Nixonland, an "enhanced" E-book experience.

The title link above (links to a New York Times article) mentions one of the new books in the “enhanced” version…a tome called “Nixonland” that’s just been published. The basic e-book (available from places like Amazon) is $13.95. The “enhanced” version, available through the I-book store at Apple, is a few dollars more. I downloaded a free sample to try it out…the sample was over 367 pages out of a total book length of 850+. Anyway, embedded in the book there are 27 very high quality video clips…..so if you’re reading for an example about the time of the King assination you can clip on the corresponding video….plays in it’s own window on the page, or you can elect full screen…..at the end of the video or at any time you can resume reading. The idea is to merge the experience into the reading to bring it to life….and from what I’ve seen it’s wonderful. History books, with their charts, maps and photo’s, have long been the bane of e-books. Now, it’s exactly the opposite with the new enhanced model in that these things can be integrated into the book. Quite wonderful!!

Photo's that arrived today in my E-mail inbox from Tom Oliver, an old friend from my Cantho, South Vietnam days.....1965

 
 
 
 

Linda Christensen's journey into history.....

Our friend Linda Christensen, President of the Preston Historical Society, just completed a journey of a lifetime: Linda C's Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Summer Seminar
A 22-day seminar, founded in 1984 by Vladka Meed, will include educational activities in 4 countries. Some of the Holocaust-related places to be visited are Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Israel; Berlin and the Bergen Belsen Memorial in Germany; Warsaw, Majdanek, Lublin, Samosc, Belzec, Krakow, Auschwitz, Lodz and Treblinka in Poland; the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC

Click the Title Link to view her blog from this trip.

Time Capsule Blessing, Ceremony & Reception Saint Catherine of Siena Preston CT July 24th, 2010

Click the title link for a YouTube video of our Time Capsule event July 24th, 2010.

Just came back from Ginny-B Campground in Foster, RI

We hitched up the old Jeep and headed out this past weekend to Ginny B Campground, in Foster RI, with our Camping Club the Seaport Sams. Click the title link above for a slideshow of images from this event.

A false alarm...very disappointing....

Last night Joanna came rushing into the office all excited....said she had possibly located our Clifford. Clifford is our Maine Coon cat who went missing Memorial Day last year (2009). We spent countless hours looking for him, putting out posters,contacting shelters etc...and he was possibly caught in a have-a-heart trap about seven miles from here, but escaped when the door was open. Anyway, to make a long story short what looked just like Clifford was at the Waterford Humane Society shelter...Click here for a link to Julius's photo
If you click the Title link on this post you'll see our Lost posting and a photo of our Clifford....they could be brothers!! But Clifford has unusual features that distinguish him...and Julius is not long lost Clifford. Hopes dashed for now :(.