1. 8 May


    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby hits theatres in the States Friday, May 10. Why wait for the movie to come out when you can reserve a copy of the book with the public library. Order your copy with us today:

    F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby hits theatres in the States Friday, May 10. Why wait for the movie to come out when you can reserve a copy of the book with the public library. Order your copy with us today:

    (via donganhillslibrary)

     

  2. 8 May


    myimaginarybrooklyn: Bookmobile in New Zealand. Hmm. Great pic but Australia not New Zealand

    myimaginarybrooklyn:

    Bookmobile in New Zealand.

    Hmm. Great pic but Australia not New Zealand

     

  3. 8 May


    Government Lab Reveals It Has Operated Quantum Internet For Over Two Years From Technology Review: A quantum internet capable of sending perfectly secure messages has been running at Los Alamos National Labs for the last two and a half years, say researchers. […] Today, Richard Hughes and pals at Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico reveal an alternative quantum internet, which they say they’ve been running for two and half years. Their approach is to create a quantum network based around a hub and spoke-type network. All messages get routed from any point in the network to another via this central hub. [read more @techreview] [via @nraford] [paper] [picture by Hughes et al.] 

    Government Lab Reveals It Has Operated Quantum Internet For Over Two Years

    From Technology Review:

    A quantum internet capable of sending perfectly secure messages has been running at Los Alamos National Labs for the last two and a half years, say researchers. […] Today, Richard Hughes and pals at Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico reveal an alternative quantum internet, which they say they’ve been running for two and half years. Their approach is to create a quantum network based around a hub and spoke-type network. All messages get routed from any point in the network to another via this central hub.

    [read more @techreview] [via @nraford] [paper] [picture by Hughes et al.] 

    (Source: futurescope, via emergentfutures)

     

  4. 4 May


    Today I had to track down the source of the high pitched sounds I could hear all the way from the adult new book section. To my delight, I found an 8 or 9 year old girl doing the gangnam style dance to this video, which was blaring from the computer without headphones. With regret, I told her we had to turn the volume down. WITH MUCH REGRET, I did this.

    (Source: librarymayhem)

     

  5. 4 May


    Interior of the public library of Cincinnati, 1874. This should so be the setting for a story.

    Interior of the public library of Cincinnati, 1874.

    This should so be the setting for a story.

    (via alchemine)