World Digital Library

Library of Congress Advances  2 Digital Projects Abroad

1. The digitization of rare cultural materials.

2. The World Digital Library project modeled after the Library of Congress's vast American Memory project with cooperation from other national libraries.

Surrogate Memory

Don't Forget to Back Up Your Brain

But what if you could capture every waking moment of your entire life, store it on your computer and then recall digital snapshots of everything you've seen and heard with just a quick search?

Renowned computer scientist Gordon Bell, head of Microsoft's Media Presence Research Group and founder of the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, thinks he might be able to do just that.

He calls it a "surrogate memory," and what he considers an early version of it even has an official name — MyLifeBits.

I think this is profoundly misguided because it strips memory of meaning and discrimination.

Scrapbooking

Scrapbooking or "journalling with embellishments" is a billion dollar business and an addictive leisure activity for millions of Americans, mostly stay-at-home Moms between 18-40.

Slate has a good video that visits the 2007 Scrapbook Expo, called Scrapbookers Unite! that gives you a clue if you know nothing about scrapbooking.