tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post3629459911999753602..comments2023-11-22T02:49:34.600-06:00Comments on A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette: Internet, Hilariously renaming theJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13028088897973151439noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-9722443680222682262008-05-21T21:33:00.000-05:002008-05-21T21:33:00.000-05:00our head honcho in the end of year speech at schoo...our head honcho in the end of year speech at school last year actually referred to it as the 'information super highway' in his fun speech about internet safety (which they only discovered at the end of 2007!) and kept referring to the 'dark alleyways' on/off the information super highway. jeez. I like to refer to dodgy net connections as the 'information super goat-track', and my personal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-3513899557067413502008-03-13T03:48:00.000-05:002008-03-13T03:48:00.000-05:00I have just started working at a public library an...I have just started working at a public library and the staff refer to computers with internet access as "internets". As in, "this branch has four internets". I find it bizarre.Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09072369587698652657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-40037345597053907322008-03-13T03:47:00.000-05:002008-03-13T03:47:00.000-05:00P.S. My personal preference: "the internerd"P.S. My personal preference: "the internerd"Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09072369587698652657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-28592491634155720822008-02-18T10:30:00.000-06:002008-02-18T10:30:00.000-06:00Personal favorite office coinage of this kind so f...Personal favorite office coinage of this kind so far: <BR/><BR/>webernets.<BR/><BR/>Personal favorite non-ironic, patron coinage:<BR/><BR/>"I've got the internets on my computer at home. But my computer doesn't have the google."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-85542357893012671182008-02-15T19:41:00.000-06:002008-02-15T19:41:00.000-06:00"the intertron"... that's my favorite"the intertron"... that's my favoriteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-37802530846131231042008-02-11T16:01:00.000-06:002008-02-11T16:01:00.000-06:00I have recently decided to use the phrase "look it...I have recently decided to use the phrase "look it up on the google" as my default. I had a crazy time trying to explain to the rare books list that you can't cite google, trying to analogize to the card catalog - rather cleverly, I thought - to little avail...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-50155456937779373472008-02-07T23:32:00.000-06:002008-02-07T23:32:00.000-06:00Webernet is a personal favorite... so is the inter...Webernet is a personal favorite... so is the intertubesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867706280910806174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-89986866659555275792008-02-07T22:44:00.000-06:002008-02-07T22:44:00.000-06:00lol.."internet button"lol.."internet button"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-56038644990774922632008-02-01T09:41:00.000-06:002008-02-01T09:41:00.000-06:00my boss likes to (unironically) ask where the "int...my boss likes to (unironically) ask where the "internet button" is on my desktop. apparently everyone else's is on the bottom left side of the screen and, horrors, mine is on the top left side. it really freaked her out when she couldn't find it. it really freaked me out that she referred to the "internet button" approximately a dozen times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-1948409823609373232008-02-01T06:23:00.000-06:002008-02-01T06:23:00.000-06:00I once heard someone say they were going to "get o...I once heard someone say they were going to "get on the dubdubdub" they were trying too hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-29367623066453195912008-01-24T16:00:00.000-06:002008-01-24T16:00:00.000-06:00Information highway? huh? I go speeding down The...Information highway? huh? I go speeding down The Information Superhighway. That is, when I'm not busy Surfing the 'Net.<BR/><BR/>Ones and zeros, my friends. Ones and zeros.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-54855356010633992752008-01-23T22:26:00.000-06:002008-01-23T22:26:00.000-06:00n00b!n00b!Drop The Gloves!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15728510960787862232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-30683774739226069652008-01-23T14:28:00.000-06:002008-01-23T14:28:00.000-06:00Alas, there goes my lol-cred.T_TAlas, there goes my lol-cred.<BR/><BR/>T_TUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227958447851647660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-9884333795402212372008-01-23T13:37:00.000-06:002008-01-23T13:37:00.000-06:00I believe its "teh intarwebz"I believe its "teh intarwebz"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-87355406193116734162008-01-23T11:43:00.000-06:002008-01-23T11:43:00.000-06:00No "intarwebz" fans?No "intarwebz" fans?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227958447851647660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-91742686203912370192008-01-23T11:25:00.000-06:002008-01-23T11:25:00.000-06:00I work in the IT business and we often times refer...I work in the IT business and we often times refer to the internet as "a series of tubes" as a joke. My daughter-in-law and son refer to it as "interenets" (plural)....I even questioned them one time about that...just to make sure I wasn't missing something...hahahaha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-5280148736882262062008-01-23T10:06:00.000-06:002008-01-23T10:06:00.000-06:00I like to pepper my computer talk with vague refer...I like to pepper my computer talk with vague references to the Master Control Program. Also, I respond to any use of the word computer with the phrase "Would you like to play a game?" in a hilarious computer voice. If they give me enough time I go all the way with "Let's play global thermonuclear war. Funny game. The only way to win is not to play." I think demonstrating how au currant I am Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10092275.post-67041510882593474682008-01-23T09:08:00.000-06:002008-01-23T09:08:00.000-06:00As I trainer I suggest using 'series of tubes' oft...As I trainer I suggest using '<A HREF="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/02/sen-stevens-hilariou.html" REL="nofollow">series of tubes</A>' often. Most people understand that...eventually.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17630447707532322216noreply@blogger.com