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Notes from the (Legal) Underground

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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 14:19:58

GOOGLE HEALTH . . . Is Google dropping

Posted on March 30, 2011
GOOGLE HEALTH . . . Is Google dropping Google Health, its online medical-records project? An article in the Wall Street Journal implies its days might be numbered, as Larry Page resumes his role as CEO-- Some managers believe Mr. Page...

OVER THE PAYWALL . . . From Gizmodo,

Posted on March 18, 2011
OVER THE PAYWALL . . . From Gizmodo, "How To Keep Reading the NY Times For Free."

THE PALE KING . . . There's news

Posted on March 17, 2011
THE PALE KING . . . There's news about the first review of David Foster Wallace's unfinished novel The Pale King, as well as a list of excerpts, at Brow Beat.

NEW . . . A new literary/culture

Posted on March 10, 2011
NEW . . . A new literary/culture blog called Plumb features contributions from Matt Baker, Matt Briggs, Charles Dodd White, Laura Ellen Scott, Kirby Gann, Robert Kloss, Sheldon?s Lee Compton, Lavinia Ludlow, P. H. Madore, and Cynthia Reeser.

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THE PERILS OF FOODIE CULTURE .

Posted on February 09, 2011
THE PERILS OF FOODIE CULTURE . . . Are Anthony Bourdain and his ilk advocating gluttony? Do they exhibit a "littleness of soul"? Find out in "The Moral Crusade Against Foodies," by B.R. Myers in The Atlantic. Link from Arts...

TRAINING . . . From Lifehacker,

Posted on February 07, 2011
TRAINING . . . From Lifehacker, "Learn the Basics of Photoshop in Under 25 Minutes."

WORLD'S FASTEST POET . . . Frederick

Posted on January 25, 2011
WORLD'S FASTEST POET . . . Frederick Seidel's 2009 interview with the Paris Review is online here: Frederick Seidel, The Art of Poetry No. 95. For more about Seidel on this weblog, see "Memorable Quotes about -- Frederick Seidel."

FAILURE? . . . Read about Michael

Posted on January 13, 2011
FAILURE? . . . Read about Michael Chabon's failed novel, Fountain City in "Mistakes Were Made," at Mark Athitakis? American Fiction Notes.

DFW, THE AFTERLIFE . . . "David

Posted on January 10, 2011
DFW, THE AFTERLIFE . . . "David Foster Wallace studies is on its way to becoming a robust scholarly enterprise."

The Sixteen Types of Lawyers, and Other Observations from a Lawyer with a Weblog: Inside Beyond the Underground

Posted on January 04, 2011
I always wondered what my more whimsical blog posts would look like if they were organized less like a weblog and more like a book. They'd look something like this . . . (Note: This post originally appeared on this...

GMAIL HACKS . . . From Lifehacker,

Posted on January 03, 2011
GMAIL HACKS . . . From Lifehacker, "Top 10 Gmail Labs You Should Enable."

NEW SMARTPHONE? . . . From Engadget,

Posted on December 29, 2010
NEW SMARTPHONE? . . . From Engadget, the best apps, accessories and tricks for Android and the iPhone.

NET NEUTRALITY . . . An easy-to-understand

Posted on December 23, 2010
NET NEUTRALITY . . . An easy-to-understand guide to the open Internet.

FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR . . . Inside

Posted on December 23, 2010
FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR . . . Inside their radical marriage.

THE LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . HAS

Posted on December 10, 2010
THE LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . HAS MOVED! The new host is Katie Luper at KatieLuper.com, who leads off with Law School Roundup #246. Thanks, Katie. Meanwhile, for nostalgia's sake, I did some research and determined that I posted...

READ . . . It's the all-new Google

Posted on December 06, 2010
READ . . . It's the all-new Google eBookstore.

MENCKEN . . . More about Prejudices:

Posted on December 02, 2010
MENCKEN . . . More about Prejudices: The Complete Series.

PLAYBOY . . . It's the Playboy

Posted on November 30, 2010
PLAYBOY . . . It's the Playboy digital archive: 650 issues on a 250-GB drive. Says Playboy-- Why would you let more than 650 of your favorite Playmates celebrate the holidays in a damp garage, stashed under your bed or...

WAKE UP! . . . Lifehacker explains

Posted on November 18, 2010
WAKE UP! . . . Lifehacker explains why morning people are more productive.

WALLACE STEVENS . . . There's a

Posted on November 17, 2010
WALLACE STEVENS . . . There's a weeklong tribute to Wallace Stevens at Big Other. Example post: "Wallace Stevens Online Resources," by John Madera.

WORDS . . . "The Best Language

Posted on November 11, 2010
WORDS . . . "The Best Language Tools for Geeks," from Lifehacker.

DRUNK. . . "What Alcohol Actually

Posted on November 10, 2010
DRUNK. . . "What Alcohol Actually Does to Your Brain and Body," at Lifehacker. Don't say I didn't warn you!

PROCRASTINATION: THE ESSAY . .

Posted on November 09, 2010
PROCRASTINATION: THE ESSAY . . . "What does procrastination tell us about ourselves?" by James Surowiecki in the New Yorker. Put it on your list of stuff to read later.

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP .

Posted on November 07, 2010
THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . You'll find Weekly Law School Roundup #245 at Thanks, But No Thanks, plus this news-- Evan Schaeffer and I are looking for a witty, charming, responsible and altogether fantastic person to start...

THE MARK TWAIN AUTOBIOGRAPHY .

Posted on November 04, 2010
THE MARK TWAIN AUTOBIOGRAPHY . . . "[T]his is going to be as real and complete an evocation of Samuel Clemens as we are going to get," writes Roger Boylan at The Boston Review.

MIND-FORG'D MANACLES . . . An exegisis

Posted on November 03, 2010
MIND-FORG'D MANACLES . . . An exegisis of William Blake's "London," by Mark Edmundson in The Chronicle Review. Says Edmunson, "Grandly, shockingly, the poem reveals us to ourselves."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #244

Posted on October 24, 2010
Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past two weeks by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- Jobs Say no to law school--animated! [A Fairly Typical Account] Sliced A story about a boot. [oh hay,...

HAH . . . It's not all about the

Posted on October 12, 2010
HAH . . . It's not all about the laughter: "Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously," in the Guardian.

The Weekly Law School Roundup #243

Posted on October 10, 2010
Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past two weeks by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated-- Honest Six law-school myths. [Fight the Hypo] Late The most important deadline of all. [My Legal Fiction] Wave...

GOLD! . . . Is it a sign of a blow-off

Posted on September 30, 2010
GOLD! . . . Is it a sign of a blow-off top, or your opportunity to buy some more? --"Gold-To-Go ATMs dispense precious metals to the superwealthy, heading to the states this year," from Engadget.

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