I have called Buckeye-express for help because some of you report getting three copies of the same muse. Their first suggestion is to remove people from the list, and then put them back on the list. I have done this with the seven people who reported the problem. If you continue to get extra copies, let me know, and I’ll call Buckeye back.

Google is giving everyone a chance to peek deeper into its database of search requests and discover the things that preoccupy individuals and, in aggregate, entire cities, states or nations, at any one time.
The company is introducing a free service called Insights for Search. The tool is intended for marketers, but it allows anyone to track the popularity of various words and phrases that people type into Google’s search box. The service is an extension of Google Trends, a two-year-old service. The collection of search queries that people type into Google has been called a “database of intentions” since it is a window into what people are interested in and, sometimes, what they are interested in buying.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/business/media/06adco.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin

Commission Orders Comcast to End Discriminatory Network Management Practices (PDF; 137 KB)
Source: Federal Communications Commission
Comcast Corp.’s management of its broadband Internet networks contravenes federal policies that protect the vibrant and open nature of the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission found on August 5.
Ruling on a complaint by Free Press and Public Knowledge as well as a petition for declaratory ruling, the Commission concluded that Comcast has unduly interfered with Internet users’ right to access the lawful Internet content and to use the applications of their choice. Specifically, the Commission found that Comcast had deployed equipment throughout its network to monitor the content of its customers’ Internet connections and selectively block specific types of connections known as peer-to-peer connections.

In La Crosse, Wisconsin, a newspaper deliveryman is alleged to have created thousands of fake New York Times subscribers, recycled the papers, and made about $227,000 on the wily subterfuge. Michael Holtet, a 50 year-old La Crosse man who worked as a local newspaper distributor for the Times in Wisconsin and Minnesota, was arrested in connection with the scheme and presented in Wisconsin federal court. Here’s the criminal complaint, and here’s a press release put out by the SDNY.
WSJ Law Blog August 5, 2008

100 different sites and networks to find bibliophiles
Find networks for book collectors, librarians and online communities of book lovers. Share information, find blogs, learn about authors. Sites for children, teens and adults are included. (Reading does not have to be an individual activity.)
http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/100_places_to_connect_with_bibliophiles_online

UK libraries run Book Bag for Life campaign
More than 7,000 plastic carrier bags have been saved from landfill in the last year thanks to Devon Libraries 'Book Bag for Life' campaign. The Library Service is celebrating a successful first anniversary of the jute book bag with sales of 7,224 since August 1, 2007. The jute book bags are available from all Devon libraries. The scheme is supported by the 'Don't let Devon go to waste' partnership which teamed up with library staff in 2007 to find a practical and lasting alternative to plastic bags.
http://www.middevonstar.co.uk/news/devon_news_mix/3257188.Libraries_avoid_bags_more_rubbish/

Right letters, wrong word in newsletter received yesterday
I find it hard to focus, so bare with me.

The Santa Monica Public Library’s new website features the history of the 1935 mural by Stanton Macdonald-Wright, a sliding presentation of its 38 panels depicting 160 historical and mythological figures from primitive man to 1930s Hollywood. Following its conservation in 2005, the mural was re-installed in the new main library, which opened in January 2006. The mural covers nearly 2000 square feet of wall.

Find images, articles and locations of art by Stanton Macdonald-Wright
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/macdonald-wright_stanton.html