The last session of our Summer Reading Program was yesterday and he gave our prizes and had a cupcake party.
We just wanted to thank everyone who participated and spent their Mondays this summer with us and say that we had a lot of fun…
And we hope you did too.
from here.
Some reading material from around the internet:
The Artist takes the majority of the big awards at the Oscars.
The weirdest unsolved mysteries of World War II.
RIP Jan Berenstain, co-creator of The Berenstain Bears.
John Peel’s record collection to be digitized and displayed online.
The myth of 8 hours of sleep.
Academy Awards cupcakes.
Here’s a funny website: Photoshop Disasters.
Unlike humans, chimpanzees don’t enjoy collaborating.
Relive the 1990s in 48 pictures.
from here.
Physicist Brian Cox explains how everything in the universe is connected to everything else.
Stratospheric superbugs offer new source of power.
A pill to help you erase unwanted memories?
Studies show that Mayan civilization’s collapse related to modest rainfall reductions.
High energy workplaces can save America.
Watch TED Talks on Hulu.
This can be your next tweet.
How to remove your Google search history before Google’s new privacy policy takes effect.
A really cool t-shirt with Isaac Asimov on it.
from here.
“Everything I know about love I learned from romance novels.”
J.K. Rowling announces her first novel for adults.
Edward Albee talks about Carson McCullers.
Blink vs. Think: When a movie bewitches a writer.
Check out this NYC phone booth that was turned into a bookshelf/mini library.
Top 10 words that need to be retired from usage immediately.
Is there such a thing as buying too many books?
from here.
A 15 minute long video featuring Worf’s ideas getting shot down by everybody on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
10 science fiction/fantasy endings that we’d like to see more often.
Breaking down the Oscar nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Teddy Roosevelt on The Simpsons.
A video essay on how to pull the perfect movie heist.
“Oscar cynicism has become its own special form of Oscar Hype.”
The Best of the Worst Netflix reviews of Best Picture nominees.
Hans Zimmer talks about composing music for The Dark Knight Rises.
from here.
How waiters read your table.
The man with the longest name in the world.
Anatomical diagrams of Japanese monsters.
Foods for healthier teeth.
Dr. Seuss’ birthday is on Friday. Here’s 9 facts you didn’t know about the author.
Explore secret cities.
Photos of people with everything they own.
Speaking of which, apparently easily pronounced names make people more likable.
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Some reading material from around the internet:
A brief history of the Super Bowl coin toss.
The history of Fritos.
The science of football.
Football physics: the anatomy of a hit.
NASA releases some new and incredibly beautiful pictures of the Earth.
The best and worst of this year’s Super Bowl ads.
Second teacher at L.A. school accused of “lewd acts” against pupils.
Many singles are looking for love, not marriage.
Where did dragons come from?
Some Super Bowl ads were ending up online before the game to create a buzz.
How Apple’s “1984” television ad was almost canceled.
The iphone 5 may be coming out this summer.
You should only pay so much attention to your community.
Tumblr makes itself the news.
Your YouTube activity and your online searches will now be linked, thanks to Google’s new privacy policy.
South Korean man arrested for retweeting North Korea.
Hacker collective Anonymous eavesdropped on an anti-Anonymous strategy phone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard.
Why the clean tech boom went bust.
Are high tech classrooms better classrooms?
Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto: Why Facebook exists.
Michelle Obama and Nelson Mandela reading together, from here.
Van Gogh found himself at home in nature.
The saddest movie in the world?
Adam Lambert is the new lead singer for Queen.
Jane Levy replaces Lily Collins in the Evil Dead reboot.
DC Comics is going forward with their long threatened prequels of Alan Moore’s Watchmen.
R.I.P. Ben Gazzara.
Loving/hating Philip Glass.
And below, Brian Cox teaches Hamlet to a small child:
Michelangelo writes a letter to his father.
Béla Tarr: Cinema’s ultra dark unknown genius.
An interview with David Cronenberg.
GZA the Genius and David Kaiser.
A new commercial directed by Sophia Coppola.
Soul Train creator/host Don Cornelius found dead of apparent suicide.
Second Mona Lisa may have been painted at the same time as the original.
They’re still trying to make a third Bridget Jones movie.
The stars of Downton Abbey, both on screen and off.
via Awesome People Reading and Retrogasm.
“How I learned to stop worrying and write The Marriage Plot,” by Jeffrey Eugenides.
The top 10 books lost to time.
A nice guide to literary tumblrs.
Science fiction futures ruled by the popular kids.
Five essential books on football history.
The seven types of book lovers.
Why are so many literary writers shifting into genre?
Judging books by their covers: The US vs. the UK.
Viggo Mortensen reading Tolkien, from here.
Houston millionaire adopts his girlfriend.
Path is found for the spread of Alzheimer’s.
UNC-Charlotte gets its own SWAT team.
Iran’s giant cardboard cut out of the Ayatollah.
10 famous people who turned down a Knighthood.
Obesity epidemic strikes U.S. pets (too)
How to be the bearer of bad news.
Isolated Peruvian tribe makes uncomfortable contact.
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Previous online reading material:
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