Bright Lights Film Journal is a popular-academic hybrid of movie analysis, history, commentary, and bitchery looking at classic and commercial, independent, exploitation, erotic, and international film from a wide range of vantage points from the aesthetic to the political.
They now have their own blog (everybody's doing it) at http://brightlightsfilm.blogspot.com/
The journal can be found at http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/
Source: Bright Lights
Sundance
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981 in the mountains of Sundance, Utah, Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated year-round to the development of artists of independent vision and to the exhibition of their new work. Since its inception, the Institute has grown into an internationally recognized resource for thousands of independent artists through its Film Festival and artistic development programs for filmmakers, screenwriters, composers, writers, playwrights and theatre artists.
Sounds a bit precious? Actually the website is great! Lots of short films. Interviews with Wim Wenders & Sam Shepard. Not just one for the Media Studies gonks.
http://festival.sundance.org/2006/
Sounds a bit precious? Actually the website is great! Lots of short films. Interviews with Wim Wenders & Sam Shepard. Not just one for the Media Studies gonks.
http://festival.sundance.org/2006/
Do something!
Like try the World Bank’s youthink! site.
Not everyone agrees with the World Bank’s methods, but the website is an excellent place to learn more about the critical issues facing the world (Aids, poverty, debt, the environment, etc.). If you want to get involved, there is a great page of links to organisations looking for help (Oxfam, Do Something, etc.).
Something for Citizenship Guru to ponder.
http://youthink.worldbank.org/
Source: Tips & Advice Internet
Not everyone agrees with the World Bank’s methods, but the website is an excellent place to learn more about the critical issues facing the world (Aids, poverty, debt, the environment, etc.). If you want to get involved, there is a great page of links to organisations looking for help (Oxfam, Do Something, etc.).
Something for Citizenship Guru to ponder.
http://youthink.worldbank.org/
Source: Tips & Advice Internet
Newsfeeds
Much of the information posted here comes from web feeds.
Given that we don't have RSS or Atom news aggregator software installed on our PCs & given that even if we do the firewall & WebNazi will block it, it's worth trying a web-based service.
Best that I've come across thus far is Netvibes. Let them explain:
Netvibes.com is a custom made web 2.0 home page solution.
This service is free and gives the user the ability:
Given that we don't have RSS or Atom news aggregator software installed on our PCs & given that even if we do the firewall & WebNazi will block it, it's worth trying a web-based service.
Best that I've come across thus far is Netvibes. Let them explain:
Netvibes.com is a custom made web 2.0 home page solution.
This service is free and gives the user the ability:
- to create a personalized page with the content they like;
- to put together data feeds and services from web 2.0 with a very simple interface;
- to access your page anytime and from any computer.
Get informed!
Better than the Costa Blanca...
Waterscape lets you discover Britain’s 4,000 miles of rivers, lakes and canals. You can click on a map and find out all about the various rivers and canals across the country. You can choose between boating, canal-side and river-side walking and cycling.
Click on an area on the UK map to find descriptions of the waterways and places to go. The routes are described in detail and come with an interactive route map. In addition, there are various beginners’ guides and there’s information about good waterside pubs, which will be what you need after the exercise.
http://www.waterscape.com/
Source: Tips & Advice Internet
Click on an area on the UK map to find descriptions of the waterways and places to go. The routes are described in detail and come with an interactive route map. In addition, there are various beginners’ guides and there’s information about good waterside pubs, which will be what you need after the exercise.
http://www.waterscape.com/
Source: Tips & Advice Internet
I told you I was ill!
One problem with using medical sites on the Internet is that you never know which one to believe. There may be conflicting pieces of advice and not everyone is an expert. That’s why BestTreatments gives you a confident feel. It’s produced by the medical publishing division of the British Medical Association (BMA). The site is in two sections:
Conditions and Treatments, deals with the causes and symptoms of medical conditions, which are listed alphabetically and described in plain English;
Decision Support provides guides to assessing medical advice and making better decisions.
http://www.besttreatment.com
Source: Tips & Advice Internet
Conditions and Treatments, deals with the causes and symptoms of medical conditions, which are listed alphabetically and described in plain English;
Decision Support provides guides to assessing medical advice and making better decisions.
http://www.besttreatment.com
Source: Tips & Advice Internet
This sporting life 2
The English Federation of Disability Sport are the national body responsible for developing sport for disabled people in England. They work closely with several other national disability sports organisations whose websites are described separately in Intute. This website contains a news section, events calendar, links to other organisations, details of national job vacancies, teaching publications, sports development projects and other useful items such as electric wheelchair soccer rules. http://www.efds.net/
Source: SOSIG
Source: SOSIG
Institute of Alcohol Studies
The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) is an educational and research body promoting the prevention of alcohol related problems. Its website contains a range of fact sheets on alcohol related issues such as the elderly, advertising, medical and social impact, drink driving, women, young people, crime, public health and many more.
Other documents available to download include articles from the magazines Alcohol Alert and The Globe, a publication from the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance.
The website also has information about the IAS, news and related links.
Source: SOSIG.
Other documents available to download include articles from the magazines Alcohol Alert and The Globe, a publication from the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance.
The website also has information about the IAS, news and related links.
Source: SOSIG.
This sporting life
Sportscience is a peer reviewed online journal covering sports sciences research.
The site features searchable full text articles, covering sports medicine, nutrition, statistics, technology, training and performance. There are also links to other useful websites & a discussion forum.
http://www.sportsci.org/
Source: SOSIG
The site features searchable full text articles, covering sports medicine, nutrition, statistics, technology, training and performance. There are also links to other useful websites & a discussion forum.
http://www.sportsci.org/
Source: SOSIG
Business people go tribal
TRIBE is a pilot project to identify teaching and learning resources for academic staff in the Accountancy, Business and Management subject areas.
It is being managed by the British Business Schools Librarians' Group (BBSLG) and the Business, Management and Accountancy Subject Centre. A team of volunteers (all business or management librarians) is collecting together references to educational materials.
Information and contact details are available on this Web page - http://www.business.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/tribe.html
Yeah, Jim, it does stand for Teaching Resources In Business Education!
It is being managed by the British Business Schools Librarians' Group (BBSLG) and the Business, Management and Accountancy Subject Centre. A team of volunteers (all business or management librarians) is collecting together references to educational materials.
Information and contact details are available on this Web page - http://www.business.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/tribe.html
Yeah, Jim, it does stand for Teaching Resources In Business Education!
"We have met the enemy & he is us"
Big Brother takes a controlling interest in chips: a chilling novel details how everyday technologies could gradually lead to a far more invasive society than even Orwell dreamed of.
Interesting article in the Guardian Technology section.
Yeah, I know it's a novel but we're getting there.
Remember the fuss about Intel processors?
Get the fear here.
Interesting article in the Guardian Technology section.
Yeah, I know it's a novel but we're getting there.
Remember the fuss about Intel processors?
Get the fear here.
Zen & the art...
RKC born-again bikers might want to check out this newly-published report from the Scottish Executive:
A Study of attitudes to risk taking and understanding of risks amongst motorcyclists in Scotland in order to inform future Road Safety Scotland campaigns.
(Phew!)
Been there, got the scars...
A Study of attitudes to risk taking and understanding of risks amongst motorcyclists in Scotland in order to inform future Road Safety Scotland campaigns.
(Phew!)
Been there, got the scars...
Google & Firefox
If you use Firefox (and we all do, don't we?), Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronises your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser sessions.
Looks useful. IE don't do nothing like this...
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/index.html
Looks useful. IE don't do nothing like this...
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/index.html
Cogito ergo sums
Is there stll anyone out there who teaches maths? If so, be sure to check out the dynamic new web portal of The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM).
Created to support the professional development of teachers of maths at every level, the site will allow teachers to share best practice, download free teaching resources, join discussion forums, access CPD opportunities and more.
Visit the portal here.
Created to support the professional development of teachers of maths at every level, the site will allow teachers to share best practice, download free teaching resources, join discussion forums, access CPD opportunities and more.
Visit the portal here.
More online office applications
As well as Zoho there are a number of spreadsheets which offer similar but not identical facilities. These include EditGrid and Numbler which incorporate real-time-updates.
The webpage EditGrid_v._Google shows a comparison between EditGrid and Google Spreadsheets.
Thanks to Cliff.
The webpage EditGrid_v._Google shows a comparison between EditGrid and Google Spreadsheets.
Thanks to Cliff.
Quiet, please: Seven ways to cut distraction
Some advice from New Scientist & Tim Dowling of The Guardian on how to conquer the office wasp.
- Put up a clear Do Not Disturb sign, or an obvious signal that you are busy. Insist that your colleagues respect it.
- Rearrange your office furniture so that your desk faces away from the flow of people, so no one can catch your eye.
- Always stand up to talk to someone who is interupting you, so they know what they're doing.
- Put a big clock in plain view of visitors and check it while you are talking.Be prepared: if an interruption is likely to take longer than two minutes, add it to your to-do list and go back to what you were already doing.
- Keep a notebook open and write down what you are doing as soon as you are interrupted.
- Cutting 2cm off the front legs of a chair makes it just uncomfortable enough to keep visits short.
Full article can be found here.
Blogging Libraries Wiki
See what other libraries are doing in the blogging world!
Thrill to the presence of Reid Kerr College!
Wonder what a wiki is...
...and what's a blog anyway?
Find out here at the Blogging Libraries Wiki.
Thrill to the presence of Reid Kerr College!
Wonder what a wiki is...
...and what's a blog anyway?
Find out here at the Blogging Libraries Wiki.
Women's health
The website of the Office of Women's Health of the (U.S.) Food & Drug Administration (FDA) contains a wealth of factsheets on common health issues.
Read them @ http://www.fda.gov/womens/pubs.html
Read them @ http://www.fda.gov/womens/pubs.html
Ergonomics @ Cornell
Designing a new college? Read on...
CUErgo presents information from research studies and class work by students and faculty in the Cornell Human Factors and Ergonomics Research Group (CHFERG), directed by Professor Alan Hedge, in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University.
CHFERG focuses on ways to enhance usability by improving the ergonomic design of hardware, software, and workplaces, to enhance people's comfort, performance and health in an approach we call Ergotecture. We recognize that this is also as an important component of the Department's Ecotecture sustainable design approach.
CUErgo is at http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/
CUErgo presents information from research studies and class work by students and faculty in the Cornell Human Factors and Ergonomics Research Group (CHFERG), directed by Professor Alan Hedge, in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University.
CHFERG focuses on ways to enhance usability by improving the ergonomic design of hardware, software, and workplaces, to enhance people's comfort, performance and health in an approach we call Ergotecture. We recognize that this is also as an important component of the Department's Ecotecture sustainable design approach.
CUErgo is at http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/
Just in case anyone ever wonders what this is all about...
Nice piece by Michael Stephens (librarian, blogger) on Library 2.0 can be found @ http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/002/3.htm.
Extract: Librarian 2.0 also listens to staff and users when planning, tells the stories of successes and failures, learns from both, celebrates those successes, allows staff time to play and learn, and never stops dreaming about the best library services.
Explanation required??? Try Phil Bardley on Web 2.0 in CILIP Update May (Part 1) & June (Part 2) 2006. We've mentioned this before, methinks. But it's that important!
Still confused? Ask a librarian...
Extract: Librarian 2.0 also listens to staff and users when planning, tells the stories of successes and failures, learns from both, celebrates those successes, allows staff time to play and learn, and never stops dreaming about the best library services.
Explanation required??? Try Phil Bardley on Web 2.0 in CILIP Update May (Part 1) & June (Part 2) 2006. We've mentioned this before, methinks. But it's that important!
Still confused? Ask a librarian...
Jump that firewall, baby!
Zoho has put together a very cool suite of (mostly free) office applications, including a word processor, spreadsheet, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), polling, web application creation, and more.
Definitely worth a look.
www.zoho.com
Definitely worth a look.
www.zoho.com
Supporting e-learning
Just added to library stock:
Supporting e-learning: a guide for library and information managers.
Maxine Melling, editor.
Facet Publishing, 2005.
It says: E-learning is becoming commonplace in academic institutions, largely as an alternative medium in the delivery of established content. Increasingly library and information services are directly involved in the delivery of e-content and in delivering services to support e-learning. Thus it is affecting all aspects of library service provision in education.
We say: Right on!
They say: Not in my empire, you don't.
Blended learning or Malt librarianship? Asda's own or Glenfarclas? No contest!
Supporting e-learning: a guide for library and information managers.
Maxine Melling, editor.
Facet Publishing, 2005.
It says: E-learning is becoming commonplace in academic institutions, largely as an alternative medium in the delivery of established content. Increasingly library and information services are directly involved in the delivery of e-content and in delivering services to support e-learning. Thus it is affecting all aspects of library service provision in education.
We say: Right on!
They say: Not in my empire, you don't.
Blended learning or Malt librarianship? Asda's own or Glenfarclas? No contest!
Homo Zappiens
Who thinks up these silly terms?
Have they no poetry in their souls?
Anyway, as part of their College People Week 2006, SFEU offer a chance to view Professor Wim Veen of Delft University of Technology in Holland’s presentation on how learners learn in the digital age and how games technology can support learning.
View at http://www.sfeu.ac.uk/wimveen/SupportingFiles/Viewer.html
...and what if this should fall into the wrong hands? Uber-techies prophesising the death of the book? Again. When will they ever learn?
Have they no poetry in their souls?
Anyway, as part of their College People Week 2006, SFEU offer a chance to view Professor Wim Veen of Delft University of Technology in Holland’s presentation on how learners learn in the digital age and how games technology can support learning.
View at http://www.sfeu.ac.uk/wimveen/SupportingFiles/Viewer.html
...and what if this should fall into the wrong hands? Uber-techies prophesising the death of the book? Again. When will they ever learn?
New Oxford Reference Titles
Titles added over the past few months to the Core & Premium collections include:
- The Oxford Companion to the Garden
- The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- The Oxford Dictionary of Animal Behaviour
- The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
- The Oxford Dictionary of Space Exploration
- The Oxford Companion to the Photograph
- The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names
- Science, Technology, and Society
- The Oxford Companion to the Mind
- The Oxford Companion to Medicine
Just thought I'd mention it. This internet thingy is getting a bit out of hand, n'est-ce pas?
Say hello, wave goodbye
Knowing the proper way to greet & take leave of business associates from other cultures shows respect, interest & kindness. It's their first impression of you & can make doing business easier.
Start greeting properly @ http://www.businessoftouch.com/index2.html
Soft Cell, not David Gray.
Start greeting properly @ http://www.businessoftouch.com/index2.html
Soft Cell, not David Gray.
Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts
Internet Detective, a free online tutorial designed to help students develop the critical thinking required for their Internet research, launched on the Web on June 13th in the RDN Virtual Training Suite at: http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/
The tutorial offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of websites and highlights the need for care when selecting online information sources to inform university or college work.
The tutorial offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of websites and highlights the need for care when selecting online information sources to inform university or college work.
Digital Universe
From Internet Week, January 29 2006:
"Just at the moment when Google, the Web’s darling child, agreed to censor its search results at the behest of the Chinese government, sparking intense criticism from free speech advocates; a new medium appeared promising to make the Internet truly open and democratic.
It will also inspire creativity, help kids learn better and not be cluttered with a single advertisement.
It’s called the Digital Universe, and it’s not a search engine, but a non-profit directory of the best resources on the Web as determined by a panel of experts. The content, organized into different subject portals, is tied together by a visual navigation system and complemented by an impressive dose of 3-D images and other multimedia including books and video and audio archives along with chat rooms and moderated forums."
Worth a look at http://www.digitaluniverse.net/
"Just at the moment when Google, the Web’s darling child, agreed to censor its search results at the behest of the Chinese government, sparking intense criticism from free speech advocates; a new medium appeared promising to make the Internet truly open and democratic.
It will also inspire creativity, help kids learn better and not be cluttered with a single advertisement.
It’s called the Digital Universe, and it’s not a search engine, but a non-profit directory of the best resources on the Web as determined by a panel of experts. The content, organized into different subject portals, is tied together by a visual navigation system and complemented by an impressive dose of 3-D images and other multimedia including books and video and audio archives along with chat rooms and moderated forums."
Worth a look at http://www.digitaluniverse.net/
The power of negative thinking
From The Guardian FE Diary, 6th June. 2006:
"...a professor of management informed me that in educational institutions, the language of management has now shifted from "self-actualisation" to "management of expectations". This means that people hope for too much satisfaction from the job. If you can stop them from expecting job satisfaction, they'll stop being disappointed when they don't get it.
Full text here.
"...a professor of management informed me that in educational institutions, the language of management has now shifted from "self-actualisation" to "management of expectations". This means that people hope for too much satisfaction from the job. If you can stop them from expecting job satisfaction, they'll stop being disappointed when they don't get it.
Full text here.
Disability Equality Duty and ICT
The Scottish Disability Team and the Digital Media Access Group have jointly produced a report on the impact of the Disability Equality Duty on information and communication technologies. For those in further and higher education tasked with producing and publishing your institution's Disability Equality Scheme under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, this provides some very useful guidance to aid understanding of and compliance with the provisions.
The report deals specifically with the impact on FE and HE in Scotland but the authors do state that most of the information provided is also will be of relevance to the sector elsewhere in the UK.
The guidance is titled Report on the Disability Equality Duty and Information and Communication Technologies and is available via the resources link on the Scottish Disability Team web site at http://www.sdt.ac.uk/default.asp
The report deals specifically with the impact on FE and HE in Scotland but the authors do state that most of the information provided is also will be of relevance to the sector elsewhere in the UK.
The guidance is titled Report on the Disability Equality Duty and Information and Communication Technologies and is available via the resources link on the Scottish Disability Team web site at http://www.sdt.ac.uk/default.asp
Online learning & the law
Our busy friends at JISC Legal have just made available the papers & slides from a conference on the legal aspects of online learning environments. These cover copyright, data protection, liability & accessibility issues.
Available at http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/events/OLE_06/Programme.htm
Available at http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/events/OLE_06/Programme.htm
Furl - share your information
More Web 2.0 stuff...
"Furl is a superb resource which enables you to store indefinitely web pages you have found. Accounts are free and easy to set up, and to use the service effectively Furl provides a bookmark or link in your browser. Once you find a page you want to keep, simply click on the link, decide which of your user-defined folders you want to save it to, and there you are – the page is saved.
Due to copyright restrictions you cannot share the article with anyone else, but you can make your collection of links available to colleagues so that they can keep up to date with the material that you’re finding, and they can click on the link to view the resource themselves.
It is also possible to include your Furl collection in your weblog so readers can stay in touch, or provide an RSS feed so they can follow you via a news aggregator such as Bloglines."
Furl is at http://www.furl.net/
The full text of Phil Bradley's article on Web 2.0 in this month's CILIP Update can be found here.
But since no-one actually reads this shit anyway, it could really be anywhere else.
"Furl is a superb resource which enables you to store indefinitely web pages you have found. Accounts are free and easy to set up, and to use the service effectively Furl provides a bookmark or link in your browser. Once you find a page you want to keep, simply click on the link, decide which of your user-defined folders you want to save it to, and there you are – the page is saved.
Due to copyright restrictions you cannot share the article with anyone else, but you can make your collection of links available to colleagues so that they can keep up to date with the material that you’re finding, and they can click on the link to view the resource themselves.
It is also possible to include your Furl collection in your weblog so readers can stay in touch, or provide an RSS feed so they can follow you via a news aggregator such as Bloglines."
Furl is at http://www.furl.net/
The full text of Phil Bradley's article on Web 2.0 in this month's CILIP Update can be found here.
But since no-one actually reads this shit anyway, it could really be anywhere else.
Confused about Web 2.0 or just confused?
"In Web 1.0, a small number of writers created Web pages for a large number of readers. As a result, people could get information by going directly to the source: Adobe.com for graphic design issues, Microsoft.com for Windows issues, and CNN.com for news. Over time, however, more and more people started writing content in addition to reading it. This had an interesting effect—suddenly there was too much information to keep up with! We did not have enough time for everyone who wanted our attention and visiting all sites with relevant content simply wasn’t possible. As personal publishing caught on and went mainstream, it became apparent that the Web 1.0 paradigm had to change.
Enter Web 2.0, a vision of the Web in which information is broken up into “microcontent” units that can be distributed over dozens of domains. The Web of documents has morphed into a Web of data. We are no longer just looking to the same old sources for information. Now we’re looking to a new set of tools to aggregate and remix microcontent in new and useful ways."
Read Richard MacManus' & Joshua Porter's complete article in Digital Web Magazine here.
This, my friends, is the future...
Enter Web 2.0, a vision of the Web in which information is broken up into “microcontent” units that can be distributed over dozens of domains. The Web of documents has morphed into a Web of data. We are no longer just looking to the same old sources for information. Now we’re looking to a new set of tools to aggregate and remix microcontent in new and useful ways."
Read Richard MacManus' & Joshua Porter's complete article in Digital Web Magazine here.
This, my friends, is the future...
Podcasting - the new black
Podcasts have become highly popular in a short period of time. Podcasts? They are audio or video broadcasts that you can download, generally free of charge, and play on your portable media player or your computer.
Here's some help:
Create Your Own Podcast course. In eight concrete steps it details the entire process: getting started, the tools you need, the recording software you can use, how to make a recording, publishing your podcast, creating an RSS feed, etc.
Build Your Own Podcast Kit discusses the hardware: what are the best microphones, sound cards, mixers, etc.
And some software for the creative bit:
PodProducer (2.46MB - freeware) is a good tool for creating podcasts, and it requires no technical background at all.
Easypodcast (5.52MB - freeware): this free tool lets you add ID3 tags to audio files, create an RSS feed and upload your files via FTP.
Mrs. Dale's Diary has left the building...
Here's some help:
Create Your Own Podcast course. In eight concrete steps it details the entire process: getting started, the tools you need, the recording software you can use, how to make a recording, publishing your podcast, creating an RSS feed, etc.
Build Your Own Podcast Kit discusses the hardware: what are the best microphones, sound cards, mixers, etc.
And some software for the creative bit:
PodProducer (2.46MB - freeware) is a good tool for creating podcasts, and it requires no technical background at all.
Easypodcast (5.52MB - freeware): this free tool lets you add ID3 tags to audio files, create an RSS feed and upload your files via FTP.
Mrs. Dale's Diary has left the building...
Stagework
Stagework is a unique resource designed to make innovative theatre practice at the National Theatre and selected regional partners in England more widely available to new and existing audiences.
It goes behind the scenes to unpack the complex process of making theatre performance for the general theatre-goer, the life-long learner, and curricular audiences.
It offers rich media content and curriculum resources based upon key productions for teachers and learners of English and Drama, Citizenship, and other subjects, enabling the use of theatre practice to stimulate and enhance creativity and the learning experience.
http://www.stagework.org/
It goes behind the scenes to unpack the complex process of making theatre performance for the general theatre-goer, the life-long learner, and curricular audiences.
It offers rich media content and curriculum resources based upon key productions for teachers and learners of English and Drama, Citizenship, and other subjects, enabling the use of theatre practice to stimulate and enhance creativity and the learning experience.
http://www.stagework.org/
Comment is free
Comment is free is a major expansion of Guardian comment and analysis on the web. It is a collective group blog, bringing together regular columnists from the Guardian and Observer newspapers with other writers and commentators representing a wide range of experience and interests. The aim is to host an open-ended space for debate, dispute, argument and agreement and to invite users to comment on everything they read.
The blog is updated regularly through the day, with best blogs featuring on the pick of the day. It also carries all the comment from the Guardian and Observer newspapers, giving readers the chance to comment on these articles directly for the first time.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/
The blog is updated regularly through the day, with best blogs featuring on the pick of the day. It also carries all the comment from the Guardian and Observer newspapers, giving readers the chance to comment on these articles directly for the first time.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/
Browster
Browster, a free plug-in for Internet Explorer & Firefox, allows users to mouse over Web search listings for an instant view of the content rather than having to wait for the full page to download.
The software, created by San Francisco-based Browster, uses patented "pre-fetching" instant page rendering that serves up a copy of the Web page in milliseconds in a new window on top of the original search page.
Certainly worth a look although I just can't make up my mind whether this is crap or seminal.
The software, created by San Francisco-based Browster, uses patented "pre-fetching" instant page rendering that serves up a copy of the Web page in milliseconds in a new window on top of the original search page.
Certainly worth a look although I just can't make up my mind whether this is crap or seminal.
I've seen the bright lights of Memphis...
Anyone with a colour ipod who is travelling this summer (let's face it, you're travellers, the other lot are tourists) & intend to visit any of the following cities - Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, London, Madrid, New York City, Paris, Prague, Rome or San Francisco - can download an eating & drinking guide to each city as a "podscroll" at http://www.roughguides.com/podscrolls/.
At least it'll save nicking library reference stock.
At least it'll save nicking library reference stock.
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