Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Once you start it is hard to stop


I really thought I would do "better" on this one: My computer geek score is greater than 73% of all people in the world! How do you compare? Click here to find out!

But this one was not too bad: I am nerdier than 93% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!

I am only middlin' weird: What is your weird quotient? Click to find out!

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Saskatoon StarPhoenix - -- Power to the people: Bloggers wield media punch


Saskatoon StarPhoenix - canada.com network: Darlene Fichter, a data librarian at the University of Saskatchewan and an expert on blogging, says the relationship between bloggers and mainstream media is fast becoming a more complicated one: "At first, mainstream media tended to discount blogs. On the other side, some bloggers have taken the idea that they're the new journalists. Somewhere in between those the truth lies. In 2005, we're asking what is a journalist? We wouldn't have asked that just a few short years ago."

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, Volumes 1-3


Readers of K-News have two weeks of open access to a select title or group of titles in each issue. This issue features a title from the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Subject Area:



Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, Volumes 1-3 (c) 2001, Institute of Physics. This three-volume encyclopedia offers extensive coverage in the closely related areas of chemical physics and physical chemistry. Focusing on both disciplines as interrelated, the Encyclopedia contains a wide variety of information to meet the special research needs of the chemical physicist and the physical chemist and, thus, enables specialists in both fields to conduct interdisciplinary research. Features include definitions of the scope of each sub-discipline, and instructions on where to go for a more complete and detailed explanation. The Encyclopedia is also a helpful resource for graduate students because it gives a synopsis of the basics and an overview of the range of activities in which physical principles are applied to chemical problems.



Wednesday, August 24, 2005

rethink(ip) - Worldwide Patent/Trademark/Copyright Office RSS feeds


rethink(ip) - Worldwide Patent/Trademark/Copyright Office RSS feeds: "WIPO: http://www.wipo.int/news/en/newsfeed.jsp

EPO: http://www.european-patent-office.org/_data/update/rss.xml

US Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/help/rss.html

Switzerland: http://www.ige.ch/rss/rss-de.xml (German only)

http://www.ipnewsflash.com/feeds/notices.xml is a private collection of notices from EPO, WIPO, USPTO, German office, UK office and Switzerland"





from rethink(ip)

Google Talk


It is here. However, our firewall here blocks it.



Google Talk: " Talk and IM with your friends for free







They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free�anytime, anywhere in the world. Google Talk offers you:

Choice: Get in touch how and when you want to�over email, IM or a call





Quality: Talk through your computer but hear your friends as if they were in the same room





Convenience: Your Gmail contacts are pre-loaded into Google Talk so inviting or talking to your friends is just a click away



Google Talk is in beta and requires a Gmail username and password."

Friday, August 19, 2005

CopyNight -- Toronto


CopyNight is a monthly social gathering of people interested in restoring balance in copyright law. We meet over drinks once a month in many cities to discuss new developments and build social ties between artists, engineers, filmmakers, academics, lawyers, and many others.



CopyNight: "Toronto, Ontario

Fourth Tuesday of each month, 7:00 pm

C'est What, 67 Front St E (intersection of Church St and Front St) (map)

Hosted by Alexander Levy, toronto (at) copynight.org

Join the Toronto mailing list

View past mailing list announcements "





If only i lived or worked in the city ;(

Monday, August 15, 2005

Wiley InterScience :: E-mail Validation -- NEW Policy


Wiley InterScience :: About Us :: E-mail Validation: "USER E-MAIL VALIDATION REQUIRED



Beginning August 15th 2005, Wiley InterScience will require individual users of the site, who access online subscriptions via a username and password, to update their registration information with a valid e-mail address in place of a self-selected username.

This new policy is designed to help improve security and reduce account duplication. Requiring an e-mail address as a login has become widely standard practice among many high-profile commercial websites. "

The Official Road Map of Ontario


The Official Road Map of Ontario: "The Official Road Map of Ontario

We are pleased to offer you this web version of one of our most popular publications - the Official Road Map of Ontario - which the ministry has been proudly producing, in paper version, since 1923.

All maps are posted in PDF format, which requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in (version 3 and up). To view individual maps, click on Northern Ontario Index or Southern Ontario Index, and then click on the area you would like to view. You can also click on the appropriate letter below to find the map of your city, town, village or community."

Monday, August 8, 2005

E-Paper


NAA: Presstime magazine: "Researchers, and a number of newspaper publishers, have for years dreamed of replacing the humble newspaper with a single, ultra-portable electronic device that readers could use to download the day's headlines. Widespread implementation would, among other benefits, do away with the need for newsprint, ink, presses, mailroom equipment and distribution costs more than half of a publisher-s operating expenses. "

Wednesday, August 3, 2005

New RSS -- Conference Board of Canada


The Conference Board of Canada has very recently added a RSS feed for their new reports. (The e-Library contains over 950 research documents, use the tools on the left-hand side of the screen to browse and search our collection. Listed below is recently released research.)

http://www.conferenceboard.ca/cbocreports.xml

About The Conference Board of Canada

We are:

  • We are a not-for-profit Canadian organization that takes a business-like approach to its operations.
  • Objective and non-partisan. We do not lobby for specific interests.
    Funded exclusively through the fees we charge for services to the private and public sectors.
  • Experts in running conferences but also at conducting, publishing and disseminating research, helping people network, developing individual leadership skills and building organizational capacity.
  • Specialists in economic trends, as well as organizational performance and public policy issues.
  • Not a government department or agency, although we are often hired to provide services for all levels of government.
  • Independent from, but affiliated with, The Conference Board, Inc. of New York, which serves some 2,500 companies in 60 nations and has offices in Brussels and Hong Kong.