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Untangle & Listen. Patricia Post, Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange (CMLE). This is a “green” 10-minute segment of the program. Please reduce, reuse & recycle. Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholas_t/3711662174/. Landfills: A messy problem!
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Untangle & Listen Patricia Post, Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange (CMLE)
This is a “green” 10-minute segment of the program. Please reduce, reuse & recycle. Image Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicholas_t/3711662174/
Landfills: A messy problem! lets be part of the solution… Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21218849@N03/3183610309/
What if we use new technologies to power old technologies? What if we reuse what we already have, yet get some new things too? What if….
Be playful. Get Wired! Experiment. Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/philscoville/60558804/
It’s a plug and play world... Don’t be fooled by marketing efforts aroundnew technologies….
Old Technologies Do you have any of these lying around?
Do you have a 1970’s stereo system lounging around? Garage Animal
New Toys! Do you own one of these MP3’s? Others?
You’ve Got All of the Ingredients Tiny, high-density-storage devices (MP3’s) + Assorted high quality sound systems = Freedom from earbuds & great sound How does it work?
Have you noticed an “aux port” on old equipment? Or, “line in”…that works too! Auxiliary Port
Must-buy cable! Best $8 you’ll ever spend…
1/8” Stereo/Audio Red-White Cable Power up that lounging Garage Animal $10 from Radio Shack
$49 Sansa Clip (8GB) powering 70’s Stereo Holds 4,000 Songs
Another Trick for Using MP3’s in Your Home Sansa Clip Connected to Home Theater System. Surround Sound!
1/8” Stereo/Audio Red-White Cable Same cable as the 70’s stereo cable!
Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveduarte/2817722169/
A New Portable Social Animal Same cable idea for all sorts of MP3’s Altec Lansing iM600
Power Up the Old or the New! Make Music Social Again… • Host a Bring • Your Own Music Event • Home • Lake • Library • School • Any teen events
Free people from their ear buds! Make listening social, Don’t be too quick to discard the old, Reuse what you already have…
Image Credit: http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/entries/159-frogress.html