Sites and Soundbytes

Internet News Article | Reuters.com

Reuters reports that on Tuesday the Supreme Court "barred enforcement of a 1998 federal law designed to keep Internet pornography away from minors because it likely violates constitutional free-speech rights." COPA (Child Online Protection Act) was written to protect minors from online pornography through the use of credit cards and access codes. However, the majority of the Court in a 5-4 decision, agreed with Justice Kennedy, "Content-based prohibitions, enforced by severe criminal penalties, have the constant potential to be a repressive force in the lives and thoughts of a free people."

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Independence Day on the Net

Holidays.net offers this 4th of July website with online fireworks, patriotic music and historical information.

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Calories Information

This site offers a calorie calculator, calorie burning exercise, and the calories in specific foods.

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The Championships, Wimbledon 2004

Official site for the ongoing Wimbledon tournament.

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Luddite Librarian

I'm not sure what the Luddite Librarian would think about all of the blog postings about their blog, but it is worth posting about. Very important questions are asked at each post, questioning things like constant reposting (which is what this is I suppose) and the overuse of PowerPoint in presentations.

Even though I consider myself a techie librarian, I found myself giving a speech about the future of libraries that did not focus on new technology but rather on traditional services. So perhaps I have a bit of the Luddite Librarian in me as well.

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IIS, IE exploit unleashed

Here is a new security flaw that may affect some libraries as well as home Internet users. The flaw affects computers running Windows XP, and using Internet Explorer 6. If you are not running both of those in conjunction, you have nothing to worry about with this flaw.

If you are running both, you need to download the latest patches from Microsoft. The flaw allows exploitation where JavaScript is used to redirect your browser to a Russian site where an executable file is downloaded and executed. Then a keystroke logger is installed on the machine.

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Coming Soon! - Latest News

Another victory against censorship!

"Michael Moore's new controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 topped the box office with an impressive $21.8 million from just 868 screens. The film averaged a big $25,115 per screen, which is the third highest average of the year behind only Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ and DreamWorks' Shrek 2. The opening also marks the highest ever for a documentary of any type (including IMAX and concert films), is the biggest opening for a wide release under 1,000 screens (beating previous record holder Rocky III in 1982), is the best opening ever for a Palme d'Or winner (topping previous record holder Pulp Fiction in 1994), and the film has already outgrossed the $21.6 million total box office for Moore's Academy Award-winning Bowling for Columbine. The film's distributors will expand the movie for Fourth of July weekend and again on Friday, July 9."

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Giraffe

General information, status, links to related sites, and pictures.

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LLRX.com - Notes from the Tech Trenches - Spicy Handouts for Tastier Training

Very nice article on making training documents more interesting by incorporating elements like tables, graphics, and WordArt. The entire article is about Word, so PC users don't need to run out and buy another piece of software to achieve these effects.

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Sportscolumn

This site is user-driven with sports fans supplying the news items and other fans voting as to whether they will be posted on the site. Message boards are also available.

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American Civil Liberties Union : New Records Show That FBI Invoked Controversial Surveillance Powers Weeks After Attorney General Declared that Power Had Never Been Used

The headline says it all. But let's be very clear, librarians are not "hysterical" in their concerns about the Patriot Act!

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Spacesounds

Listen to historical audio files from the space program with NASA communications between ground and spacecraft from Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and the shuttle missions.

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PaycheckCity

This site offers free personal finance calculators to answer paycheck questions. It also offers advanced calculators to help with W-4 forms, 401(k)s and stock options.

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Backserv Info Page

I just heard about Backserv yesterday on Publib. It is a mailing list for librarians dedicated solely to exchange of serial back issues and books.

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Bookwire

Online portal to the book industry for librarians, publishers, book sellers, authors, and other interested in books.

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The WLA Blog

The Wisconsin Library Association has a blog! No feed, unfortunately.

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AntWeb

Information on ants around the world from the California Academy of Sciences.

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S C R I B B L E R

Every now and then you come across a site online that you just must share! This is one of those sites. Draw a simple line drawing and then let scribbler loose on it and see your drawing scribbled on. Just try it!

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UW-Extension Cooperative Extension--Disaster Handbook

UW-Extension offers handbooks for a variety of disasters. Right now in Wisconsin, people may want to check out the one on floods that offers information on proper clean-up and repair.

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notlong Free Short URL Redirection: Sites That Shorten Long URLs

A handy guide to the services available online that offer shortened URLs. The list offers a side-by-side comparison of all eight services.

Via beSpacific.

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NOAA - National Weather Service - Experimental XML data feeds

RSS and XML feeds of watches, warnings and advisories for specific states and territories.

Via beSpacific.

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Alliance for Retired Americans

Information on this progressive movement that focuses on health care, economic security, housing and services for the elderly.

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FirstGov for Kids

A large collection of kid-friendly web links from the Federal Citizen Information Center.

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Ottoman

Historical information on the Ottoman Empire with maps, references, history, military information, family, art, and culture.

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A Librarian at Every Table

Website for an email list about the role of libraries in community building. The site offers a collection of related links as well as a slick interface to subscribe to the list.

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Mappy

A map and route planning site like Mapsonus for Europe and Great Britain.

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Opinion Duel

What a great idea! The New Republic and National Review have created a joint online presentation where there is an exchange of political opinions back and forth. The current exchange is about running mates for Kerry. There is certainly something here for anyone interested in politics.

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Edmonton Journal

In Edmonton, Alberta, a school librarian took books to the dumpster. Shocking? Not really, just weeding books from the 1960s. But that wasn't a good enough reason for one of the teens at the school and now the books are being taken out of the dumpster and re-examined. It seems at the very least, the kid wants them recycled, but the paper seems to be defending some of the books from being weeded. Never mind the fact that the most recent of them mentioned in the article was printed in 1970.

All I can say is please, please don't donate them to the public library!

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Audible.com

Audible.com offers Bill Clinton's Juen 3rd BookExpo America Keynote Address free of charge.

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Prostate Cancer Foundation

News, information, clinical trials, and therapy options.

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Autoblog

Blog dedicated to automobiles of all types with plenty of photographs and links to explore.

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JASON - Return to Titanic

Dr. Robert Ballard returns to the Titanic to survey the damage done by time and people. National Geographic will be airing a special on June 7th.

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Ronald Reagan Memorial Foundation

This site offers information on funeral services, an online condolence book, tributes and a memorial fund.

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Back to Iraq 3.0

Blog of Christopher Allbritton, former AP and New York Daily News reporter, who has returned to Iraq for the third time and is blogging about his experiences there and the news he finds.

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Pythonline

Very cool and Pythonesque website with wonderful things like Eric Idle's new FCC Song.

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The Muse's Muse

A site dedicated to the craft of songwriting with tons of features, including active chat areas, music reviews, message boards, spotlights on artists, and a collection of recommended sites.

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The Pool Safety Network

The site has been launched in conjunction with Drowning Prevention Month. It promotes water safety with information from experts and facts that will startle, like drowing being the leading cause of death among children under five years old.

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Ian J. Ball's TV Page

Not just another TV site, this site offers really up-to-date television information, including TV show status, meaning what has been renewed, what has been cancelled, and what new shows are coming. They also have information on the up-coming summer season with new shows, start dates, and what shows are offering new episodes.

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