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02:48:32 pm on July 3, 2008 |
Continuing the Google theme: Is Google Making us Stupid?, from Atlantic Monthly. Personally I was stupid long before Google came along.
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10:00:31 am on June 26, 2008 |
This Bookmooch service seems like an excellent example of web 2.0 in action in creating a useful and viable online community, and also yay free books!
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09:34:55 am on June 6, 2008 |
Hello everyone! I’ve asked this before, but since the BIALL conference is imminent, who will be going?
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10:12:48 am on May 9, 2008 |
Slaw mark the passing of Roy Mersky, the doyen of US law librarians. The tributes paid to him and the account of his career by the University of Texas make for astonishing reading.
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10:25:44 am on May 8, 2008 |
An interesting tip from Boing Boing- apparently the Internet Archive can be considered a library for the purposes of protecting its contributors from the Patriot Act. This has allowed the EFF to overturn a gagging order imposed by the FBI.
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10:51:06 am on May 2, 2008 |
So, it’s not looking to good for Ken is it? The Londoners amongst us might have Boris as Mayor in about 8hrs time. Thoughts anyone?
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11:40:24 am on April 29, 2008 |
John Harris writes in the Guardian on his experience of making data protection subject access requests to various companies and agencies, and the varied responses he received.
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12:22:35 pm on April 25, 2008 |
So, I need some advice from all you tech-savvy law librarians out there! I’m (finally) buying a laptop, and wondered if anyone had any advice? I’m looking to spend around £500, and need a machine to do standard stuff (word processing, gaming, some light programming, multimedia). I was thinking about this Toshiba running Vista, although I’m not averse to buying a low-end Mac.
Thoughts appreciated!
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02:22:24 pm on April 22, 2008 |
I have some Beta invites for Twine, a very interesting looking new web 2.0 platform. Please leave a comment or email me (neiljstewart [at] gmail [dot] com) if you want an invite. I’m going to blog about the service once I’ve got to grips with it a bit more.
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02:22:22 pm on April 18, 2008 |
A really excellent piece from Steven Poole on intellectual property, writing and the concept of “free”. As people on the internet say, OTM!
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02:48:33 pm on April 15, 2008 |
Inner Temple have covered this, but I think it’s worth flagging in its own right- Outlaw are reportingthat the music industry are lobbying for a tax on MP3 players, to “compensate” for losses incurred by the transfer of CDs to MP3. All redolent of the Home Taping is Killing Music campaign waged by the music industry in the eighties.
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12:24:22 pm on April 10, 2008 |
The High Court has ruled that the Serious Fraud Office was wrong to end its investigation into BAE over an allegedly corrupt arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
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02:09:26 pm on April 9, 2008 |
An interesting site has launched in the US. Called Govit, it’s a kind of social networking site for politics and legislation, allowing citizens to discuss and vote on legislation, and compare their votes with their elected representatives. (via Read/Write Web)
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10:58:40 am on April 9, 2008 |
A bit off-topic, perhaps, but Martin Amis has received the smackdown he has long been asking for in the NY Times yesterday.
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10:22:36 am on April 8, 2008 |
The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has advised the European Commission that search engines should delete personal data after 6 months. Google and Yahoo currently do this after 18 months, while MSN do it after 13.
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04:19:55 pm on April 4, 2008 |
Here’s a cool site for a Friday: it’s called Forvo, and you can learn how to pronounce words in other (or your own) languages, with samples galore.
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12:44:03 pm on April 3, 2008 |
The ICO are wading through a backlog of 75 FOI request cases, apparently going as far back as 2005.
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10:02:18 am on April 3, 2008 |
New designs for British coinage revealed here, and very nice they are too.
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01:48:04 pm on April 2, 2008 |
Ever wondered about issues pertaining to cataloguing and classifying occult materials? Look no further.
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09:43:40 am on April 1, 2008 |
Good to see those of you who made it along to the CLIG party at the Globe last night, I hope you enjoyed it. We must organise a law.librarians get together soon!
