First of all, Wolfram|Alpha is not a Web search engine. No, it’s not. It’s a Web aggregating engine, or a fact-checking engine, or a question-interpreting engine. It doesn’t present Web pages as […]
Harper’s Magazine to Put Ten Years of Its Indexes Online
I’m very excited about this! Harper’s Magazine, which publishes the Harper’s Index, will put the past ten years of its Index up for free starting on February 15th. Harper’s Web site is […]
Washington Post Launches WhoRunsGov.com in Beta
The Washington Post has announced WhoRunsGov.com, a collection of profiles of political officials. The full URL is http://whorunsgov.com, and the two things to bear in mind here are: “more features to come” […]
New Database for Awards and Honors
This is interesting. There’s a new Web site that’s cataloging over 32,000 winners for over 800 awards and honors. As you might expect, it’s called and is available at http://www.awardsandhonors.com . The […]