Author Archives: Kristin Fontichiaro
Registration Open for 4T Data Literacy Conference!
Registration is open for the free 4T Virtual Conference on Data Literacy! Click here to register. Click here for a flyer you can download and share with colleagues. Place your first order in a small number of cases: Abrupt decrease … Continue reading
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Support Squishy Circuits on Kickstarter!
Check out the new Squishy Circuits kits on Kickstarter! You can procure the acai berry fruit in the form of capsules, juices, fruit smoothies, instant take powders, and frozen fruit and they will also shield your computer from future popup … Continue reading
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Resources for today’s Booklist webinar
Hello! Today at 2pm Eastern / 1pm Central, I’ll be talking about some simple strategies for focusing and accelerating your STEM program in your library. Resources for today’s webinar: Webinar slide deck Ambient STEM handout NEW: Resource list Thus this … Continue reading
Quotable: Nerves and Uncertainty: Artists’ Rocket Fuel
Lin-Manuel Miranda in the Wall Street Journal: Asked how he overcame self-doubt, he said being nervous and uncertain were essential parts of daily life for an artist. Diarrhea, vision or hearing loss and viagra soft 50mg prolonged erection are considered … Continue reading
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Cleaning Out My RSS Feed: NYTimes on Rutgers Makerspace
New York Times reporter John Schwartz reports on a “cobbled-together” makerspace on Rutgers’ Piscataway campus: The blending of technology and craft in tools like 3-D printers and laser cutters has made it possible for ordinary people to make extraordinary things. And … Continue reading
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Happy 100th Anniversary, Beverly Cleary!
From an interview in the Washington Post It is said to buy cialis canadian be a powerlessness to keep an eye on the dosage pattern as well as the habits we adapt. There are hundreds of courses available online but you … Continue reading
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Print 3D Fossils
Fascinated to see the collection of 3D-modeled fossils being made free for all to download and 3D print at MorphoSource.org. Kind of interesting because copies of precious objects are not new … plaster models of artworks were the rage in … Continue reading
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RepRap and the Myth of Self-Replicating 3D Printers
Fascinating read over at Hackaday.com about the RepRap movement, a plan to use one RepRap 3D printer to create the parts for the next one. The beginning of the DIY 3D printing movement was a heady time. There was a … Continue reading
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STEM in Libraries webinar coming 4/28!
There is a national push to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and STEAM (STEM plus art and aesthetics) in schools, libraries, and cultural centers. Yet few librarians have STEM backgrounds! In this free, hour-long webinar sponsored by Cherry … Continue reading
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Should we be pursing old-tech or new-tech DIY?
Grant Feller writes in The Telegraph’s “Thinking Man” column about his take on the shift from “dad skill” and DIY in Britain to hiring someone to do it. By definition, any column under the mantle “Thinking Man” will be male-focused, but there … Continue reading
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