For folks with a tablet or other kind of e-reader, the public library is a bit different. For one thing, it’s mainly in cyberspace and browsing the virtual shelves takes more than a little getting used to. On the plus side, it’s open 24/7 and if a title is available for lending, you can be perusing it within moments of making your selection.
I’ll admit that the virtual library has other differences from the public library – for instance, most of the titles have a shorter loan period and if you place an item on hold, it is extremely likely that it will be made available to you when you simply have no time for it. But browsing the shelves is a bit easier as you can use the tools of cyberspace to narrow your search to exactly what you want. I managed to download and read 4 books in a week’s time.
So if you have a tablet or similar device, I suggest you go online and discover your library again. After all, that’s what it’s there for.
Here’s hopping the new year continues the improvements of the last. 😀
Have a safe and happy holiday!
So I was thinking, what could be heavier than a fat man and eight reindeer?
And before anyone gets any ideas, let me remind you that Horace the Christmas elephant is copyrighted.
They keep trying, don’t they? How is it that they don’t realize when we get the exact same message multiple times on several computers that we might get a little suspicious. Oh well. Here’s hoping Santa has a big sack of coal for the spammers of the world.
I admit that what I don’t know about football could fill several libraries, but it seems to me that every game being broadcast these days invariably opens with someone stating the blindingly obvious, like “These guys really want to win this game” or “Getting the most points is crucial” or something like in the cartoon above. I have to think “Gee, Napoleon, that’s a brilliant strategy. I’m glad you’re around to give us your profound insight!” But hey, what do I know? See you next week.
Like the regular seasons, the Holiday Season is a relentless, unyielding, unstoppable force. So why not have fun with it?
Better than the invention of the eraser, it’s “UNDO.” ‘Nuff said.
The title of this post is an obvious reference to the Stanley Kubrick film, “2001, A Space Odyssey.” While we don’t have to put up with the malignant AI as depicted in that film, we often have to put up with apathetic systems that have little care about whether they are helpful to us or not. I’m not sure which is worse.
Some of you may not be aware of this, but violent storms swept through New England the weekend before Halloween. Not only did they dump 8 or more inches of snow in most areas, but the high winds, wet, heavy snow and trees that had not yet lost their fall foliage combined to create a record number of broken limbs and downed power lines. Amid all of this chaos, it was just not possible to proceed with the Halloween celebration. Millions of homes were without power. So it just didn’t happen.
Even now, stores are struggling to replace food that had spoiled over the 4+ days without power. But the announcement has been given. Halloween has NOT been canceled – it has just been postponed. The question is – will it still be Halloween if everyone is giving out Christmas candy?
For the past four days I’ve been without electricity or access to the internet. I think we’ve found the culprit.
