Author: bjshucha

The Wisconsin State Law Library is offering a full slate of workshops this winter. For registration and additional information, see the WSLL Classes and Tours page. – The Wisconsin Legislature Website Wednesday January 11, 2006 9:00-10:00 a.m. (Tomorrow!) In this hands-on overview of the Legislature’s site you’ll learn how to track legislative activity, locate bills …

Starting yesterday, it will cost you 2 cents more to mail a standard first class letter. Up from 37 cents, a first class stamp now costs 39 cents. For additional rate changes and fees, see the USPS Web site.

Web 2.0 seems to be a buzz word lately. Although it’s difficult to get a handle on exactly what it means, chances are good that you are using it already. If you are reading this via your RSS aggregator, then you’re definitely there. “So what is this Web 2.0? In short, it’s a set of …

JS Online has more on the role of lobbyists in drafting legislation. See also earlier post describing Attorney General Lautenschlager’s lawsuit against Senators Zien and Gunderson for refusal to share drafts of legislation concerning concealed weapons.

Kristian Knutsen of the Isthmus Daily Page has put together a look back at the Madison blogopshere in 2005. Very nice. Featured are the School Information System blog (re: Madison Metropolitan School District), blogs reviewing the Madison dining, tavern and music scenes, and political blogs. Mention is also made of the UW Law School bloggers.

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 to pick up a signal from a transmitter atop the building, said Dick Grasmick, the city of Madison’s chief computer …

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 made loans. The returns can include the gross receipts of the business, number of employees and owners. – The U.S. …

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 emerge, but most issues are so unexplored that judges must still develop much important law… This article is a practical …

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 a basic introduction to RSS and explores its usefulness for legal research. Topics covered include: What is RSS? – what …

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 whom I discovered OhNoRobot): – A lot of the more mainstream online comics aren’t included. There are about 232 comics …