My mind keeps returning to the idea that more people might have survived the tsunamis had a better warning system been in place. Perhaps it’s because I’m an information provider.
This weekend, I learned a bit about the 1946 tsunami that hit Hawaii. The television show Nature includes the Hilo tsunami in its program Violent Hawaii. [...]
PennSound features audio versions of poetry for free.
"PennSound is an ongoing project, committed to producing new audio recordings and preserving existing audio archives [of poetry]."
From the press release:
"The recording industry may not want anyone downloading music without paying for it, but a new project at the University of Pennsylvania encourages downloading right to MP3 players [...]
The Mad Librarian provides some notes from a meeting at Stanford about Google’s new venture into the world of digital books involving several notable libraries.
Jan Dempsey of The Syracuse Post-Standard shares some very helpful searching tips, like going back to the original source and using a library.
I need to remember to incorporate the tips that aren’t already in my presentation into the presentation I’ll be giving to a journalism class in a few weeks.
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