Lake Superior State University released its 2003 list of banished words, including such overused terms as “untimely death,” “homeland security,” “must-see tv,” and “weapons of mass destruction.” I don’t know about you, but after I read the comments about some of these words and phrases, I get the feeling that it’s just a bunch
New blawgs worth mentioning
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Posted in Blogs and Blogging
The folks at the Stark County Law Library in Canton Ohio (some of whom I count among my ILRW subscribers) have started the SCLLA Blawg, with lots of helpful information for the legal researcher.
Also, I was looking at my referrer logs yesterday, and found a link to a German blawg, Handakte WebLAWg.…
Before we close the books on 2002…
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Posted in Miscellaneous
I always enjoy seeing Time’s Pictures of the Year.
New e-mail virus on the move…
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Posted in Security
The Yaha virus is rapidly spreading, and has been upgraded to a Category 3 threat by Symantec. You don’t need me to tell you to update your virus definitions regularly.
Predictions for 2003
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Posted in Miscellaneous
This past year, bloggers came to the forefront of news and political reporting. It’s only natural to go to them now to see their predictions for 2003. Here’s a list of bloggers’ answers to 16 questions posed on issues facing us in 2003.
PC Resolutions for 2003, Part V
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And on the last day of 2002, tips #9 and #10 from PC World’s 10 Top Resolutions for Your PC:
- Stay on Top of Fraud — the PC World Article mentions CardCops, a site I mentioned a few months ago. There you can check to see if your credit card is being used
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PC Resolutions for 2003, Part IV
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Continuing with PC World’s Top 10 PC Resolutions for 2003, here are #7 and #8:
- Want to be Spam Free? — the bad news is, it’s tough to completely eliminate spam. There are certain tips you can follow — check out this article from PC World for a good start. If it’s a spam
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The last issue of the year
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Posted in Mighell Marker
This week’s Internet Legal Research Weekly is now available for your review.
PC Resolutions for 2003, Part II
By Tom Mighell on
Today we continue a review of PC World’s PC Resolutions for 2003, with #3 and #4:
- Protect your Network — this resolution really has two parts — the first part on wireless networks you’ll have to read about on the PC World site, ’cause I’m just not a networking kind of guy. The second
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Search Tips from Pandia
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Posted in Search Engines
Pandia Search Central offers this short and easy search engine tutorial — it’s a nice run-down of search tips for the new researcher, and a good refresher course for the rest of us.