University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: July 2005

Computer-on-a-Stick: A USB Drive with it's Own OS & Applications

You’ve heard of pigs-in-a-blanket and soap-on-a-rope – now comes Computer-on-a-Stick, a USB flash drive featuring its own onboard operating system together with a full suite of Microsoft Office-compatible applications. And for added security, also available are the Bio Computer-on-a-Stick and the Bio USB Flash Drive which require fingerprint authentication. Source: LJ Tech Blog

Herzing offers Nation's First Degree in Homeland Security & Public Safety

Today’s Wisconsin State Journal reports that beginning this fall Herzing College will offer a bachelor of science degree in “Homeland Security and Public Safety” with a “concentration” on emergency medical technology or law enforcement. School officials believe that it is the nation’s first “accredited and privately held college to offer a degree program in homeland …

Google Maps Combines Maps with Satellite Images

My favorite mapping application just got even better. Google Maps recently introduced a hybrid feature with which maps are combined with satellite images. See the map of the UW Law Library. Notice how the street names are superimposed over the satellite image. Very nice! To access the hybrid images, enter in an address into the …

CQ Press Offers Free Content

From the C&RL News, July/August 2005: CQ Press has introduced a free Web site, CQ Press in Context, featuring selections from the CQ Press Electronic Library, which has a goal of providing readers with objective, accessible, high-quality information on government and politics. The site focuses on a single topic, which will be updated frequently, offering …

Photo Archive of Dane County Judges

From Dane County Legal Resource Center Blawg: Recently added to the Clerk of Courts website is a pictorial archive of all the judges who have served Dane County Circuit Court from 1848 to current.

Subscribe to Any RSS Feed via Email with Rmail

How do you like to read blogs? Via their Web page or with a RSS reader such as Bloglines? Although I highly recommend the latter, I know that not everyone has the time or comfort-level to set up a RSS reader. For those that read blogs via their Web pages, you know that it takes …

Researching American Indian Law Online

Ama Gannaway, librarian at Lathrop & Clark LLP in Madison, has compiled a very useful guide to Researching American Indian Law Online in the latest Wisconsin Lawyer. This article provides sources for finding tribal codes, constitutions, and court decisions, together with sources for finding treaties, federal statutes and regulations, case law, and administrative appeals decisions …

Researching American Indian Law Online

Ama Gannaway, librarian at Lathrop & Clark LLP in Madison, has compiled a very useful guide to Researching American Indian Law Online in the latest Wisconsin Lawyer. This article provides sources for finding tribal codes, constitutions, and court decisions, together with sources for finding treaties, federal statutes and regulations, case law, and administrative appeals decisions …

Review of Blogging Software

Online Journalism Review has a nice review of blogging software, including a some definitions of blogging jargon. Source: Current Cites

Wise up Ernie – Books Aren't an "Inefficiency"

Upon taking a closer look at Law Practice’s blogging issue, I came upon a Q&A with Ernest Svenson, aka Ernie the Attorney. While I’m a big fan of his excellent legal blog, I’m disappointed in his lack of understanding of the value of print resources. According to Mr. Svenson: Small firms can also now afford …