Jun

19

Turning the Pages Online

June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Thanks to today’s Scout Report I came across Turning the Pages Online, an initiative of the  British Library and the US National Library of Medicine that virtually you can turn the pages of “rare and beautiful” historical books in the biomedical sciences.
The site contains six important texts, including Vesalius’ seminal work, De Humani Corporis Fabrica [...]

Aug

4

It’s here! “Breaking Dawn” Midnight Release Party!

August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

My daughter and I went on Friday, August 1st to a party from 10 pm to midnight to celebrate the release of “Breaking Dawn“, the fourth book in the  “Twilight Saga” by Stephenie Meyer. The party was at Shelf Life Books in Redmond. Matilde and her friends were dressed up in characters. She was Victoria [...]

May

8

Harry Potter Commercial

May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Harry Potter Commercial from Pia Alliende on Vimeo.
Yet another of my daughter’s school projects. This time she needed to make a 1 minute commercial video. She decided to do it on Harry Potter books since she has read them all 4 times each. She spent several days making puppetts. She is very effective and creative [...]