Those of you who liked the idea of cyclic RSS feeds might be interested in Podiobooks, which offers free episode-based podcast feeds of audio books. Currently over 75 free titles are available […]
ResearchBuzz Roundup 112606
The Web Curator Tool, now in yummy open source flavor: http://webcurator.sourceforge.net/ . Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources — http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/research-beyond-google . Database of Lake County (Illinois) flora and fauna: […]
Failed Experiment: MediaWiki as RSS Feed Aggregator / Archivist
Now that the book has gone to press and I’m not writing every spare second, I have some free time. Having free time on a weekend is an astounding concept that I […]
Convert Your RSS Feeds to GIF Files
This is kind of a cool idea — convert RSS feeds to GIF files that update as the content of the feed updates. Check it out at RSS2GIF (http://www.rss2gif.com/ ). Setting up […]
Google Updates Its Google Book Search
Google has announced an update to the way Google Book Reader browses books. While I don’t think that this is going to take the place of curling up with a battered old […]