Category Archives: Internet Research or News

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 [...]

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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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Link of the Day – Journal Of The American Bar Association

Written On October 24, 2007 By Bob Kraft

I’ve been a member of the American Bar Association pretty much since I began practicing, and I recommend it to all lawyers, even though the emphasis of the organization is definitely not on personal injury clients and Social Security disability claimants.
The Web site of the Journal of the American Bar Association provides a wealth of [...]

Posted in Bar Associations and Legal Groups, Internet Research or News, Link of the Day

Link of the Day – Texas Lawyer Newspaper

Written On October 23, 2007 By Bob Kraft

Texas Lawyer produces a weekly newspaper that provides up-to-date information about new cases and other matters affecting the legal profession. You should subscribe.

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Link of the Day – Traffic Information Around The United States

Written On August 30, 2007 By Bob Kraft

If you’re about to head out on the road, whether it’s on a vacation or business trip, or just to get home from the office, you need to take a look at this Web site. The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has a national traffic and road closure information site that will give you [...]

Posted in Consumer Information, Government, Internet Research or News, Link of the Day

Link of the Day – Draze.com

Written On August 23, 2007 By Bob Kraft

To go along with yesterday’s post about a Google alternative, another interesting one is Draze. Craze searches across Google, Yahoo, and MSN, and combines the results for you. One of the interesting features is what they call Peek-a-Boo, which lets you view the entire Web page of your search result without leaving the Draze list. [...]

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Link of the Day – Can’t Find It On Google?

Written On August 22, 2007 By Bob Kraft

Can’tFindItOnGoogle is one of the odder search engine sites on the Internet. It’s for people who just can’t manage to find what they want by using Google. Here are some details from the site:
You are probably wondering who we are and why we made the site — in particular, do we have any association with [...]

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Link of the Day – StreetDelivery.com

Written On August 21, 2007 By Bob Kraft

StreetDelivery.com offers a useful service directed primarily to insurance companies, but potentially helpful to personal injury lawyers also. In a nutshell, StreetDelivery offers photographs of accident scenes, or any other type of locations. They maintain a large database of such photographs, but if the scene is not in their database, they go out and photograph [...]

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Link of the Day – Wikiquote

Written On August 19, 2007 By Bob Kraft

One of the several online quotation sources is Wikiquote. Besides being fun to read, famous quotations are endlessly useful to trial lawyers, whether personal injury lawyers or others. Here’s a description from Wikiquote:
Welcome to Wikiquote, a free online compendium of quotations from notable people and creative works in every language, including sources (where known), translations [...]

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Link of the Day – Language Map Data Center

Written On August 15, 2007 By Bob Kraft

The Modern Language Association of America has an interesting page on their Web site that lets you find out the number, ages, and percentage of speakers of each language in a particular geographic region. Here is some information from the site about the Modern Language Association of America:
Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of [...]

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Link of the Day – Who Called Us?

Written On August 4, 2007 By Bob Kraft

Do you ever get calls from people who hang up, or leave no voice mail message? I was getting a call on my cell phone almost every day from an 800 number. No name on Caller ID, no voice mail message, always hung up when I answered.
Curiosity took me to the Internet to see if [...]

Posted in Consumer Information, Internet Research or News, Link of the Day

Link of the Day – FaganFinder.com

Written On July 24, 2007 By Bob Kraft

FaganFinder is a terrific search engine site, with many, many options for fine-tuning your search. Here is part of their explanation:
Basics of Fagan FinderTo use Fagan Finder’s search tools, type text into the textbox at the top of any of the search pages (includes the home page). Then select which option you want to use, [...]

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Link of the Day – Alternatives To Wikipedia

Written On July 21, 2007 By Bob Kraft

I made this post last year:
The logo of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia open to anyone to add to or edit, is a globe. That’s appropriate, because Wikipedia seems to be taking over the world of Internet research. It’s the first stop for many Web surfers looking for a quick explanation of a topic.

But Wikipedia hasn’t [...]

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Link of the Day – Google Maps Adds Great New Feature

Written On July 16, 2007 By Bob Kraft

I love Google Maps, and it saves me tons of time. But one frustration with it has been that I don’t always like the route it chooses between two addresses. Now Google Maps lets you drag and drop the route guide, so you can fine-tune the route. It’s fun — check it out.

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Link of the Day – Google Transit Trip Planner

Written On July 12, 2007 By Bob Kraft

If you live in a few selected cities (Austin is the only one in Texas), Google Transit Trip Planner will help you plan your trip using public transportation.

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Link of the Day – Entrepreneur.com

Written On July 7, 2007 By Bob Kraft

Whether you’re a law firm or another type of small business, you’ll find many helpful resources at Entrepreneur.com.

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Link of the Day – Tarlton Law Library

Written On July 3, 2007 By Bob Kraft

The Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas has links to most any kind of legal research resources you could want to find.

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Link of the Day – PubMed Central

Written On June 30, 2007 By Bob Kraft

PubMed Central is a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and is a great resource of medical and science journals. Here are details from the site:
PubMed Central is a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), developed and managed by NIH’s National [...]

Posted in Government, Internet Research or News, Medical and Health Resources

Link of the Day – Google Scholar

Written On June 26, 2007 By Bob Kraft

There seems to be no end to the search variations Google is giving us. If you’re looking for "scholarly literature" only, you can save yourself having to weed through all the extraneous results by going to Google Scholar. Here is Google’s explanation:
What is Google Scholar? Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for [...]

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Link of the Day – Another Satellite Map Site

Written On June 16, 2007 By Bob Kraft

How many satellite map programs are too many? The one from Fresh Logic Studios is actually more of an atlas — you can  check traffic, find wifi hotspots, and do much more. Check it out.

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