The 108th Congress went to work this week, and on the agenda are bills addressing copyright, spam, and privacy issues.
Better late than never
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Miscellaneous
When I review my web referrer logs to see who visits this site, I notice a lot of visits from Google by people simply searching for the meaning of the term “Inter Alia.” In response to those requests, I have now posted the definition of the term, on the menu to the left.
Do you eBay? You may be eligible for benefits
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Web and Online Culture
eBay has announced that it will provide health care insurance coverage for its “power sellers,” those who sell $1,000 or more worth of goods per month on the site.
Recommended reading by weblog
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff
I know All-Consuming has been around awhile, but I just found out about it today. A very cool concept — the site combs weblogs and searches for Amazon.com links, and then posts them on an hourly basis. You can see, at any given moment, what webloggers are reading or recommending. I signed up, so now…
How much are you worth?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff
If you have thought about putting yourself up for sale lately (and who hasn’t?), head over to Human for Sale and figure out how much you could bring on the open human market. I found that I’m worth exactly $2,362,710.00.
Hmmm. I wonder if personal injury attorneys could use this for their case evaluation……
News site brings you the world
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Useful Web Sites
Chris Sherman reported in SearchDay yesterday about WorldNews.com, a pretty impressive collection of news links from around the world. If you want to narrow your focus to a particular world region, check out The World News Network.
Blawgs vs. Lawyer Blogs
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging
An interesting discussion has arisen among some of my lawyer/blogger colleagues, about what really makes a law blog a blawg. Ernie argues that his site is not a true “law blog,” because it doesn’t discuss a particular legal specialty. Bill Altreuter of Outside Counsel replies that if it’s a blog about being a lawyer,…
Another pitch for Internet telephones
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Web Applications
It’s time for the headline I see once a year: “Phone calls over the Internet may be finally catching on.” Yeah, right. I was really excited when this technology first debuted years ago, but I have never really used it. I just don’t know that many people out of town that I would want to…
Hot off the Presses
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Mighell Marker
This week’s issue of the Internet Legal Research Weekly is available for your reading pleasure.
Virus hoaxes are still catching people
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Security
Sophos released its Top 10 Viruses and Hoaxes in December, 2002 on Thursday. It’s interesting to look at the hoaxes still making their way around the Internet — I remember the “Elf Bowling” and “Frog in a Blender” hoaxes from years ago. Just in case you need reminding: the list at the top of the…