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June 30, 2004Gary Price Interview with Gary FlakeGary Price of Resourceshelf has an interview with Dr. Gary Flake of the Yahoo Research Labs. Read part I of the interview at http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3372051....Read the rest of entry "Gary Price Interview with Gary Flake" here. My Summer CampsIt's just about July, and you might still be thinking about summer camps. If you are, head over to My Summer Camps ( http://www.mysummercamps.com/ ), a searchable subject index of...Virginia Tech Imagebase Offers Images In A Variety of CategoriesWhen you first visit the Virginia Tech Imagebase you'll be struck by the number of categories of images available. You'll be able to browse image collections from Agriculture to Virginia...Read the rest of entry "Virginia Tech Imagebase Offers Images In A Variety of Categories " here. New Yahoo RSS Feeds for KidsJeremy notes new RSS feeds for kids including Ask Earl and the SAT Tip of the Day. Thanks Jeremy....June 29, 2004FeedDirect -- A Headline Gatherer for Your SiteLooking for a mechanism by which you can add headlines to your Web site? You might want to try FeedDirect, at http://www.feeddirect.com/. It has a wizard that generates JavaScript code...Read the rest of entry "FeedDirect -- A Headline Gatherer for Your Site" here. This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll get news and resources you won't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article! This week's article: the last part of Dates...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra " here. Naropa University Teams Up With Internet ArchiveNaropa University has teamed up with the Internet Archive to provide online access to its collection of audio recordings. The recordings represent 30 years of classes, lectures, and other presentations...Read the rest of entry "Naropa University Teams Up With Internet Archive" here. Arkansas Make Entire Prisoner Database Available for DownloadThe state of Arkansas is making its entire inmate database (" Arkansas Department of Corrections Inmate Database") available for download. A fee is charged. The database is updated each Monday....Read the rest of entry "Arkansas Make Entire Prisoner Database Available for Download" here. June 28, 2004BBC Launches their Motion GalleryThe BBC has launched the BBC Motion Gallery, with over 10,000 video clips, and I am stoked. Now if I can just keep out of the timesink long enough to...Read the rest of entry "BBC Launches their Motion Gallery " here. New Stuff At LLRXYou know there's always something new going on at LLRX! Right now it's a bunch of new articles and content, including A Selective Guide to Online International Arbitration Resources (...Google Offering a Little Different On Their Cache -- Cached Text OnlyBig ol' props to Patrick at SEO DotComicide ( www.dotcomicide.com ) for pointing me to this. Google is now offering two forms of cached items: a full cache, and cached...June 27, 2004Hey, Cookin' With Google is in TIME Magazine!Freaky! http://www.time.com/time/techtime/200406/tools.html. Judy, what have you wrought? :->...Read the rest of entry "Hey, Cookin' With Google is in TIME Magazine!" here. June 25, 2004Have a Quiet Drink and Watch Some SoccerI knew there were bars and restaurants devoted to all kinds of different cuisines and themes. I had no idea there was a list of places where you can go,...Read the rest of entry "Have a Quiet Drink and Watch Some Soccer " here. This Week in PR BopBucky got a stamp -- but man, what a stamp! Minivan summer games and exercising at 30,000 feet. Shoes for Tina the elephant, wine named after Elvis, and an Oreo-stacking...Directory of Abandoned and Little-Known AirfieldsOld Airfields never die, they just cultivate lots and lots of crabgrass. And amazingly there are over 1100 of them all over the US gathered into the Abandoned & Little-Known...Read the rest of entry "Directory of Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields" here. June 24, 2004SearchFightRemember GoogleFight? SearchFight is like that only you can try your fight across multiple search engines. This is a good way to get a sense about the size of different...Sweet Google Results Scraper in a Bitty BookmarkletDavid Crossman has made a sweet little Google hack for all you folks who want comma-delimited Google search results. And it's in a bookmarklet! It's available at http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/1079 . Run...Read the rest of entry "Sweet Google Results Scraper in a Bitty Bookmarklet" here. Ask Jeeves Joins Gigabyte-Plus Hit Parade, Ends Site SubmitAsk Jeeves has announced that they've upped the mail storage on the email of their three portal brands -- My Way, Excite, and iWon -- and that Excite Gold...Read the rest of entry "Ask Jeeves Joins Gigabyte-Plus Hit Parade, Ends Site Submit" here. LII Releases Olympics Games ResourceThe Librarians' Index to the Internet has a new resource collection devoted to the Olympics. It's available at http://lii.org/search/file/olympics . This collection features a variety of Olympics information, including current...Read the rest of entry "LII Releases Olympics Games Resource" here. June 23, 2004Online Archive of Ivory Soap AdvertisementsNo radio, soap! The National Museum of American History now has an online archive of 1,600 advertisements and related ephemera covering Ivory Soap advertising from 1838-1998. This collection includes advertising,...Read the rest of entry "Online Archive of Ivory Soap Advertisements" here. Guide to Marathons All Over the US and WorldLike to run but looking for a reason? Marathon Guide provides information on state and international marathons, as well as news and articles. It's available at http://www.marathonguide.com . For the...Read the rest of entry "Guide to Marathons All Over the US and World" here. Directory of Independent Record Stores Searchable by StateWhen I first saw this directory of independent record stores, I thought "Cool!" Then I saw down at the bottom of the page that it was "© 2004 Sony Music...Read the rest of entry "Directory of Independent Record Stores Searchable by State" here. June 22, 2004A Search Engine for Racing Information and ResultsA plain query box gives you the ability to search information on 12,000 races, 12,000 records, 30,000 drivers, and fifty championships. The site is called CEEM@il and it's available at...Read the rest of entry "A Search Engine for Racing Information and Results " here. This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery 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: more dates, dates, dates....Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra " here. A News Search Engine That Breaks Out By Source TypeI'm not sure how new it is, and I get the sense that the source list is a bit limited, but NewsLookup is interesting in that you can break out...Read the rest of entry "A News Search Engine That Breaks Out By Source Type" here. June 21, 2004Arts and Cultural Happenings In ConnecticutThere's a new database of arts and culture happenings in Connecticut, available at http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wnpr/events.eventsmain. Events are searchable by keyword as well as date and radius of area code. The front...Read the rest of entry "Arts and Cultural Happenings In Connecticut" here. Database Provides Information on 3,000 Restaurant ChainsSpeaking of really specialized databases. If you're looking for information on restaurant chains you might want to try RestaurantChains.net ( http://www.restaurantchains.net ), a pay-for-use database of over 3,000 restaurant chains...Read the rest of entry "Database Provides Information on 3,000 Restaurant Chains" here. Ask Jeeves Unveils New Features, "Binoculars"Ask Jeeves has unveiled both a raft of new shortcuts and a new site preview feature called Binoculars. You've probably been noticing that many search engines are offering searching shortcuts...Read the rest of entry "Ask Jeeves Unveils New Features, "Binoculars" " here. June 20, 2004Google's GMail Now has Its Own DMOZ CategoryGMail now has its own DMOZ category, for all you GMailaholics. It's available at http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/E-mail/Free/Web-Based/G/Gmail/. There are eight links here at the moment, including "Mbox & Maildir to Gmail Loader...Read the rest of entry "Google's GMail Now has Its Own DMOZ Category" here. June 17, 2004Google Cooking Up Customized Search In th' LabsGoogle is offering a new feature in its labs:the "Site-Flavored Google Search Box." The direct link for it is http://www.google.com/services/siteflavored.html . You'll need to use Mozilla, IE, or Netscape for...Read the rest of entry "Google Cooking Up Customized Search In th' Labs" here. State of Missouri Puts Inquest Database OnlineThe state of Missouri has announced that the Coroner's Inquest Database is now available. This database covers the records of Andrew, Cape Girardeau, Clinton, Perry, St. Francois, and Stoddard counties,...Read the rest of entry "State of Missouri Puts Inquest Database Online" here. Forums Devoted to GMailhttp://www.googlegmails.com/ contains several forums devoted to GMail and a few more general discussions....Another Option for Gmail to POP3There's eMail2Pop at http://www.email2pop.com./, which was apparently originally developed for AOL but now works for AOL and Gmail. I haven't tried it. This entry will not appear in the newsletter....Read the rest of entry "Another Option for Gmail to POP3" here. More Google Domain Name RegsGary Price continues to monitor domain name registrations that contain the word Google. And now there are some appearing that contain the word Yahoo. Can GigablastFight be far behind? http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/google_names_3.html....June 16, 2004Recovering Your Weblogs.com Site Using Google -- A Couple Extra SuggestionsActually these will work when you need to recover old sites which have been indexed in Google, if your host has died or some horror befell your data, etc. Building...Gerry McKiernan Now Cataloging RSS Feeds from Electronic JournalsGerry McKiernan continues to add some cool cars to the RSS train with his new registry, eFeeds. eFeeds catalogs electronic journals that offer RSS, Atom, or other Web feeds. Categories...Read the rest of entry "Gerry McKiernan Now Cataloging RSS Feeds from Electronic Journals" here. Find Upcoming Public Radio Programs with RadioScoutFind upcoming public radio shows by keyword with RadioScout, a nifty site available at http://www.radioscout.org/servlet/RadioScout.MainPage . Here you may search by program (or search all programs), specified timespans (this week/month,...Read the rest of entry "Find Upcoming Public Radio Programs with RadioScout" here. June 15, 2004Quickbrowse Relaunches: Cheaper, SimplerIf you have a site you really want to keep up with on a regular basis, but it doesn't have an RSS feed or some other way to send out...Read the rest of entry "Quickbrowse Relaunches: Cheaper, Simpler" here. This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery 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: dates dates dates. Get...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra " here. Finding Offline AuctionsYeah yeah, there's eBay for online auctions, but if you want offline auctions there are other places to go. Like AuctionZip, which lists over 1200 auctions all over the US,...June 14, 2004Tekrati Offers High Tech Industry Analyst Aggregation SiteThat's aggregation, not aggravation. What do you think this is, 1999 or something? Anyway, Tekrati is now offering the Industry Analyst Report, which contains news and reports from over 325...Read the rest of entry "Tekrati Offers High Tech Industry Analyst Aggregation Site" here. Vivisimo Gets Clustery With Slashdot, Open SourceA bucket of props to his Internetness Gary Price ( http://www.resourceshelf.com ) for pointing to new clustering options at meta-search engine Vivisimo ( http://www.vivisimo.com ); there's an option now to...Read the rest of entry "Vivisimo Gets Clustery With Slashdot, Open Source" here. SortByDate Helps Track Keywords in Weblogs and News SitesIf my mail is any indication, the hot topic nowadays is how to use the power of RSS feeds to track specific topics instead of having to track specific blogs....Read the rest of entry "SortByDate Helps Track Keywords in Weblogs and News Sites" here. June 11, 2004Mercedes In the MoviesLike cars? Great. Like Mercedes? Even better, because you're going to love Mercedes in the Movies, which features almost 450 reviews of movies which contain Mercedes. It's at http://www.hampstead.com.au/mb/index.php ....This Week in PR BopI haven't mentioned it lately, but PR Bop is still rolling along. How could you miss the Gilligan's Island reality series? Or the Harry Potter Politician Power Pick? Or the...Implosion WorldIt's a world of implosions at Implosion World! And not just any old implosions: the vast majority of these are sanctioned, professionally-done implosions, like of old ballparks and stuff. Though...June 10, 2004Dietary Supplements Search Tool from Mayo ClinicMayo Clinic has added a search tool of 86 herbs, vitamins, and other supplements to its Web site. It's available at http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/druginformation/index.cfm , in the second search box. You may...Read the rest of entry "Dietary Supplements Search Tool from Mayo Clinic " here. Getting Help In TennesseeThe state of Tennessee has a Web site for finding help with state services. It's called TennHelp and it's available at http://www.tennhelp.com/ . You can either search by agency name...Interview with Google's Matt CuttsBBC interview with Google's Matt Cutts. [snip] Google used to update its web index every month which, because it caused results to jump around a little, was dubbed the Google...Read the rest of entry "Interview with Google's Matt Cutts" here. Interview With Google's Craig SilversteinCNet has an interview with Craig Silverstein. . He's 31. 31. I have never felt so decrepit....Read the rest of entry "Interview With Google's Craig Silverstein" here. Tracking Google BombsPhilipp Lenssen is tracking the status of several attempted Googlebombs at http://blog.outer-court.com/googlebomb/. The earliest one is from April 2001....Microsoft's New Search Engine and Engine Spamvnunet.com is reporting that Microsoft is planning to add a spam filter to its search engine. "The company unveiled a research project at its Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View...Read the rest of entry "Microsoft's New Search Engine and Engine Spam" here. June 09, 2004Ask Those Oklahoma LibrariansIf you've been wondering how to get your Oklahoma questions answered, wonder no more. The Oklahoma Department of Libraries has a handy-dandy page where you can either e-mail your question...Read the rest of entry "Ask Those Oklahoma Librarians " here. Chemicals In Cosmetics -- The DatabaseThe Environmental Working Group has released a database of chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products. The site is searchable in a few different ways, with a "quick picks" links....Read the rest of entry "Chemicals In Cosmetics -- The Database" here. Search Engine Watch Adds ForumsSearchEngineWatch.com ( http://searchenginewatch.com ), has added some forums. These new forums include general search engine chatter, a place for SEO, and a spotlight forum for featured post. You can get...Read the rest of entry "Search Engine Watch Adds Forums" here. June 08, 2004Whoopee! FindArticles Now Offering Serious Search SyntaxFor a long time I have had a love-hate relationship with FindArticles. On one hand I loved the idea of a huge collection of magazine articles. On the other hand...Read the rest of entry "Whoopee! FindArticles Now Offering Serious Search Syntax" here. Bunches of Census Links at Census OnlineUS genealogists, you'll enjoy this site. Census Online offers links to over 39,000 United States census, and over 600 Canadian census, at http://www.census-online.com/links/ . (There are also a few other...Read the rest of entry "Bunches of Census Links at Census Online" here. This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery 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: treasures from unbuilt ships....Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra " here. Bostonian Society Now Features Photograph Collection of Boston Street ScenesThe Bostonian Society has put its library catalog online as well as a database of 3,000 photographs of Boston street scenes ca 1850-1980. The database is searchable from http://rfi.bostonhistory.org/ ....June 07, 2004Michael Fagan Cooks Up Quote FinderHave you visited Michael Fagan's site yet? He runs Fagan Finder at http://www.faganfinder.com , which is a ton of tools oriented toward specialty searching. Why hasn't anybody hired this guy...Read the rest of entry "Michael Fagan Cooks Up Quote Finder" here. Tracking Library Services Available by RSS FeedGerry McKiernan has started a one-page link list of library services available by RSS feed. The page is currently available at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/RSS.htm . Information here at the moment includes site...Read the rest of entry "Tracking Library Services Available by RSS Feed" here. No Two Snowflakes Are Alike. No, Really!Okay, there was this guy, see, and he really liked snow crystals. (We call them snowflakes since we're not cloud physicists.) He invented photomicrography, which is the use of photography...Read the rest of entry "No Two Snowflakes Are Alike. No, Really! " here. June 06, 2004An SEO Contest Aimed at GoogleSearch Engine Optimization experts are competing to see who can optimize their pages best to rank highest in a search for a nonsense phrase which I'm not going to repeat...Read the rest of entry "An SEO Contest Aimed at Google" here. June 04, 2004GMail to POP3?If you have Windows and the .NET runtimes installed, you might be interested in the GMail to POP3 converter at http://jaybe.org/pgtgm/. Disclaimer #1: This is in very early release. Disclaimer...June 03, 2004Get Hurricane Landfall EstimatesQuick, what's June 1st? Yes, it's Morgan Freeman's birthday. Yes, it's Potty Training Awareness month. What I was getting at, though, is that it's also the start of hurricane season,...Read the rest of entry "Get Hurricane Landfall Estimates" here. The Old Car Manual ProjectIf you've got a rustbucket (or a very nice old car) you'll want to explore The Old Car Manual Project at http://www.tocmp.com/ , a collection of manuals, brochures, and even...June 02, 2004ProQuest and NYTimes Offering New York Times Archive Back to 1851ProQuest and the New York Times have teamed up to offer a digital archive of the NYT, back to 1851, directly to the consumer market. The archive will be accessible...Read the rest of entry "ProQuest and NYTimes Offering New York Times Archive Back to 1851" here. More Google With More ToolbarsIf to you a day without toolbars is like a day without sunshine, check out MoreGoogle. It's an add-on for Internet Explorer and it's available at http://www.moregoogle.com/ . Unfortunately since...Read the rest of entry "More Google With More Toolbars " here. The RSS RoundupHaven't done an RSS roundup in a while, so here we go. Want to ping a bunch of sites every time you update your Weblog (and therefore your RSS feed)?...XML Feed Listings and a Special Syntax from the Open Directory ProjectAs I think I've mentioned, the Open Directory Project (DMOZ) is now offering RSS feed listings. Look at the listings at the end of the category, and you'll see a...June 01, 2004Find Cheap Gas Prices With YahooYahoo's announced yet another one of their new shortcuts. This one helps you find cheap gas prices around the country. To use it, enter the keyword gas and a zip...Read the rest of entry "Find Cheap Gas Prices With Yahoo" here. This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery Week in ResearchBuzz Extra you'll find news and resources that you won't get in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also find an article. This week's article: buried treasures from sunken...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra" here. Library of Scotland Offers Broadsides From 17th to the 20th CenturyThe Library of Scotland has a new online exhibit available, a collection of almost 1800 broadsides dating from 1650 to 1910. The exhibit, called "The Word On the Street" is...Read the rest of entry "Library of Scotland Offers Broadsides From 17th to the 20th Century" here. |
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