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Tech Trek Day 2

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Here’s today’s hint -

Mark Zuckerberg, Facesmash, Harvard U
Sign up to belong.
You know you want to.
The Social Network,
Show your profile, share your pics.
Can 600 million be wrong?

Leave your guess in the comments and one of you will win a flash drive!

Bonus round – Like us on today’s answer and you’ll have a chance to win a nom candy bouquet!

Steampunk Invention Contest

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Enter the YALSA Steampunk Apparatus Contest – you could win $50 Amazon gift card!

Come up with a device or instrument and give it a name and a description of what it looks like.

On March 7, Tweet your invention and description. Make sure to include the hashtag #yalsapunk and @figmentfiction

For example – @figmentfiction Blimflocket – a wristwatch w/a chain that goes up the arm & links to a person’s neck.#yalsapunk

Remember you’ve got 140 characters total so be creative but succinct.

A winning device will be chosen based on creativity, and the “inventor” will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.

What is steampunk?

What is Twitter?

Tech Trek Contest

teen tech week 2011Congratulations! You’ve been chosen to go on a Tech Trek!

Each day from March 7 – 11 a new clue will be posted here. The clue will point to something on our website like a database.

Figure out what that something is then make a comment with the answer and you’ll be entered into a daily drawing to win a flash drive.

At the end of the week, everyone who’s participated will be entered into a drawing for an EyeClops Mini Projector. W00t!

If you’re stumped, feel free to ask for help either here or at your library branch.

Check back March 7 for the first clue!

Tired of Your Quilt Pattern Avatar?

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I don’t know about you, but I like my comments here to be accompanied by something with a little more personality than a random quilt square.  You can personalize yours by registering your email and avatar with Gravatar.  If, like me, you already have a Yahoo! Avatar, you can follow these directions to download your existing Yahoo! avatar.  You can also use an image from the web, your computer, or a webcam.  And, of course, keep your picture G-rated if you want our moderator to approve your comment!