Right now, and for a “limited time,” anyone in the United States between the age of 13 and 21 can apply for a free Brooklyn Public Library eCard, which gives access to 350,000 eBooks, 200,000 audiobooks, and online databases. (Normally, Brooklyn Public Library eCards are only free for people who live and/or work in New York state.)
and while we’re at it, fuck this idea that ONE ACCOUNT has to belong uniquely to ONE PERSON. This is the same thing these silicon valley fucks want; their vision of the future where everyone has a unique biometric ID code implanted in their body is the ultimate extension of Netflix’s “no password sharing” policy. You want to use your friend’s car? Sorry, you can’t, you need to be an authorized user. Your mother wants to let you look something up on her OED account? Too bad! That’s only for her! The concept of perfect market efficiency gives them greedy little money bag eyes.
If I pay money to have a newspaper sent to my house, they don’t charge me extra when I show it to my dad. This password sharing thing isn’t just a Netflix problem; don’t be surprised if it shows up elsewhere in other forms. Stamp this idea out now or we’ll be stuck with it.
Classic cars boast a lot of features you don’t see in contemporary
models, but did you know that at one point those features even
included–well, were going to include–illuminated tires?
The idea started floating around in the 50s, but nothing really came of
it until Goodyear started mulling it over in the early 1960s. Dubbed as
one of the “most dramatic tire developments in the history of the industry,”
these tires were made of a synthetic rubber known as Neothane. Goodyear
used the translucent material, dying it various colors–bright green,
yellow, blue, and red, just to name a few. Then, the company put 18
small light bulbs, which were essentially dash lights, inside the tires,
giving them the glowing effect seen in the photo below.
