Do you iGoogle? iGoogle is a personalized Google start page (similar to My Yahoo!) where you can aggregate all the Google resources you use on your online desktop – search, gMail, Google Calendar, etc. It …
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Free Ink Refill at Walgreens Today
Today only, Wednesday, April 2, over 3,000 Walgreens locations nationwide are offering a free printer cartridge refill for the following printer brands: Dell, HP, Lexmark, Okidata, Primera, Sharp and Xerox. Just bring your empty cartridge …
Feingold Receives ALA's James Madison Award for Protecting Public Access to Gov't Information
The American Library Association has announced that Senator Russ Feingold has been awarded the 2008 James Madison Award which honors those who, at the national level, have championed, protected, and promoted public access to government …
Workshops at the WI State Law Library
The Wisconsin State Law Library is offering two very useful – not to mention free – workshops this spring. Using LegalTrac and HeinOnline to Locate Law Reviews Online Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 9:00-10:00 a.m. The …
Madison Computer Recycling Roundup This Saturday
Periodically, the City of Madison sponsors a Computer Recycling Roundup. The next one is schedule for this Saturday, November 17th. According to the Web site, there is a $5 fee for computer monitors and laptops …
Great Library Pumpkins
Thanks to Library Stuff for inspiring me in my search of the great library pumpkins. The first is courtesy of Terry’s Worklog. “For those of you that don’t speak MARC, the pumpkin is a jack-o-lantern …
New Look for Amazon
Looks like Amazon is testing out a new site design. A few facts from the about page: What’s different? We concentrated on shopping, searching, saving, and buying–the four activities that customers have repeatedly told us …
Giant Lego Man Found in Dutch Sea
OK – this has nothing to do with libraries, or law, or technology, but it was too bizarre not to share. From Reuters Oddly Enough (photo from the Herald Sun): A giant, smiling Lego man …
Google Voice Local Search
Google has a new, experimental service called Voice Local Search. It’s basically a search engine of local businesses you access by using your phone. From the web site: To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 …
March of the Librarians Mockumentary on YouTube
Thanks to WI Ct of Appeals Judge Daniel Anderson for alerting me to March of the Librarians on YouTube. A parody of March of the Penguins, this mockumentary follows librarians at the ALA Midwinter conference. …