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Un Matin dans la bibiliotheque, #1
Man dressed as 50’s rocker -- graying hair swept back, motorcycle boots, studded leather jacket, white T-shirt - concerned about misplaced password. As I don’t have Admin privileges to reset it, I suggest the computer lab. Apparently he worked things out because two hours later he was using a computer near the Reference Desk, shopping online for ( Read more... ) -
Happy Birthday to sesh_khem!
Good wishes for another year, sesh_khem! May it bring you peace, happiness, and opportunities for creative work.
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Clarion West Writers Workshop 2014: Deadline March 1
Only Six Days Left--
Applications Due March 1
for Clarion West Writers Workshop 2014
June 22 - August 1, 2014 in Seattle
http://www.clarionwest.org/
Last chance to apply to Clarion West 2014, the intensive six week workshop in short fiction, science fiction and fantasy. Learn new skills, write new stories, experiment, find new friends and make ( Read more... ) -
This Ring Scans Text And Reads It Aloud For Visually Impaired People
"No braille? No problem! This FingerReader by the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab is a high-tech way to help visually impaired people read; it actually scans printed text and narrates it aloud."
Video at the link. Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-ring-scans-text-and-reads-it-aloud-for-visually-im-1525373479
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Libraries see surge in erotic book borrowing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26176870
"The borrowing of erotic fiction from UK public libraries has leapt by 500% over the past 12 months, in what is being called the "Fifty Shades" effect.
Last year's most popular erotic fiction title, Indigo Bloom's Destined to Feel, was borrowed almost 11,700 times."
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New free convention memberships and reminders about other assistance
Originally posted by kate_nepveu at New free convention memberships and reminders about other assistance
Originally published at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. Please comment there (
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Easily Amused
A patron who initially displayed sarcastic and entitled behavior just left. "Well, where's the scanner, then?" isn't usually a sentence spoken with sarcasm, unless you interrupt the person telling you about it because you're feeling a bit impatient. Occasionally people come in and have, for lack of a better term, a bit of an "attitude" with ( Read more... ) -
Free memberships: FOGcon, Potlatch, JOFcon
Originally posted by kate_nepveu at Free memberships: FOGcon, Potlatch, JOFcon
Originally published at Con or Bust by Kate Nepveu. Please comment there (
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Please share: Write-A-House residency (Detroit, MI)
Are you, or do you know a writer who may be interested in:
An unusual writer's residency?
Community engagement in the city of Detroit, Michigan?
Vocational education and changing American city life?
Home ownership?
Learn more about Write-a-House here: http://writeahouse.com/
"...Write-A-House, a different kind of writer’s residency program. The Detroit ( Read more... )
