Libraries

05 Jun 2026

Libraries are great. This year I’m participating in Summer Stride. You get a free tote bag, if you read 20 hours. If you are under 5, you can get free books every month by signing up with the Imagination Library. Although if you don’t know how to read, you probably wouldn’t be able to sign up.

There seeds, computers, video games, movies (digital, bluray, DVD), music (CD, digital, vinly), and books (audio, paper, digital) at the library. There is more content at the library than I can consume in my lifetime. The best part is that everything is free.

There is also tech support on some days if you are having trouble with your digital device. Van people can also charge their battery banks at the library for free.

There are events and programming for children and teenagers. They even had Fei-Fei Li give a talk that you could attend for free.

Libraries are awesome. Andrew Carnegie funded 1,689 libraries. That is what the richest person in the world did in the past. The Richmond Library was the first library in SF constructed with Carnegie funds.