Yeah, I’m still an old-fashioned text crawler, but I am starting to get more interested in the Internet radio out there. I was not aware of the huge number of programs listed […]
ResearchBuzz
News and resources covering social media, search engines, databases, archives, and other such online information collections. Since 1998.
Database of Native Plants from UT-Austin
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, at the University of Texas at Austin, has a database of native plants with some really nice searching options. It’s available at http://www.wildflower.org/plants/ . Of course […]
Google Spreadsheet Adds Features, Including Data Import
First Google’s new book search features and now some upgrades to Google Spreadsheet. Like I’m ever going to get seven hours of sleep again in my life. I have actually been using […]
Turks Wanted to Help Find Steve Fossett
Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service has started on a humanitarian mission: to help find Steve Fossett. As you might have heard on the news, Steve Fossett went missing on September 3 while flying […]
ResearchBuzz Roundup 090807
Old Cook County (IL) records going online. Ah, the life of a Google in-house lawyer…. Motley Fool disappointed with Ask. Astronomers adding to Google Sky. Epicurious gets a redesign. Now THIS is […]