Back in April I wrote about a site that hosted video lectures related to science and computing. There’s a new one available, launched yesterday in alpha. This one is called SciVee and […]
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ResearchBuzz Roundup 090107
Database of code violations by Manhattan landlords. Google Web Toolkit out of beta. The Firefox Campus Edition. New employment law blawg. Hmm. Expert forecasts aren’t? Google Earth has a built in flight […]
Pennsylvania State Archives Adds Lots of Land Records
The Pennsylvania State Archives has added over 300,000 images of land records to the Web. (That’s more than 31 gigs of data.) You can access these new records at The Pennsylvania Historical […]
Google News Makes Sorting Change, Now Hosting News
Google News has announced that it has become removing duplicates of articles from search results, now going back and providing the original article. (This has been in sort-by-date for a while.) In […]
Family Education Adds New PrintablesCenter
School’s back in session! Looking for educational offerings for your kids? Family Education has launched a new “printables” center, available at http://printables.familyeducation.com/ . The site allows you to pick an age range […]