Once you start it is hard to stop

I really thought I would do "better" on this one:

But this one was not too bad:

I am only middlin' weird:

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."

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.

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."

Magazine Cover -- Cute, very cute

Magazine Cover



now all I need is the time to play!

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 ;(