for a little catching up. Music Kalumet - First Wave (Immortal Sun Remix) Floating Mind - Oser Minimal Insanity Circle - En Camino 4t Thieves - Daytime Astronomy TNKS - Mechanical Bike Protuberance - Crying Warrior Links Alanis Morissette - Ironic Bob McGrath - One of These Things AutoHotkey - The Swiss Army Knife of Windows scripting ClearPatronFines - GitLab repo Stooge - GitLab repo Tom Scott - The Art of the Bodge Useful Polaris SQL - GitLab repo IUG Polaris SQL Clearinghouse - Lots of queries! Bricks Without Clay: Demystifying PolarisTransactions - My eBook about working with the PolarisTransactions database. Free and available in multiple formats. Koha SQL Reports Library Fathom - Create persistent links to your Polaris PowerPAC - Website and GitLab repo AM 800 - WRTH - A paranormal broadcast from the depths of nowhere Cause for Calamity - A podcast about The Legend of Calamity Jane Hyperlinked History - A multifaceted journey through time Intragalactic Librarian - High adventure in deep space... with librarians Generating X - The signs of my times

Holy crap! The Cyberpunk Librarian is back with a new episode about his favourite operating system that’s not actually an operating system. But then again, it may as well be, because that’s what he’s using most of time. Join Dan as he walks you through Firefox, how to use it better and more efficiently, how to make it pretty, and how to save a six figure number of images. Links Min - A minimalist web browser. Qutebrowser - A keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI Firefox theme page Firefox Theme - Matrix_Purple ANIMATED Firefox Theme - Neon Firefox Theme - Black Rain (Animated) Chrome Web Store - Themes Winamp Skin Museum - Ooooooooo preeeeetty! The Commodore 64 - One of the most popular computers ever. Mouse 1351 - For the Commodore 64 GEOS - The Graphical Environment Operating System. An 8-bit wonderment of a GUI operating system for the Commodore 64. All the Firefox keyboard shortcuts! Mitch Murder music videos Notion - Notes and so much more. I've tried and tried to find something that works better for me, but I always keep coming back. Cyberpunk Librarian - Episode 02 - Oh Shaarli You're All Alone Eagle - Collect, search and organize your images for projects and tasks. Cybersylvanian - My Tumblr site. Images of cyberpunk, anime, retro, classic celebrities, angels, comic art, and lots more. Firefox Extension - Bypass Paywalls (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - ColorZilla - (Chromium based alternative) Firefox Extension - Downie - (This was pulled from the Chrome Web Store because it downloads YouTube videos. More info.) Firefox Extension - Download Images from Tabs - (Chromium based alternative) Firefox Extension - DownThemAll! - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - Eagle - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - Facebook Container - (Not available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - Fireshot - (Chromium based alternative) Firefox Extension - Humble Bundle Downloader - (Not available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - img2tab - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - JSONView - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - Notification Sound - (Not available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - Notion Web Clipper - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - OneTab - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - Save In... - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - Save to Notion - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - Shaarli - (Chromium based alternative) Firefox Extension - Tab Counter Plus - (Chromium based alternative) Firefox Extension - To Google Translate - (Chromium based alternative) Firefox Extension - Tumblr Post - (Chromium based alternative) Firefox Extension - uBlock Origin - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Firefox Extension - Web Developer - (Available for Chromium based browsers) Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Airflow by Bio Unit Scape from Reality by Code Therapy From the Ocean by Lampé Boardwalk by Holizna Memories of Thailand by Risey

Build your own Netflix with free, open source software and the Cyberpunk Librarian. Join Dan for part three of the cyberpunk community library series and learn how to set up your own media streaming server! Screenshots Support & Charity Donate to Tornado Recovery Efforts in Kentucky - On the night and early morning of December 11 & 12, 2021; multiple tornadoes rolled through Kentucky leaving a path of destruction miles long. Mayfield, KY was almost destroyed and Bowling Green, KY was badly damaged. If you can help out, the United Way of Southern Kentucky is accepting donations for relief and recovery. All donations will remain local to the Southern Kentucky area. Support Jellyfin! - Seriously, this is great software. Please consider supporting the developers and contributing towards the future of a fantastic open source software project. Links L0WL1F3 Podcast - Come quietly or there will be... trouble. The best cyberpunk podcast on the feeds! Podnutz - Tech Podcast Network, home of DoorToDoorGeek Jellyfin - Open source media streaming and management Jellyfin - GitHub repo Jellyfin - Clients and software Infuse 7 - An AppleTV client with JellyFin support Jellyfin - Naming conventions for movies. See the sidebar for other naming formats. Plex - Media streaming, sharing, and management Ampache - A web based audio/video streaming application and file manager HandBrake - Convert videos to MP4. NameChanger and bulk renaming utilities like it - Because you may find yourself needing to rename a lot of files, these bulk renaming utilities will make your life easier. Music & Sound Effects Kite Fly High by Adeline Yeo (HP) Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Finally Free by Linn Friberg Drop by Metre Nanophage by Tri-Tachyon The Waning Moon by Anima Cue Scratch - From Freesound.org.

You thought it was done. You thought it was over. But it's not over, and nothing is ever done. The Cyberpunk Librarian and the L0WL1F3 Podcast are back for part two of their descent into madness - a deep dive into Super Mario Bros: The Motion Picture. Note This one is tagged explicit for a reason. If you’re normally listening to the show with kids… you may want to wait on this one until the kiddos have gone to bed. Links Super Mario Bros: The Motion PictureThe L0WL1F3 PodcastNeon Dystopia – The home of the L0WL1F3s. LOWL1F35? Look, it’s where the podcast is based.Super Mario Bros: The Motion Picture: The Movie Archive

Join me for a special crossover episode with the L0WL1F3 gang from the LOWL1F3 Podcast! We dive into a forgotten piece of cyberpunk media, so forgotten that some people don't even realize it's cyberpunk. So get your red coveralls, strap on your stompers, and grab your toolbelt. This is part one of a deep dive into Super Mario Bros: The Motion Picture. Note This one is tagged explicit for a reason. If you're normally listening to the show with kids... you may want to wait on this one until the kiddos have gone to bed. Links Super Mario Bros: The Motion PictureThe L0WL1F3 PodcastNeon Dystopia - The home of the L0WL1F3s. LOWL1F35? Look, it's where the podcast is based.Super Mario Bros: The Motion Picture: The Movie Archive

You're a librarian for a small community and someone hands you an SSD. Opening it up you discover three folders named eBooks, Magazines, and Comics. Total file count: 6,271. You nod, fire up some software, and tell your community "Yeah, I can make this work." Links Calibre - The best eBook management systemCalibre - Supported formatsKovid Goyal - The primary developer of CalibreKomga - Your next digital comic and magazine management systemComics metadata from Comic VineComics metadata from The League of Comic GeeksBandes dessinées metadata from BubbleBandes dessinées metadata from BedethequeManga metadata from KitsuManga metadata from MyAnimeListA list of digital comic reading software Screenshots Music All tracks by Smooth Genestar from the album Music for Sleepless Cities. Downtempo Gangstas and Time ThievesBars & HookersTokyo CodesSleepless in Reykjavik Opening track - Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Sounds SFX_Magazine - FreesoundMagazine.wav - Freesound

Your community, your library. Whether you’ve got a small group of friends, or a small town, the Cyberpunk Librarian has the solutions for your ILS problems! Join Dan for an introduction to a fantastic, easy to use ILS that’ll make your library life easier without breaking your budget! Links The Shane Company - Advertising slogan: You have a friend in the diamond businesshttps://cyberpunklibrarian.com/blog/theres-gotta-be-someone-better.html - A blog post I wrote about why Dewey sucksBISAC - Book Industry Standards and Communications cataloguing system. Human readable subject headings and classifications.UNIX Philosophy - One damn thing at a timeTinyCat - The best ILS solution for regular peopleTinyCat Pricing - While TinyCat isn't free, it's incredibly affordableHandheld USB Barcode Scanner - $14.99 at the time I composed these notes.WoneNice USB Laser Barcode Scanner Wired - $20.99 at the time I composed these notes.Tanglewood Hill OPAC - My personal library at Tanglewood Hill. Have a look around!Make your own barcodes using this spreadsheet! But first, you'll need to install this font. Music A New Life by NapzNot Found by DaizySunken Streets by SroSlow Vibing by KetsaLight Year by AnitekBellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita

Whether you’re disconnecting out of necessity or choice, you don’t have to shut down when you go offline! Join the Cyberpunk Librarian for tips, tricks, and tactics for working and keeping yourself entertained when the lights go out and/or your phone says “Searching for signal.” Listen via Video YouTubePeerTube Mind Map Links Entertainment - Audio Apple MusicSpotify Entertainment - News Internet ArchiveThe Magazine Rack - Tonnes of magazines freely available for download from the Internet. Archive!The Computer Magazine ArchivesGaming and Gamer Magazine ArchivesStarlog Magazine ArchiveZZap!64 Magazine ArchivePocketWallabagZinio Entertainment - Reading Amazon KindleAudibleComixology Entertainment - Video CrunchyRollHuluNetflixPrime Video Library Apps Check your local library to see if any of these services are available to you! All libraries are different and some will have access to different services, with different collections. All of these apps are available on iOS and Android. Axis360 - An eBook service for public libraries.cloudLibrary - Downloadable eBooks for public libraries.ComicsPlus - A comic book and graphic novel service for libraries.Flipster - Digital magazines and newspapers services for libraries.Freading - Downloadable eBooks for public libraries. Usually offers a more esoteric collection than the other eBook services.Freegal - Download, and keep, MP3 every single week. Streaming music is also available, depending on your library's options.Hoopla - The service with almost everything. Read eBooks and comics, listen to music and audiobooks, watch movies and TV.Kanopy - Indie movies, award winning documentaries, The Great Courses, and more.OverDrive (aka Libby) - OverDrive is the service and Libby is their app. OverDrive is the biggest service in downloadable eBooks and eAudio in the North American public library space.RBDigital - A little bit of everything. eBooks, eAudiobooks, digital magazines. Software Ampps - Easily set up a MariaDB, Apache, and PHP development environment on your Mac, Windows, or Linux. Then install various programmes using Softaculous.Calibre - Your eBooks, organised, converted, and managed your way. 100% cross platform.Chunky - My preferred comic book reader for iPadOS.Dark Noise - Soothing sounds for your ears. Available on iOS and iPadOS.GoodNotes - Handwritten notebooks done right in the digital world. The first big reason to own an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil.GoodReader - Excellent PDF reader for iOS and iPadOS.iA Writer - An excellent and affordable Markdown editor.Joplin - Ditch Evernote and discover something better, and simpler, than Notion. Joplin is a cross platform and available iOS, iPadOS, and Android.MindNode - Mind mapping software for iPad, iOS, and macOS. See below for an example of how I organised this show using MindMap.Procreate - Drawing, sketching, and painting on the iPad Pro. This is the second big reason to own an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil.Typora - The best Markdown editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux.Visual Studio Code - My preferred code editor. Oddly enough, even though it's made by Microsoft, it's totally cross platform for Windows, macOS, and Linux.VLC - One of the best video apps in the world. Free, open source, cross platform, and will play damn near anything you throw at it. Everything else CGP Grey - Dead man's/Detained man's switch. (Specific part of the video.)Cortex - The origin of the terms Greycation and Hurleyday.Publii - Version 0.36 released with a new spell check, and a whole lot of other new features! Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo MiyashitaCall Your Grandma by BodysurferWants to Know by Bodysurfer17-17 by BodysurferJax-Trax by BodysurferTears In My Heart by Psychadelik Pedestrian

Oh my god, he's back! After over a year of craziness and massive life changes, the Cyberpunk Librarian is back! Join Dan in this comeback episode where he helps you get acquainted with static site generators and introduces you to the one he prefers! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Links Tanglewood Hill - Check out my personal blog, powered by Publii!Energy Hogs: Can World’s Huge Data Centers Be Made More Efficient?The Internet Cloud Has a Dirty SecretStooge - A little programme that clears fines on patron accounts by automating Polaris Leap.Jekyll - Probably the most popular static site generator.Hexo - A static site generator powered by Node.js.Hugo - Likely the fastest static site generator. Powered by Go.Publii - My static site generator of choice. Beautiful, easy to use, and it makes blogging a joy rather than a job.Publii Marketplace - Lovely, free themes for Publii along with a few paid options.If you're interested in other static site generating options, check out this article from CreativeBloq.Typora - My favourite Markdown editor. Music and Sound Radio Interference/Static - from FreesoundEpsilon by Auditive EscapeFluvial Aspen by Auditive EscapeYurtifale by Auditive EscapeBellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita

Are you tired of paying for content? Do you have four or five services you subscribe to for music, eBooks, or movies? Maybe even more than five? Feeling a bit burned out pitting one service over another? Well Dan has just the thing for you: Free digital content from your public library! Release yourself from all (or at least some) of those services, and check out what's on offer from your local library! You'll be amazed how you can download eBooks, listen to music and audiobooks, watch movies, and more... and all you pay is the price of your library card! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Links Audiobooks OverDrive - Audiobooks, eBooks, and moreRBDigital - Audiobooks, eBooks, magazines, comics, and moreHoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and more eBooks OverDrive - Audiobooks, eBooks, and moreHoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and moreFreading - eBooks outside the Times... the New York Times.Freading Help Magazines & Comics RBDigital - Audiobooks, eBooks, magazines, comics, and moreHoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and moreMagazine Rack - The Magazine Rack at the Internet Archive. Tonnes of classic magazines. Movies, TV, & Video Hoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and moreKanopy - A fantastic collection of indie, arthouse, classic, and documentary film Music Freegal - Download and stream music, free and legallyHoopla - Audiobooks, eBooks, music, comics, and more Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo MiyashitaElektro Attitude by ChuzausenWhen the Rain Comes by saQi (featuring Cheraki)Falling Under Water by saQi (featuring Marya Stark)Bunker by MeterOcean Hotel by UncanWeirder by Drake Stafford

The Cyberpunk Librarian is back and he’s talking about software… His own software! Join Dan for a look at The FOSSiL Projects and discover what he’s been working on for the past couple of months! And hey, maybe there’s something in the Projects that can help make your library life just a little easier! YouTube Listen to this episode on YouTube. Links iAWriter – My writing app of choice on the iPad. The FOSSiL Projects – Free and Open Source Solutions in Libraries. The primary website for information about the projects. FOSSiL Projects on GitLab – The FOSSiL Projects repos on GitLab. CargoCult Demo – Try this thing for yourself! PHP – Write some code, find some frustrations. Python – A better brand of misery. MariaDB – It’s MySQL, without Oracle. Ubuntu MATE – It’s so… green! WordPress – Sure, there are other CMS solutions, but this is the one I like. GitLab – Host your code in an versioning system that’s 100% open source. Download GitLab – Host your code in your own hosted versioning system. GOGS – Simple, easy to use, git style versioning system. Works pretty much everywhere. VirtualBox – Run virtual Linux servers using open source virtualization software. It’s VMware, with Oracle. Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Catching Rays by Psychadelik Pedestrian Fluid Dreams by Daniel Birch Edge of the Wastelands by Tri-Tachyon Overcast by fascinating earthbound objects Stinger music is pulled from Andreas Theme by Kevin MacLeod Music from the Cyberpunk Librarian podcasts Sounds 56k Modem from Freesound.org

Holy crap! Cyberpunk Librarian is back! On this episode, Dan talks about the projects that have been holding up the show and what’s going on in his life. It’s a conversation over coffee with your friendly neighbourhood Cyberpunk Librarian! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Links Blogging Blog post: Blogging, RSS, and Social Network Failure Blog post: Taking Notes — A New Approach to the Shows Blog post: Organizationally Stacked Facebook Is a Garbage Fire The Oatmeal – Reaching People on the Internet GeekWire – ‘The Oatmeal’ creator rips Facebook in comic — and Facebook asks if he wants to ‘boost’ the post RSS Readers QuiteRSS — Free, open source RSS reader for Linux, Windows, and macOS Reeder and Unread – Inexpensive RSS readers for iOS Reeder — Inexpensive RSS reader for macOS Flym and Read – RSS readers for Android Brief – A free, open source RSS reader for Firefox – WebExtensions and Firefox 56+ compatible FeedBin and Feedly – RSS readers on the web – Premium, but inexpensive services that sync across devices Ambient and Space Music Download Dan’s music for free from SoundCloud Buy Dan’s music on BandCamp Organisation Kanban – Wikipedia Ōno Taiichi – Creator of kanban Trello – A freemium kanban system for tracking projects. Projects – A public Trello board so you can see what Dan is doing these days Python Projects Polaris ILS – My particular ILS of choice Koha ILS – My favourite free and open source ILS solution 3M SIP Protocol – Guaranteed to cure your insomnia DR. RID – Check it out on GitHub Reddit Enhancement Suite – Make Reddit better. BBS BBS – A fantastic documentary from Jason Scott, the archivist behind textfiles.com Watch the BBS documentary series on YouTube Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It – A fantastic podcast about technology, history, people, and getting out of debt Mystic BBS – A pretty sweet BBS package for macOS, Windows, and Linux SynchroNet – A pretty sweet BBS package for Windows and Linux WWIV – A classic bit of BBS kit that I ran back in my teenage years VirtualBox – Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows and runs virtual machines with ease SyncTerm – An excellent terminal emulator that invokes the old days of dial up Qodem – A clone of the classic Qmodem terminal emulator Music Stinger music is pulled from Andreas Theme by Kevin MacLeod Star Drift by Daniel Messer Optimus L’Chaim by Daniel Messer Sounds Fast Forward​

Join Dan for a special episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where he looks at what it is to be human in an increasingly technological world, and within the world of one of the greatest novels in the cyberpunk genre! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Links Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep on WorldCat and Amazon Episode 50 – Spirit in the Framework Hatsune Miku Blade Runner – Trailer Blade Runner 2049 – Trailer Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It – A new podcast from that guy at textfiles.com. Music The Beat Goes On by Flex Vector Dancer in the Dark by Flex Vector The Killbots are Coming by Flex Vector Gray Matter by Flex Vector Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Sounds Steady Rain in the City at Freesound.org

Sometimes it’s far harder than it should be to find that academic paper or research article. Papers and journals are locked behind paywalls, paywalls that don’t matter to your patrons. So let Dan help you break the walls down, and get those articles you and your patrons need! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Links Google Scholar – Start here whenever you’re looking for a scholarly article. Unpaywall – For Firefox and Chrome. Looks for legal access to scholarly articles. DOAJ – The Directory of Open Access Journals. Almost 10,000 journals an over 2.5 million articles. Arxiv – Pronounced “Archive,” this is a massive ePrint server from the Cornell University Library. You’ll find open access to over 1.3 million articles on a variety of subjects. Sci-Hub – Open access to scientific and academic research. Library Genesis – Over 2 million eBooks, magazines, and articles. Sci-Hub Links for Chrome – Turn those DOIs and Pubmed links into Sci-Hub links. IBT – Two-thirds of the world’s academic papers are now on Sci-Hub r/Scholar – The scholarly article subreddit. Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Work by Ketsa wander with me by Ketsa Sentimental by Sro

After a way–to-long hiatus due to some bad craziness with moving, promotions, and upgrades… The Cyberpunk Librarian is back! Join Dan as he shares his tools and techniques for downloading massive amounts of, well… everything! YouTube Listen to this episode on YouTube. Links WordPress.org – My CMS of choice Seriously Simple Podcasting -Podcasting with WordPress Zapier – A Zap to add images to Dropbox by liking them on Tumblr Save File To – Manage your downloads (For Firefox) Image-Toolbar – Save images to the right place the first time (For Chrome) DownThemAll – Gimme it! It’s mine! (For Firefox) Bulk Image Downloader – Get all the images! (For Chrome) Multi File Downloader – Get all the things! (For Chrome) The developer of DownThemAll gives his non-candy-coated opinion about the move to WebExtensions. youtube-dl – It downloads videos so damn well! Homebrew – It’s like apt for Mac and it’s pretty awesome Knightwise episode KW807 – In which Knightwise covers youtube-dl in depth A killer script to do incremental downloads of YouTube channels, from u/serendib on reddit. wget – Because sometimes you need an entire website Wget: A Noob’s Guide – Learn the basics of wget in minutes! r/DataHoarder on reddit – A subreddit for those with a multi-terabyte obsession r/OpenDirectories on reddit – “I found this lying around…” phpBB – The BBS isn’t dead, it’s just available via HTTP. Music Unprovoked Attack by Psychadelik Pedestrian Within Attraction by Yanni – Buy it on Amazon or listen on Spotify Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Druids March by Psychadelik Pedestrian Pacific by Psychadelik Pedestrian Nocturnia by Psychadelik Pedestrian Sounds 56k Modem.mp3 Rimshot Joke Funny

Just a quick update from Dan on why he’s been radio silent for a while, what’s going on, and no the show isn’t dead!

Dan returns with part two of episode 51 where he finishes up the topic of burner laptops with some software recommendations to keep yourself safe and private in cyberspace and in meatspace! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Join me! Imzy – Join the community on Imzy! Facebook – Or find me on Facebook! @bibrarian – Talk to me on Twitter! Google+ – Google+ is still alive! Or just email me – cyberpunklibrarian (at) protonmail (dot) com Links uBlock Origin – An ad blocker that’s not too hard on your RAM or CPU. Privacy Badger – Blocks trackers and advertisements too. From the good folks at the EFF. HTTPS Everywhere – Putting the S back on the end of HTTP. Encrypted connections whenever possible. NoScript Security Suite – Shut down unnecessary scripts and prevent cross-site scripting and clickjacking. DuckDuckGo – Because your search engine shouldn’t follow you around the web. DuckDuckGo Bangs – Search everything from one site. A Beginner’s Guide to TOR – Getting started with TOR and what it’s all about. Another Beginner’s Guide to TOR – Because a little more information won’t hurt. TOR Browser – The easiest way to get up and running with TOR. DuckDuckGo on TOR – Anonymize further. TAILS – When you absolutly, positively need a higher level of invisibility. NSA Labels Linux Journal Readers and TOR and TAILS Users as Extremists – Their only crime was curiosity. Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Untitled One (Anoymous Version) by Pollux The Northern Lights by Alyiann Viscous by FRAIL

Go dark and get deep as Dan walks you through the basics of setting up a burner laptop! In a special, two part episode, we’re going to look at the hardware, network, software, and physical security you’ll need to think about when you’re setting up a laptop you might eventually walk away from. Here in Part One, let’s talk about the hardware, the network, and operational security of the device. CORRECTION: During the episode I refer to GPS as a two way communication which, as Jason Griffey and John Fink pointed out on Twitter, is wrong. What I was talking about is the communication between GPS and apps that use GPS. The GPS on a smartphone is a receiver, and that’s all it does, receive information. I am so sorry for that error, and I’ll mention this correction in Part Two! YouTube Listen on YouTube. Links Acer Aspire One Netbook – My burner of choice Acer Aspire One models on eBay – See what’s on offer Xubuntu – Lightweight, beautiful Linux Install Linux on a Chromebook Five Dollar Wrench Cryptanalysis from xkcd Snooping on Text by Listening to the Keyboard – Schneier on Security A Closer Look at Opera’s Browser VPN – An article on hacks PC Magazine’s Review of VPNs – Good place to start looking for services Private Internet Access – Not a paid endorsement, because I don’t do those. I’ve literally used them for years and I’ve been happy since I first signed up. Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Untitled One (Anoymous Version) by Pollux The Northern Lights by Alyiann Methamphetamine by Alyiann Answering M by Sro Sounds Radio Transmissions – Morsecode – SOS MAYDAY AM Flip 2

FIFTY EPISODES?! Can you believe it? The show is over three years old and, with fifty episodes on the books, Dan decided to do something special! Join the Cyberpunk Librarian for a look at one the best pieces of cyberpunk art ever created and one of the greatest cyberpunk stories ever crafted. Kore wa, Kōkaku Kidōtai: Gosuto in za Sheru. YouTube Listen on YouTube Links Can I Stream It – Find out where you can watch or buy Ghost in the Shell online. Matrix Revisited – xkcd on how it’s too bad they never made any sequels to The Matrix. Can I Stream It – Find out where you can watch or buy The Matrix online. Music Spectrum (Subdiffusion Mix) by Foniqz Ecstasy X by Jason Shaw Grenfeld by Global Goon Dimension by Creo Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Making of a Cyborg from the Ghost in the Shell OST by Kenji Kawai Lum no Love Song from Urusei Yatsura by Kobayashi Izumi. Performed by Matsutani Yuuko Jokyoku from Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron China by Kenji Kawai No Guts, No Glory (The Adventures of the Galaxy ) by Phil Galdston and John Van Tongeren. Performed by Vito Gesualdi

Turn on, tune in, and chill out as Dan takes you on a trip through the sounds of ambient and space music! Put your mind at rest, lay back, and let the sound flow over and around you. Relax and get more done thanks to the soundscapes and cosmic wonder of ambient music. Dan delivers the info on where to find the best ambient tunes and offers a sampler of some of the best in the genre. YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Links Ambient Internet Radio Stations Drone Zone Space Station Soma Deep Space One Mission Control Doomed SF 10-33 The Silent Channel StillStream Radio Mystic The Ambient Music Subreddit The Space Music Subreddit The Dark Ambient Subreddit Podcasts The Hypnagogue Podcast Ambient Soundbath Playlists My Ambient Appetizer playlist – On Spotify 24 hours of beautiful ambient and space music – On Spotify 192 hours of beautiful ambient and space music – On Spotify Musicians Steve Roach – Music from The Magnificent Void – Spotify | YouTube Lucette Bourdin – Music from Radiant Stars – More on Archive.org | Spotify | YouTube Stars of the Lid – Music from And Their Refinement of the Decline – Spotify | YouTube Stargarden – Music from Ambient Excursions – Spotify | YouTube Clips Brian Eno – Music for Airports Interview Apollo 11 Audio courtesy of NASA Music The Last Question by Lee Rosevere The City Without Sun by Massimo Ruberti Gravitational Slingshot by Daniel Messer Star Drift by Daniel Messer

Almost everybody who uses a computer winds up typing something sooner or later. Heck, Dan is typing this… right now… on a computer! So join him for a show about getting more out of typing with text expansion! YouTube Listen on YouTube Links Text Expander from Smile Software for macOS aText for macOS PhraseExpress – for Windows Breevy – for Windows AutoKey – for Linux TextSuggest – For Linux Music Dodo by beat.dowsing Albatross by beat.dowsing Tropics by beat.dowsing Knowns by beat.dowsing

Cyberpunk Librarian is back! Do you have to do repetitive tasks on your computer? Gotta do the same thing over and over again, week in and week out? Weren’t computers supposed to make this job easier? Join Dan as he dives into the problems he’s faced with repetitive jobs and how he automated his way out of them. Then, try it yourself! A couple hours of coding can save you days of work later on! YouTube Listen on YouTube Links MCLD SlideGen – Easily make web slides for Polaris PowerPAC. PUMMEL 2.0 – Handles unclaimed holds fees and processing in Polaris ILS. AutoHotkey – The duct tape programming language that just freakin’ works. Visual Studio – It’s free now. You should try it. ImageMagick – Arcane, strange, eldritch, but incredibly useful. PHP – Because sometimes, ya gotta. Slide Examples A generic slide with generic fonts and colours. Fonts and colours can be changed to suit your designs and desires! This is a slide as it actually appears on the library website! As you can see, it looks a bit better when you tweak it to your needs. Music Wait for My Shadow by Illusory Scapes Alleviation by Illusory Scapes Cries of Your Love by Illusory Scapes Dance of My Imagination by Illusory Scapes Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Sound Effects Nikon F3 with Motor Drive

Join the Cyberpunk Librarian as he digs deeper into the topic of Minecraft and helps the uninitiated get themselves up to speed! After all, you might want to do some Minecraft things at your library, but what do you do when your co-workers don’t know a diamond pick from a Creeper’s behind? You can start by sharing this show with them! YouTube Catch the show on YouTube Music Fascinating Earthbound Objects at the Free Music Archive Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Sounds Digging Into Dirt from Freesound

When things stop working and computers break, you need a trouble ticketing system to get the problems in the hands of the professionals! Join Dan for a ride with eTicket, a FOSS help desk system for everyone! YouTube Listen on YouTube Links eTicket Help Desk Software – A FOSS trouble ticket system running on LAMP. Music Hedonic State by Mike B. Fort Spectrum (Subdiffusion Mix) by Foniqz OST 11 Where Am I? by sawsquarenoise Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Sounds Bristol Riots Shouting and Swearing from FreeSound

Dive into the awesome, portable Raspberry PirateBox, a version of the classic PirateBox running on a Raspberry Pi! Dan’s got the information and the ideas to get you started on your own PirateBox project! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links PirateBox – Begin at the beginning. Raspberry PirateBox – Build a PirateBox from a Pi! Raspberry PirateBox modification ideas – Take it to another level. LibraryBox – The LibraryBox, an offshoot of the PirateBox. Recommended battery packs – Go mobile. Merkury Innovations Battery Pack – The model I use seems to be discontinued, but this is pretty close. PuTTY – Because Windows only recently acquired ssh capabilities. Episode 39 – About Raspberry Pis and digital signage. How to Flash an SD Card for Raspberry Pi – A great guide for all operating systems. How not to disguse your PirateBox Kareha – Like 4chan, but with Perl. PirateBox radio – IceCast FTW! r/piratebox – The PirateBox subreddit. Music Runtime Error by Peter Sharp Cylinder Three by Chris Zabriskie Hallon by Christian Bjoerklund Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Sounds Data Stream from FreeSound

It’s laid back, it’s musical, it’s story time! Dan takes a break and reads a couple of chapters from his new book, Digital Outback: Cyberpunk and Culture on the Edge of the Net. YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links Digital Outback – Available on Amazon and DRM free. Feel free to convert as needed. The Pulp Magazine Archive at the Internet Archive Music Astro (Give You All I Can) by Giyo Parisian Girl by Giyo World Order – Machine Civilization from the album 2012 Spotify | YouTube Homer & Jethro – Jam-bow-liar from America’s Song Butchers: The Weird World of Homer & Jethro Spotify | YouTube Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Sounds Printer from FreeSound Jet Engines from FreeSound

Scientists recently discovered gravitational waves and Dan gets atomic with the Atom text editor from GitHub! Let’s talk about writing simply, so you can simply write what you need to write. It’s simple, and with Atom, it’s beautiful. YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links ImageMagick – Go hardcore and make images from the command line! Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 41 – So Be It Resolved Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 35 – Marky Markdown and the Funky Bunch Cory Doctorow and Flashbake – Plain text novelist with version control by Git In the Beginning Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson Simple Text Editor for Firefox Writer for Chrome MacDown – MarkDown for Mac ByWord – MarkDown for Mac and iOS Atom – A hackable text editor from GitHub Music Analgesia by Vir Nocturna Kelp Grooves by Little Glass Men The Dead of Night by Psychadelik Pedestrian Universal Warrior (Special Edition) by Gorowski Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Sounds Manual Typewriter from FreeSound

The Cyberpunk Librarian returns with a show about new year’s goals and self improvement! Find out what he’s got on the agenda for 2016 and stay tuned throughout the year to see how he’s doing with his resolutions! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links Hearing Voices: Librarian Produced Podcasts – A feature in American Libraries magazine by the amazing Steve Thomas, of Circulating Ideas. Circulating Ideas on Patreon – Check out the Patreon for Circulating Ideas and give ’em your love and support! ASP.Net MVC – So I need to learn more about this. Python – And I need to learn some more of this. The View from Amalthea – My album of ambient and space music. Listen to it and/or buy it on Bandcamp or download everything for free from my SoundCloud. Drone Zone – Pure ambient awesomeness from Soma FM. Mission Control – Ambient tunes with communications from space. It’s like space nerd paradise. Hyperlinked History – A popular history book I wrote a while back. (That’s “popular” as in Popular Science not “popular” as in top ten.) All My Rattling On – A collection of essays on libraries, tech, and science. Music Echo Mirage – By Daniel Messer Star Drift – By Daniel Messer Starshine – By Daniel Messer Bellydance at Ebisu – By Ryo Miyashita Numbers 1_02 Counting CIA – The Conet Archive

Join the Cyberpunk Librarian and dive into the weird world of the Integrated Library System. Sometimes, librarians are called on to help set up libraries for small organizations, non-profits, and schools. There’s rarely a lot of money to throw at an ILS so, if you’re looking for free, open source alternatives, Dan’s got your back. YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube Links Web Librarian Plugin on WordPress – Set up a free, easy to use ILS using WordPress! Web Librarian website – Get more information on the Web Librarian plugin. Web Librarian documentation – While the docs aren’t 100% complete, they’re still very helpful Example Web Librarian PAC – A simple example of a WebLibrarian PAC on the Cyberpunk Librarian website. OpenBiblio – A free, open source ILS with many of the features you’ll find in a proprietary ILS. OpenBiblio documentation -You’ll need this, but it’s not a gargantuan undertaking to get it up and running. OpenBiblio Add Ons – Get yourself some Z39.50. Classify by OCLC – Need a Dewey number? Look it up on Classify. MARC records – Get basic MARC records from LoC. MARC records from library PACs – Polaris PowerPACs can provide MARC records under the Librarian’s View. Try the link for MARC data from the PowerPAC at Maricopa County Library District, or check out an example, or try other PACs in the area. Mesa Public Library Phoenix Public Library Chandler Public Library Amazon to MARC converter – Want to make a MARC record with a minimum of fuss, this Amazon to MARC converter can help. MarcEdit – If you must use MARC, use this. phpMyAdmin – Because writing SQL by hand is tedious. Koha – A FOSS ILS used by libraries large and small. Fully functional, completely awesome, and hard as nails. Evergreen – Another excellent, fully featured FOSS ILS used by libraries all over the world. About MARC – In case you really want to learn more about MARC records. About Z39.50 – Z39.50, the standard for bibliographic lookup and retrieval 7 Apps for Cataloging Your Home Library – A great article with some excellent recommendations. Music Starlight by Psychadelik Pedestrian Readers! Do You Read? by Chris Zabriskie Note Drop by Broke for Free Bellydance at Ebisu – by Ryo Miyashita Titles (Chariots of Fire) – by Vangelis, covered by Daniel Messer

From the frozen north of Flagstaff, AZ — the Cyberpunk Librarian talks digital signage and setting it up at your library! Join Dan for a special episode of the show, recorded live during his talk at the 2015 Arizona Library Association Annual Conference! YouTube Listen to the show on YouTube. Music and Sound New Life by Teen Daze Catching Rays by Psychedelik Pedestrian Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Crowd chatter and talking from Freesound.org

Sometimes you need an eBook, article, musical track, movie, or something like that. Sometimes that thing isn’t available through the normal channels. You’ve tried, but you just can’t put your hands on it. The system is letting you down. Facing a time crunch, trying to help, you need to go outside and around the system. And for that, there’s the Cyberpunk Librarian. Links The Pirate Bay is the World’s Most Efficient Public Library by Zacqary Adam Xeper. The New Yankee Workshop with Norm Abram. Private Internet Access – My preferred VPN provider. ClamWin Portable – Portable virus scanner that lives on a USB drive. uBlock Origin for Firefox – Memory friendly ad blocking for Firefox. uBlock Origin for Chrome – Memory friendly ad blocking for Chrome. The Proxy Bay – Because sometimes The Pirate Bay moves around. Transmission – Transmission BitTorrent client. Cross platform and works everywhere. HexChat – Free, open source and cross platform IRC client that works on Windows, OS X, and Linux. LimeChat – Free, open source IRC client for OS X. Also available for iOS. mIRC – Non-free IRC client for Windows that’s been around for a long time. ManWithoutModem’s excellent post on how to find eBooks through various sources. Calibre – Sure, there are other software solutions for managing eBooks, but who cares? This is the real deal, free and open source, and 100% cross platform. You cannot beat the feature set and you cannot beat the plug-ins. DeDRM Tools – A Calibre plugin that strips DRM whenever you import an eBook. Google Scholar – If you’re looking for scholarly articles, try this first. Library Genesis Database – Feed your DOI to LibGen and see what happens. Oh, wait, what’s a DOI? – Wikipedia has a fantastic explanation. CrossRef.org – When you need a DOI, CrossRef has your back. r/Scholar – The Scholar subreddit, ask and you may receive. Music Leviathan by André Uhl Der Plug by D-Echo Project Folha Negra by D-Echo Project Funkind 2 by Vincenzo A track from Cannery Row, one of the most sorely underrated films of all time. Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashima Credits Computer sounds from FreeSound The opening from the Upside Down Show. The opening from the Lion King

Awww yiss, chummers! Cyberpunk Librarian is back from an unexpected hiatus with a new show about notebooks! Wait, notebook computers? No, paper notebooks! But there is a tech twist to my notational madness as we get into how to keep a notebook where you can actually find the information you wrote down, even if it’s months or years ago. Welcome back to Cyberpunk Librarian! Links Pen Addict Moleskine notebooks Picadilly notebooks Black n’ Red notebooks Field Notes Mead notebooks A little known hack from Japan to get your notebook organized Music and Sounds Zon by Gorowski Sands of Time by Psychadelik Pedestrian Convalescence II: Love Again by Anima Pencil on Paper on Wood Writing from Freesound

After an unexpected hiatus, the Cyberpunk Librarian is back with a show on Getting Things Done! Discover the tools, tips, and tricks for getting the job done and not working so hard to do it! Links Getting Things Done by David Allen – The book that started it all. How to be Productive and Get Things Done Using GTD by Ramesh Natarajan – An excellent overview without slogging through the book. Inbox Zero – Merlin Mann’s methodology for mail management. The Pomodoro Technique – Work a little less, do a little more. Productivity 101: A Primer to the Pomodoro Technique by Alan Henry – Read a little less, learn a little more. How I Work – A great series of articles about how people get things done. Interviews on Letters to a Young Librarian A growing series of posts about how librarians get things done! Outlook.com – One of the best mobile apps I’ve ever used for email. Works for Exchange, Gmail, Yahoo, IMAP, and more! Get it on iOS and Android Wunderlist – My go to for to do. Also available on iOS and Android. OneNote – Cross platform, use everywhere note taking. Get it on Windows or OS X or iOS or Android. Cortex – A entire podcast series about how YouTube video maker, podcaster, and GTD adherent CGP Grey gets things done. Hello Internet – A podcast featuring more about life and work from CGP Grey and Brady Haran. A Pomodoro timer for iOS or Android. And, you know, not meaning to brag or anything, but this stuff really works! Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Ambient by Project Divinity Walking on the Seaside by Sunstroke lex g alex 3 by Lex g Alex Sound Effects Dropforge.mp3 Typing

Join us for a new episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where we dig into the markup language that is Markdown. You too can write rich text in a plain text editor and easily share it online! It’s easy to learn and easy to use and will change the way you look at plain text! Correction: In the episode I credit Aaron Swartz as a co-creator of Markdown, working with John Gruber. In reality, Swartz was an important early tester, but not a co-creator of Markdown. Thanks to Steve Thomas of Circulating Ideas for the correction! Links Markdown Syntax by John Gruber – This is where it all begins. A bunch of great tutorials and information about Markdown from Design Shack Dillinger.io – An online Markdown editor. (Special thanks to Knight Wise of the Knightwise.com podcast for the tip!) MarkdownPad – For Windows MacDown – For OS X Haroopad – For Linux Byword – For iOS Draft – For Android My shownotes in raw Markdown Music Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Infinitive Sight by Fortadelis Lullaby by _ghost Under Whispering Trees by Fonogeri

Drink the Kool Aid, or take a bite of the Apple, or something like that! Dan gets into the nitty gritty of how he gets it done on his MacBook and what he uses on a regular basis! Links Online Firefox (open source) Reeder Microsoft Remote Desktop Transmission (open source) Multimedia Creation Pixelmator GarageBand Logic Pro X Final Cut Pro iMovie Compressor Writing and Coding TextWrangler Evernote MacDown (open source) LibreOffice (open source) Keynote Utility aText OneDrive VeraCrypt (open source) Entertainment Clementine (open source) Spotify VLC (open source) Music Watching Whales on the Moon by Lee Roesevere Illogical Boogie by Coconut Monkeyrocket Namaste by Jason Shaw Belly Dance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita

Putting stuff in the cloud? That’s fine. Getting more out of your cloud storage than just a dumping ground for stuff? That’s even better! Dan offers up a couple of ideas on how to get something extra from your cloud storage solutions!

Join Dan for a special, highly technical episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where he presents a talk at the 2015 Innovative Users Group conference in Minneapolis, MN! Links My slidedeck Music Quantum Leaper, feat. Lady Parsec by Azureflex HyperSpaceAdventure by Skip Belly Dance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita

Discover sources of free, public domain and Creative Commons images you can use for your library’s website, print pieces, or social media! Dan navigates you through the world of images and how to stay on the right side of your library’s ethics policies. Links Pixabay Albumarium Compfight The yoga image I selected from Pixabay. Tokyo at night, a truly cyberpunk setting. Music Belly Dance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Faraday by dustmotes Killing Bosses by Gumbel Myth by 505 Warm Steel by General Fuzz Credits Austin Powers Pure Pwnage: FPS Doug CS:S

We carry this wonderful computer around in our pockets, but we don’t really use it as much as we could! Join Dan as he spends a week living without a tablet and relying on his smartphone for his on-the-go computer! Links Recirculated: Circulating Ideas Transcripts – Help make Circulating Ideas available to a wider audience by funding their transcription efforts on Kickstarter! Motorola Bluetooth Keyboard Music Born Into It (Chillout Mix) by Redmann Pacific by Psychakelik Pedestrian Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita Sound Effects DTMF Tone Sounds Dail Tone UK Dialing Ringing Tone Phone Ringing 8x

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! 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

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

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!

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.

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