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Foi algo que eu disse?
via Poça D'água by bruna paixão on May 15, 2008
Faz pouco tempo que decidi colocar o endereço deste blog no meu currículo. É que eu achava que o Poça D'água era bobo demais para ser levado em consideração em uma disputa de trabalho e, além disso, algumas vezes os textos daqui assumem um ar confessional demais. Mas todas as minhas crenças foram abaixo quando uma entrevistadora admitiu que procurou meu nome no Google, achou o blog e...
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Sega to release a trio of “Platinum Games” in 2009
via Siliconera by Spencer on May 15, 2008
Let’s end the speculation. Sega is working with Platinum Games. In 2009 they will release three titles developed by the studio, a fourth one in the pipeline. It looks like the ultraviolent, black and white Wii game Madworld will be first to come out. Sega plans to release Madworld in Q1 2009. Here’s a look at the three games with descriptions from Sega’s PR department. MADWORLD, the first...
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You Can Hack An OS But You Can't Hack People - part 7: Left Standing at the Altar
via Penguin Pete's Blog by Penguin Pete on May 15, 2008
Who's left standing at the altar? Windows users, that's who.Windows has now become the only proprietary operating system without a free-software or open-source equivalent. Apple has Darwin. Solaris has Open Solaris. Unix has Linux and BSD. Even the extinct systems whose surviving fan base can count themselves in the triple-digits have a free alternative that they're working on. BeOS...
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Kate Hoey's Letter to Vauxhall Labour Party
via Iain Dale's Diary by noreply@blogger.com (Iain Dale) on May 15, 2008
This is Kate Hoey's explanation to her local Labour members for her decision to join Boris Johnson's administration as Commissioner for Sport. They are not going to be pleased.Dear Member of Vauxhall Labour Party, The Members of this Party are its lifeblood and so I wanted you to be the first to know that I have now agreed to be the Mayor of London's Commissioner for Sport. I have...
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BBC is opening up
via Really Simple Sidi (RSS) by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Shared by Jill Very interesting slide presentation to flip through. They are opening up content and making it more accessible, richer.and making their data accessible to external parties. They are also doing some very interesting work utilizing ontology in Programmes. | View | Upload your own Rafael Sidi (Really Simple Sidi)
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Chapters on Demand
via Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
... don't release it into the wild. Is this hack-proof? Of course not, but what is? The key is that we want to make this a very attractive product for our customers and we believe this is the right approach.For more details, see this post on Jim Minatel's blog. Btw, Jim and the rest of the team did a fantastic job implementing this great service -- congrats to everyone involved!
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The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It - free from Yale
via Peter Scott's Library Blog - sponsored by Credo Reference by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Shared by Jill Is this the first instance of a university press attempting this free full-text model for books?Yale University Press has the full text of Johanathan Zittrain's book The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It free online
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New Issue Online: The Winter-Spring 2008 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
via ResourceShelf by resourceshelf on May 15, 2008
... Evolution of Reference: A New Service Model for Science and EngineeringLibrariesby Marianne Stowell Bracke, Purdue University, Sainath Chinnaswamy,University of Arizona, and Elizabeth Kline, University of Arizona+++ Does Chemistry Content in a State Electronic Library Meet the Needs ofSmaller Academic Institutions and Companies?by Meghan Lafferty, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
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The May/June 2008 Issue of D-Lib Magazine is Now Online
via ResourceShelf by resourceshelf on May 15, 2008
... PREMIS With a Fresh Coat of Paint: Highlights from the Revision of the PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata+ A Year of Selective Web Archiving with the Web Curator Tool at the National Library of New Zealand+ Considering the User Perspective: Research into Usage and Communication of Digital Information+ Adding Value to the Library Catalog by Implementing a Recommendation System
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Mormons, Scientologists face uphill battle against Wikileaks
via Digg by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Both the Mormons and the Scientologists are upset about leaks of confidential church documents posted on Wikileaks. Can religion succeed where Swiss bankers have failed?
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