Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Wednesday search challenge (Feb 1, 2011): Where are you?

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Imagine the following situation:  You've had a sudden episode of amnesia while on a trip  and have suddenly just woken up in a stra...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

The fourth R--Research, and the skills we all need

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We all know about the three R’s of education—reading, writing and ‘rithmetic.  The three basic skills that school have to teach… and whic...
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Answer: What was Arthur Thorpe's job?

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Here’s the quick answer:  Arthur A. Thorpe was an osysterman living at 1603 California St in San Francisco, 1899.  He was reknown not jus...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Wednesday Search Challenge (Jan 25, 2012): What was Art Thorpe's job?

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Forgive me if I ask you another question about historic San Francisco.  But I ran across this intriguing man in the mists of San Francisco ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Search strategies and tactics

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First, let’s get some definitions in place:   An information goal is your objective—what you want to find out.   It can be very specific...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Answer: Which steeple is oldest?

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I knew this was a bit harder, but a good number of readers managed to solve it without too much difficulty (although the average time-to-so...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wednesday search challenge: Which steeple is the oldest?

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Today, a slightly harder puzzle for you to solve. Below are four pictures of steeples that I've encountered over the years.  I'm ...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Google Alerts--standing queries to monitor the world

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I don't know about you, but I really don't have as much time as I'd like to scan all of the new journals, web publication sites...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

Answer to "Who is she, and what about that hotel and that chef?"

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The short answer:  Well... there IS no short answer, but she's Margaretha Zelle, aka Mata Hari; arrested at the Hotel Plaza Athénée,...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Wednesday Search Challenge (1/11/12): Who is she, and what about that hotel and that chef??

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In our continuing series of remarkable women in remarkable places at remarkable times, meet Margaretha Zelle.   She was a bit of a fr...
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