http://www.my-rss.co.uk http://www.my-rss.co.uk/rss.php?feed=217 a legal librarian's musings en-gb Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:25:30 +0000 Hosted by My-RSS 60 http://www.my-rss.co.uk/images/myrss.gif Hosted by My-RSS.co.uk http://www.my-rss.co.uk/rss.php?feed=217 Some of the things I've added to my del.icio.us bookmarks this week: bubbl.us is a mindmapping tool where users can create bubbles and link them together. It is ultra simple to use and pretty nice to look at too. If you like startpages then there are a couple of new ones you might want to check out: [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=11076 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=412 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:20:00 +0000 In a recent post Google Librarian Central announced that they have enabled comments: 'One thing that stood out to many of you was the absence of comments. Historically we've not featured them on any of the Google blogs simply because we want to be responsive to comments and questions, and typically all of our blog efforts [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=11075 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=411 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:34:00 +0000 In this week's Times Law Supplement Richard Susskind calls for you to pick your side on the technology issue, will you embrace the new web 2.0 technologies or reject them? Are you a nerd or a luddite? But what do you make of Susskind's terminology? Are you nerds? I thought we were all geeks. Now [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=11000 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=410 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:39:00 +0000 The media group Entertainment Rights (ER) have just purchased Where's Wally? for £2.5m and they have big plans for him. A Wally search engine could be in the pipeline, with ER's chief executive, Mike Heap, speculating: 'In the future I think you will be saying I'm going to 'Wally' it'. You'd probably get a few [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10999 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=408 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:48:00 +0000 I have been tagged by Pupilblog with the memetag: 'five things you don't know about me'. I suppose its a bit like a chain letter, but with less threats attached. So here goes ... 1. I have 32 handbags in my wardrobe (but don't tell my boyfriend) 2. One of my most prized possessions is a signed (and personalised!) photograph of [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10998 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=406 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:51:00 +0000 A Court of Appeal judge has been arrested by transport police for flashing a female passenger on a train. Charon QC got the scoop as he reads the News of the World and this is like gold to the red tops. Interesting fact: 'a judge cannot be suspended, but there is a convention that they [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10997 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=405 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:22:00 +0000 Nearly Legal's Law Search beta is now available for you to host on your blogs and web pages. Code is available here and it will look like this ... http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10996 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=404 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:27:00 +0000 Some really good articles recently published on LLRX: Do you give good Google? 'LaJean Humphries identifies the wide range of social networking sites with which researchers should be knowledgeable, and addresses legal, privacy and ethical concerns associated with their use. She also provides a bibliography of books, articles and reports that focus on the impact of [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10945 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=403 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:47:00 +0000 Bookmarked this week: Badged.net allows you to add social network badges to your blog or web site, the pretty kind you see beneath posts. (Via Phil Bradley) Hey!Watch is an online video converter, you never know when you might need one of these.  RSS to Web Page - davidrothman.net has put together a very helpful list of web based services [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10944 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=402 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:57:00 +0000 Google's Librarian Newsletter has just announced the Librarian Central Blog. Promised content includes: 'the latest Google news, updates and tips relevant to the librarian community'. Readers are asked to consider the blog to be a beta test, and urged to provide feedback. However, naughty Librarian Central Blog does not give readers the option of leaving comments [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10802 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=399 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:25:00 +0000 'If all you knew about computers was what you saw in movies and television, you'd be convinced that Apple Macintosh held about 97 percent computer market share instead of less than 3 percent. Apple has achieved this visibility because of its aggressive product placement program with the entertainment industry' Robert Scoble and Shel Israel in Naked Conversations. I [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10800 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=398 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:33:00 +0000 Reading a short article on obsessive behaviour and the internet, I came across an interesting web site. Alan Lubin is letting Unazukin make his decisions for him and blogging it. Unazukin is a cool Japanese doll, she is quite small and she reacts to your voice by nodding or shaking her head. An example question [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10769 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=396 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:29:00 +0000 The latest issue of .net magazine includes an article on the top 50 Firefox extensions. Lots to choose from, with a few silly ones thrown in for good measure (e.g. UK Threat Level, you can imagine). All can be found at: http://del.icio.us/netmag/firefox159 http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10768 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=394 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:26:00 +0000 Justice, the independent legal human rights organisation, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in 1957, it was set up to promote the rule of law and to assist the fair administration of justice. To celebrate they are planning 'an ambitious year-long programme of events and publications under the umbrella title of 'Defending [...] http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10767 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=391 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:49:00 +0000 Wikiseek has just been launched and is here to make your life that little bit easier. Wikiseek is a search engine which indexes Wikipedia entries and sites linked to from Wikipedia. It provides better results, a more comfortable results display and tag clouds. Hooray! There are also search boxes available for your blogs. http://www.my-rss.co.uk/item.php?i=10766 http://www.lo-fi-librarian.co.uk/?p=389 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:49:00 +0000