The Markup Validator at the World Wide Web Consortium is now easier to use and its performance has been enhanced. This is great news!
As the primary markup standards, e.g., HTML, XHTML, XML, are located here, you would think their validators would be the best. Unfortunately, the HTML validator has been difficult to use in the [...]
The Library of Congress‘ National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) is now focusing on the preservation of media such as digital photographs, cartoons, motion pictures, sound recordings, and video games. The Preserving Creative America initiative is a $2.15 million which reaches out to the private sector to partner with them in solving these [...]
The National Conference of State Legislatures has posted a list of state legislation by subject:
At the request of NCSL’s Legislative Research Librarians (LRL) staff section, NCSL has developed this resource of 50-state compilations covering various issues that concern state legislators and legislative staff. Here you will find a topical, alphabetical listing of legislative and statutory [...]
One of the most frustrating things about using a smartphone is usually the web browsing. The software most use for browsing the web is what I consider broken browser software. There are a couple of exceptions. Opera has a good mobile browser version — the Opera Mini. The iPhone has included the real Safari browser [...]
ICANN, the agency that oversees domain names, has started the process of including international characters sets within Internet addresses. At this point, it is only a single site, which has a single page, but it is the first test. This site’s URL is available in 11 alphabets: Arabic, Persian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Russian, Hindi, [...]
ExtremeTech has a great article on dealing with technical support. Since they do this all the time, it’s probably wise to keep these ten tips in mind:
Be prepared
Decide how to get in touch
Be pleasant
Record the encounter (if you can)
Don’t jump through hoops
Don’t argue
Elevate
How can you ask differently? Why should you?
Get something different
Rage against the fees
I [...]
That’s “office” with a small “o.” There is a trend for providing office software functionality via the web. Google Apps is probably the best known and has been around a long time — since 2006! Others that I heard about include Writely (which is now within Google Apps) and ThinkFree.
Microsoft is also [...]
The Governors Highway Safety Association has compiled information on the laws concerning driving and cell phones from each of the states. Texas has restrictions for drivers under 18 and school bus drivers who have passengers under 18.
[from WebReference Update]
The Leadership Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services:
. . . support projects that have the potential to elevate museum and library practice. The Institute seeks to advance the ability of museums and libraries to preserve culture, heritage and knowledge while enhancing learning.
In the last round of grants, 5 Texas institutions were granted [...]
Oskope is a visual search engine. In this iteration, you can choose between databases, e.g., Amazon, Flickr, YouTube, and eBay. After choosing Amazon, which is most like our library collections, it guides you through the choice of subject areas, each time also offering you the ability to search within that set. So, [...]
