Friday, May 15, 2009

One slight correction to the preceding...

...and it's a happy one. If you're planning on visiting this branch to do historical research that will involve viewing microfilm, you're somewhat in luck. There's a strip of power outlets running along the wall behind the readers. In fact, one of them has a convenient multi-outlet extension strip plugged into it, adjacent to the microfilm reader that's to the right as you face the wall.

However, I don't think I'd risk what one intrepid laptopper is doing as I'm writing this-running his Dell off that strip after plugging into it and taking a seat at a table across the passageway from the microfilm machines. If someone doesn't send his rig crashing to the floor after tripping over his cord, it's likely only a matter of time before someone from the library politely suggests he remove it. He ought to anyway, of course, without being asked.

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