“ Things that Go Bump in the Night ” Internet Users’ Group on Zoom October 10, 2020

Note: If Halloween is NOT your thing, substitute Christmas, Birthday, Science Fiction, etc. in many of the following examples for a wider variety of ideas and activities.

1. CDC on Halloween https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live- updates/2020/09/22/915689646/cdcs-halloween-guidelines-warn-against-typical-trick-or-treating- boo?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20200923&utm_term=4850969&utm_ campaign=the-new-normal&utm_id=35854209&orgid=286

2. Hoopla eBooks: For easy browsing, start on a desktop computer and go to https://www.pawpaw.lib.mi.us/digital_lib.htm or your library’s electronic resources page. Click on Hoopla; after autologin, look to the left of the search box, click Browse and eBooks; scroll down; pick Fiction; then pick a subtopic like Occult. Re-sort by Popularity or Date, if desired. Click on desired book. Borrow. Then go to the Hoopla app on you mobile device to read and enjoy.

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3. Buy gently used books from Better World Books https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ for kids and adults, and make a vampire bookmark https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/vampire-corner-bookmark/

4. Stamps, Cards, and eCards. a. Etsy has amazing popup cards. http://www.etsy.com b. Get your Halloween stamps and/or pre-order your Christmas stamps here https://store.usps.com/store/results/stamps/_/N- 9y93lv (there will be Clydesdales for Christmas this year). c. Send ecards from these 19 places…for Halloween, birthdays, Christmas, etc. https://www.lifewire.com/best-birthday-e-cards-1171037 (most not free). d. Blue Mountain has both ebooks and printable cards for 4.99 a month, or 19.99 a year https://www.bluemountain.com/cards/halloween e. JibJab is now $24 a year… but you could Monster Mash! https://www.jibjab.com/

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5. TikTok: follow @spookytimefyp for great spooky food such as buffalo chicken dip and edible intestine cinnamon rolls. Beginners guide to TikTok at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axH9mSYOwIU (My famous pear bread at https://www.food.com/recipe/pear-bread-2422.)

6. Movies, TV, and YouTube a. Rocky Horror Time Warp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umj0gu5nEGs b. Thriller, skeleton style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMZTC86No9o

c. Backstreet’s Back… in 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M6samPEMpM

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d. My Spooky 2020 YouTube collection https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDMqakdx36c0EYse6N8Nq4q J3lSV93wy e. Furry Potter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ju2-IjWhs f. Looney Tunes Halloween https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezEGl0eviFo g. Movies: Rocky Horror, Hocus Pocus, Ghostbusters, Young Frankenstein, Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Mars Attacks, Gremlins, etc. List at: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/g12107335/best-classic- halloween-movies/ Some forgotten Halloween movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h3CNWulaxA h. Halloween Wars on Food Network (FN Kitchen app free for one year on Kindle Fire). Or this link if you have a cable provider https://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/full-episodes/halloween-wars

7. Fall Online Shopping a. Gourmet candy from Nuts.com: apple pie almonds https://nuts.com/nuts/almonds/apple-pie-almonds and pumpkin spice malted milk balls https://nuts.com/chocolatessweets/malted-milk-balls/pumpkin- spice/1lb.html b. Mrs. Prindable’s caramel apples: online at https://www.mrsprindables.com/ or QVC. Alternately, make your own https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/homemade- caramel-apples/ c. QVC’s Halloween Shop https://www.qvc.com/_/N- 1z139y3/c.html?redirectTerm=halloween d. Halloween for pets https://www.chewy.com/b/halloween-shop- 2026?optimizely_link=home_hero_carousel_1_click e. Antimi Bluetooth speaker (with micro SD slot, and radio) https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PBV3GWC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b _asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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f. Avantree Bluetooth ear buds (small with good sound, but still not Airpods)https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RQTT79T/ref=ppx_y o_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

8. Musical Lightshow: On your computer, look for Halloween Playlist 2020 (or Happy Songs) in Spotify and run your Electric Sheep screensaver for a Halloween (or mood boosting) lightshow. “Direct” the action with the forward arrow key. Download from screensaver from https://electricsheep.org/

9. “Lord of the Gourd,” Pat Harrison https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Artist/Lord-of-the-Gourd- 181725640761/ (Facebook); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCag7GHEzd4 (KPL YouTube); or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqqogFKqxx8&feature=share (his 2019 season).

10. Halloween Art a. Decorations and crafts from Country Living https://www.countryliving.com/diy- crafts/g22355935/halloween-family- activities/?slide=1 and https://www.countryliving.com/diy- crafts/g1189/best-halloween-crafts-ever/?slide=1 b. Twisted Cookie House from Target (individual size) https://www.target.com/p/halloween-twisted- tavern-chocolate-house-cookie- kit-13-5oz-hyde-38-eek-boutique- 8482/-/A-79654264#lnk=sametab

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c. Pinterest! My Pinterest Jewelry board @dstassek https://www.pinterest.com/pin/19492210866859761/ d. Coloring pages for kids https://www.crayola.com/free- coloring-pages/holidays/halloween-coloring-pages/ e. Coloring pages for adults https://www.justcolor.net/events/halloween-coloring-pages- adults/ (open or download button may be an ad)

11. Halloween Games: check app stores for Halloween Bingo (ending), Harry Potter Puzzles, Bubble Witch Saga 2 and 3, Autumn Harvest Mahjong, Solitaire Castle (ending), Secret of Grisly Manor (Fire Maple Collection), etc. 40,000 Flash games will be going away by December 31 but some places like Flashpoint are trying to archive some of them. https://www.pcgamesn.com/flash- games-2020-flashpoint. Many games will be rebuilt using HTML5. The good news: better security, no more Adobe Flash updates, fewer games or game features unavailable for Apple iOS. History of Flash https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40716304

12. Unusual and/or Creepy Websites and Books – not responsible for content a. Michigan Paranormal Research Organization (MiPro, SW Michigan) https://www.miparanormal.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/miparanormalresearch/ and https://www.miparanormal.com/van-buren-museum b. Dan Sturges, another famous ghost hunter https://getpocket.com/explore/item/secret-life-of-a-ghost- hunter?utm_source=pocket-newtab

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c. Stingy Jack and the origin of the Jack-o-Lantern (story on Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingy_Jack d. Spooky Michigan (MeL book) – MeL borrowing is back! http://search.mel.org/iii/encore/record/C__Rb32587088 e. Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses (PPDL book) https://ppd.agverso.com/record?key=1746&agcn=106891&cid=ppd&lid=PP D f. Black Vault https://www.theblackvault.com/casefiles/ g. Fate Magazine https://www.fatemag.com/ h. Ghost Stories https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/ghost-stories/ i. Unexplained Mysteries https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/ j. Kevin the Alien is coming for your socks (language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLggj48nCj8 k. Three biggest Ancient Alien mysteries (language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmUrJaOo1Lw l. Contact From Planet Apu (Amazon book), with friendlier, angel-like aliens from the past, present, and future who are here observe and maybe help https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J6RPN0E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_a sin_title_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 m. Pluto TV – On Demand /Paranormal section. See app or https://pluto.tv/on- demand. Scroll to far right for the complete listing of a subject. n. News: And, just when you think things can’t get any stranger: 1) Strange News https://www.livescience.com/strange- news 2) Weird News https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weird-news/ 3) NPR Strange News https://www.npr.org/sections/strange-news/ 4) Oddly Enough News https://www.reuters.com/news/oddlyEnough 5) Pick your 2020 bingo card! https://www.google.com/search?q=2020+bingo+card

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13. Fall Windows Update https://www.howtogeek.com/684812/whats-new-in-windows-10s-20h2- update-arriving-fall-2020/ Size and time required for the update should not be a big problem, if you’ve been keeping up. The update will move more stuff from the Control Panel (which is going away gradually) to Settings. The update will also allow people with certain Android phones to run phone apps from their computer!

14. Kindle News: Remove ads (special offers) from Kindle Fire for about $15

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3306265/amazon-kindle-or-kindle-fire-how- to-remove-ads-and-special-offers.html. Don’t forget, Amazon is offering the Food Network Kitchen App free for one year.

15. iPad and iPhone News: iOS 14 provides new support for widgets, but with iPad, it is limited to the Today area https://support.apple.com/en- us/HT211328. Try the HeyWeather widget from the App store. IPhones may gain an “app drawer” (all apps list) at the end of the regular home pages. Next Internet Users’ Group Zoom Meetings

 Saturday, November 14 at 10am “All About Office and Pdf Software” …plus Google Fonts, Organizing Your Computer, and Templates for Christmas Cards.  Saturday, December 12 at 10am “Digitizing Old Photos” …including Scanning, Simple Editing, Organizing, and Backups. Note: Free class, “A Year with My Camera” with British photographer Emma Davies, starts November 5 https://ayearwithmycamera.com/

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