Category Archives: Internet Research or News

Featured Link – Top 100 Blogs

Written On December 4, 2008 By Bob Kraft

I was devastated to learn this blog is not one of the Top 100 Blogs at Technorati. Oh well, I’ll keep trying, and maybe next year…

Posted in Featured Link, Internet Research or News, Legal Blogs

Featured Link – 100 Blogs That Will Make You Smarter

Written On November 25, 2008 By Bob Kraft

The title says it all: 100 Blogs That Will Make You Smarter.

Posted in Featured Link, Internet Research or News

Featured Link – 123People.com

Written On November 12, 2008 By Bob Kraft

An interesting search engine for people, not words or phrases, is 123People.com. Here’s the description from the site:
About 123people

123people is a real time people search tool
that looks into nearly every corner of the Web. Using our proprietary
search algorithm, you can find comprehensive and centralized people
related information consisting of images, videos, phone numbers, email
addresses, social networking [...]

Posted in Featured Link, Internet Research or News

Featured Link – Cuil.com

Written On July 29, 2008 By Bob Kraft

There’s a new rival to search engine powerhouse Google —this time from former Google employees. Their new site is Cuil.com, and here is their explanation:

Welcome to Cuil—the world’s biggest search engine. The Internet has grown. We think it’s time search did too.

The
Internet has grown exponentially in the last fifteen years but search
engines have not kept [...]

Posted in Featured Link, Internet Research or News

Featured Link – Muscular-Skeletal Flash Cards

Written On June 4, 2008 By Bob Kraft

Can you remember when flash cards were used just for teaching kids about colors and animals? That was then, this is now. Here are some flash cards to help you remember your muscular-skeletal abbreviations.

Posted in Internet Research or News, Practice Tips

Featured Link – ChunkIt! Web Search Assistant

Written On May 28, 2008 By Bob Kraft

I got an e-mail ad for this product, and it actually looks as if it might be helpful for Internet searches. Here’s a quote from the ad:
It’s called ChunkIt and it’s a FREE browser search tool you can add to your Web page to make searching easier on every Web site. For example, if you [...]

Posted in Computer Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Featured Link, Internet Research or News

Featured Link – All My Faves

Written On May 20, 2008 By Bob Kraft

All My Faves is a handy site that shows icons for dozens of the Internet’s most popular Web sites. No more searching required — just go here and click on whatever you’re looking for.

Posted in Computer Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Featured Link, Internet Research or News

Featured Link – Web 2.0 Directory

Written On April 24, 2008 By Bob Kraft

Are you one of those baffled by all the talk of Web 2.0? Here’s the Wikipedia definition:
Web 2.0 is a trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to facilitate creativity,
information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users.
These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based
communities and [...]

Posted in Computer Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Featured Link, Internet Research or News

Featured Link – Public Library Of Law

Written On April 5, 2008 By Bob Kraft

The Public Library of Law bills itself as the world’s largest free law library. For lawyers on a budget, or motivated non-lawyers, it’s a great resource. Here’s the site’s description:
Searching the Web is easy. Why should searching the law be any different? That’s why Fastcase has created the Public Library of Law — to make [...]

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Featured Link – SearchSystems.net

Written On March 20, 2008 By Bob Kraft

SearchSystems.net is a great collection of searchable databases. You can get access to many of them for free, but for less than $50 per year you can have full access to more than 40,000 searchable databases that contain tons of information about you that you thought was private.
This site can be a great help to [...]

Posted in Internet Research or News

Featured Link – Find Out If Someone Has Died

Written On January 15, 2008 By Bob Kraft

Whether you’re trying to locate a defendant in a personal injury claim or just curious about a long-lost acquaintance, sometimes you might wonder if the person has passed away. I’ve written before about the very helpful Social Security Death Index. Now a fellow member of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association has reminded me about Legacy.com. [...]

Posted in Internet Research or News, Practice Tips

Link of the Day – Cornell University Law School Ethics Web Site

Written On December 22, 2007 By Bob Kraft

Do you have a question about legal ethics? You’ll probably find your answer at the Cornell University Law School ethics Web site. Here’s some info about the site:
Scope of the American Legal Ethics Library
This digital library contains both the codes or rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the [...]

Posted in Internet Research or News, Link of the Day

Link of the Day – A Really Fast Online Dictionary

Written On December 19, 2007 By Bob Kraft

NinjaWords.com is a Web site that does only one thing, but does it really fast. If you need a quick definition for an unfamiliar word, check it out.

Posted in Internet Research or News, Link of the Day

Link of the Day – Federal Legislative History

Written On December 18, 2007 By Bob Kraft

Whatever you need to know about federal legislative history can be found at the Thomas Web site. Here is the site’s description:
THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the [...]

Posted in Government, Internet Research or News, Link of the Day, Political and/or Judicial

Link of the Day – Law.com Newswire

Written On December 17, 2007 By Bob Kraft

One easy way to keep up with the latest legal and law firm news is to subscribe to the daily Newswire from Law.com. Check it out.

Posted in Internet Research or News, Link of the Day

Link of the Day – AltLaw.org

Written On December 16, 2007 By Bob Kraft

AltLaw is a new legal search site, still in beta version. Here’s a description from the site:
The law is meant to belong to the people, but it can be surprisingly hard to find. Case reports, a major part of the laws of the United States, are hard to get at, and even when on the [...]

Posted in Internet Research or News, Link of the Day

Ask.com Gives Option Of Deleting Your Search History

Written On December 11, 2007 By Bob Kraft

The Dallas Morning News reports today that the search engine Ask.com is allowing people to delete their search history at that site. The new policy, called SearchEraser is due to debut today.
The article points out that Google and Microsoft retain search histories for 18 months, and AOL and Yahoo retain them for 13 months.
The only [...]

Posted in Computer Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Internet Research or News

Link of the Day – Google Guides

Written On December 5, 2007 By Bob Kraft

Many thanks to my friend Jim Calloway for his alert about the nifty Google Guides, especially the two-page Google Cheat Sheet and the Google Calculator Cheat Sheet. Thanks Jim!

Posted in Computer Tips, Tricks, and Tools, Internet Research or News, Link of the Day

Link of the Day – Traffic Cameras Around The World

Written On November 17, 2007 By Bob Kraft

TrafficLand.com is a site that indexes traffic cameras from all around the world. I’m sure there are many useful reasons to visit this site, but it’s also pretty interesting just to see the great variety of roadway and landscape images available here. You can skip from a view of Columbus Circle in New York City [...]

Posted in Internet Research or News, Link of the Day, Vehicle Law or News

Link of the Day – Time And Date Calculators

Written On November 15, 2007 By Bob Kraft

When representing our personal injury clients and Social Security disability claimants, we frequently need to do date calculations — whether to know the deadline for appealing a Social Security disability denial, or to learn the last date a defendant can respond to a discovery request.
But you don’t have to be a lawyer to need date [...]

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