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Friday, March 10, 2017

A Surfer Finds Gold

To mix metaphors:  I love surfing the Internet, and mining for treasures. Some are short, some are long; some are serious, some are playful; some are educational, some are "junk food" for the brain!  Mostly, I hope they are of interest!

It's no fun finding fun things you can't share, so  HERE YOU ARE with my latest:


Libraries:

The Life and Death of the Library of Alexandria
(One of the most horrible losses to the wisdom of the world!!) 




Music:
The Kid Should See This
(Well, THAT was fun!)















News, Libraries, and Antiquity:
(That was Good News stacked upon Bad!)






Inventions:





Controversy:  Who owns what YOU buy?
(Do you have the right to know how to repair devices you paid for?)
Industry, and Apple, Oppose "Right to Repair" 
Laws                         (also see ifixit,org )





When you want to entertain yourself and learn at the same time...

(An eclectic bunch of history and science facts!)


Fewer Landfills?  Imagine the uses!

Seaweed-based Water Pouch 
Aims to End the Need 
for Plastic Bottles"

by Ryan Whitwam



Location-based literature!
As you read, stand where the story takes place.
That is really getting INTO your book!





Pneumatic System 

of the New York Library                  
Leftovers from New York's Pneumatic System,
begun in 1897!




 

Listen to samples of Beowulf, Old English, Middle English, etc.!
--from The British Library

















Please share your own treasured finds with us!