Information Maven: Greg Meyer

Finding, capturing, and categorizing information (and trying to make sense of it).

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Entries from March 2006

Gray’s Anatomy, and other famous books online (and free)

March 18th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Recently, a colleague asked me if I knew of online anatomy resources. Not being a medical professional, but being a searchaholic, I got right to looking around.
I found Bartleby, publisher of free online stuff. Among the titles available are:

Gray’s Anatomy
Bartlett’s Quotations
and Strunk’s Elements of Style

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GMU’s Speech Accent Archive

March 18th, 2006 · No Comments

Amaze your friends!
Thrill your family!
Learn how to speak as if you are from many different regions!
All it takes is the following paragraph:
Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her […]

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An interesting piece of history, captured on Flikr

March 9th, 2006 · No Comments

Mr. Jalopy’s find of a jar full of childhood memories is worth a few minutes of your time. Jalopy also catalogs the contents of the jar and puts the pieces into a historical context. Neat stuff.

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Tags: Random thoughts · Stuff I think is cool · Photos

Shave, and find out the weather at the same time

March 9th, 2006 · No Comments

Oregon Scientific has solved a problem for me. A lifelong weather geek, I’ve often wondered how to get more weather into my life. Now I know how.

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