Library Tortures Quilt

The La Grange Public Library is taking donations to restore and hang an elderly quilt that refuses to die.  Personally, I think this is gross and wrong.  It is not like you would do this to your grandma.  Make her look all pretty and then hang her up on the wall for all to stare at. 

Well, maybe you would if she was stitched out of some vintage concert t-shirts.  And stuffed with feathers to make her both warm to lay on you and comfy to sit on.  I miss my grandma.

Library Seeks to Save Historic Quilt - TribLocal

Facebook Has More Photos Than Anybody

The photography blog 1000memories did some number crunching and found that Facebook has nearly 140 Billion photos in total at a rate of 200 million photos uploaded per day.  That is nearly 10,000 times the size of the Library of Congress photography collection.  Holy crap, check out the article here because the numbers are truly staggering.

What does that mean though?  Our archives, our history, is becoming digital more and more each day.  Our photos have moved from physical albums to online ones, our records are either scanned or typed directly, our books are on non-existent bookshelves.  And you know what?  It has made us more present.  We are more as a people.

Chances are, most of you did not build the house or were not the first person in your apartment.  Have you ever looked up your residence in an old city directory?  Seen the name of the person who lived there?  Just a guy, right?  A name on a piece of yellow paper in a dusty book.

Think about how our grandkids (or kids if you start getting busy now) will look that up.

You are your grandkid.  You have the address of your home.  You put that address into the ether and find a list of names of people who lived there.  You pick a name.  That name is on several social networking sites, but one in particular seems to be from around here.  Sure enough, he lived in your house and there are pictures of a Halloween party tagged there.  As you go through the pictures, vowing to clean up that corner a little better, you see a couple dressed as Jack and Jill making out.  Her face is visible and tagged.  Its your grandma. But Jack is most def not your grandpa.  Ewwww.

Welcome to the future.

New Facebook Privacy Controls, I Call'em 'Squares'

NYTimes

Facebook has rolled out some new features and cleaned up some old ones in the area of privacy.  Now featuring a drop down on posts, the website allows you to designate quickly who sees what you do.  As the New York Times reports, some of these abilities were available but difficult to manage.  The new drop down will feature settings such as "Public" for all to see, "Friends" for just those you are connected to, and "Custom" for when you want to leave some people out of the party.

Yay!  Now Grandma can stop asking me who Sanchez is and why he is "dirty."  The only problem will be getting all of the family (not just Grandma) to stop sending all the love and attention to public.  I am an adult, you guys, and familial love is gross and icky.

Also, I can start sending false updates to everyone.  I will always be at the library. *wink*