Post on 17-Jan-2016
Untangle & Listen
Patricia Post, Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange
(CMLE)
This is a “green”
10-minute segment of
the program.
Please reduce, reuse & recycle.
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Landfills: A messy problem! lets be part of the solution…
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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….
Get Wired! Experiment.
Be playful.
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It’s a plug and play world...
Don’t be fooled by marketing efforts around new technologies….
Do you have any of these lying around?
Old Technologies
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?
Auxiliary Port
Have you noticed an “aux port” on old equipment?
Or, “line in”…that works too!
Must-buy cable!
Best $8 you’ll ever spend…
New Best Friends!
$20 Sansa MP3 tethered to an old boom box
Power up that lounging Garage Animal
$10 from Radio Shack
1/8” Stereo/Audio Red-White Cable
$49 Sansa Clip (8GB) powering 70’s Stereo
Holds 4,000 Songs
Sansa Clip Connected to Home Theater System. Surround Sound!
Another Trick for Using MP3’s in Your Home
Same cable as the 70’s stereo cable!
1/8” Stereo/Audio Red-White Cable
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A New Portable Social AnimalSame cable idea for all sorts of MP3’s
Altec Lansing iM600
Host a BringYour Own Music Event
• Home• Lake• Library• School• Any teen
events
Power Up the Old or the New! Make Music Social
Again…
Free people from their ear buds!
Make listening social,
Don’t be too quick to discard the old,
Reuse what you already have…
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