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It's a little later than I hoped but episode three of Hyperlinked History is done and online for your edutainment pleasure! I had some technical difficulties along with this nagging thing called "my job" that kept encroaching on my free time. So I apologize for the tardiness and invite you to join me for a trip through history from Heian Japan to modern day America! On the way we'll conquer China, mint a few coins, and accidentally burn New York to the ground.

Things like that can happen when you're Moving Along.

You can always catch past and current episodes on the Hyperlinked History site. If you're of an Apple state of mind, you can subscribe to the show in iTunes.

Hyperlinked History is back and in living colour! (Most video is nowadays.)

The first episode of Hyperlinked History is available online and on iTunes for your viewing pleasure! This time, join the Faceless Historian as he takes you on a tour of history from an Indian mathematician to modern aircraft. You'll meet slightly insane geniuses and get a little electrified as you lift off with Soaring Numbers.

Note: I'm told that iTunes is having issues syncing the show to iPods. I'll see if I can figure out what's going on. However, the show plays just fine within iTunes, so you can still watch it that way!

When I first conceived the idea for Hyperlinked History and the whole Faceless Historian thing, I wanted it to be an online television show. At the very least I wanted to make an online documentary series with video, music, and the whole bit. So I shot a couple of test things and edited them together. Then I deleted that crap because it was terrible.

A year later, I have skills and equipment I didn't originally possess. So I'm excited to announce that Hyperlinked History will be moving into the realm of online video!

The opening of the show is available online as a sort of teaser/trailer and you'll be able to keep up with the programme both here on LISNews and on the Hyperlinked History site. Episodes should start going online around the end of August, so stay tuned!

Hello, everyone and welcome to the first in a series of three special episodes of Hyperlinked History! For the next three episodes, we're going to do something a little different. I'm going to talk about seven people who influenced myself, my work, and my writing. More than that, we'll see how what they say can apply to libraries and library staff. Because these people, in a very real way, explained the world to me, I call this three part series "Explanations."

So join me as we'll meet two teachers, a couple of scientists, two historians (natch), and a nun. This week, we meet the teachers.