{"id":527,"date":"2008-10-15T01:34:56","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T16:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/15\/want-me-to-pick-you-up-an-all-purpose-mosquito-killer-bat\/"},"modified":"2008-10-15T01:34:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T16:34:56","slug":"want-me-to-pick-you-up-an-all-purpose-mosquito-killer-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/15\/want-me-to-pick-you-up-an-all-purpose-mosquito-killer-bat\/","title":{"rendered":"Want me to pick you up an All-Purpose Mosquito-Killer Bat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No? You sure?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3210\/2941027223_d728dc8d76.jpg?v=1223999937\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How\u00a0 about a <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/sirexkat\/2941883822\/in\/set-72157608017848140\/\">mini vacuum cleaner powered by your USB port<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3251\/2941883822_a83b08f0e0.jpg?v=1223999966\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.or maybe a<a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/sirexkat\/2941031125\/in\/set-72157608017848140\/\"> roll up flexible keyboard<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3274\/2941031125_ee7f728c9e.jpg?v=1223999976\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just three of the gadgets I discovered at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sim_Lim_Square\">Sim Lim<\/a> here in Singapore this afternoon. Check out my flickr set for more: <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/sirexkat\/sets\/72157608017848140\/\">Gadgets at Sim Lim Singapore October 2008<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m here to attend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;ct=res&amp;cd=1&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bridgingworlds.sg%2F&amp;ei=zcb0SKGYEo-m6gOf9KG5Dg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGBNfuKX0fEJc9i7aPzn2VllWbhg&amp;sig2=PAdbr4VVC_gYj_9GN0zZrg\" onmousedown=\"return rwt(this,'','','res','1','AFQjCNFGBNfuKX0fEJc9i7aPzn2VllWbhg','&#038;sig2=PAdbr4VVC_gYj_9GN0zZrg')\" class=\"l\"><em>Bridging Worlds<\/em> 2008 <em>Conference<\/em>:: knowing \u2022 learning \u2022 sharing<\/a> run by the National Library Board of Singapore. Just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgingworlds.sg\/conference_programme\/index.html\">check out the lineup<\/a> &#8211; there are so many excellent library thinkers that I can&#8217;t list them all.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sooo excited.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not lonely because my kids each gave me a Lego minifig to keep me company while I&#8217;m travelling &#8211; on the condition that I let them know via Flickr what the <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/sirexkat\/sets\/72157608027763863\/\">minifigs have been up to<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3187\/2941860666_3beba84b21.jpg?v=0\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No? You sure? How\u00a0 about a mini vacuum cleaner powered by your USB port? &#8230;.or maybe a roll up flexible keyboard? That&#8217;s just three of the gadgets I discovered at Sim Lim here in Singapore this afternoon. Check out my flickr set for more: Gadgets at Sim Lim Singapore October 2008 . 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