Archive for July, 2004

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No longer anonymous

Tuesday, July 20th, 2004

The Rowland Institute doesn’t advertise itself.  You can pass by
the building without any inkling of what takes place here.  Now,
however, we have signage. ( I miss the simple gold 100, though.)

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Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Tuesday, July 20th, 2004

The BBC has posted recordings of the complete Beethoven piano sonata
cycle from a series of London concerts by Portuguese pianist Artu
Pizaro from 2003. 

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How to get around registering for websites

Tuesday, July 20th, 2004

Wired profiles BugMeNot and similar services, which enable the user to
manipulate a canned registration form and save the recurrent hassle of
divulging personal info. 

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Article on Berkeley’s Carlos Bustamente and his work manipulating molecular machines

Monday, July 19th, 2004

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Searching for funding in unexpected places

Friday, July 16th, 2004

A Science NextWave article illustrates instances of unexpected funding
sources.  Examples include the army funding breast cancer
research.   Suggestions on how to tap such sources are
listed. 

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People are talking

Friday, July 16th, 2004

– in the fields of engineering and basic science, as research grows
more and more interdisciplinary, especially in the nano realm. 
(Source: NewsNanoApex.com)

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Guide to USA PATRIOT act and libraries

Friday, July 16th, 2004

Good overview on how the USA PATRIOT act affects libraries. 
Includes the famous “FBI has not been here” signs.  Doesn’t
discuss recent defeat of attempts to amend the act, however,
particularly the section that affects library records.  (Source:
Library Juice)

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Availability of cheap used books online miffing publishers

Thursday, July 15th, 2004

who are concerned about potential lost royalties… A boon for customers, though…. (Source: ResouceShelf)

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Change your browser

Thursday, July 15th, 2004

PC Magazine profiles Opera 7.52; and from Mozilla Foundation, Firefox 0.9.1. (source: ResourceShelf)

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Microsoft blogs

Tuesday, July 13th, 2004

”
You can use the directory below to find weblogs about Microsoft technologies
written by Microsoft employees. Use these blogs to get insights and opinions
about using (and creating!) Microsoft technology and software.”  (Source: Daypop)

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