Check out ARTstor’s recent blog post which includes links to some unexpected Valentine’s Day images. Enjoy!
NYPL Labs: Stereogranimator
NYPL Labs is proud to bring you the Stereogranimator, a tool for transforming historical stereographs from The New York Public Library’s vast collections into shareable 3D web formats. This site is all about your participation, so have fun with it, experiment with it, and let us know how we can improve it. In fact, this project wouldn’t even exist if it hadn’t been for a user like yourself getting creative with library collections. Here’s the story of how that happened…
See the Average Color of the NYC Sky
The website NSKYC updates every 5 minutes with the new average color of the NYC sky. (Washington D.C. is also available).
Contact the site’s creator, Mike Bodge, to add your city (must have access to webcam, Internet, and excellent view).
Celebrate April Fools with an Edible Book
Happy April Fools’ Day! In celebration of spring, check out the International Edible Book Festival.
April 1st is the birthday of French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), famous for his book Physiologie du goût, a witty meditation on food. April fools’ day is also the perfect day to eat your words and play with them as the “books” are consumed on the day of the event. This ephemeral global banquet, in which anyone can participate, is shared by all on the internet and allows everyone to preserve and discover unique bookish nourishments.
Enjoy!
Cheers to the Weekend
Get caffeinated this weekend with a camera lens coffee mug. Just be sure not to mistake it for your actual camera lens!