Jenkins Blog
This blawg provides technology news affecting lawyers as well as tips on conducting legal research using technology or new book titles.
Author: Staffers at the Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia, including Alice McCreary, reference librarian; Malgorzata Pawska, Web content coordinator; Katrina Piechnik, head of technical services; Dan Giancaterino, Internet librarian; Jenny Hohenstein, reference/electronic services librarian; and RayAna Park, Web developer.
Blawg Related Categories: Civil Procedure • Law Libraries • Law Practice Management • Legal Technology • States • Pennsylvania • Librarian
Recent Posts from Jenkins Blog
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U.S. Federal Agency Decisions added to Member Online Services Remote Access
Jenkins has added the U.S. Federal Agency Library from HeinOnline to our Member Online Services remote access databases. You can search or browse decisions from the National Labor Relations Board, the Federal Communications Commission, the…
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Carl Malamud, Guerrilla Legal Publisher
There’s a great article about Carl Malamud in the Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat. Mr. Malamud is the gadfly legal publisher who’s trying to prod states into lifting copyright restrictions on their laws and regulations. …
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At Last, Some Good News
No need to worry about the Internet maxing out, capacity-wise, reports Wired. Last year, international bandwidth grew more than 60%, yet usage maxed out at around 40% of capacity. But we’re still not out of…
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Google Chrome, Day +1
I’ve got some issues with Firefox. After using it for a whole day, can I say whether or not Google Chrome is any better? CPU - So far, so good. GC doesn’t use anywhere near…
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Been There, Done That
Gary Parkinson of the BBC writes a hilarious — at least to me — piece on his experiences installing and configuring Linux. Like a lot of newbie Linux users — (cough) me, for example —…
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Who Called Me Paranoid? (And What Else Did They Say About Me?)
You know — or at least you should know — that many of Google’s products regularly report back to the Mothership. Case in point, Google Toolbar: “Certain optional Toolbar features operate by sending Google the…
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Checks and Balances Works Again
Wired’s Threat Level blog reports on an asylum case that was almost decided using evidence gleaned from the Wikipedia. Lamilem Badasa of Ethiopia entered the U.S. with a fake Italian passport. She then applied for…
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ClusterMed and PubMed
ClusterMed is a very useful product for searching PubMed. But its creator, Vivisimo Inc., refers to it as a demo (see URL) which makes me a little nervous that it will go away or become…
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Google’s Picasa Photo Site Adds Facial Recognition
Google today released an upgraded version of Picasa Web Albums which will allow you to tag people’s pictures with their names. The software will identify all the pictures that appear to be of the same…
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Don’t Quit Your Day Job
When you can get paid for breaking CAPTCHAs at night. Moral of the story: When you have a large workforce willing to point-and-click repeatedly for low wages, you can pretty much crack any security system…