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Archive for January, 2004
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Friday, January 9th, 2004Not in the same galaxy
Friday, January 9th, 2004A mosaic of images (10,000 galaxies?) from the Hubble Space Telescope has been released. (Source: Yahoo News)
Wired celebrates Mac’s 20th anniversary: “The 20 Macs that mattered most”
Friday, January 9th, 2004Less federal money anticipated for science agencies in ’05
Friday, January 9th, 2004Gazette article on women and minorities in the sciences
Thursday, January 8th, 2004lii.org: “keeping up with new web sites”
Thursday, January 8th, 2004This is a good list of sites that list new web resources, including some favorites of mine like the Scout Report and Neat New Stuff on the Net, also indicating if these are available via e-mail and/or RSS, of an academic or popular bent and so forth. I’d add a couple that have e-mail notification, namely the NSF Sci-Tech Library Newsletter and the LANL Library Newsletter, although many items in the latter are restricted to LANL personnel. While there may be some overlap, services such as these invaluable, gifts to the research community. (Source: Librarian’s Index to the Internet)
Quotable
Thursday, January 8th, 2004The Library of Congress has a collection of web sites with sources of quotes about science and also an extended bibliography. (Source:ResourceShelf
Mac’s uneasy alliance with Microsoft
Thursday, January 8th, 2004Weblogs: “In the Navy”
Wednesday, January 7th, 2004(No, no, not the Village People)
The U.S. Office of Naval Research is exploring how weblogs can be used as communication tools for research groups. (Source: SciTechDaily)
Stealth PATRIOT (legislation, not (necessarily) missles)
Tuesday, January 6th, 2004From Wired News:
“While the nation was distracted last month by images of Saddam Hussein’s spider hole and dental exam, President George W. Bush quietly signed into law a new bill that gives the FBI increased surveillance powers and dramatically expands the reach of the USA Patriot Act. ” …
Evidently the legislation enables federal agents greater access to financial institutions’ records. The article mentions alarms sounded last year by various individuals and organizations when hints of PATRIOT II came to light.
Quite a bit of information about it also on Betsy Devine’s blog.