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ImdbPHP provides an API to the movie information stored at the IMDB.COM sites. As this and the name suggests, it is primarily targeted at PHP programmers who want to extend their programs or their site with this movie information.
Tell the Bluebook What You Think
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Law Librarian Blog: Reminder: Take The Bluebook Survey
More on Banning Laptops in the Law School Lecture Hall
As for laptop use, shouldn’t this be a matter decided by law profs and their students on a class by class basis, even perhaps on a day by day basis? If so, law profs might want to read Kevin Yamamoto’s (South Texas College of Law) article, Banning Laptops in the Classroom: Is it Worth the Hassles? [SSRN]. Yamamoto argues that laptops should be banned unless their use aids the learning process.
Law Librarian Blog: Banning Laptops in the Classroom: Is it Worth the Hassles?
This just isn’t going to go away. The referenced article looks fascinating and I’ll certainly give it a read.