Month: December 2005

OPAL (Online Programming for All Libraries) is offering a handful of free online workshops this spring. Topics include Internet searching, travel planning, starting a wiki, and more. Source: Beyond the Job

Tis the season for year-end top ten lists. But none are as fun as a good old Late Show with David Letterman Top Ten like these from the Top Ten Archive: Top Ten Signs You’ve …

According to BoingBoing, prosecutors in South Korea will begin issuing indictments via text message in the coming year.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, downtown Madison’s wi-fi project has come to life, albeit a small one. Computer users within several hundred feet of the YWCA at 101 E. Mifflin St. should be able …

From PI Newslink, the blog of private investigator, Tamara Thompson comes a pair of Web tools for finding documentation on a private business: – The Small Business Administration maintains database of companies to which they’ve …

It seems that many things from my youth that are making a come back these days. A trip to Toys-R-Us is like taking a trip down memory lane – Strawberry Shortcake, Scooby Doo, Care Bears, …

Thanks to PDF for Lawyers for the link to the Electronic Discovery Primer for Judges in the Federal Courts Law Review from February 2005. From the abstract: The law of electronic discovery is beginning to …

An article I wrote entitled, “RSS: It’s About Time” appears in this month’s edition of Connecting… (the newsletter of the Computing Services Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries). The article offers …

Looking for a little humor to lighten the mood or perhaps make a point? Check out OhNoRobot, a search engine for the text in online comic strips. A couple of caveats courtesy of LibrarianInBlack (from …

There is a good bit of speculation about whether or not this story is true. From BoingBoing: A Massachussetts paper is reporting that a college student was visited by Department of Homeland Security agents in …