Twitter

Twitter is a popular social networking service that lets users send brief messages of up to 140 characters in length to a list of subscribers.

Here is a great page from Techweb.com that describes what Twitter is all about. This is a great way to communicate with friends and stay current on just about any topic you can think of.

Here are some great videos that explain how Twitter works:

http://mashable.com/2009/05/31/twitter-tutorials-youtube/

100 Best Twitter Feeds for All Your News and Know How provides links to 100 informative twitter feeds to get you started.

2010 Winter Olympics

Stay updated with the latest results and schedules for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics here:

• http://www.nbcolympics.com/


• http://www.vancouver2010.com/
  
  

Free videos from this year's games are available here at http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/

Photos of Olympic highlights: http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/Olympics/slideshow?id=9863322

February is Black History Month

Here are some links to look at to celebrate Black History Month

• Celebrate Black History from Biography.com
• Black History Month links from Infoplease.com
• Celebrate Black History with Time.com
  
• I have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr; August 28, 1963

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82nd Annual Academy Awards

The nominations for the 82nd annual Academy Awards airing on Sunday, March 7 are in. See if your favorites have been nominated here at Oscars.org.

Learn more about the nominees here.

Grammy Award Winners

Check out a list of Nominees and winners from the 52nd annual Grammy awards at Grammy.com.

Missed the performances? That's OK, many of them can be found on YouTube here.

Tax Forms

New Jersey will not be sending us copies of tax forms this year but forms can be printed from the New Jersey Division of Taxation.
Phone: 609-826-4400 or 1-800-323-4400 (within NJ, NY, PA, DE, MD

Federal forms are available at the Library and can also be printed out here at the IRS website.
Telephone Assistance for Individuals:
Toll-Free, 1-800-829-1040
Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Great Recipe Sites

Here is a great collection of recipe sites with reviews.

One of the sites that I was not aware of is Cookstr. I will definitely be checking this site out soon. Here is the description:

Cookstr publishes recipes by professional chefs, including Mario Batali, Jamie Oliver, Alice Waters, Jacques Pepin, Michael Recchiuti, Mark Bittman, and on and on. In addition to recipes, the site also provides informative profiles for each chef. Features are fairly minimal, with a video section still under development, but I do like the simplicity of the site. Site registration allows you to save and comment on recipes. Although Cookstr only has a few recipes from each chef, it's the closest thing to a massively cross-cook[book] database I've found. I hope it grows.

The Library also has a great selection of cookbooks in the 641.5 section and many delicious choices in magazines including Cooking Light, Vegetarian Times, Bon Appetit, Cook's Illustrated, Fine Cooking, and Food Network.

Happy Cooking!