·http://toliveanddinela.com/
This site, assembled from the Menu Collection at the Los Angeles Public Library, offers readers a glimpse into the wide and changing gastronomic world of Los Angeles. Here readers will discover film footage from a 1946 drive through downtown L.A., with glimpses of classic eateries, a 1956 advertisement for the 24-hour drive-in, Scrivner's, a menu from the 1895 Chamber of Commerce banquet in celebration for the organization's 7th year, and many more fascinating glimpses into the history of food in Southern California. In addition, readers may "follow" ToLiveAndDineInLA and receive updates whenever there are new posts.
·http://artstories.artsmia.org/#/
Art Stories, from the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), combines vivid images with cogent descriptions to create a fulfilling online museum experience. Readers may scroll sideways across the various images to see what's on offer (selecting Explore more ArtStories expands the display). To enlarge an image, simply click to reveal an up-close image and a sidebar with epigrammatic and entertaining prose, such as this description of a piece of Red-and-blue-laced Armor from the Kii Tokugawa Family: "This Japanese armor was probably never worn in battle. Too bad. It was frightening and frighteningly well-built. The suit includes a helmet, face-mask, shoulder guards, cuirass (breast plate and back plate), forearm sleeves, thigh guards, shin guards, and bear-fur boots." Other pieces on view include a painting by Van Gogh, a Roman sculpture of the ideal male body, and a Chuck Close photo-like portrait painting.
·http://www.rarebookroom.org/
The Rare Book Room is a somewhat eclectic collection; it consists of about 400 digitized books contributed from libraries all over the world, including the US Library of Congress, The British Library, the American Antiquarian Society, universities as diverse as Stanford, Southern Methodist, and Oxford, as well as a few private collectors. The books were photographed at a high resolution, "in some cases at over 200 megabytes per page," which means that viewing can be a delight. A search box is provided, but it's also possible to select from lists of subjects (Category), Authors, and donating Library. In addition, a list of all titles can be retrieved. Once at the all-title list, however, selecting the Rare Book Room link will take visitors to the company that scanned the books, Octavo (http://www.octavo.com/ ), although the Octavo pages have not been updated since the mid-oughts. And yes, there are both Arthur Rackham- and John Tenniel-illustrated editions of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Rackham in Dutch, English, and French, and Tenniel in French, German, Hungarian, Spanish, and English.
Grammarly
·https://www.grammarly.com
Grammarly is an online spelling and grammar checker that is easy to use and simple to install as a free browser extension on either Chrome or Safari. The service flags grammar or spelling issues and suggests alternatives while explaining the reasoning behind its suggestions. Like most products of this kind, there is a free browser extension, which corrects about 150 types of grammar and spelling errors, and a premium version that will spot and correct more than 250 kinds of errors. Most people find that the free version is sufficient. However, those who are writing professionally or particularly concerned with their grammar may want to upgrade to the pay version in order to access the full service. Once installed and an account is created, Grammarly automatically becomes active during all your online writing, including email and social media.
·https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-palette/mjkcflkplhgpebknipkekjggglimnone?hl=en
Designed as an add-on for Google Chrome, Privacy Palette is a web app that allows users to "regain control" over their web browsing. Using Privacy Palette, readers may clear private data from their computers or browsers within seconds, making it difficult for advertisers to gather information by disabling tracking, controlling ad tracking, managing privacy on Facebook, deleting cookies, clearing caches, and more. To install, simply click Add to Chrome. From there, readers can choose from the simple menu what services they would like Privacy Palette to implement. For instance, Browsing History clears the history of all previously visited websites, while Cache clears the previously stored data from visited websites.
From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2015. https://www.scout.wisc.edu
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