If you’ve ever wanted to contribute to Project Gutenberg, this article will be helpful (and fun to read if you like creating UGC (user generated content)):
U-Content: Project Gutenberg, Me, and You, by Nicholas Tomaiuolo
And it includes an interview with Michael Hart, one of the original open sourcers (or maybe I should say sorcerers, since it is really is magic).
From iLibrarian, link to the 50+ Ways to Track Website Traffic story.
I was reading the September 2008 Consumer Reports and their story, “ID Leaks: A Surprising Source is Your Government at Work,” reminded me that I wanted to post about their Consumer’s Union “How to Protect Yourself” guide, their Financial Privacy Now website.
(And don’t forget to check out their blog.)
This is nothing new for a lot of you, but it doesn’t hurt to include the information on this blog too:
Lots of people think that answers to legal question are online. Hah!
Law librarians and lawyer know that few, if any, answers to legal “questions” are “online.” “Laws” are online (e.g. the ORS), but answers to legal problems are not; answers require research, study, synthesis, conclusions, negotiation, more research, study, and great leaps of faith, not to mention luck. (An appellate attorney in the family doesn’t hurt either, especially one who owes you a favor.)
This question, about vacating property, we got the other day, along with about a zillion other bankruptcy, foreclosure, interest rate, credit card, and debt related questions. Welcome to 2009.
See recent updates (e.g. 2/10/11, 6/15/09), but also click on the Home Alone label in the sidebar.
Some who just left me a Comment on my previous leaving children home alone post asked if there were any laws “about 2, 3 or 4 children being left in one home alone that are just friends or days alone or over night alone?”
I wish there was a simple answer, but there is not. Like a lot of questions about leaving children home alone, if the general information given on the various websites doesn’t answer your question, you may need to consult a “professional.” “Professionals” includes any number of possibilities, from a social worker, to a law enforcement officer to a lawyer.
On this deeply moving and historic day …
We will be fairly low-tech in my Law Library on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, with the TV tuned in. Laptop users can connect through our wireless service:
Inaugural information and schedules of events:
1) Presidential Inaugural Committee site
The Willamette Pedestrian Coalition is sponsoring a Pedestrian Legal Clinic. Visit the WPC’s website for dates, times, locations of the clinics.
The WPC also has information about grants to enforce crosswalk safety laws and lots more at the website. (It’s also a very nice website – easy to read and navigate.)
I’m glad to see all this power to the pedestrian action. I’ve been puzzled by the new(ish) Share the Road program. Notice the parties who are being asked to Share the Road: 2+ wheeled motor vehicle drivers and pedalcyclists.
Poor little robot! First it’s stolen (kidnapped?) and then it’s drowned (murdered?)
“Update (January 11, 2009): Deputies Recover Stolen Robot
PIO: Sgt. Bob Ray
On January 11, 2009, Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies recovered a stolen robot from Commonwealth Lake in the Beaverton area. The robot was under water and the owner considers it to be severely damaged
Oregon Legislature, 75th Session, Convenes Monday, Jan. 12, 2009:
Oregon Legal Research Blog