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Amazon Acquires Shelfari: Moves To Corner Book-Centric Social Networks (35)
on TechCrunch (26179) permalinkShelfari, a social network for bibliophiles, has been acquired by Amazon for an undisclosed amount. Amazon has been a longtime supporter of the Seattle based startup, having invested $1 million in the site in February 2007. The move comes less than a month after Amazon’s acquisition of AbeBooks, a vendor of rare and used books from independent publishers. As part of that acquisition Amazon also got a stake in Shelfari’s competitor LibraryThing, which AbeBooks had ...Shared by Aaron (24) Ben (28) Ben Turner (140) btocher (32) CB (181) ceri (26) Chris Unwin (38) Dave (59) Dennis' Library (14) DrBaher (74) GP (161) iAlja (183) iemz (35) jaehyun (24) Jason (31) Jason Nielubowicz (48) Jochen Mai (26) Jonathan Sterling (160) kidakaka (20) Leon Ridge-Cooke (62) Linkletter (40) Marcos Toledo (45) Matt Dickman (34) Michelynn (29) mr94 (31) Nihar (99) Patrick (37) pkj (21) richhand (119) RJO (115) Roseanne (38) spolay (47) StevieB (156) Trindade (89) voidfiles (149)
- Jochen Mai said: Ein weiteres Puzzelstückchen bei Amazon?
- jaehyun said: 발전 가능성이 있는 서비스야.. 특히 인터넷 서점 한테는..
- Jason Nielubowicz said: I still prefer GoodReads myself, but I'll have to keep an eye on Shelfari now.
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Congrats to Spectrum Scholars (1)
on The Krafty Librarian (19) permalinkMLA is pleased to announce two new MLA/National Library of Medicine (NLM) recipients of the 2008/09 American Library Association Spectrum Initiative Scholarship. Each winner will each receive $6,500 in funds, pledged jointly by MLA and NLM. MLA and NLM are committed to supporting minority students in their goals of becoming health sciences information professionals and to addressing the vital need for minority representation in health sciences libraries.Rhonda J. Allard is the patient resource center manager, ...Shared by Michelynn (29)Contribute comment
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Will Gmail Get Google Reader-Like Trends? (79)
on ReadWriteWeb (15232) permalinkIf you're a Google Reader user, no doubt you've taken a look at your Google Reader trends. The trends feature of Reader is an invaluable service that shows you which feeds you read, share, star, and email. It also provides stats on your subscriptions themselves, showing which ones are frequently updated, inactive, or the most obscure. Bar charts show items read by day, time of day, and time of week, and a tag cloud lets ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (332) Aaron (366) Adam (79) Adam (101) adstew (26) aElian (54) AJ (1003) al (40) Andrea (54) atul (550) b-rad (144) besighyawn (134) Bhavesh (91) CannonGod (776) Christopher (116) Chung (393) Convoluted (136) danliebke (222) Dennis Laumen (62) Derick Valadao (138) Dieter Schwarz (24) Drew Olanoff (597) Dzu (41) elias (29) Elroy (70) ericholter (94) Franklin P (139) Goktug (63) GP (161) Hisham (328) Ispirato (75) Jamie (39) Javed (561) John Anthony Hartman (71) JohnAnthonyHartman (23) Jon (54) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (533) Josh (104) jtuchscherer (26) kcearns (57) Keef (52) LauraLee (183) louisgray (654) Lucindo (41) Mark (91) Matt Pierson (105) MG (169) Michael (22) michael (24) Michelynn (29) Mike F (2153) Mladen (178) Mushin (172) Nate (111) noahp (24) nybble (77) oliver gassner (150) p0ps (85) patarakin (23) paul.grayson (28) rexy (179) Rob (506) Ron (44) Ruben (94) Rui Ferreira (29) Satya (81) Sean (85) Sid (124) Sonny Cloward (30) spsneo (79) Steven M. Cohen (150) svartling (173) Tac (90) Theotrek (45) tig (179) Tom (15) Tony (124) urbansheep (40) Wismark (36)Explore read eight notes
- Derick Valadao said: That would be incredibly awesome now that I come to think of it :)
- ericholter said: Chris - this could be an awesome future tool for PMs to measure service time with various clients.
- Matt Pierson said: As a stat geek (and former Xobni user), I would find this incredibly cool (and useful)
- Jamie said: This would be really sweet.
- paul.grayson said: this would be cool!
- nybble said: I wouldn't say no to this. :)
- adstew said: I've wanted this for years. I'm wondering how in depth it will be. I'd love to be able to do searches on the frequency of words, like "rich" or "burrito".
- patarakin said: Анализ трендов в чтении и переписке
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Slashdot | Fair Use Must Be Considered In DMCA Notices (8)
on Slashdot (10718) permalinkI Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "US District Judge Jeremy Fogel has ruled that an 'allegation that a copyright owner acted in bad faith by issuing a takedown notice without proper consideration of the fair use doctrine thus is sufficient to state a misrepresentation claim,' which paves the way for a lawsuit against Universal Music over a ridiculous DMCA Takedown notice they filed. One can only hope that this ruling will some day be ...Shared by Brent Blooodworth (23) Jason (378) Jeff (128) Justin Ribeiro (71) Justin Yost (266) Michelynn (29) TIGGR (106) Wayne (251)Contribute comment
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Wild monkey loose in Japanese subway eludes police - Boing Boing (22)
on Boing Boing (18733) permalinkA monkey is on the loose in Shibuya Station. “It’s a monkey - it’s not like it did anything bad,” a police spokesman said, adding that the animal was still on the loose. The monkey was spotted hopping around by the automatic ticket gates at a train line in Shibuya Station in central Tokyo at about 9:40 a.m. . It then ran downstairs to the entrance to another line, climbed up and down a pillar ...Shared by Alan (25) alden (21) Chris (27) Chris Gurney (79) CKL (35) Dan (62) deb (23) Drewcipher (54) fraN (56) Gschultz (148) hibiscusroto (72) Jarvitron (96) Jim (52) Jordan (47) Macky (61) Melkir (76) Michelynn (29) Mike (27) Nichol (90) Rebekah (44) Tarun (26) Walter DeFoor (180)
- Drewcipher said: Everything is better with monkeys...
- Mike said: Cheeky Monkey
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Watching the Olympics on Your Mac (PC World) (1)
on Techmeme (4062) permalinkPC World: Watching the Olympics on Your Mac — Christopher Breen, Macworld.com — As you may have heard, there's a smallish sporting event going on in China. Despite its humbleness, people seem to be interested in the thing. Some of them use Macs. And some of those Mac users are more that a little peeved …Shared by Michelynn (29)Contribute comment
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Bus Stop + Swing = Playful Spaces (10)
on Neatorama (3706) permalinkWell, Dubai may have the air-conditioned bus stop but they don’t have this: a swing in a bus stop in London! Check out more of "Playful Spaces" art project by Bruno Taylor at Wooster Collective: Link [embedded YouTube clip]Shared by Chris (49) Fay (95) Fly Mantoan (80) Jon (54) Liz (83) Michelynn (29) Peter (113) runawaymule/Chris (378) Ryan S (71) Tom (1148)
- Liz said: where is that ?!?! I wanna a go!
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A (really good) Idea for a 3rd Party PubMed/MEDLINE Tool (1)
on davidrothman.net (53) permalinkRachel Walden writes: What I’d like to do is to be able to enter the PMIDs of several citations and have the tool search MEDLINE via PubMed for the assigned MeSH terms, and return a single list of the terms used by any of the entered citations with a measurement of frequency. For example, if I input PMIDs 16234728, 15674923, and 17443536, the tool would return results telling me that 100% or 3 of 3 ...Shared by Michelynn (29)Contribute comment
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The RIAA shuts down Muxtape (Josh Lowensohn/Webware.com) (1)
on Techmeme (4062) permalinkJosh Lowensohn / Webware.com: RIAA issue prompts Muxtape hiatus — Free music mixtape service Muxtape has temporarily been shut down due to pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). There's not much more information about downtime besides a small note on the front page of Muxtape.com saying that …Shared by Michelynn (29)Contribute comment
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The Muppets Take the Internet (3)
on Neatorama (3706) permalinkI love short video clips of Statler and Waldorf of The Muppets that are goin’ round the Web. It turns out that there’s a slew of Muppets videos on YouTube as the Swedish Chef, Gonzo, Beaker, Sam The Eagle, and of course, Statler & Waldorf now have their own YouTube accounts. Joe Hennes of ToughPigs has some of the funniest "Viral Muppeting" clips: LinkContribute comment
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Olympic logo cops enforce stupid rules with masking tape (42)
on Boing Boing (18733) permalinkMarilyn sez, "Olympic logo police workers are tasked with vigilantly going around all facilities and putting masking tape over the logos for any product where the company is not an official sponsor. 7 To ensure that only the companies that pay millions of dollars to be official Olympic sponsors enjoy the benefits of exposure in Olympic venues, organizers have covered the trademarks of nonsponsors with thousands of little swatches of tape. In media centers, dormitories ...Shared by /dev/ubernul (38) André (72) Andrew (41) beebz (40) Bernard (30) Chris Gansen (36) CineVegas (149) CKL (35) Dan (35) Dan Russell (150) David (37) deb (23) Eebs (110) eMich (110) erbianchi (76) Filipa B (46) Gommit (63) gondocs (37) Greg Beck (37) Jack Pate (50) Jason Sares (31) John (45) Jon (54) lostalpinist (22) Mark (35) marya (56) Matt Leitch (94) Michael (14) Michelynn (29) Mike (50) Nathan (200) Owen (41) Phillie Casablanca (52) Russ (25) Sam (97) Scott (32) SimonJP (41) stuartcw (29) Sunil Garg (36) Thomas (24) Veritas Noctis (77) War-N (54)
- Jason Sares said: this is sooooo dumb
- War-N said: Funny, but really, really stupid!
- CKL said: On the bright side, I guess it's creating jobs...?
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Restaurants Extending DC Restaurant Week (1)
on DCFoodies.com (12) permalinkI just wanted to remind people the a lot of restaurants are extending DC Restaurant Week this week and some for the rest of the month or into September. Here is a list of the restaurants and their dates. Beacon Bar and Grill - Aug. 11th through 31st - Reservations Cafe Atlantico - Aug. 11th through 24th - Reservations Co Co. Sala - Aug. 11th through 20th - Reservations Circle Bistro - Aug. 11th through ...Shared by Michelynn (29)Contribute comment
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Ice Sculptures of Melting Men by Nele Azevedo (33)
on Neatorama (3706) permalinkBrazilian artist Nele Azevedo’s artwork is cool … literally! In this art installation, Nele created hundreds of sitting figures out of ice - the installation lasted till the last one melted in the heat of the day: Photos: Nele Azevedo Photo: Lemoox [Flickr] Link - via Stuff That Is RelevantShared by 100rabh™ (103) Alex (449) André Lobo (32) Art (273) Binsento (36) Bruno (33) Carol (547) Cherry (12) Christian (252) DippinBits (85) djspark (358) Frawst (55) Ian G (20) Ingrid (33) Jess Lee (35) Krazy (485) Laughing Squid (162) mabisa (96) Marcello Del Bono (11) Melkir (76) Michelynn (29) Mijia (63) Mr. Matt (86) ndench (32) Nick (306) Noemí (64) paperback writer (76) Patrick (2) purplesque (22) rveguilla (37) Stephanie (22) Vinay (35) Vodex (59)Contribute comment
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CNN Fails To Include Spoiler Alert In Tweets, Ruins Olympics (38)
on TechCrunch (26179) permalinkThe American media has been obsessively covering Michael Phelps on his quest to win eight gold medals this Olympiad - a feat that has never been accomplished. Up until now he has been perfect, managing to win his seventh medal by only .01 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly yesterday, and tying the previous record held by Mark Spitz since 1972. Tonight, the buildup will finally reach its climax as Phelps races for his eighth gold ...Shared by Adam (304) Adam (72) Adam Selwood (109) Alex (449) Anoop (30) b3cak (77) Beau Giles (56) C.K. (315) christideli (82) crazyjaf (199) David (45) Dreamside (524) dwk (50) Eric (61) Fireman17 (118) graywolf (139) Hisham (328) hoosteen (171) IanTW (49) iemz (35) Jake (26) James (44) jayman16 (204) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (533) Jrod (140) Michelynn (29) Rex (608) Sameer. (37) sascha (33) Sean (55) SharonG (308) TechTalk (61) Thomas Hochmann (22) Tim (212) Trevor (89) Yirá (101) zemlanin (190) 猫影 (77)Explore read four notes
- Eric said: What? CNN's breaking news account actually posts news as it breaks? Preposterous! (Also, people really need to be blaming NBC here. They've been showing the Phelps races live on the east coast, so these tweets aren't a problem here, but they delay it on the west coast so that it fits into primetime.)
- Alex said: lol. boycott the Internet if you don't want to learn about news as it happens.
- sascha said: We've been dealing with this for years, if you want to watch delayed coverage then yep you shut off the radio, the tv, your computer if you really don't want to hear the results before you see them.
- Trevor said: I'm actually happy to see any media outlet using new technology to get the news out. It's surprising to see CNN doing this, they tend to be a little "brick and mortar" at times. Good for them.
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CCTV tees (11)
on Boing Boing (18733) permalinkRed Bubble has a couple of seet, CCTV-themed tees, entitled: CCTV Government, The Kiss (Thanks, Alice!)Shared by autodidactic (126) Camtron 9000 (230) darkeye11547 (1094) Greg (44) invariant (14) Maarek Stele (213) Macky (61) Michelynn (29) Unseen (79) Veritas Noctis (77) zbrox (102)Contribute comment
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Ovid Updates (1)
on The Krafty Librarian (19) permalinkI am sure some you loyal Ovid users have already noticed the most recent update that went live yesterday (August 14, 2008). Ovid's enhancements will be delivered in two phases, workflow improvement (first) and new features (second). This most recent update was to fix a lot of the workflow and interface issues that many have been bugging Ovid about. So here are the updates:Search Tab Additions and Enhancements - New Multi Field Search Tab which ...Shared by Michelynn (29)Contribute comment
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Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest (Industry Standard) (1)
on Techmeme (4062) permalinkIndustry Standard: Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest — Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make — so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to “Hussein”?Shared by Michelynn (29)Contribute comment
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Voting Machines (400)
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