Where Do Movie Props Go To Die?

If the movie they came from was a hit, the props could have quite an afterlife. Nobody wants mementos of, say, Heaven’s Gate, but Dorothy’s ruby slippers and Rocky’s boxing gloves are in the Smithsonian; Steven Spielberg paid $60,500 for Rosebud and the Ten Commandments tablets went for $81,700. (Bargains can, however, be had.)

Libraries Go Open Source

“Some libraries, fed up with software that doesn’t fully meet their needs, have decided to take matters, figuratively, into their own hands. With a bit of grant money and some eager developers, institutions have begun creating their own open-source solutions that are fully customizable, free for others to use and compatible with existing systems.”