1) “What’s a Dollar Worth?” on the homepage of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
2) Also at: Purchasing Power of Money in the United States from 1774 to 2007 from Measuring Worth dot com.
3) And then there is the Currency Converter at Oanda dot com.
More than one lawyer I know is an avid reader of poetry and prose and they will all appreciate the Kurzban’s haiku contest winners and contestants.
Samples:
Big toe is throbbing.
I dropped Kurzban’s upon it.
A weighty treatise.
-by David N. Simmons, Denver, CO
Have you tried out Google News Archive yet? Interesting, promising, and maybe a little irritating. Give it time. (Here’s more about it.)
In the good old days (uh, maybe not so good), this statement meant something very different from what it means today. In fact, it could be a test of how reference desk-qualified you are. Those library staffers who don’t see both meanings need some retraining.
“I can’t remotely use x law journal?”
Speaking of seeing “both (all!) meanings,” don’t forget these classics: Old Woman or Young Woman or the Vase or Face.
And Mona, from the Exploratorium online collection.
On Wednesday, September 17th, 2008: Get your free pocket U.S. Constitution (3 different selection to choose from!) at Laura the Law Librarian’s Constitution Day celebration. (Yes, once again I’ll be handing out pocket U.S. Constitutions at the Washington County Courthouse, from Noon to 1 p.m.)
(Bring a friend and stay in Hillsboro for lunch. If you haven’t visited downtown Hillsboro recently, you’re in for a treat. Great food, beautiful walks (see more Metro Walks here), great Law Library (!), and much more.)
Once again, I stand [never] alone up against the forces of, uh, Constitution-less anarchy maybe? But as you’ve probably noticed, it’s not enough to HAVE a Constitution, one must be governed by it (not unlike that Seinfeld car rental reservation, here and here, where it wasn’t enough to HAVE the reservation; one had to HOLD the reservation …. 🙂
Even if you sing more off-key than the “karaoke” guy last Thursday rush hour at the SW 2nd & Alder (PDX) bus stop (keep your night job!), you can still:
Have your say about the ATL Top Ten Law Song picks (Above the Law homepage) (from Law Librarian Blog)
Excerpt from Law Librarian blog:
It’s that time of year when we start thinking we should know this, but we don’t! And that is why you have Librarians (and the Internet Tubes 🙂 Of course in an election year when everyone seems to want to CHANGE (yeah, yeah), make sure you get that TIME change date from a reliable source, e.g.:
NASA or those NIST people (but make sure you’re in the right year – yikes)
And then there is the Official time.
From MyShingle, we get this thoughtful blog post, from the perspective of a solo practitioner parent:
What Michelle Obama Couldn’t Have Found at The (So-Called) Fifty Best Law Firms For Women (Posted on August 26, 2008).
If you haven’t visited Damn Interesting, or the list where I found it, PC Magazine’s The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites, (thanks to Tom Mighuel at Inter Alia for the lead), then the Labor Day holiday weekend is a good time to visit (unless you’re in a lounge chair with a good book, in which case, don’t move!). The fun will end, however, on Tuesday, September 2nd, even though summer isn’t officially over until September 22nd. Sigh.
Happy Labor Day! – and remember what it’s all about.
Via WisBlawg, we learn about a free directory of free-wifi spots.
See also, Portland’s Personal Telco Project.
Oregon Legal Research Blog