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Isn't that cool?

• Isn't that cool?, Library Serf

  It’s Christmas Whoop Whoop

  24.12.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Teen Blog Towers wishes you a very happy Christmas, or as Scrooge puts it:

  “– Here’s the Turkey. Hallo. Whoop. How are you. Merry Christmas.” (A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens)

  

  
  

• Facebook, Isn't that cool?, Vic Ferrari

  Enter Quiz, Win iTunes Voucher

  09.06.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Have you entered the Hunger Games quiz over on our Facebook page yet? There are ten multi-choice questions to answer, get them correct and you’ll be entered into the draw to win a $100 iTunes voucher. You can enter as many times as you like to shoot for 100% (only one correct entry per person though) and all YA cardholders are eligible. Entries close at 5:30pm on Monday June 18, so there is still plenty of time left.

  The quiz can be found along the top of the page, just underneath the cover photo. Here is a picture that shows you exactly where:

  

  Here is a sample question to try:

  Good luck, you guys!

  
  

• Flash games, Games, Internet, Isn't that cool?, Library Serf

  Pottermore, finally

  20.04.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Last year – in June, in fact! – it was announced that Pottermore was, well, something, but we weren’t sure what. Then special people got to play while they were beta testing. Now everyone can! You can sign up to enjoy Pottermore: a unique online Harry Potter experience from J K Rowling. Here’s a sneak peek:

  
  

• Art, Isn't that cool?, Library Serf, Not Library Related, Science!

  Cool Space Photos

  06.03.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you shoot a satellite into space, give it a camera and nothing better to do, it takes really great photos of earth.

  Some highlights: Ireland, complete with aqua-coloured plankton blooms, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef.

  (Found via metafilter)

  
  

• Flash games, Internet, Isn't that cool?

  Like this? Like that!

  09.02.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  If you’re looking for readalike suggestions (or a way to waste much time), then try this. It’s a very cool home-made (by someone very clever) visual book-recommender thingy, based on Amazon’s large database of items. It uses the information Amazon gathers about customer purchases to create links (myriads of links!) between your favourite titles, and other similar ones.

  For example, here’s The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan using the gizmo. If you are using a mouse with a scroll button, scrolling will zoom in and out, revealing a really large web of possibilities. Another example: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green.

  Very cool.

  (found via mediabistro.com)

  
  

• Isn't that cool?, Music, Synthesiser Patel

  YA Authors Rock Out

  16.01.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  Hey, did you guys know that Young Adult authors Libba Bray, Natalie Standiford, Dan Ehrenhaft and Barnabas Miller are all in a band called Tiger Beat together? I didn’t! Not until this morning when I saw this video of them performing “YA Song” in the New York Public Library.

  You can play “spot the literary references” with the lyrics as well. They throw in some Hunger Games and some Catcher In The Rye, what else can you pick out?

  
  

• Facebook, Internet, Isn't that cool?, Jack

  A look back at the year through Facebook tinted glasses…

  09.12.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  … or something. The Facebook Data Team recently compiled a bunch of data from Facebook (what else would they do?) that eventually spat out Memology 2011. Points of interest include the top ten ranking topics of the year, the top ten status trends of the year and the fact that somehow Rebecca Black managed to stay off all of the lists. Pop over and have a look to see if anything you “like” or talked about charted this year. While you’re on Facebook, make sure you “like” us on our official Teen Blog page and maybe we’ll be a noteworthy meme in 2012.

  
  

• Isn't that cool?, Jack

  Angry Birds Invade Teen Blog!

  08.11.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Are you studying for your exams? Is it frustrating? Well then, why not destroy a website or two? Thanks to Nokia Argentina you can use everyone’s favourite Angry Birds to wreak havoc on web pages (and a few pigs) from right inside your browser. Just drag this bookmarklet onto your bookmarks toolbar, then click it on any webpage to begin. Here’s a demo…

  
  

• DVDs, Isn't that cool?, Music, Vic Ferrari

  SesaGlee Street

  22.09.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Hey Gleeks, this is really funny. It’s a Sesame Street parody of Glee, it makes learning about the letter “G” fun #infotainment.

  You can enjoy the real version of Glee right here on DVD and CD and Sesame Street on DVD too.

  
  

• Isn't that cool?, Jack, Not Library Related

  Snow Day Time Filler

  16.08.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s snowing at the moment. This means we all need something interesting to watch while we are stuck inside drinking cocoa. Like this video about how language shapes our perception of colour from the BBC.

  Regular service will resume when regular weather resumes. Good luck out there, Teen Blog-kateers!

  
  

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