http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/research/ Posts related to research or researching, libraries, librarians, journalists, related technology, websites, Web design, Web development, the Internet, the WWW. en-us Research Copyright 2000-2012 Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns. All rights reserved. Shirley Kaiser 2008-01-01T21:36:51-08:00 720 daily 2 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://brainstormsandraves.com/xml/brainstorms88.gif http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/research/ 88 31 Posts related to research or researching, libraries, librarians, journalists, related technology, websites, Web design, Web development, the Internet, the WWW. I have a couple of old computers to donate or take to a recycling facility, but first I want to remove the hard drives and destroy them. Researching the current best approaches to destroy old hard drives led me to some downright scary stories of identity theft or potential identity theft from consumers just following requirements for hard drive warranties or computer store repair policies. I thought I'd share a sampling of stories and recommendations on how to safely physically destroy those old hard drives. In addition, I'm including some humorous, light-hearted, and creative approaches to destroying those old hard drives. (2029 words, 28 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/01/01/harddrives/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2008/01/01/harddrives/ Shirley Kaiser 2008-01-01T21:36:51 There are lots of great new and recent articles, tutorials, and tips about Web accessibility. Today's post includes links to articles and tutorials on Web accessibility in general, accessible forms, accessible style switching, including my own site's style switching, accessibility and the blind and low vision users, helpful accessibility tools for Web developers, and more. (1412 words, 42 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/10/12/accessibility/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2006/10/12/accessibility/ Shirley Kaiser 2006-10-12T15:29:40 Here are just a few of the many helpful sources for searching faster and smarter. I've also listed several handy translation tools available for selected text or entire webpages. Google Cool Search Tricks J.D. Lasica has provided quite a few helpful search tips via his February article. Happy Piles of Google hacks Helpful tips and additional search capabilities provided by Tara Calishain, Researchbuzz. Google Help Central Translate Text or a Webpage Bookmarklets, browser built-ins and add-ons: AltaVista's Babel Fish See also Alta Vista's Toolbar for Internet Explorer that includes a language translation feature. Google Language Tools See also Google's Toolbar... (185 words, 14 links, 2 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/17/search_tips_translate_tools/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/09/17/search_tips_translate_tools/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-09-17T17:20:14 Did you know that there's Internet access to nearly half of the Library of Congress's 13.6-million-plus images from its Prints and Photographs collection? Just imagine -- Ansel Adams' World War II photographs, Mathew Brady's Civil War photos! What a mind-boggling digitizing project and also an incredible opportunity for the world to see them. I learned those tidbits from First Monday's new article, Digitizing Old Photographs for the Web by Ruth Garner, Mark Gillingham, and Yong Zhao, one of the many fascinating articles in First Monday's January issue. They're finding how digitizing old photographs is changing our interaction with photos... (295 words, 5 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/01/08/digitizing_family_and_historic_photos/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/01/08/digitizing_family_and_historic_photos/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-01-08T12:32:36 Check out Karl Dubost's Content Management System List (perl, python, java, etc), all categorized and annotated. Fabulous. Great to bookmark for when the need arises.... (27 words, 2 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/07/09/looking_for_a_content_management_system/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/07/09/looking_for_a_content_management_system/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-07-09T13:44:33 Today's Friday Feast has links to more exceptional CSS information, a fascinating interview about creativity and inspiration, new software releases, and more fun and assorted topics. And check out the Friday Feast archives for even more. Blog Tools BlogAmp Automatically list your most recent WinAmp songs at your site with this free WinAmp plug-in. [hat tip: Sian Evans] Blogrolling Automatically index your blog links with this easy-to-use link management tool that works with many blog publishing tools. [hat tip: Sian Evans] Creativity and Inspiration Interview: Jeffrey Zeldman Gifted designer Jeffrey Zeldman answers questions about creativity and inspiration for the... (864 words, 53 links, 5 images) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/07/friday_feast_12_blog_tools_creativity_css_design_graphics_and_fun/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/07/friday_feast_12_blog_tools_creativity_css_design_graphics_and_fun/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-06-07T08:36:29 From a rant about naked librarians to the TechTalk column on metadata, the June issue of NewBreed Librarian is another great one, fresh today.... (26 words, 4 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/01/naked_librarians_newbreed_librarians_june_issue/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/06/01/naked_librarians_newbreed_librarians_june_issue/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-06-01T15:03:37 (370 words, 2 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/05/04/weekend_music_diversions_at_themomiorg/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/05/04/weekend_music_diversions_at_themomiorg/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-05-04T17:36:02 (90 words, 3 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/01/31/washington_state_librarys_existence_threatened/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/01/31/washington_state_librarys_existence_threatened/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-01-31T11:37:37 (198 words, 10 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2001/12/31/libraries_all_around_the_world/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2001/12/31/libraries_all_around_the_world/ Shirley Kaiser 2001-12-31T11:54:51