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February 28, 2008
Healthy Choices at the Darien Library
The Darien Library, in partnership with Stamford Hospital, will be offering a series of free health presentations and hands-on workshops for the community. Don't miss the chance to hear what experts have to say on important health topics. And gain hands-on experience in researching health-related information. Here's what we have planned:
PRESENTATIONS
Program Room, Lower Level. Free admission; registration required.
- Menace in Your Medicine Cabinet: Drug Misuse & Bad Outcomes of Good Medicines - Presented by Dominic Sammarco, R.PH., Monday, March 3, 6:30-8 p.m.
- Heart Disease: Prevention & Treatment - Presented by Dr. Steven Horowitz, Wednesday, March 5, 2-3:30 p.m.
- Gastroenterology: No Ifs, Ands or Buts - Presented by Dr. Richard Sheinbaum, Monday, March 10, 6:30-8 p.m.
- Peripheral Artery Disease: Everything You Want to Know - Presented by Dr. Ben Marsan, Wednesday, March 26, 3-4:30 p.m.
- MRSA: Scope as a Public Health Issue - Presented by Dr. Michael Parry, Monday, March 31, 1:30-3 p.m.
- Keeping Your Feet Healthy - Presented by Josephine Velazquez, D.P.M., Wednesday, April 2, 2:30-4 p.m.
- Dietary Supplements: What's It All About? - Presented by Dr. Joseph S. Feuerstein, Friday, April 11, 1:30-3 p.m.
- Joint Care - Presented by Dr. Peter Hughes and Debbie Valentine, Monday, April 21, 10:30-12 noon
HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS
Darien Technology Foundation Center, Main Floor. Free admission; registration required; seating limited.
- Friday, March 14, 1:30-3 p.m.
- Thursday, April 3, 1:30-3 p.m.
- Friday, April 25, 9-10:30 a.m.
If you have any questions or would like to register for one or more of the presentations and/or workshops, call Judy Sgammato at 655-1234 x136 or send an email to jsgammato@darienlibrary.org.
Posted by JudyS at 03:45 PM | Comments (0)
February 20, 2008
The "pretentious anachronism" is making a comeback; I couldn't be happier!
Forget about the presidential election, the economy, or the upcoming Oscars; punctuation is where it's at. Today, the most emailed article on the New York Times website is about the itty, bitty semicolon; apparently, this underutilized, unappreciated punctuation mark has found its way onto a New York City subway sign and is now all the rage. It's about time that this half-colon, half-comma wonder has gotten its due. Beware, run-on sentences; you may have met your match.
If you want to jump on the semicolon bandwagon, check out some of these websites; you'll become grammatically cool in no time:
Posted by EricaB at 04:32 PM | Comments (0)
February 11, 2008
Yahoo and Microsoft: An Ill-Fated Affair?
Well, Yahoo has decided to turn down Microsoft's initial offer of $44.6 billion dollars. Although the possibility of a takeover is still very much alive, I for one am happy that Yahoo has held out. I like Yahoo and I like the fact that Yahoo is not Google. Yahoo's email, music, photo (Flickr), and podcast applications are terrific and easy to use. I'm a big fan of Google, as well, but at times I feel as though Google is becoming the Big Brother described in Orwell's futuristic novel 1984. While gmail, Google docs, and Picasa--to name just a few of Google's offerings--are undoubtedly cool to use, they do provide Google with a tremendous amount of user information and data, data that could be used to track our every move when online. Like Google, Microsoft is a giant in its chosen field--software development. And, like Google, Microsoft has given us great products like Office that have become a necessary part of our lives, both at home and at work. Microsoft has just begun to enter the world of online applications with Windows Live, and its purchase of Yahoo could improve its competitive edge against the likes of Google.
Variety, as they say, is the spice of life, and I like diversity in every aspect of my life, including my choice of Web applications. But that's me. Here's what some of the experts have to say on this topic:
What's your opinion? Send us your comments and let us know.
Posted by JudyS at 01:29 PM | Comments (1)
February 06, 2008
Would you give up Google for a day?
My name is Erica, and I am a Google addict. There, it's out in the open. I love Google. Who doesn't?! It's clean, neat, and always provides thousands, sometimes even millions, of results to my search queries. I even used it to help me write this post! Google is a great way to find information...but it's not always the greatest way to find the best information. After all, the web is deep. Google is just a wading pond.
Admittance. I've taken the first step. Now what?!
In the same boat? Here's an idea, courtesy of the New Yorker cartoon archive. Why not give up Google? If not for Lent, if not even for a day, then just for an hour. And instead, try finding information using the research resources we have listed on the Library's website. We have tons of databases just itching to be accessed, and they cover topics ranging from health information and financial data to photographs and literature. I'm confident that you'll come across answers to questions that you could have never found with our old pal Google.
Looking for another fun way to find information not accessible through Google? Take a trip down memory lane with WayBack Machine. I think it will help you break your Google addiction, as it did mine.
Posted by EricaB at 06:40 PM | Comments (1)