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Dark Ages Social Media

March 27, 2017 Holly Bleeding Edge 9 comments

Connecting Online: Creating a Successful Image on the Internet Sherwin and Avila 1997 Submitter: This is the 1997 edition and it is in a college library in [Canada]. Holly: For the love of All Things Holy, people, I am begging

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Email Addresses of the Rich and Famous

February 28, 2017 Holly Bleeding Edge, Celebrity Gossip and Advice 13 comments

E-mail addresses of the Rich & Famous Godin 1994 Submitter: This is perhaps the most embarrassing offerings we’ve ever submitted to Awful Library Books, and we’ve offered up a few doozies!  An email directory from 1994?  We’ve hit a new

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Build a Web Site the Lazy Way

For Lazy Web Designers

October 17, 2016 Holly Bleeding Edge 13 comments

Build a Web Site the Lazy Way Toyer 1999 Submitter: We just weeded this 1999 web site design book today (in 2016…). I was a little embarrassed it was still in the collection. Technology-wise it’s hilariously outdated, with a cheesy,

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The Internet

December 15, 2015 Holly Bleeding Edge 6 comments

The Internet Henderson 1998 Submitter: The Internet is an overview of how to use the internet from 1998. The internet from 1998 seems like an easy weed. My local library system has 3 copies. Three too many. I knew a

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Teach Yourself Internetz

September 14, 2015 Holly Bleeding Edge 7 comments

Teach yourself the Internet in 24 hours Estabrook 1994 Submitter: When I was a public Librarian back in the 90’s we could not have enough books like this on shelf. It seemed everyone was coming in to learn about this

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Netting Your Ancestors

May 28, 2015 Holly Bleeding Edge 4 comments

Netting Your Ancestors: Genealogical Research on the Internet Howells 1997 Submitter: It is disconcerting to find a book on Internet research published in 1997 in the library. I was very curious about what was on the Internet in 1997! Mostly, it’s

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Complete Idiot's Guide to JavaScript

An Ode to Code

April 6, 2015 Holly Bleeding Edge 6 comments

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to JavaScript Walter 1996 Submitter: [Found] in a public library. Amazingly, it was checked out as recently as a year ago – I’m not a programmer but I suppose there’s still some valid information in there –

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MySpace

December 18, 2014 Holly Bleeding Edge 2 comments

Amp Your Myspace Page: Essential Tools for Giving Your Profile an Extreme Makeover Butow and Bellomo 2008 Submitter: *Sigh* Well, where to begin? This sad thing was withdrawn from the Science and Technology section of the public library I work

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