Book exchange a great way to explore new adventures

There is always so much going on in Hattiesburg, it’s hard to keep up with it all.

One event that happens quarterly offers a little something for everybody — at least if you like books.

The Hattiesburg Book Exchange has been a downtown staple for a few years, and quite a few people show up in search of something new to read or collect.

No money is exchanged — just books. In other words, if you go, bring a book or a few, then look through what other people bring and take the ones you are interested in.

Pretty cool, right?

There are usually books of all genres: dozens of mystery, science fiction, romance, classic literature, graphic novel, inspirational, biographies, sports, self-help, coffee table selections and more.

The next event will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Thirsty Hippo, 309 McLeod St. Just grab a few books and show up.

(Hint: Get there early. The good stuff goes quickly!)

Photo walk

Don’t forget this month’s photo walk is at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Southern Miss.

Meet up with our staff photographers Eli Baylis and Susan Broadbridge at Centennial Green, where Oh, Jeremiah will be setting up to play before Saturday’s USM football game against Austin Peay.

The photo walk will celebrate football season, but you can also learn how to capture that special moment of spontaneity as you wander across campus.

Pregame activities, including tailgating and Eagle Walk, are open to the public, so you don’t need to have a ticket to the game to attend the photo walk.

If you’d like to share your photos from the walk, we will publish them in our Sept. 20 Life section. Just email them to me by 5 p.m. Tuesday to have your photos considered for publication.

Facebook tip

Do you have a friend who posts way too many photos of their kids or too many status updates on their rocky relationship with their significant other?

I think most of us know somebody like that. You think about unfriending them, but then you don’t because you are afraid you’ll hurt your friend’s feelings.

You like your friend, but you wish there was a way to stay friends on Facebook without having to see every single status he or she posts.

Well, there are a few ways to do that.

One of the easiest is to unfollow your friend: Just visit his or her profile and click on the “following” button on the cover photo and choose the “unfollow” option.

Another way to see less of your friend is to put her or him in a group (this is good if you have more than one friend who fits this description). Go to your groups and create a new one. Give it a name, and add these friends.

You can adjust the settings to adjust how many posts you will see from this group.

Both of these options allow you to still read all your friend’s status updates, but you can choose when, if at all.

The last option, which is fairly new, is to adjust your news feed so you see your most important friends and pages first or ignore the ones you don’t want to see so often.

To find this option, go to your “home” page and let your mouse hover just to the left of where it says “news feed.” A magic — and previously invisible — cogwheel will appear. Click on that and follow the directions on the pop-up screen.

As always, if you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact me, and I’ll be more than happy to chat with you.

Lici Beveridge is the engagement editor and audience analyst for the Hattiesburg American. Reach her at lbeveridge@hattiesburgamerican.com or (601) 584-3104.