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August 31, 2004Searching Lycos for DiscussionsLycos doesn't seem to get on many search radars these days, which is why it was a bit odd to hear from them that they're now offering a discussion...Read the rest of entry "Searching Lycos for Discussions" 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. This week: the Principle of No. Remember, if you've purchased Web Search...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra" here. More Fun Baseball FactsWhy am I turning into such a baseball nut in August? Anyway, if your interest in baseball borders on the trivial, you'll love the Baseball Almanac at http://www.baseball-almanac.com . Not...BoardReader is Now Using VivisimoClustering search engine Vivisimo is now being used by forum search engine BoardReader (http://www.boardreader.com/. ) I did a search for mulberries and got category results including trees, birds, peaches, wine,...Read the rest of entry "BoardReader is Now Using Vivisimo" here. August 30, 2004TV Guide Offers Movie and Sports GuideTo keep up with my beloved Cubbies I usually use tv.yahoo.com, but sometimes I find that the site doesn't respond, or it only has a day's worth of sports listings....Read the rest of entry "TV Guide Offers Movie and Sports Guide " here. What's New At LLRXLots of new LLRXy goodness this week. Starting with a PDF: are you ready to blog? ( http://www.llrx.com/features/blogging.pdf ). Cindy Carlson asks: how permanent is that storage? ( http://www.llrx.com/columns/notes73.htm )...Republican National Convention Web CoverageThere are many places to get coverage on the Republican National Convention online. RNCBloggers (http://www.rncbloggers.com/) aggregates the blog post of both accredited bloggers and "other" coverage. Technorati has an aggregate...Read the rest of entry "Republican National Convention Web Coverage" here. August 29, 2004The GMail FilesystemGmailFS: "GmailFS provides a mountable Linux filesystem which uses your Gmail account as its storage medium." Very early, the author promises it'll have bugs, written in Python (not that there's...August 28, 2004An Entire Web Site Devoted to Switching from IE to Firefoxhttp://firefoxie.net/. Fifteen steps to install and upgrade Firefox so it "feels" like IE. Steps include hiding the search bar, getting a Googlebar with page rank, upgrading the interface, some recommended...Read the rest of entry "An Entire Web Site Devoted to Switching from IE to Firefox" here. How Many RSS Feeds Does the Washington Post Have?A post at MoreThanThis alerted me to the fact that the Washington Post was doing RSS feed related to current events. The same entry lamented that the Washington Post doesn't...Read the rest of entry "How Many RSS Feeds Does the Washington Post Have?" here. August 24, 2004TSLAC Creates Searchable DatabaseThe Texas State Library and Archives has created a database of digitized items from its Adjutant General Service Records Collection. It's available at http://www2.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/ServiceSearch.jsp . Before you get too excited...Read the rest of entry "TSLAC Creates Searchable Database " here. Search A Local Index of Pages With Recall ToolbarAh, your hard drive, the next frontier in search technology. For a long time there have been specialized tools to search your browser history; here's one that searches an index...Read the rest of entry "Search A Local Index of Pages With Recall Toolbar " here. August 23, 2004Fagan Finder Launches URL Information ToolMichael Fagan continues his reign of awesomeness with a really nice tool for getting information on an URL. And I'm talking all kinds of information -- development, cache, everything. Check...Read the rest of entry "Fagan Finder Launches URL Information Tool" here. Genealogy and RSSIf you like genealogy and RSS, enjoy this site. rssGenealogy, at http://rssGenealogy.com , offers genealogy headlines from several different sources, all in one page. The feeds are divided into categories...New Photo Collection from the Bureau of Land Management"It's a man's life in the Bureau of Land Management! Lemming, Lemming, Lemming of the BLM..." Uh. Too much Python. Way, WAY too much Python. Take your mind off Monty...Read the rest of entry "New Photo Collection from the Bureau of Land Management" here. New Mozilla.org DesignThere's a new design of the Mozilla.org Web site being tested. Check it out....August 20, 2004August 19, 2004Yahoo's No-Limit Query Limit As Opposed to Google's -- So What?I've gotten several mails about Four Things Yahoo Can Do That Google Can't. Many people asked about the query limit, mostly two things: 1) Is there any query limit? 2)...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo's No-Limit Query Limit As Opposed to Google's -- So What? " here. August 18, 2004Yahoo's Got Its Own Search Blog'Tip to Jeremy Z. for pointing out the New Yahoo Search Blog. Confidential to Yahoo: Do you realize what a gem you have in Jeremy and his communication with the...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo's Got Its Own Search Blog" here. Langmaker Langmaker, Make Me A Lang.. UageYou know, there are more made-up languages than just pig latin. Not only are there ones you have probably heard of, like the languages Tolkien invented, and more recent languages...Read the rest of entry "Langmaker Langmaker, Make Me A Lang.. Uage" here. Getcher Google Results With ThumbnailsI have mentioned more and more in the last few months search engines which offer small screen shots of pages (thumbnails) with search results. While these are certainly nothing new...Read the rest of entry "Getcher Google Results With Thumbnails " here. August 17, 2004Ain't Misbehavin'.. It's the Windows Service Pack 2Microsoft's Web site has a list of Programs that may behave differently in Windows XP Service Pack 2. The data organization nut in me is appalled that this list: a)...Read the rest of entry "Ain't Misbehavin'.. It's the Windows Service Pack 2" here. MSN Shuts Down Preview of Search TechnologyApparently I did my review of the MSN search technology beta just in time, as trying to access it now gets you this page: http://techpreview.search.msn.com/10508/techpreview/sorry/ww/sorry-ww.htm which includes the text "Once...Read the rest of entry "MSN Shuts Down Preview of Search Technology" here. Find Out About the Business of BaseballInterested about more in baseball than the infield fly rule? Find out about at the Business of Baseball site, now at http://www.businessofbaseball.com . It's for people who want to learn...Read the rest of entry "Find Out About the Business of Baseball " here. Four Things Yahoo Can Do That Google Can'tTo celebrate the upcoming release of Web Search Garage ( http://www.websearchgarage.com ) I have a freebie PDF tip sheet for you -- "Four Things Yahoo Can Do That Google Can't."...Read the rest of entry "Four Things Yahoo Can Do That Google Can't" here. Access WikiPedia From the PalmEvery time I see the word Wiki, I think of the song "Jam on It" by Newcleus. Wikki wikki wikki wikki -- ! Back to the WikiPedia. arsLexis has released...Read the rest of entry "Access WikiPedia From the Palm " here. August 16, 2004Take A Search Engine SurveySid Yadav has opened up a survey on the future of search engines. It'll be up through mid-November. Take it at http://www.nextsearchsurvey.com/....Attack of the Marcus Zillman White PaperMarcus Zillman is offering a new research white paper called "Bots, Blogs, and News Aggregators". It's free and available at http://virtualprivatelibrary.blogspot.com/BotsBlogs.pdf (1.5 MB PDF). It's a 20-page pointer to 'bots,...Read the rest of entry "Attack of the Marcus Zillman White Paper" here. Web Site Lists British Births, Deaths, Marriages -- But You'll PayIf you're looking for information on British war dead and you don't mind filling out a somewhat snarky registration and paying some moolah, you might be interested in the Web...Read the rest of entry "Web Site Lists British Births, Deaths, Marriages -- But You'll Pay " here. A Roundup of Olympics ResourcesBetween the tornado watches and the flood warnings and the rain that just wouldn't stop over the weekend, I did manage to watch a bit of the Olympics. As you...Read the rest of entry "A Roundup of Olympics Resources" here. Google MindmapThis is cute! I like this. It makes my brain hurt. In a good way. http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2004_08_11_index.html#109222064061401876...August 14, 2004Yahoo Has a Special Edition for Google's IPOOkay, sure, why not. Keep up with Google's IPO at Yahoo: http://biz.yahoo.com/special/googleipo2.html ....Read the rest of entry "Yahoo Has a Special Edition for Google's IPO" here. August 13, 2004The Harry Potter News AggregatorHas anyone else had the problem that they read the title "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" as "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Uzbekistan" ? Perhaps it's just...Read the rest of entry "The Harry Potter News Aggregator " here. A Catalog of Video Movie Title ScreensI love the Internet. Where else are you going to get a catalog of the title screens of over 2800 movies? It's available at http://www.shillpages.com/movies/ . The listings here are...Read the rest of entry "A Catalog of Video Movie Title Screens" here. It's Funny Where the 3GB E-Mail Accounts are Popping UpThe latest one I've seen is at a portal for motorcycle enthusiasts. "HellaciousRiders.com an iTrade Group, Inc. Company is giving away unlimited 3 Gigabyte HRiders.com email accounts to its members.......Read the rest of entry "It's Funny Where the 3GB E-Mail Accounts are Popping Up " here. August 12, 2004PRONOM The Web-Based File Format RegistryWhat program goes with that file format anyway? If you've computers for any length of time you know that there are literally hundreds of file formats out there, and they're...Read the rest of entry "PRONOM The Web-Based File Format Registry " here. Get Help In Texas211 Texas is both a phone number and a Web site to point people toward community resources in Texas. There's both a phone number (211, natch) and a Web site...August 11, 2004Historical Exchange RatesEh.net has a form where you can get historical exchange rates between the US dollar and several different currencies over a period of years, including Ireland (1951-1999), the UK (1791-2000),...The Theodore Roosevelt EncyclopediaActually they call it the Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia, but let's not quibble. What it is, is a CD-ROM that was published to the Web. It's presented in frames at http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/TR%20Web%20Book/Index.html...Read the rest of entry "The Theodore Roosevelt Encyclopedia " here. New Natural Language Search Engine: KozoruPut Kozoru on your radar, they just got three million dollars in financing. Nothing going on with their Web site at the moment, but a couple things are interesting about...Read the rest of entry "New Natural Language Search Engine: Kozoru" here. August 10, 2004Nature Publishing Group Adds Bunch of RSS FeedsNature Publishing Group has added a bunch of RSS feeds. Some of them sound like nature journals, like "Nature Biotechnology" and "Nature Structural & Molecular Biology," but the British Dental...Read the rest of entry "Nature Publishing Group Adds Bunch of RSS Feeds" here. Baseball Cards at the Library of CongressYup, the LOC has a lighter side. And they're proving it in this collection of 2100 baseball cards. Early baseball cards. And when I say early I mean 1887 to...Read the rest of entry "Baseball Cards at the Library of Congress" here. This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraEvery week in ResearchBuzz Extra you get news and resources that you won't find in the regular ResearchBuzz. You'll also get an article. This week's article: So Site: What. You...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra" here. G-Metrics Measures Google Results Across TimeYou might be interested in the popularity of keywords in Google for a variety of reasons -- you might be doing research on a technology, or you might be trying...Read the rest of entry "G-Metrics Measures Google Results Across Time " here. August 09, 2004National Archives are Going Digital?A PC World Story reports that the National Archives are going to offer an Electronic Records Archives, scheduled to open by 2007. However, it won't be complete; the archives are...Read the rest of entry "National Archives are Going Digital? " here. Category-Specific RSS Feeds at ResearchBuzzIf you're interested in only a few categories of information, you'll like the fact that ResearchBuzz now has category-specific RSS feeds. Go to the category page of your choice (all...Read the rest of entry "Category-Specific RSS Feeds at ResearchBuzz" here. Yahoo Offers an Anti-Spy SolutionYahoo's started offering a toolbar with an anti-spy solution. The anti-spy solution adds a lot to the download -- it's 3MB, whereas without it's 0.4 MB -- and it still...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo Offers an Anti-Spy Solution " here. August 05, 2004Nextaris, Web-Searching Information-Sharing News-Tracking Application ThingieIf you've read this newsletter for any length of time you've plumped to the idea that I don't like portals, and I didn't like them when they were all the...Icerocket Search Engine Offers Searches by E-MailI saw a news article about Icerocket -- it must be several months ago now, and I think it was in the Las Vegas Business Journal. At any rate, when...Read the rest of entry "Icerocket Search Engine Offers Searches by E-Mail " here. August 04, 2004Frequency of Source Appearance in Google NewsDigital Deliverance looked at how often sources appear on the front page of Google News. Very interesting breakdown. I've got some ideas rolling around in my of search engine result...Read the rest of entry "Frequency of Source Appearance in Google News" here. Google's Added Dates to their Caches AgainGoogle's caches again have dates. Thanks to his Garyness for the pointer....Read the rest of entry "Google's Added Dates to their Caches Again" here. NewsIsFree Makes More News In Big MapsNewsIsFree has teamed up with the Hive Group to present news in visual maps. If you liked the app I talked about last May ( http://www.researchbuzz.org/archives/001653.shtml ) you'll like...Read the rest of entry "NewsIsFree Makes More News In Big Maps" here. Topix Redesigns, Offers Some New StuffTopix has redesigned and offers some new sources, including more news sources (up to over 7,000 now) and other goodies. The home page hasn't changed, though -- it's still at...Read the rest of entry "Topix Redesigns, Offers Some New Stuff" here. Yahoo Launches Beta of Local SearchYahoo has announced a beta search of a new Yahoo Local, at http://local.yahoo.com . Instead of the stuff you might remember from Yahoo Get Local, this is a search that...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo Launches Beta of Local Search " here. August 03, 2004A Google Tool For MozillaIf you're using FireFox, you may want to check out LookAhead ( http://lookahead.mozdev.org/ ), a tool for proactively getting Google results in multiple browser windows. Once you've installed the extension,...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: The Power of the...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra " here. Another Source for Keyword-Specific RSS News FeedsHow much of a nerd am I? I'm so much of a nerd I love keyword-specific RSS feeds. When I'm trying to search for a subject or keep up on...Read the rest of entry "Another Source for Keyword-Specific RSS News Feeds" here. August 02, 2004Blogdigger's New Media FeedsWell, I don't know how new it is, but it's new to me. Blogdigger, a Weblog search engine, is now offering some specialty media feeds. You can get 'em at...Toronto Star Archives Available; 1945 FreeThe Toronto Star has digitized its archives -- 1892-2001 -- and made them available online in a searchable archive. And while you have to pay to search the whole thing...Read the rest of entry "Toronto Star Archives Available; 1945 Free" here. |
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