Author: Andrew Moore

The Internet Archive is a vast trove of precious relics from the ancient technological past.  Among its treasures is this library of vintage games in MS-DOS, including fabled titles like Pac Man, Sim City, and Donkey Kong.  Playable in your browser, they’re the time...

If you need another world to live in (and who doesn’t right now?) while George R. R. Martin is finishing his latest, here are three you won’t want to leave.  Your jumping-off points are Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (“The Wheel of...

You’ve been saying for years that you wanted to learn a language.  Well, now’s the time to carpe the diem!  Mango offers carefully structured courses that allow you to build vocabulary and grammar at your own pace in more than 70 languages, including (besides...

If you don’t have it at home, or yours is down, just pull into our lower lot.  Look for a network called “wayland_hotspot_8,” then enter the password “wyl_hotspot#8” (as in the picture).  Please practice safe, 6-foot distancing and use the Library’s wireless access in...

Take tours of the world’s great museums, meditate to classical Indian music, walk the streets of a fabled city, learn how to turn your cereal bowl into an art masterpiece, and find out how much Vermeer got for “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”  And...

Today, the last day of Poetry Month, take some time to stream episodes from this exceptional series.  In half-hour segments, distinguished interpreters from all walks of life explore and debate unforgettable American poems. Athletes, poets, politicians, musicians, architects, scientists, actors, entrepreneurs, and citizens of...

The annual South by Southwest Festival has been cancelled physically, but you can still see these terrific short films at https://mailchimp.com/presents/sxsw/, including the unique dating tale “Single,” and the lovely documentary “Just Hold On,” about a very young rodeo rider.