This ‘Book’ took me over 20 hours to listen to. It was supposed to be over 30 hours, but I have my speed set to 1.25X since the original 1X just drove me nuts. This is a fascinating series of lectures on mythologies and religions throughout the entire world. There is not enough information that […]
Month: October 2016
In Banned Books Scavenger Hunt…
http://www.npr.org/2016/09/15/494119440/in-banned-books-scavenger-hunt-the-prize-is-literary-smut A library decided to promote banned books week by putting black covers on their banned books with a 1-4 word description about why the book was banned. Such as “Anti-White”, “Smut”, “Filthy” etc. There are clues that help lead you to the books, and the scavenger hunt has been more popular than expected. As […]
Carla Hayden New Librarian of Congress
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/15/carla-hayden-librarian-congress-first-woman-african-american-post-interview Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress and only the third to be a professional librarian. She speaks a great deal about digitizing collections and of librarians as the original search engines. There is some mention of the Patriot act, and I have to agree. Sometimes when people search for things like Jihad they […]
Edward Snowden…Privacy Argument
http://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-privacy-argument-2016-9 This article consists entirely of a few quotes from a speech that Snowden gave about privacy and free speech in an interview about the movie based on his life. His comments boil down to potentially mis-attributing the quote, “If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear.” to a Nazi Minister […]
Comparing iPad Pro’s
http://tidbits.com/e/16654 This article mostly boils down to personal preference. Both new iPad Pros have advantages and disadvantages. The larger tablet is larger which can be both an advantage and a disadvantage. The smaller tablet has a better camera and a few other features. The main deciding factor seems to revolve around the size of the […]
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