Weblogs

Here are a couple of links that will introduce you to the latest Google offering:
 

7-23-08 - PC Magazine.com - Knol, Google’s Version of Wikipedia, Goes Public by Chloe Albanesius Google Knol emerged from its seven-month closed beta Wednesday, and is now open for people looking to share their expertise on …

Google Blog (Dec. 13 2007) Official […]

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I’ve written several times about Maran Illustrated and their online eBooks including the following posts. I started with…Maran Illustrated Yoga eBook available online for FREE!. I then added updates:

Maran Graphics Family Gives Away the Store (or at least the books)

Maran Illustrated Student Library is Now Online
More Maran eBooks available online for […]

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UNIVERSITY PRESSES START TO SELL VIA KINDLE
An Inside Higher Ed email delivered on June 24, 2008 led me to this interesting article about university presses selling books as Amazon’s Kindle eBooks.
Just months after Amazon’s Kindle , a portable eBook reader launched , academic
publishing houses are starting to sell books via this method. http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/24/kindle
“By the […]

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If you’ve created Websites you know how big a problem this can be.  Lifehacker.com offers two effective and efficient ways to remove formating:
“When you’re copying and pasting something to or from a Microsoft application such as Word or Outlook and you want to remove the formatting there is a quick keyboard shortcut to do so. […]

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If you are like me and drive older cars you need a good mechanic!   LifeHacker.com introduced me to RepairPal.com where you can get “independent and unbiased repair estimates, user ratings and reviews, plus advice you can’t get anywhere else.”
Do you have any other Websites that you find useful in keeping your car safe and on […]

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Entrepreneur Magazine (May 2008) had a good and consise article on getting started blogging. The article, written by By John Jantsch, is entitled The New Frontier: These days, everyone’s blogging. Is it time for your business to join the club?
I would add:

Is it time for your book club to join the club?
Is […]

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‘Google Tutor‘ or ‘Google Tut?r’ is not a ‘Google site’ but helps you learn a little more about Google everyday.  You can subscribe by RSS or by email.   Each day you will receive a simple but useful hint on using one of Google’s many utilities or ‘products’.   Today I learned how to compose a message […]

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What is the favorite April Fools Joke you have performed or have heard of? One of my favorites was when I was a music student in college and we were really bored in the practice rooms. We took a 16 foot bulletin board and completely inverted the contents of it! It […]

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World Almanac’s Blog today said:
“I’m slightly embarrassed that I didn’t catch this earlier. ‘Sports Illustrated‘ has opened up their entire back catalogue, or “vault,” for free; more than 50 years of covers, articles, photos, and videos. The articles are available as searchable html or bundled up by the issue. The full issues, ad placement […]

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I’ve been reading a good book about blogging called, Clear Blogging: How People Blogging Are Changing the World and How You Can Join Them. It is really interesting. I enjoyed all of the stories about bloggers, how they got started, why they do it, and some of their experiences.

This book offers lots […]

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