Last night, as I was leaving the library to go home, I noticed that there were traffic lights installed on the intersection of the library entrance and Janss Road. I had heard that they were coming, but it still surprised me since I’m so accustomed to not seeing them. I’m very happy that they are there, though, because trying to make a left turn on Janss Road out of the library used to be very tricky at times!
In other traffic news, the city council recently approved several changes to help with the Lynn Road problem.
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Here’s another article from the Star about the possibility of a new high school campus being built across the street from the Library.
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According to an article in the Ventura Star today, there are possible plans of a new high school campus to be built across the Thousand Oaks Library on Janss Road. This new site might also be used as a satellite location for Moorpark College. If this happens, I imagine that it would considerably increase the library’s usage. The library already gets a fair amount of Moorpark and CLU students who come to use the library’s excellent research resources. Personally, I think the library could use some new neighbors. It would be nice to see some more development in the area surrounding the library…maybe some restaurants, coffee shops, and small businesses. I’d like to be able to walk outside and grab a sandwich for lunch 
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My favorite magazine, one that I actually have delivered to my home, is Wired. I have never been disappointed in a single issue. In fact, I just finished reading a great article in this month’s issue about how NASA has LOST the raw footage of the Apollo 11 moon landing. If you’re interested at all in archival issues, you should read this article.
Here’s a short excerpt:
“Not long ago, Lebar learned why the footage had looked like mush: The transfer and broadcast had degraded the image badly, like a third-generation photocopy. “What the world saw was some bastardized thing,” says Lebar, now 81. “Posterity deserves more than that.” Good thing the engineers in Australia recorded the raw feed. Now Lebar and a crew of seasoned space cowboys are trying to get that original footage and show it to the world.
There is just one problem: NASA has lost the tapes.”
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