j’s scratchpad

beSpacific shares more details about this searched aimed at finding content that can be reused and republished.

I think ls might approve.

Josh points to this Signal/Noise 2k5 conference at Harvard Law School on Friday, April 8. It covers a variety of issues related to creativity, the arts, and copyright law and intellectual property. Fees are $20 for nonstudents and $10 for students.
It sounds interesting, but I think I’m also going to have to miss it. If [...]

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 of the [...]

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: #globalvoices on [...]

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!)

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 101 [...]

Many of you seem to be interested in the discrimination lawsuit a librarian has filed against Harvard University, so I’ll keep on eye out for information about it. It’s not something I feel comfortable commenting on, other than what I said before, because I know the people involved in the suit and commenting presents obvious [...]

I had to laugh when I noticed Vernica and I were mentioned on Library Stuff in consecutive entries.