Anyone playing BlogShares, the fantasy stock market for blogs? I haven’t dived in yet, but it looks like fun. Players get to invest a fictional $500, and blogs are valued by incoming links. I’ve been …
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More on Milwaukee County Court Budget Cuts
An update on the Milwaukee County Court budget cuts and future of Milwaukee Legal Resource Center from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: (full text available to Wisconsinites via Badgerlink) The Milwaukee County court system would get …
Milwaukee Legal Resource Center Threatened by Court Budget Cuts
A Wisconsin Law Journal editorial by the Milwaukee Bar Association Board of Directors reveals that under the proposed 2006 budget, Milwaukee County Circuit Court budget would be slashed by almost 25 percent. Among the many …
Bypass Automated Phone Systems – Talk to a Real Person
Automated phone systems are fine when you have a routine customer service inquiry, but sometimes you just want to talk to a real person. Good look getting through to someone though. Next time, take a …
Direct Legislation Effort in Jefferson
The JS Online reports that citizens in Jefferson have initiated a direct legislation effort to stop a proposed Wal-Mart SuperCenter. “The petitions call for a municipal ordinance that would require any developer seeking to annex …
White House Sues The Onion
The New York Times reports that the White House has sued The Onion for unauthorized use of the presidential seal. Source: The University of Baltimore Law Library Weblog
Confidential Data on WI Minors Found on a Hard Drive in Nigeria
According to an article in the Wisconsin State Journal, “confidential information on minors in the state’s Child Protective Services program has surfaced on a computer hard drive in Nigeria, and state officials say they can’t …
Opt-out of Prescreened Credit Card Offers
How many credit card offers were in your mailbox today? If you are like me, the answer is probably too many. The ones with the magnets are the worst since you have to actually open …
Podcasting 101
If you haven’t been bitten by the podcasting bug yet and are wondering what it’s all about, take a look at the article in today’s Wisconsin State Journal, “Podcasting: It’s More Than Just Tunes.” The …
Madison's Wi-Fi Project Back on Track
From the Wisconsin State Journal: The city of Madison’s long-stalled wireless Internet project is back online, with officials on Thursday promising a Wi-Fi network Downtown by March. Cellnet, an Atlanta firm, breathed new life into …