If you were deaf, would you enjoy Youtube? Now that Youtube has incorporated Auto-Captioning, it’s like a whole new place for some internet users.

Want to know how it works? Wired Magazine has the story.

TGIF–Enjoy.

Instead, we will be filming for SRSLY SCARY CINEMA!

Here’s the Naruto version of Numa Numa for your viewing pleasure.

Check out the new book display in the Teenspace!  Do you have any suggestions?  Feel free to share your ideas.

Check out the newly updated Book Lists for more great reading ideas!

Monday night’s Derby Girl to Whip It! program just got 100% more awesome!

Black Eyed Skeez, Chelsea High School Graduate and member of the D-Funk All Stars will be coming to the library to answer questions about Roller Derby, and being on the cast of the movie Whip It, parts of which were filmed in Detroit and Ypsilanti. Then you can watch Whip it and see Black Eyed Skeez in action. This is going to be one amazing night!

Black Eyed Skeez #313

Team: D-Funk Allstars
Position: Pivot/Jammer

Joined: Oct 2005
Height: 5.8.5
Bio: Watch out for her backspin windmill take out stylee…you’ll be singing “Where is the love?” higher than Justin Timberlake….
Likes: hip hop, scooters, travelling, detroit

Dislikes: ignorance, thugs, ‘myhumps’

Snowed in? Here’s a song for you, courtesy of Neil Gaiman, who tweeted about it last night. It’s a cover, and you can find other versions on youtube.

TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

On the TED website, and on Youtube, you can find incredible talks that are short, easy to understand, and will give you a better understanding on anything from the insides of a star, to pop culture in the middle east.

Here is Jamie Oliver discussing how American food is killing Americans. Do you think he’s right? Feel free to disagree(or agree) in the comments!
Caution: a little bit of Bad Language

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Book Club: From Derby Girl to Whip It

Monday March 1, 6:00-8:00pm, McKune | Ages 13 and up | Registration | Book quantities limited, but film screening is open to the general public.

Read Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, then watch Whip It, the movie based on this book.  Parts of Whip It were filmed in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  The film stars Ellen Page & Drew Barrymore, and is rated PG-13.