23rd May 2008, 06:54 am
Microsoft expands list of formats supported by Office. Including PDF.
American to start charging for all checked bags. Wrinkly twice-worn clothes are the new black.
Meryl’s blog is having a birthday celebration/contest and I’m kickin’ in a couple of books as prizes. There are other, much cooler, prizes as well, so check it out.
An introduction to Google Search Quality.
Microsoft and Live Search Cashbacks. I confess the first thought that popped in my mind is “Is this going to be more or less expensive than ponying up a bit more cash to buy Yahoo?”
Database of shipwrecks on Lake Erie.
New Web site for oral histories of southern Minnesota.
21st May 2008, 09:21 pm
I do not sit around and say to myself, “Wow, I sure would like an online resource featuring engravings of 17th century Scotland,” but this is a nice site. John Slezer published his drawings in a book called “Theatrum Scotiae”, which has been turned into a Web site called “Slezer’s Scotland”. This Web site is available at http://www.nls.uk/slezer/ .
You can search by keyword, browse a subject list, or pick sites from a map of Scotland. If you just want to explore, though, may I recommend the highlights list? It’ll provide you a list of images and commentary.
Each engraving’s page has details about the location and the context of the times. You can zoom in and pan around large versions of each engraved image as well — and I mean seriously zoom. You can use a MrSid plugin if your browser has one, but you don’t have to.
