Archive for March, 2006
"TALK of decline was old news in academia even in 1898, when
traditionalists blasted Harvard for ending its Greek entrance
requirement. But today there's a new twist in the story: Are search
engines making today's students dumber?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/opinion/26tenner.html
From my perspective, I don't believe that it is making them dumber, but instead gives them a degree of confidence that the [...]
From Bonnie Shucha’s WisBlawg-From the UW Law Library:
Artwork courtesy of UW’s Document Assistant, Margaret Booth.
“The celebration marks the evolution of a publication that began as a
two-column, 16-page gazette of the burgeoning federal bureaucracy
created by the New Deal. It has progressed from a diary of completed
rulemakings — usually about five items a day at first — [...]
From Bob Tedeschi’s E-Commerce Report Column in today’s NY Times:
SINCE Google reached its perch atop the Internet world, challengers have emerged from all over Silicon Valley. So why not from Jersey City?
That’s the home of Accoona.com, the latest entry on the list of would-be search engine kings. The privately held Jersey City-based company announced last [...]
On the PC, Onfolio is my favorite app for organizing and storing information, as well as tracking my 100+ RSS feeds.
Additionally, Microsoft announced that it acquired Onfolio Inc., a
Cambridge, Mass.-based company, which offers a tool that lets people
clip and save text and links from the Web. Financial terms weren’t
disclosed. Microsoft says it has incorporated the [...]
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has announced that they will start providing free written opinions to PACER customers. According to the announcement, written opinions are defined as:
“any document issued by a judge or judges of the court sitting
in that capacity, that sets forth a reasoned explanation for a
court’s decision.”
I look forward to hearing [...]
It is the time of year where you have to fill out your annual financial aid forms. The free website you want to use to help you through this process is:
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ (yes, the government does good things)
Any other site with FAFSA in the title is a fee-based service that YOU DON’T NEED!
Thanks to Betsy [...]
Thanks to Lisa Solomon of Question of Law and The Billable Hour for the heads up this morning on Solosez:
http://www.cafepress.com/cp/browse/store/lrwstuff
Standard Disclaimer: I have no affiliation whatsoever with this site, but it made me laugh (and now I know where to get a holiday gift for a co-worker).
Somewhere there is a movie in this:
Or, in the words of the competition judge to Adam
Sandler’s title character in the movie, “Billy Madison,” after Billy
Madison had responded to a question with an answer that sounded
superficially reasonable but lacked any substance,
“Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic
things I’ve ever heard. [...]
The King’s Legacy, All Shook Up
“Revenue at Elvis Presley Enterprises, which operates Graceland, has barely changed in recent years, either. It has been stuck at about $40 million annually since 2000, and money for improving the property has been scarce.
That is all about to change. And when the change is over, Graceland may look a [...]
Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless
Beth Freeman, who lives in Chicago, has her own Internet access, but it is not wireless. Mostly for the convenience of using the Internet anywhere in her apartment, Ms. Freeman, 58, said that for the last six months she has been using a wireless network a friend showed her [...]
