~ Archive for April, 2005 ~

Tiger, tiger, burning bright

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Many reviews of the new Mac OS, including this extended piece by John
Siracusa that really gets into the guts of it…(Source; Daypop)   For those who want just an overview, see David Pogue’s NYT overview. Also Hiawatha Bray speculates on the potential for PC-to-Mac converts.

Great scientific invention

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O’Reilly has a new group blog

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O’Reilly Radar tracks technology trends “the next Mosaic, P2P, or Amazon.” (Source: Daypop)

On the anniversary of Moore’s Law …

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and how Moore may have gotten the idea from Douglas Engelbart…. (Source: Science in the News)

Update (4/21/05): Lii.org points to an Intel compilation about Moore, including a link to his original “Moore’s Law” paper. 

Interview with Howard Berg

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Current Biology interviews Rowland’s Howard Berg on physics and biology and his work with the bacterial flagellar motor.  (Harvard link)

Paper on weblogs in sci-tech libraries

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Randy Reichardt and Geoffrey Harder announced the publication of their
“Weblogs: their use and applications in science and technology
libraries.”  It’s a throughly informative and well-researched
article covering definition and history of weblogs, weblog software,
literature on weblogs, and applications for weblogs in sci-tech
libraries such as project management, reference desk blogging, student
mentoring and current awareness, the latter of which cites the Rowland
library blog. 

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