Go On With Your Googly Self
Gary Price has a listing of July domain name registrations that are somehow Google related. He lists a couple of the most interesting ones at the top -- at least one of which is live.......
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« June 2004 | Main | August 2004 » July 30, 2004Classic Cars At MotorCities
Interested in classic cars? Interested in classic car auctions? Okay, check out MotorCities at http://www.motorcities.com . There's a lot to see here. On the front page you'll find in an highlighted position links to classic car auctions, car news, and...
AnythingWeather Provides Weather Information From 10,000 US Locations
This week AnythingWeather announced their revamped Web site at http://www.anythingweather.com . You may choose a state from their map on the front page or search by city, state, or zip code. I searched for 90210 and got five different station...
Continue reading "AnythingWeather Provides Weather Information From 10,000 US Locations" » July 29, 2004A One Pager of Country and Regional Search Engines
Phil Bradley's got a very nice one-pager of what looks like hundreds of country and regional search engines. It's available at http://www.philb.com/countryse.htm . The countries/regions are listed at the top of the page and range from Africa to Zimbabwe. Below...
Continue reading "A One Pager of Country and Regional Search Engines" » MSN Search Technology Preview (Finally)
I'm finally getting to reviewing the new MSN search technology. Dear MSN, please do not preview new technology when I'm finishing a book. Thank you. Anyway, the new search tech is now available at http://techpreview.search.msn.com/ , and according to the...
Continue reading "MSN Search Technology Preview (Finally)" » July 28, 2004Google's Official IPO Information Page
Another one to throw into Trackle.....
Metasearch for Medical Topics
OmniMedicalSearch offers a metasearch for medical information in two levels (professional and layman) as well as medical news search, medical image search, and other goodies. Nice. It's available at http://www.OmniMedicalSearch.com . The query box on the front page offers a...
Engineering Web Offers Specialized Information
Catalogs, application notes, patents, product announcements, and a whole bunch of other stuff is available for search at GlobalSpec's Engineering Web ( http://www.globalspec.com ), a search engine for engineers. Most of the real estate on the front page is devoted...
Continue reading "Engineering Web Offers Specialized Information" » MSNBC Launches MSNBC Newsbot
MSNBC announced on July 27 the MSNBC Newsbot, which is an extension of Microsoft's news search. The MSBNC 'bot is available for a "limited time" and searches over 4,800 news sources. It's available at http://newsbot.msnbc.msn.com/ . I think it's interesting...
July 27, 2004North Carolina History and Fiction Library
East Carolina University (go Fighting Pirates, except you can stop beating NC State in football now, thank you so very much) has released a new digital library called North Carolina History and Fiction Digital Library, available at http://www.lib.ecu.edu/ncc/historyfiction/ . The...
Continue reading "North Carolina History and Fiction Library" » Passing Notes Offers Weblog and Site Directory
I'm seeing more of these hybrid sites. It used to be that I could review a directory OR search engine OR database OR whatever, but now they're more blending together more often; usually it's editorial outlet AND information collection. Which...
Continue reading "Passing Notes Offers Weblog and Site Directory" » July 26, 2004Google Suffering Functionality Loss after Virus Attack?
I've been getting some e-mails claiming that certain types of Google searches -- specifically inurl:, site:, and link: searches -- are returning errors. I find simple keyword searches work fine, but when I try the syntax above I get errors....
Continue reading "Google Suffering Functionality Loss after Virus Attack?" » Search the USPTO via RSS feed
Ooo-hoo, nifty. http://varchars.com/blog/node/view/107 -- "Here's a quick (and ugly) hack to monitor patent and application searches: rss-uspto.pl. Since the USPTO has a 1000 query limit per day, I can't host this as a service, but it should be easy for...
New News Search Engine
Thanks to SearchEngineJournal.com for the pointer to new news search engine FeedsFarm. I'm always looking for news search engines that'll provide keyword-based RSS feeds. it's available at http://www.FeedsFarm.com. Compared to other news search engines, it's a little small -- it...
Vivisimo Clusters 9/11 Report
Clustering meta-search engine Vivisimo has added a new special search: the 9/11 Commission report. Available at http://vivisimo.com/911, you can keyword search the report and get the first 200 matching paragraphs of your query divided into clusters, which you can then...
July 23, 2004The Number of the Spam
I was wandering around the Open Directory Project, and.......
Recognized Physician Directory
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has launched a Web site that features physicians "who demonstrate a high level of performance in providing care" in two specific areas: diabetes and heart disease/stroke. There's also a search that "awards recognition to...
Ask Jeeves Parties Like It's 1999
SF Gate Article on AskJeeves. What's with the 1999 bit? How else would you describe the creation of a balloon for the Macy's parade? From the article: "Unconstrained by financial worries, Ask Jeeves, based in Emeryville, has initiated its most...
July 22, 2004Library of Congress announces Lewis Carroll Collection
The Library of Congress has announced The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection, now available at http://international.loc.gov/intldl/carrollhtml/ . Lewis Carroll, he of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Though the Looking-Glass (also known as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) kept a scrapbook and this is...
Continue reading "Library of Congress announces Lewis Carroll Collection" » PalmSource New Expert Guides
If you've got a Palm PDA and you're wondering what to do with it, the PalmSource Expert Guides are here to help. I've covered 'em before, and I did want to mention that there are a new set of...
July 21, 2004Gmail Allowing Address Book Imports
"Since the weekend, Google's free email service, called Gmail, has been letting its users transfer their address book contacts from Yahoo Mail, Microsoft's Hotmail and AOL Mail. Yahoo allows immediate exporting of its contact lists onto other clients such as...
July 20, 200423 Reasons Google Can Become a Penny Stock
An absolutely wubba-producing press release at PRWeb. (A wubba-producing press release is when I read it, my eyes get all big, and I squeak, "Wubba?") I could be here all night responding to this, but a few points: "3. Switching...
Continue reading "23 Reasons Google Can Become a Penny Stock" » Google Circa 1960
Har! Most excellent. But it'd be funnier if it were mimeographed. I'm waiting for the scroll version, the message-in-a-bottle-version, the carrier pigeon version, and the version where the gentlefolk bring it into the yard....
BBC To Launch their Own Search Engine?
Is the BBC going to launch their own search engine? Well, I've certainly liked their content so far. You GO, Beeb. The more the merrier....
July 19, 2004Cowboy Photographer
I have an ugly confession to make. I read Westerns. It started years ago with a little innocent Louis L'Amour, but after I finished reading all those I got my hands on, I progressed to Elmer Kelton (my current favorite),...
The Encyclopedia of Comics
Like comedy? You'll enjoy the encyclopedia of comics, from Abbott & Costello to Zacherley, available at http://www.comedystars.com/homepage/ . The list runs down the left side of the page. Click on it, and you'll get a biography on the right. All...
A Search Engine for Finding Medical Information and Tutorials
There are over 2000 medical tutorials in the Spider Nevi search engine, with a further 7000 tutorials waiting to be reviewed. Unfortunately the search engine isn't work-safe, since recent searches are put on the front page and some people are...
Continue reading "A Search Engine for Finding Medical Information and Tutorials" » July 17, 2004Oklahoma Offering License Search for Engineers, Land Surveyors
The state of Oklahoma is offering a search for engineers and land surveyor licenses at http://www.youroklahoma.com/pels/search.php. You may search for individuals or businesses. Search results include name and address, whether or not the individual has been disciplined by the profession's...
Continue reading "Oklahoma Offering License Search for Engineers, Land Surveyors" » July 16, 2004A Directory of Aerial Photography, Kite Style
Yes, they take pictures out of planes, but did you know they take pictures from kites, too? Scott Haefner's got a whole site to prove it, Kite Aerial Photography at http://scotthaefner.com/kap/gallery/ . There are many galleries here but use the...
Continue reading "A Directory of Aerial Photography, Kite Style" » Archeological Project Database for South Korea
South Korea is now making a database of archeological surveys publicly available. The news story mentioning this ( http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20040716/300900000020040716105105E1.html mentions this site, which is in Korean. The English version of the site (http://www.ocp.go.kr/english/new_eng/index_new.html) doesn't seem to have the database yet....
Continue reading "Archeological Project Database for South Korea" » San Diego Technical Books RSS Feeds
If you like books, you'll like these RSS feeds that help you track both recently-released and upcoming books. More categories!...
July 15, 2004Yahoo! News Adds 27 New RSS Feeds
A little bird at Yahoo told me about 27 new RSS feeds for Yahoo! News in three different categories: Most E-Mailed: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s&u=/rss_index_mostemailed/static Most Viewed: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s&u=/rss_index_mostviewed/static Highest Rated: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s&u=/rss_index_highestrated/static Thanks Bird! :->...
Search Engine for Classical Piano Works
It's got information on over 5100 works and over 14000 movements/excerpts. It's got information on over 800 composers and almost fifty countries. It's called Pianopedia and it's available at http://www.pianopedia.com . As you might expect from the subject matter, the...
Continue reading "Search Engine for Classical Piano Works" » Google Adds Browse By Name Feature to Toolbar
The Google Toolbar ( http://toolbar.google.com ) has a new feature: Browse by Name. Browse by Name allows you to type words into the Internet Explorer address bar and get relevant results. For example, if you type in Ford Explorer it'll...
Continue reading "Google Adds Browse By Name Feature to Toolbar" » Version 54 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
Charles Bailey has rolled out version 54 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, featuring over 2150 articles, books, and other items related to scholarly electronic publishing online. In lovely HTML ( http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html ) or PDF ( http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf ) format....
Continue reading "Version 54 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography" » Top 50 Law Blogs
A list of the top 50 Law 'blogs according to the EDD Information Exchange, from Abstract Appeal to The Volokh Conspiracy....
Whee! THREE GB of E-Mail Storage!
Spymac Rolls Out the Internet?s First 3 GB E-Mail -- "Spymac Network, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the Internet?s first 3 GB e-mail service, Spymac Mail Pro. The premium account includes 3 GB of storage (accessible via POP,...
July 14, 2004Underwriters Laboratories Launches UL Alarm Finder
Underwriters Laboratory (they're the people who test product compliance -- remember that UL on electrical items?) has released an online directory of UL-listed fire and security alarm companies. It's called UL Alarm Finder, it's searchable by zip code, and it's...
Continue reading "Underwriters Laboratories Launches UL Alarm Finder" » New York Times Now Has RSS Feeds!
Wooty Wooty Woot! Get a big pile of 'em here. Nibtip: Jeremy!...
Utah Makes Driving Records Online-Accessible
Utah has announced that driving records are now accessible online. It'll cost you $7.25, and to get your record you'll need name, birth date, last four digits of SS#, and driver's license number....
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Well, it's official. Amazon page....
Larry Chase Adds Google Tool Category
Larry Chase's "Search Engine for Marketers" site has added a category for Google tips and tools. Tools listed here (there are 13 at the moment) include AdSense charts, Froogle tools, and a "Poodle Predictor" to predict what your pages will...
Breakdown of Obituaries in Papers by State
Big101, about which I knew big nothin', has a list of links to obituaries in newspapers broken out by state. It starts at http://www.big101.com/OBITUARIES101.htm . There's a nav bar for the states at the top of the page, or you...
Continue reading "Breakdown of Obituaries in Papers by State" » July 13, 2004Travelzoo Launches Travel Meta-Search
Travelzoo has announced SuperSearch, a meta-search tool for travel sites. It's available at http://www.travelzoo.com/supersearch . If you've ever searched for travel information this will look familiar. Enter where you want to travel and your date and number of travelers. You...
Evite 2.0 Is Launched, Featuring Big Directory of Local Events in US
Evite announced on July 12 that they'd launched Evite 2.0, featuring what they claim is the most comprehensive directory of local events on the Web. There are nearly 50,000 US events in their new events directory. The local event directory...
Continue reading "Evite 2.0 Is Launched, Featuring Big Directory of Local Events in US" » Updated Copyright Chart
Peter Hirtle has a copyright chart available at http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm. Not only does it cover US copyright but also copyright information for the US about books published in other countries. Also has a PDF version....
Opera Releases Tools to Make Itself More Like IE
Opera, my browser of choice for years upon years, has announced a series of one-click setups to give Opera an IE look and feel, for users who are migrating to Opera from IE. They're available at http://www.opera.com/startup/customize/ . Well, actually...
Continue reading "Opera Releases Tools to Make Itself More Like IE" » July 12, 2004LOC Adds Over 10,000 Records, Images to Prints and Photographs Catalog
The Library of Congress added over 10,000 catalog records and images to its Prints and Photographs Online Catalog between April and June 2004. The materials include the first release of the G. Eric and Edith Matson Negatives, which include historical...
Continue reading "LOC Adds Over 10,000 Records, Images to Prints and Photographs Catalog" » Historical Directories in the UK
I'm not sure this is complete yet, but there's enough to be seen at the Digital Library of Historical Directories that you'll be browsing a while. It's available at http://www.historicaldirectories.org/ . This site is a collection of historical local and...
A New Set of RSS Feeds from the Cyberstacks
Gerry McKiernan, who's apparently been taking a lot of cool-one-page-resource vitamins and I hope he brought enough to share with the rest of the class, has introduced B-Feeds(sm): Web Feeds for Books and Monographs, now available at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/B-Feeds1.htm . The...
Continue reading "A New Set of RSS Feeds from the Cyberstacks" » July 11, 2004Feedburner Adds "Headline Animator"
Those relentlessly clever folks at Feedburner have added a Headline Animator. Very nifty. Now I just gotta burn a feed......
Pluck Adds RSS/eBay Tool
Pluck announced on June 30 that they'd added custom RSS feeds for eBay listings. One of the features: "Continuously retrieve new item listings. Pluck's new Auction Scout feature continuously searches the eBay marketplace for new listings that meet the specific...
EEVL Doin' the RSS Thing
EEVL (the Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics and Computing) now has nine RSS channels available. Get 'em here....
July 09, 2004Man Accused of AltaVista Theft Working on MSN Search?
"A Kirkland man arrested last week on allegations that he stole proprietary technology from the AltaVista search engine two years ago is a Microsoft Corp. employee who has been working on the Redmond company's MSN Search initiative." Woo. "Federal authorities...
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