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  • Adrienne, Internet, Isn't that cool?, News, Social Networking, Writing

    No longer a Figment of your imagination

    13.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    Figment is “a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. Whatever you’re into, from sonnets to mysteries, from sci-fi stories to cell phone novels”, you can find it all at Figment – it’s like a social network for those that love to write or read original stories. Check out the contests, forums or blog while you’re there, or just oggle at how cool the webpage looks.

    You never know… you could be discovered as the next Stephenie Meyer.

    (Us folk here at Teen Blog are alway happy to receive your writing anytime too!)

    Figment Pic


  • Books, Edna Welthorpe, Internet

    Beiberbio II

    27.10.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    Last week? Two weeks ago? I pointed out that Justin Beiber’s autobiography is due. Well! Good news. You can hear excerpts being read below.


  • Internet, Library Serf

    If you like voting, vote here

    13.09.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    While New Zealand is getting all excited about voting for mayors and whatnot (if you’re 18 or over then don’t forget to vote by October 9!), here are a couple of places you can exercise your right by voting in the following competitions/vote offs/popularity contests:

    1) Until the 17th (was a bit slow out of the blocks) you can vote on the ALA (American Library Association) Teen Choice Teens Top 10 2010 List. Voting is for the best books of the previous year, so titles include such gems as Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare, Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen, Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, and much more.

    2) And again, if you vote, like, today (sorry!), there are the Teen Reads Awards. These are Canadian, and they’re a bit like the Teen Choice awards you see on TV. Categories include Best Hottie, Best Villain and Best Lip Lock, see.

    We might check back in later with results, in case you’re interested.


  • Internet, Violet Beauregarde

    First Day

    02.09.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    First Day : The Series is a webseries that will have eight episodes (or webisodes!), and is about a high school student who gets to relive her first day at a new school over and over, like Groundhog Day. It is brought to you by the same company who produce the Pretty Little Liars and Gossip Girl television shows, so quality is assured.


  • Internet, Science!, Simon

    Isn’t technology marvellous

    21.07.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

    Shibuya-giant-barcodeTwo weeks ago we posted a weird, black and white square and asked that you figure it out. Only two people did! That’s no good. It was, in fact, a QR code, which you photograph with your cellphone. Your phone cleverly translates it into an URL and takes you to a webpage. It’s big in Japan you know. Here’s how you do it.

    1. Make sure your cellphone is able to even do it! Look at this list or even just google your phone’s brand and ‘QR code’. If your cellphone can’t do it, then, I guess that’s too bad.
    2. Find some compatible software to download to your cellphone. Not all software will work on all phones. Again, check sites like this one.
    3. Install the software. Hopefully your phone will know what to do. Mine did. <3
    4. Start the application, take a photo of a QR code*, and be amazed.

    Charges may apply. See your cellular phone provider for more details! (Usually it’s about $1 for 10MB.)

    *You might find them in books, or magazines, or who knows where. Billboards? You can make your own QR code.


  • Internet, Prudence

    Smart Girls at the Party

    24.06.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    Smart Girls at the Party is a digital TV series in which Amy Poehler interviews girls who do really cool stuff (the latest has someone who makes robots! And also is an archer). It’s won a Webby! And it is also very funny. And inspiring. You should watch it (the second series has just begun).


  • Internet, Library Serf, Sport

    John Green on the All Whites on Twitter

    21.06.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    John Green, co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson, and Web 2.0 enthusiast had this to say about the All Whites’ effort against Italy at the World Cup (so we thought it was worth a mention): “A heroic, relentless performance by #NZL. Just unbelievable. I am kind of in tears to be honest.” (In context here. He’s set up a special world cup Twitter account @johnsworldcup, plus his regular Twitter account is @realjohngreen, complete with a million + followers.) Needless to say, we like John Green.

    Speaking of Twitter, Wellington City Libraries is on Twitter too (@wcl_library). You can follow us for updates on recently acquired interesting library items, what’s going on at the moment, and notifications of new blog posts, like on this here blog, for example.

    This post was brought to you by Library Serf, in the absence of regular football reporter, Roberto B, who is recovering.

    (Thanks to Kym for info too.)


  • Internet, Movies, Music, Simon

    TC 2010

    17.06.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

    The Teen Choice Awards 2010 nominees have been announced, and you can vote for your favourite (so long as you’re a teen living in the US,  but don’t let that stop you) daily on the official website. There are like a million categories to vote in! Maybe we should run our own, Wellington-only version?

    Incredibly G.I. Joe : Rise of Cobra has five nominations, which frankly boggles the mind.

    Read a massive list of the more interesting nominees by clicking on ‘more’ below.

    Read more…


  • Internet, Roberto B., Sport

    Go To The World Cup! Sort Of

    11.06.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    The Football World Cup kicks off tomorrow morning, most of us won’t be in attendance because South Africa is a long way away. But thanks to technology you can travel to the stadiums the games will be played in from the comfort of your own home by following this link. Sure, you could just watch the games on TV, but these virtual tours are in 3D thanks to Google Earth and therefore cooler.


  • Internet, Prudence

    The Seventeen Magazine Project

    10.06.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    As you perhaps know, we carry Seventeen magazine. We usually have two copies of each issue! I think they send us an extra copy? Anyway, an eighteen-year-old named Jamie Keiles is heroically attempting to “spend one month living according to the gospel of Seventeen Magazine”. It’s a difficult task, but she’s doing it so you and I don’t have to. Read her blog, The Seventeen Magazine Project, here.


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