Miscellaneous & Odd-ball

We’ve had a pair of Cooper’s Hawks in the tree right outside the Grand Reading Room this week. Beautiful birds.

I wouldn’t say that I’m addicted to eBay, but I do like to find a good bargain now and then. Finding just the right item can be a major time drain, though. So, I was …

So how’d they get the sign out there? Posted to Madison Snaps, Isthmus.com

From the University of Wisconsin-Madison News – Viewer beware: Study finds flaws in TV news coverage of health Local television newscasts, where most Americans get most of their news, are packed with medical stories and …

You decide what Einstein writes in the fun little web tool from Hetemeel.com. What text would you want to appear in the famous photo of Einstein writing the E=MC2 equation? I chose one of Einstein’s …

From Dane 101: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has hooked up a webserver to the internet and issued a general challenge for people to hack it in an attempt to prove …

Cougar, a Madison-based instrumental post-rock band, had sampled UW Law Prof and blogger, Ann Althouse’s voice on two songs from its debut album, Law, including the first track, “Atlatl.” From the Isthmus: “Atlatl” is available …

Cougar, a Madison-based instrumental post-rock band, had sampled UW Law Prof and blogger, Ann Althouse’s voice on two songs from its debut album, Law, including the first track, “Atlatl.” From the Isthmus: “Atlatl” is available …

My colleague, Jenny Zook, has written a short article on click to donate sites for the UW Law School Newsletter. These sites donate part of their advertising revenue to charity whenever you use their search …

Picturecloud.com is a free, neat little tool that allows you to create a spinning 360 degree image. Take a series of still photos from all sides of an object and upload. The more you pictures …