The state of Maine has a new Web site dedicated to Civil War memorials. 148 of them so far, but there may be more. Aw, for cute! This guy wants to propose […]
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LOC + Twitter Archive. Where Do We Go Now?
I was actually out of town last Wednesday, when the news came out that the Library of Congress would be archiving the tweetosphere. I got a couple of text messages about it, […]
Google Localizes Google Suggest, “Improves” Spelling Suggestions
Google announced last week a couple of improvements in its regular search engine. I wasn’t thrilled with either of these improvements, though I can see how they will make casual searching easier. […]
Morning Buzz — April 19, 2010
The always-terrific Search Engine Land has the line on eight crazy-cool unusual search engines. Nice story in the Harvard Gazette about used and surplus Harvard lab equipment being sent to developing countries: […]
Morning Buzz — April 16, 2010
The Flickr Commons has added two new members… the Texas State Library and Archives and the Central University Libraries of Southern Methodist University. The Texas State Library stuff looks to be mostly […]