Archive for March 24th, 2005

Elegus, a New Search Engine for Government Info

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

The folks at Elegus contacted me to ask that I mention them on the scratchpad. Their search mechanism eases the searching of multiple government sites simultaneously. They list the sites included in their engine. Their services cost $14.95 per month or $149.50 per year. They also offer a free trial. By the way, the bottom [...]

IRC Chat with Malaysian Bloggers, 3/25, 10 am EST

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Here’s a good opportunity to learn about blogging in Malaysia courtesy of the crew at Global Voices. "Malaysian bloggers Jeff Ooi and Mack Zulkifli will help [Rebecca MacKinnon] kick off our first LIVE Globalvoices online IRC interview and chat. Join us Friday (tomorrow) at 15:00GMT (10:00am Friday EST, 23:00 Friday China time, etc.) IRC location: [...]

Blog Reader Stats

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

On The Story of Feedster, Beverly Parenti shares some stats from a CNN, USA TODAY, and Gallup poll about blog readers. It seems that a much larger number of 18-29-year-olds use the Internet and read blogs than older people. Addendum 4/12: CNN details the survey, too. (Thanks, RN!)

Don’t Forget: Some Unreimbursed Business Expenses are Tax Deductible.

Thursday, March 24th, 2005

Those tax deductible costs might possibly include professional development expenses, conference costs, and transportation. More information is available via the Internal Revenue Service Web site. Of course, I am certainly not any kind of accounting or tax professional and cannot offer any tax advice. The highest I got in math is calculus. Math for Taxes [...]