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Their tagline: “Resources and News for Information Professionals.” Nice collection of online and offline information-management tools.

[quote]Creating a MOG lets you share your musical side like nothing else. Our "MOG-O-MATIC" application creates a basic MOG page for you, so your friends can see your music collection and the artists, albums and songs you actually listen to. As you collect and listen to music, MOG-O-MATIC keeps score for the world to see. Customizing and making your page an extension of your musical soul is made easy. And you can even add MOG to your Blog or MySpace page. Just register for MOG, then download MOG-O-MATIC and get your page up and running. Then explore what some other moggers are into. MOG is FREE.[/quote]

"A couple of days ago in an auditorium at George Washington University here in Washington, former Clinton administration spokesman Mike McCurry trotted out the hottest talking point in the fight against keeping the Internet open. He accused the pro-openness forces of hypocrisy because search engines play favorites.... As a logical argument, the issue is just silly. As a diversionary tactic, it is more valuable. For while this is being argued out, the telecom, cable, movie and recording industries are getting away with one big goodie bag...."

"toread" is an email-based free bookmark service. You can bookmark your "toread" web pages by just clicking the bookmarklet on your browser.

Endless fun making your own Bush cartoons

[quote]Despite the president's rhetoric about the importance of learning English, a funny thing happened on the walk from the White House to Congress: absent from the Senate's whirlwind debate over immigration reform was any commitment to fund English language learning programs.... nstead of facilitating integration, senators are trying to turn back the clock on decades of civil rights progress, hamstringing the effectiveness of local government in the process.....[/quote]

Clip: The Army has reportedly advised its forces not to view the film because it may trigger post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD. Well it might. And if it does, it probably means the Department of Defense recognizes the horror of this unnecessary war. Afraid of PTSD? A specious argument by the Army to do what? Protect veterans and their families from the truth of war?

How do we have pundits rationalizing the 'need' for unprecedented presidential powers in this 'new kind of war' with no end in sight?

The paper says that Google will not use this system to invade consumer's privacy. But in the wrong hands ...?

Tips for those using the popular BLOGGER blogging service, (blogspot). Many of the tips are also relevant to those using other blogging services.

SketchUp is a simple but powerful tool for quickly and easily creating, viewing and modifying your 3D ideas.

Clip: The Best Stuff in the World is an open, organic, polymorphous site which, depending on the user, could take on diverse forms and meanings. The site simply asks you to input your "best stuff" in the world: whether it be a song that inspires you, your favourite little Indian restaurant or the best explication of Kantian aesthetics ... it's up to you! As people share the things they think are best, you'll be able to discover what other people think are cool too.

clip: The Social Bookmark Link Maker will enable you to add your favorite social bookmark and tagging links to your blog template. Making it easy for your blog visitors to bookmark your better posts, will create more traffic to your blog as well as links. More links and traffic = better rankings in search engines. Plus it's a good service for your site visitors.

There are some strange people about :)