Daily Thoughts 06/29/2015

Mrs. Cassatt Reading to her Grandchildren, 1880, Mary Cassatt 

Daily Thoughts 06/29/2015

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook.

I have been watching some more of Fundamentals of Photography.  I am finding it interesting because a lot of the class is about how to see and look at things from different angles and perspectives.  It is also about patience, light, and composition.

I spent a little time practicing on Picasa.  The book, Digital Photo Editing with Picasa for Seniors has a sample website for photographs to practice with.

I read some more of The Mindful Way Though Stress.  I am reading about how people have negativity bias in their thinking about how things happened.

I spent some time looking through the Zinio collection of electronic magazines. https://www.rbdigital.com/50emagazine/service/zinio/landing I looked at Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Wired, and National Geographic.  There is an article on Elon Musk's Hyperloop in the July 1, 2015 Popular Science by James Vlahos on Pp.32-39.  It is both slick and entertaining to read online.

I stopped by the Barnes and Noble bookstore in the local mall today.

Web Bits

NIMBY vs. Libraries, by the Book Crazy in Brooklyn

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/editorial-nimbys-libraries-article-1.2273068

New York Public Library's $100M Question

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/scott-sherman-new-york-public-library-100m-question-article-1.2272993

A lot of what may happen to New York Public Library, Queens Public Library, and Brooklyn Public Library will be affected by real estate development and architectural firms.

A Special Library Devoted to Dissidents

http://www.ozy.com/good-sht/a-special-library-devoted-to-dissidents/41719

NASA Image Library

http://nasaimages.lunaimaging.com/

Alternative Energy

Stanford Just Made the Perfect Plan to Run America on 100% Renewable Energy by 2050.
http://www.theplaidzebra.com/stanford-just-made-the-perfect-plan-to-run-america-on-100-renewable-energy-by-2050/