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Yeehaw, buckaroos, and it's time for another edition of the RSS roundup. First of all there's Wisconsin, or more specifically the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, which is offering a whole pile of RSS feeds from Agriculture to Wisconsin Briefs. Get...
This Week in PR Bop
It was a fairly quiet week at PR Bop. The free blimp ride you can get if you were born on February 29, the offer to name your February 29 child Dot or Dorothy to get free pizza, and that...
Mars Rover Images A Go-Go
NASA is making the Mars rover images available online. They're actually available at two different places, but I think I'll point to the Mars Tour site: http://www.marsquestonline.org/mer/ . You'll need Flash to view this site properly. When it loads you'll...
February 26, 2004New Guide to Researching Aboriginal Genealogy in Canada
Library and Archives Canada has added a new guide, Researching Your Aboriginal Ancestry at Library and Archives Canada, to its virtual Canadian Genealogy Centre. The new guide is available at http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/02/020501a_e.html and is in HTML and PDF. The guide is...
Continue reading "New Guide to Researching Aboriginal Genealogy in Canada" » What's New At LLRX
New stuff at LLRX! Check it out: Chris Hayes reviews the possibilities of voice over IP ( http://www.llrx.com/features/voip.htm ), Marcus Zillman delves into the "deep Web" ( http://www.llrx.com/features/deepweb.htm ), Brett Burney looks at laptop docking stations ( http://www.llrx.com/columns/legaltech19.htm ) and...
Sootle the Search Engine
First they launched, then they relaunched, and now they're launched again in alpha. What is it? It's Sootle! Sootle ( http://www.sootle.net ) is not a meta-search but a standalone search engine and is, as noted, in Alpha. Sootle has a...
February 25, 2004Google Adds Wireless Froogle Searching
Google Labs has announced the addition of Wireless Froogle, another product of Google Labs. If you have an WML-enabled phone you can try it out at http://labs.google.com/frooglewml.html . I don't have an WML-enabled phone so you'll have to bear with...
Mozilla 1.7 Alpha Released
The Mozilla 1.7 Alpha was released on February 23rd; you can download it at http://www.mozilla.org/releases/#1.7a . New offerings in this version include lots of improvements to Mozilla's pop-up blocking features and several new offerings in its mail function....
Get RSS Feeds from the Open Directory Project
The Open Directory Project is great, but keeping up with new additions to it is a huge pain in the tuckus. xmlhub.com has a lovely solution that problem with a tool that generates two flavors of RSS feeds based on...
Continue reading "Get RSS Feeds from the Open Directory Project" » February 24, 2004Another Roll-Your-Own-Custom-RSS-Feed: Rollup
First there was Feedpapers, now there's Rollup, another roll-your-own-RSS solution. It's available at http://www.rollup.org/rollup/ . Like Feedpapers, Rollup has a "wizard" to walk you through the process. The process starts with registration (that requires only an e-mail address and password....
Continue reading "Another Roll-Your-Own-Custom-RSS-Feed: Rollup" » This Week on ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week on ResearchBuzz Extra you'll find news and resources that you won't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article! This week's article: the periodic round-up. Get more information on ResearchBuzz Extra at http://www.researchbuzz.com/buzzex.shtml ....
A Visual Dictionary of Fashion
I always get intimidated by fashion resources. I am so not meant for the catwalk. But Bissonnette on Costume ( at http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/ ) is interesting because of the different ways it allows you to browse (by geography, time, and subject.)...
February 23, 2004SMEALSearch for Business Documents
From Penn State comes this niche search engine that indexes academic, commercial, and other articles related to the topic of business. It's called SMEALSearch and it's available at http://smealsearch.psu.edu/ . There are two searches you can perform from the front...
ZapMeta Meta-Search Offers Nice Set of Web Features
As I've said before, I'm not a big meta-search engine fan. I can usually find what I want using one search engine. But when you show me a meta-search that offers a nice selection of search engines to choose from...
Continue reading "ZapMeta Meta-Search Offers Nice Set of Web Features" » Northern Ireland Buildings Database
The Environment and Heritage Service has a database of over 9,000 historic buildings in Northern Ireland, available at http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/buildings_database/build.asp . You may search it by identifying number, keyword, council, or ward. I searched for Lisburn and found 54 pages of...
Google n' Yahoo: Oh, the EYE-rony
Does it wig anybody else out that, a few days after dumping them for their full-text Web search results, Yahoo adds the Google bot to their Yahoo directory? http://search.yahoo.com/search/dir?h=c&fr=op&va=google&vp=&vo=&ve=&bbase=Search&r=all&g=7&n=20. I have some comments on the Google/Yahoo thing -- but my...
February 20, 2004Conjugate Verbs in 100 Languages
I can't imagine using this in my day to day Web research, but it looks like a fun resource for you language junkies. The Web version of Verbix, at http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/ , allows you to conjugate verbs in 100 languages, including...
This Week in PR Bop
This Week PR Bop was a bit more scientifically weird. Where do you flap for the butterfly effect? Printing out replacement organs. Dancing with robots. And then there's the usual; the two pandas (in love), Ken and Barbie (not), the...
The Google Gender Guesser
AND the offbeat Google applications keep rolling on. Geoff's Amazing Gender Guesser uses the Google API to search Google for patterns based on a name you submit. An API key is optional, and it's available at http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/pear/gender.php . I entered...
February 19, 2004Google Adds Pages to Web Search, Doubles Image Index
Google announced earlier this week that they'd made some changes and upgrades to their search properties, including: Google Images -- There are now over 800 million images in their image index, in one of three formats (JPG, GIF, or PNG...
Continue reading "Google Adds Pages to Web Search, Doubles Image Index" » Feedster Lets You Roll Your Own RSS Feedpapers
Well dye me orange and call me pumpkin. Remember how I was complaining about the new Feedster political "Feedpaper" thing that, in my opinion, really limited the kind of feedpapers you can get? Turns out Feedster offers that feedpaper functionality...
Continue reading "Feedster Lets You Roll Your Own RSS Feedpapers" » February 18, 2004Bonsai Web Sites
Interested in very small trees? Then you'll like the list of bonsai sites available at Hav.com's Bonsai on the Web ( http://www.hav.com/bonsai/ ). Actually this site divides its bonsai sites into two categories: commercial and personal. The Nursery and Supplier...
A Chronology of Animation that Goes Back to the 1800s
Don't visit this site if you just think animation is sorta neat and you occasionally watch Smurfs. Okay? Visit this site if you think the whole concept of animation is super-cool and you visited that LOC site on early animation...
Continue reading "A Chronology of Animation that Goes Back to the 1800s" » February 17, 2004Finding A Camp
I know it's nowhere near summer, but I did want to tell you about this nice application for finding a camp at The American Camping Association's Find a Camp at http://find.acacamps.org/finding_a_camp.cgi . I like it because there are an almost...
This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll get news and sources you won't find in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article wraps up How Do I Keep Up 2004. Get more information on subscribing to ResearchBuzz...
Feedster Creates Political Feeds
RSS feed search engine Feedster has started a new section designed to aggregate news an opinions for the American presidential elections in November. You're invited to both submit your candidate-supportin' feed and view the aggreate "Feedpapers" at http://www.feedster.com/politics.php . The...
February 16, 2004Waypath Adds Search Features
Weblog search engine Waypath has added an interesting Amazon thing to its Weblog search. You can get to it from Waypath's front page ( http://www.waypath.com/ ). What you do is enter in the URL of a Weblog, and Waypath gives...
RSS Update
RSS Update time! First off an interesting 'blog on sports law: http://sports-law.blogspot.com/ . Please note that this is an Atom feed, and not an RSS feed. For more information on that big debate, please Google search for either "rss vs...
CNET Adds News Alerts
Tech news site CNET is testing news alerts -- notification of new content by e-mail. I would have been a bit blah on 'em if they were just topic, but there are also keyword alerts available. You can sign up...
February 13, 2004This Week At PR Bop
It was a great week at PR Bop. It would have been enough to have the new WHAM-O's Marshmallow Peeps Marshmallow Maker. But on top of that you add the Elvis action figure, the new stamps (John Wayne and Dr....
Library of Information on AD/HD
The National Resource Center on AD/HD (NRC) is a collaboration between the U.S. Centers for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC) and CHADD, anadvocacy organization serving families and individuals affected by AD/HD. It's available at http://www.help4adhd.org/library.cfm and contains information on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder...
February 12, 2004Soople Offers Several Different Google Interfaces
One cool thing about Google is that they have a very simple interface, which keeps three billion pages from being too intimidating. On the other hand that simple interface disguses a lot of advanced searching options. Soople brings them to...
Continue reading "Soople Offers Several Different Google Interfaces" » New Georgia Encyclopedia Now Available
The state of Georgia is now offering their New Georgia Encyclopedia at http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp . You'll need to have QuickTime installed, and the whole shmeal starts with a Flash introduction, but once you get past that there's a lot of content...
February 11, 2004Library of Congress Expands Flute Collection
The Library of Congress has expanded their online Dayton C. Miller Flute collection with the addition of almost 1,700 flute images (with 90 detailed views) and some other information from Dayton C. Miller's iconography and photography collections. It's available at...
Continue reading "Library of Congress Expands Flute Collection" » Virtual Detroit Offers Thousands of Images
The Wayne State University Virtual Motor City Project is a collection of 15,000 images from the Reuther Library?s Detroit News Collection. It's available at http://www.lib.wayne.edu/resources/special_collections/local/vmc/ and it is sweet. There's project information on the front page but if I were...
Continue reading "Virtual Detroit Offers Thousands of Images" » Technorati Testing Keyword Search
If you know about blog searching, you probably know about Feedster. But do you know about Technorati? Technorati ( http://www.technorati.com ) allows you to specify a Weblog URL and see who's linking to that Weblog. But now they're also testing...
February 10, 2004New York Times Announces Election News Resource
The New York Times has announced a resource for 2004 presidential campaign news. "Times On the Trail" is available at http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/trail/index.html . There's a gratifyin' amount of local news here. On the left part of the front page is a...
Continue reading "New York Times Announces Election News Resource" » This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll get news and resources that you won't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article! This week's article: Part II of HOW DO I KEEP UP, 2004. Get more information on subscribing...
Meta Search Engine Mamma Makes Some Upgrades
Search Engine Mamma announced last week that they've added some functionality to their meta-search engine. New features include: - Search Math -- I've never heard it called "Search Math" before, but all right. It's simply the ability to use +...
Continue reading "Meta Search Engine Mamma Makes Some Upgrades" » February 09, 2004Seekscan Search Engine Searches Many Types of Information
It's interesting to see a general search engine that in addition to the standard "News" and "Images," adds to its search tabs "Weblogs" and "Reference." Seekscan ( http://www.seekscan.com ) also has a couple of additional tabs available. Seekscan is a...
Continue reading "Seekscan Search Engine Searches Many Types of Information" » The Network-Lawyers Search Engine Seminar, This Week
Interested in search engines? the Network-Lawyers mailing list is having a "virtual seminar" this week called "Search Engines for Lawyers, Law Librarians, Legal Researchers Law, Fact and Practice Related Research" (though many of the topics look general enough to suit...
Continue reading "The Network-Lawyers Search Engine Seminar, This Week" » A New Web Site for Information on American Governors
The National Governors Association has announced a new site providing information on the governors of the United States. The site contains information on both current and historical governors and is available at http://www.nga.org/governors/1,1169,C_SEARCH_GO%20V,00.html . The front page of the site...
Continue reading "A New Web Site for Information on American Governors" » February 06, 2004License Plates Around the World
One of the things that I love about the Internet is it can take a ubiquitous item and make it suddenly very interesting by building up a huge collection. Like, say, license plates. You can see a huge collection of...
This Week In PR Bop
PR Bop: it's not about the data collections, the search engines, or the online information collections. It's about the weird stuff on the press wires. The weird stuff this week includes potential evidence *against* sleeping eight hours a night, reservations...
Crochet Pattern Central
Interested in crochet? Do I have a site for you. Crochet Pattern Central ( http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/ ) has a variety of patterns and crochet information available. Are you a crochet newbie? Don't fret. The site starts out with a collection of...
February 05, 2004Interesting Google Tool: SearchGrid
Ever wondered how various combinations of search words can change your result count? Now you can find out with an interesting Google tool called SearchGrid ( http://blog.outer-court.com/search-grid/ ). To use the grid, fill out the search words you want to...
LOC Hears America Singing
The Library of Congress has announced a new Web site, I Hear America Singing. And despite the fact that it's described as a portal I'll forgive it. You can get it at http://www.loc.gov/ihas/ . The site was developed to integrate...
February 04, 2004A Resource Directory for East and Southeast Asia
Professor Robert Eng has put together a rich subject index covering east and southeast Asia. You can access it at http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/index.html. The front page of the site has an overview of what the site covers ("This annotated directory serves as...
Continue reading "A Resource Directory for East and Southeast Asia" » Superbowl Ads
Missed the Superbowl? Don't care about the Superbowl but sorry you missed the ads? Two places you can check 'em out: http://www.ifilm.com/?sctn=collections&pg=superbowl2004 and http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/front-admeter.htm ....
New Stuff At Gigablast
Gigablast, also known as the little search engine that could (well, that's how I know it, anyway) is offering a few new options. First thing is the inclusion of direct links to the Internet archives -- pretty dang smart. Go...
February 03, 2004This Week's RSS Roundup
Hey Kids! It's time for another RSS roundup. First up: Apple Computer is offering RSS feeds for their Knowledge Base articles. Get a Syndic8-generated list of'em at http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=docs.info.apple.com&ShowStatus=all . The Utne Reader is now offering 3 RSS feeds. Get 'em!...
This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra
Every week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll get news and resources that you won't find in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article -- an update to the 2001 article, "How Do I Keep Up?" Presenting HOW...
Dipsie Search Engine Stirring Some Buzz
It hasn't launched yet. There's not much on the Web site. I can't even find a press release. And yet Dipsie ( http://www.dipsie.com/ ) is getting a bit o' buzz around the Internet. It's got some interesting claims, but I'd...
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