Audio & Video

Got to see it to believe it!   This video even features Big 6’s Michael Eisenberg and Nancy Pearl (author of ‘Book Lust’)
Bib 2.0: Mental Health Break…

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Miro Video Converter is
‘A super simple way to convert almost any video to MP4, Ogg Theora, or a specific phone or iPod.’
‘Miro Video Converter has presets that will convert video to the correct sizes and formats for popular phones, iPods, and other media players. Just convert your video and copy it [...]

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Wired magazine’s ‘Mr. Know-It-All’ offered an interesting explanation of the likely longevity of DVDs answering the question:
‘How long can I expect my DVDs to last?  I hate to think I won’t be able to hand down my Lost box set to my daughter someday’.
Check out ‘Mr. Know-It-All’s’ answer - http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/03/st_kia_dvd_life/

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Amazon has expanded their Bestseller page to include  bestseller archives back to 1999.  The archives are also available on other categories such as:

Kindle Books
MP3 Songs
Movies & TV
Music
Video
and Video on Demand

The following Bestseller Lists are also available:

Hot New Releases
Movers & Shakers
Most Gifted
Most Wished For

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I spent quite a bit of the day trying to figure out if our school’s security and communication Motorola two-way radios were UHF or VHS.   For some reason the district needed to know but no one had a clue how to find out.  Here is the answer!  Of course, I did a Google search [...]

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Animoto.com offers a quick and simple solution to creating short videos.   You can use the photos/images on the Website or upload your own.  Use the music on Animoto or upload your own.   It is THAT easy!   The only difficult part is waiting a few moments to see your creative work.  Creating 30 second videos is [...]

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TheStar.com had a great article on the role of libraries today AND the future of libraries.  The article, ‘A tale of two countries’ libraries’, looked at public libraries in Canada and the U.S.A. to see what is working.  Here is an excerpt:
‘In a 2006 poll, 78 per cent of Americans said if their local library [...]

Continue Reading “Libraries are back big-time, they’re having a renaissance.”

The September 28th issue of Time magazine had an interesting article entitled, ‘Where Wikipedia Ends’ that although Wikipedia hit the ‘3 million article mark’ in August 2009 its ‘growth line flattened’ in early 2007.  The article looks at some of the possible reasons such as ‘has all knowledge been summarized’, has the site become too [...]

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Don’t do as I did! I just spent a half hour googling to find the best solution for copying the music to a new computer when your old one dies! However, you do want to be careful what you download. The solution? ‘Pod to PC’! Works like a charm! Push [...]

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This morning I was listening to Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ and thinking how much I loved it. Moments later I heard about Kanye’s disruption. Kanye’s action was classless and Taylor and Beyonce’s responses were classy. What more needs to be said!
Embedded video from CNN Video

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