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I think Gary North is a bit of a kook. I don’t agree with his politics or his religious view more than rarely, but having said that I read his Reality Check newsletter twice a week, because he sees...
View ArticleStill More About Google
After looking over the past bits and pieces I’ve posted about Google, I can imagine if you’re reading this, you’re probably thinking, "Oy, not another one!" And you’d be right to a certain point. Then...
View ArticleWikipedia: Cool, But Not for Primary Research
This got a mention in this week’s ResourceShelf Newsletter: "Wikipedia, an Internet encyclopedia written entirely by volunteers, claimed that a prominent journalist might have been involved in the...
View ArticleInteractive Maps are Yummy!
If you like maps as much as I do (even if, like me, you can’t always draw them as well as you’d like) and you’re concerned about (or merely interested in) gas prices or coastal inundation (or both,)...
View ArticleFighting the Web
The Pentagon’s stated intention of gaining control of the internet and comprehensive control of the larger EM-spectrum, while perfectly logical and maybe desirable (in a Clausewitz sort of way,) is...
View ArticleStolen Sidekick: A Public Service Announcement
I don’t generally post things like this, but this (assuming it’s real, and from what I can tell it seems to be) deserves a mention: "You lose a Sidekick, leaving it in a cab accidentally. Some idiots...
View ArticleThis Just In . . . Google Shrinks a Bit
This just came in from Gary Price by way of the ERIL-L listserv: After 4+ years Google has announced that they are stopping the Google Answersservice. This RS...
View ArticleDigital Book Day
Something that should absolutely, positively concern you–besides the fact that I am trying to do my job on only three hours’ sleep, and the fact that German sports fans will likely be insufferable...
View ArticleDear FCC . . .
Yes, it’s a bit of slacktivism, but my concern about Net Neutrality is real enough. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has made sending a comment to the Federal Communication Commission as easy as...
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