Month: April 2015

Our Monthly Science Fiction (Technology) Movie will be shown this Friday night, April 10, 2015.

The doors will open at 6:45 p.m. to admit film-goers and the movie will start at 7 p.m. sharp.

And this month we’re showing a real classic! The original version of Ghostbusters from 1984!

And if you haven’t ever seen the movie — here’s a brief summary of the plot:

Suit up for classic comedy! When kooky, spooky college profs Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) lose their university jobs, they decide to go freelance, de-haunting houses in a new ghost removal service. As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes saving beautiful cellist Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and nerdy Louis Tully (Rick Moranis), who’ve inadvertently opened the gates of hell…right in their own apartment building!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Our Monthly Science Fiction Film is hosted by member of the Digital Literacy Services staff.

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

Article 1 is on the Meld cooking gadget that assist you in cooking your food at the perfect temperature:

http://www.fastcompany.com/3044700/meld-turns-up-the-heat-in-the-smart-kitchen

Article 2 discusses the fact that there are now 5 million public domain e-books in the Hathitrust Digital Depository (via the Google scanned books project):

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/04/07/5-million-public-domain-ebooks-in-hathitrust-what-does-this-mean/

And the second link is to the Hathitrust Digital Depository site itself if you’d like to check it out:

http://www.hathitrust.org/

Article 3 focuses on drone technology and offers the very relevant & timely idea that our technology is advancing faster than the laws that would/will be set in place to guide what people can and cannot do with the new technology, i.e. don’t fly a toy drone over the White House…

Here’s the link:

http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2015/apr/07/drone-technology-effective-regulation-law

And Article 4 is for all Star Wars fans – finally, finally, finally all the Star Wars films will be available digitally – this Friday – April 10 —  hurray!

http://www.starwars.com/news/the-star-wars-digital-movie-collection-coming-april-10

Have a great day!

Linda, SSCL

Thursday, April 9, 2015:

Create Your Own Website With WordPress: You can create your own website for free using WordPress; all you need is an email address and an Internet connection.

During this workshop we’ll assist you in creating your own WordPress site, customizing it, adding pages to it and more! Join us!

And you can check out one of the library’s WordPress sites by going to: SSCLTECH.COM

Time of Create Your Own Website With WordPress Workshop: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

Linux Installation Festival: Bring your PC or Mac and we’ll assist you in installing the open source software Linux on your computer!

Time of Linux Installation Festival: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Adult Creative Writers Group: Inject some socialization into your solo writing time by join the library’s Adult Creative Writers Group for conversation, inspiration and feedback on writing projects. No sign up is required. This group meets every Thursday from 6-8 pm. On the third Thursday of the month the group meets in the library. On the other Thursdays the group meets at Soul Full Cup CoffeeHouse. For more information, please call Adult Services Director Michelle Wells at (607) 936-3713 ext 209 or email wellsm@stls.org.

Time of Adult Creative Writers Group program: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Friday, April 10, 2015:

Technology Movie: Ghostbusters (1984): Suit up for classic comedy! When kooky, spooky college profs Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) lose their university jobs, they decide to go freelance, de-haunting houses in a new ghost removal service. As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes saving beautiful cellist Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and nerdy Louis Tully (Rick Moranis), who’ve inadvertently opened the gates of hell…right in their own apartment building! MPAA Rating: PG. Run Time: 105 minutes. Technology Subjects: Paranormal Technology.

The Monthly Science Fiction movie is hosted by the SSCL Digital Literacy Services staff.

Date & Time of April Tech Movie: Ghostbusters: Friday, April 10, 2015; 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.