Archive for September 29th, 2006

NPR is Looking for a Blogger

Friday, September 29th, 2006

National Public Radio (NPR) wants to hire a blogger. Can I just say: !!!!!!!!!!!!!! er, Hooray! I admit that I’m extremely tempted to apply, though I probably won’t. I wonder if telecommuting is a possibility … Thanks for the pointer, RTE. = )

Banned Books Week Reading: My Brother Sam is Dead

Friday, September 29th, 2006

I know some of you were hoping I would have kept up with reading a book a day for Banned Books Week, but I just couldn’t do that with My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln and Christopher Collier because of my busy schedule. I really enjoyed the book. Using a boy as the [...]

No Cookies In The Library Sesame Street Classic

Friday, September 29th, 2006

YouTube is offering a Sesame Street Classic: No cookies in the library Enjoy! by Rich

More laptop battery recalls

Friday, September 29th, 2006

 

Wikibooks

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Wikibooks, in the same vein as Wikipedia, offers a collection of free, open-content textbooks that you can edit.  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page link via LibrarianinBlack  http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/

Free Museum Day Sept 30

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Various musuems across the country are having a free Museum Day on Saturday, September 30 joining the Smithsonian Institution in offering free admission to visitors. The Museum of Fine Arts, Plimouth Plantation, USS Constitution Museum and various Massachusetts Audubon Wildlife sanctuaries are some of the participating museums in the Boston area. You do have to [...]