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Sun, Microsoft, Java, Blogs and Wiki's
N. Alex Rupp posted an analysis of an interview he had with three employees of Sun that work in some capacity on Java.net, the equivalent to the Java Foundry over at SourceForge. I had not personally heard of this initiative...
From Tim Swanson on June 12, 2003 at 10:47 p.m..

Open Spectrum: Toward Ubiquitous Connectivity
obiwan2u writes "ACM's Queue magazine has a moderately dense article describing how new intelligent radios may free up under-utilized spectrum bandwidth, ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 10:45 p.m..

Macs to drive on HyperTransport links
Apple Computer plans to discuss how it will use the high-speed chip-to-chip communications technology in its future desktops at an upcoming conference, say sources.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 10:45 p.m..

MIT Tech Review: Will 'Waste' Push File-Sharing Further Underground?
MIT Tech Review: Will 'Waste' Push File-Sharing Further Underground? "Waste is basically a program for setting up relatively small, private, encrypted networks, where chatting is the main method of communication. Although Waste's interface and initial applications are straightforward, the program's promise has many coders excited. Currently, all major chat programs, such as Yahoo Messenger, AOL's AIM, and Microsoft's MSN Messenger,...
From elearningpost on June 12, 2003 at 9:46 p.m..

J.D. Edwards goes after Oracle and Ellison
See you in court
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..

Slashback: Mars, Linksys, Torrent
Slashback tonight brings updates and followups on several recent Slashdot postings. Among other things, Linksys says they're not violating the GPL, and Tiger ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..

SCO could act Monday in IBM Unix case
SCO Group's next move in its legal battle with IBM will probably come Monday, SCO says, possibly in the form of a request that a judge halt Big Blue's Unix sales.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..

Net ad sales climb at end of 2002
In a revision of Web ad sales figures for the fourth quarter, the Interactive Advertising Bureau says revenue jumped by 9 percent compared with the previous quarter.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..

The Inquiry Page
Interesting site forwarded to me by John which allows people (especially students) to post questions, which are answered by an ever-growing number of community members. The website describes itself thus: "It's a dynamic virtual community where inquiry-based education can be discussed, resources and experiences shared, and innovative approaches explored in a collaborative environment." The site already supports many, many answers to different question which could, could they not, become learning objects? By Various Authors, June, 2003 [
From OLDaily on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..

Coping With Digital Rights Management
Slides (PowerPoint again, sorry, I need to make myself a really good HTML slide show engine) of my talk this afternoon to the eduSource Industry Forum here in Moncton about the Digital Rights Management system we are developing for Canada's national digital rights repository network. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, June 12, 2003 [Refer][Research][-->
From OLDaily on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..

Hamlet on the Ramparts
Interesting. This site, hosted by MIT's Shakespeare Project, is an attempt to compile all known resources devoted to Hamlet, Act 1, Scenes 4 and 5, in which Hamlet meets the ghost of his father. By Various Authors, MIT, June, 2003 [Refer][Research][
From OLDaily on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..

Emotions in the Cyber Classroom
We saw yesterday discussion about the role emotion plays in learning. We have also seen, from time to time in my work, discussions of meaning, for example, when I talk about how people attach different meanings, and different importance to, the same learning objects. This interesting paper connects the cots. "Many educators routinely acknowledge that thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and values influence learning. For instance, they may stress that information must be 'meaningful,' or 'authentic,' but they fail to tell us what mental process determines meaning. By and large, th
From OLDaily on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..

Pamela Samuelson, Mapping the Public Domain: Thre ...
Pamela Samuelson, Mapping the Public Domain: Threats and Opportunities, Law and Contemporary Problems, 147 (Winter/Spring 2003) pp. 147ff. Excerpt: "Whether the public domain is a virtual wasteland of undeserving detritus or the font of all new creation is the subject of some debate. Those who adhere to the former perspective do not worry about "threats" to this domain any more than they would worry about scavengers who go to garbage dumps to look for abandoned property. Adherents
From Object Learning on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..

Sex.com, Sex.com, you're my Sex.com
Supreme Court rejects ludicrous appeal
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..

Oracle says 'We're flatter than PeopleSoft'
Up in Q4
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..

The Dorchester: Wireless not for the likes of us
Wired for in-room services
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..

Adobe reports sales, profit growth
Numbers are up for the software maker, thanks to the release of a new family of Acrobat publishing products.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..

WiMax Forum announces new members
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..

J.D. Edwards sues Oracle
The $1.7 billion suit claims that the database maker has illegally interfered in its proposed merger with PeopleSoft.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..

Net ad sales climb at end of 2002
In a revision of Web ad sales figures for the fourth quarter, the Interactive Advertising Bureau says revenue jumped by 9 percent compared with the previous quarter.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..

Nano-nose sniffs out smallest particles
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Labs have come up with tiny vibrating bars that catch scent of passing molecules, promising a world of computerized noses.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..

CCXML Working Draft Updated
12 June 2003: The Voice Browser Working Group has published the third public Working Draft of Voice Browser Call Control: CCXML Version 1.0 including some major updates. CCXML, the Call Control eXtensible Markup Language, provides telephony call control support for VoiceXML and other dialog systems. Comments are welcome. Visit the Voice Browser home page. (News archive)
From World Wide Web Consortium on June 12, 2003 at 7:46 p.m..

PeopleSoft boss asks customers to buy, buy, buy
MemoWatch Oracle's predatory intentions slammed. Again
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 7:45 p.m..

4G and alphanumeric soup
Letters
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 7:45 p.m..

Analysts keener on Oracle's PeopleSoft bid than customers
Lying in the arms of Larry
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 7:45 p.m..

Philips Introduces Mirror TV
UnknowingFool writes "PCWorld.com is reporting that Philips is introducing mirror TV. It is a combination mirror with LCD monitor that will be rolling out to ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 7:45 p.m..

J.D. Edwards sues Oracle
J.D. Edwards' $1.7 billion suit claims that the database maker has illegally interfered in its proposed merger with PeopleSoft.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 7:45 p.m..

Licenses, support buoy Oracle revenue
Against the backdrop of its bid for rival PeopleSoft, the database giant says fourth-quarter earnings beat analysts' expectations. The full year was somewhat less rosy.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 7:45 p.m..

Power Law Bet: Today I would lose
As Liz noted, if deadline for the LinkedIn power law bet were tomorrow, I would lose. To recap, I bet Ross on 4 conditions, based on the link distribution of a search on 'Internet': 1. The person in the #10 position will have less than 15% of the number of connections of the person in the #1 position. 2. The top 20% of the result set will account for ~80% (+/-5%) of the links. 3. The average number of connections will be at least double the median number of connections. 4. Neither the median nor
From Corante: Social Software on June 12, 2003 at 6:47 p.m..

Do We Still Need Telcos (and ISPs)?
eraserewind asks: "Are telecom providers and ISPs going to continue to be necessary in the future? Why are we all paying subscriptions for communicating? What ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..

Bill Gates, Entertainment God?
ppgreat sent in a wired story about the home of the future sort of story discussing A/V in a Microsoft Media Player 9 future. As seems to always be the case, ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..

Licenses, support buoy Oracle revenue
Against the backdrop of its bid for rival PeopleSoft, the database giant says fourth-quarter earnings beat analysts' expectations. The full year was somewhat less rosy.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..

MSN IM beta hits 2 million downloads
Microsoft is keeping mum about its newest IM service, but 2 million copies of its private beta have already been downloaded, according to a memo obtained by CNET News.com.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..

Sony brightens prospects of OLED
The consumer-electronics giant will invest in and start mass production of organic light emitting diode displays next year, slating the screens for use in its own mobile devices.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..

Mixing things up in phones
Are cell phones smart enough for new generations of wireless downloads? Most can't even multitask--but that may be changing before too long.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..

Disney to 'push' ABC over the Net
ABC begins testing a Web video application that will promote network shows, a move that comes after the success of similar service from fellow Disney channel ESPN.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..

More on the NLM standardized DTD's....Scott Carlso ...
More on the NLM standardized DTD's....Scott Carlson describes the initiative in the June 12 Chronicle of Higher Education. Excerpt: "By adopting [the NLM] formats, scholars, librarians, and journal publishers could more easily transfer the files to different types of archives, or recreate the articles in new journals. The library's new formats are based in XML, a Web-programming language....The [NLM] formats are free for pu
From FOS News on June 12, 2003 at 5:47 p.m..

"Either Way, She Liked It."
Early returns are coming in from my kids on their Web log use. Anyone interested can follow along here. I haven't had time to thoroughly read the responses yet, but here's one that I thought kind of humorous: I showed my weblog to this girl from North to try to impress her with my vast knowledge of journalism and instructional technology and whatever else I could come up with, and she was pretty impressed. She showed one of her girlfriends and she liked it too. I don't know if that's bec
From weblogged News on June 12, 2003 at 5:46 p.m..

Autopsy
Bizarrer Weblog auf einem (für mich) neuem Blogservice  (zblogger)
From thomas n. burg | randgänge on June 12, 2003 at 5:46 p.m..

Conference Coverage
Da kann man nur Danke sagen! Für die Arbeit und die Verlinkung. Transcripts of WBS 2003 conference. Heath Row is really fa...
From thomas n. burg | randgänge on June 12, 2003 at 5:46 p.m..

Blogs from BizBlog Conference
I missed the Weblog Business Strategies conference in Boston earlier this week, but Heath Row didn't. He practically transcribed the...
From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 12, 2003 at 5:46 p.m..

Open relay spam is 'dying out'
Controversial findings
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..

PeopleSoft boss asks customers to buy, buy, buy
MemoWatch Oracle's predatory intentions slammed. Again
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..

Analysts keener on Oracle's PeopleSoft bid than customers
Lying in the arms of Larry
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..

PPC 970 Powerbooks and Powermacs in Production?
Thadddius_Brinks writes "MacWispers.com is reporting here that apple is currently in production of a redesigned single processor PowerPC 970 Powermac system ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..

Disney to 'push' ABC over the Net
ABC begins testing a Web video application that will promote network shows, following the success of similar service from fellow Disney channel ESPN.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..

Wireless spec approved, next under way
A standards body approves the 802.11g specification and starts work on another spec--802.11n--that promises to lead to even higher data-transmission speeds.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..

Intel sells ICP division to Adaptec
The chipmaker sheds another subsidiary purchased during its giant buying spree in the boom years, as it continues to focus its energies on its core products.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..

Intel to invest $41 million in India
The U.S. chip giant plans to beef up its design and software development centers in India and to triple its work force in the country, a sign of its faith in the Asia-Pacific region.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..

Blog-Grading
Vielleicht bin ich zu radikal: ich denke eine Evaluierung von Blogs in so einem Zusammenhang wertet die Aktivität auf. Auf...
From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on June 12, 2003 at 4:46 p.m..

Untitled
Macroscopes and Ubiquitous Computing. Today I'm thinking about how information spreads, Ubiquitous Computing, and Calm technology:Macroscope Manifesto - "Patterns of propagation, ramification, and repe
From Handheld Instructional Technology on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 p.m..

802.11g... It's Official
JoeBuck writes "This article in CommsDesign reports that the IEEE has officially approved the IEEE 802.11g standard, as well as another standard (802.15.3) for ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 p.m..

A car alarm ban?
Aaron writes to report that the City Council is considering a ban on car alarms. Woo hoo, I hope this passes. I mean when was the last time a car alarm stopped a theft? Like 1983?
From megnut on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 p.m..

Music players to get into growth groove
Sales of electronics gear that can play compressed audio files are set to rise by 30 percent a year as people continue to rip CDs to play elsewhere, says market researcher IDC.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 p.m..

Fujitsu Siemens: PC boom days are over
The head of Europe's largest PC maker says the industry is maturing and will not return to its high-growth days anytime soon. But there is a silver lining.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 p.m..

Sprint PCS opens EarthLink portal
The cellular carrier gives EarthLink's five million customers access to their e-mail and the Web for free, a move it hopes will prompt them to try out high-end wireless services.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 p.m..

Intel sells ICP division to Adaptec
The chipmaker sheds another subsidiary purchased during its giant buying spree in the boom years, as it continues to focus its energies on its core products.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 p.m..

Guilty plea in Al-Jazeera site hack
A central California man pleads guilty to two charges stemming from an attack on the Arab news service Al-Jazeera's Web site during the early days of the Iraq conflict.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 p.m..

The Power of Overlap
A lot of people have asked me what I think the real value of social network mapping tools like Friendster and LinkedIn are--what use is there beyond the initial novelty? Since both of these services want to make money eventually, and thus their success depends on people being willing to pay for them over time, I've been asking myself what, exactly, I'd be willing to pay for from such a service. Increasingly, I'm realizing that I'm always looking for overlaps. What do I mean by that? W
From Corante: Social Software on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 p.m..

Update on the LinkedIn Bets
As a follow-up to my bet on gender distribution in LinkedIn, I browsed through the first 100 contacts in my network--which has 3081 people now--and found 9 women, most of them in the last 3 pages. None in the top 40. The first woman in my list (at position #42) has 27 connections, but most have fewer than 20. As to Clay's power law bet, here's how the number of connections looks on the first page of my network:
From Corante: Social Software on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 p.m..

The Feb-May issue of the DPC/PADI What's New in Di ...
The Feb-May issue of the DPC/PADI What's New in Digital Preservation is now online. Section 3.2 (no deep link) is devoted to "e-Science and the preservation of scientific data".
From FOS News on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 p.m..

Computing PageRank on your PC?
An anonymous reader writes "A group of CS researchers of the University of Milan has found a way to compress web graphs at 3 bits per link, and to access them ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 3:45 p.m..

Commentary: The enterprise applications tizzy
With the market in an uproar that's not likely to be resolved soon, customers of Oracle, PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards should look to outsourcing alternatives and safe bets like Microsoft and SAP.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 3:45 p.m..

Longer comment
Mike Edwards has a longer comment in reaction to the »Weblogs and Discourse« paper. And Thomas Meal tuned in as well. Just give me some more time... ;-)
From owrede_log on June 12, 2003 at 2:47 p.m..

Discourse about »Weblogs and Discourse«
The paper »Weblogs and Discourse« got encouraging feedback. I am glad about that I I'd like to share the links to all those people I found that commented. Note to self: Some mayeven be starting points for further investigations.John Palfrey: Worth a read if you're thinking about the Web and paedagogy.Reece Lamshed: Even though
From owrede_log on June 12, 2003 at 2:47 p.m..

AMD's Next Generation Processor Technology
Esekla writes "AMD has released info about their upcoming processor technology. The press release claims that they're producing circuits that run 30% faster ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 2:46 p.m..

Planning for Survivable Networks
Priscilla Oppenheimer writes "Annlee A. Hines' book Planning for Survivable Networks, is quite a page-turner. Yes, that's surprising for a technical book, but ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 2:46 p.m..

cutting libraries while killing the commons
Commons-blog has a nice link to a story about Milwaukee libraries being defunded. Yet at the same time, extensions of copyright terms simply increase the cost of getting access to content. If every librarian signed our Reclaim the Public Domain Petition, then perhaps we could rebuild a public domain that could make the costs of libraries fall.
From Lessig Blog on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 p.m..

Free Shipping Delivers Online Customers
Having trouble holding onto your customers? Consider dropping the shipping charges.
From E-Commerce Guide on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 p.m..

Ubiquitous Computing, Periphery, and Knowledge Management
This link to an article on Micah's weblog came to me via Bruce Landon's Weblog for Students. The summary is a nice overview of how peripheral knowledge (i.e., not "core") helps us to understand our way through the world. First, the more the periphery is engaged, the smarter we are . No amount of conscious working out can replace the intuitions of the expert. The smartest people are the ones who have built up the thickest periphery, and can apply it quickly to new problems. A fully engaged periphery also goes by the name of "flow state", familiar to athletes....
From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 p.m..

Online Ad Rebound Underway
Paid search and the big players powered the online ad market in 2002, setting the stage for a broader recovery in 2003.
From CyberAtlas on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 p.m..

Rural folks need e-rate subsidies
To answer Declan McCullagh's question, yes, we do really need "to spend billions of dollars a year on subsidizing rural America's landlines." As a rural citizen, I can tell you why.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 p.m..

Moore collateral effects
While I believe your fundamental point is spot-on, there are some collateral effects of Moore's Law that are less obvious and generally under-reported.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 p.m..

Higher Education Teaching: Weblog, Wiki, Tiki, Blackboard and Moodle?
Summary: My clients are teachers, teacher trainers, consultants; among them When I have to teach at a distance, I've found that most can find some workable fit within a Blackboard learning environment. I'm using my Radio Userland weblog (accompanied with web published and frequently altered outlines) to supplement. Yet there's the possibility of, even the need for, more in the computer-mediated teaching/learning relationship. My optimum teaching situation, while involving computer supplementation for the sa
From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on June 12, 2003 at 1:47 p.m..

EduBlog Insights: Setting up a group weblog
Quote: "Yesterday Kelly, Tim, and I met to set up the weblog for our grant participants to post news items on while at NECC. After lots of brainstorming ideas about "how-to" organize so that we could have a weblog that would encourage participation from many, not just a few, this is what we decided. We are going to use this one weblog with Departments from the Theme & Program Strands at NECC. We added a General Department and a Heads Up Department to cover miscellaneous items. We will be making all the participants Contributing Editors. We'll have a link for the main NECC grant
From Serious Instructional Technology on June 12, 2003 at 1:45 p.m..

IRC Forum w/ CmdrTaco & Hemos Tonight at 8pm Eastern
Tonight on irc.slashnet.org in #Forum Hemos & I will be hanging out answering users' questions. This is your chance to ask about the moderation system, ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 1:45 p.m..

An open letter to people with car alarms
Dear automotive owner, If you happen to have a vehicle whose feature set includes a theft deterrent device, please ensure that said device turns off after, like, ten seconds of beeping. Because otherwise, on hot days such as today when I have my window open and your car is beeping and beeping for many minutes, it is possible that a large rock may tumble from its resting place on my windowsill (on the fourth floor) and (mind you, by no ill will of its own, but simply guided by the cruel force of gravity) smash your stupid beeping car to bits. That is, if you're inclined to park at the
From kuro5hin.org on June 12, 2003 at 1:45 p.m..

Free Shipping Delivers Online Customers
E-tailers will find they have to give something away to keep customers and research suggests dropping the shipping charges.
From CyberAtlas on June 12, 2003 at 1:45 p.m..

PeopleSoft formally rejects Oracle bid
The software maker's board of directors votes unanimously to recommend that stockholders reject Oracle's takeover offer and reaffirms its commitment to the J.D. Edwards deal.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 1:45 p.m..

Court denies Mailblocks' injunction request
A judge denies a request for a preliminary injunction by Mailblocks, an antispam software company that claims rival Spam Arrest is violating its patented technology.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 1:45 p.m..

A Database for Public Interest Group Information
Web Resources of the WeekThree items this week!Specialized Databases--The DataWebMeet the DataWebThe DataWeb is a collaboration between the U.S. Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and is home to several online "data libraries".
From ResourceShelf on June 12, 2003 at 12:47 p.m..

Ovid Offers a Free Trial of R&D Focus Database
Free Database TrialsThis Month Only: Ovid Offers a Free Trial of R&D Focus DatabaseA great way to learn about various databases and search platforms is by taking advantage of free trial programs. This month Ovid is providing free access to R& D Focus.
From ResourceShelf on June 12, 2003 at 12:47 p.m..

New List: New York City Top Public Companies 2003
Resources, Reports, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (6 Items)Business--New York City--Lists & RankingsSource: Newsday1) New York City's Top Public Companies 20032) Long Island's Top 100 Public Companies 2003--Children--United States--StatisticsSource: U.
From ResourceShelf on June 12, 2003 at 12:47 p.m..

Records for Over 100 Top-Level Country Specific Domains Added to Domain Name Database (File 225)
Industry BriefsDialog...Records for Over 100 Top-Level Country Specific Domains Added to Domain Name Database (File 225)--Ebrary..."Dynamic Contextual Linking Technology Integrated into PDF Documents for the First Time"--Ovid...Company Introduces New Customized Medical Information Web Site Services--British Library.
From ResourceShelf on June 12, 2003 at 12:47 p.m..

Alexander Knorr's Response to Perry
Because our comments section sucks, good stuff gets hidden, including, recently, Alexander Knorr's long response to Perry de Havilland's post on weblogs as a marketplace for ideas instead of a democracy. To overcome the limitations of our software, I post Knorr's response here in full -clay To a certain degree I get Perry's idea of differentiating between 'democracy' and 'market'. But then again I take it to be hairsplitting and misleading. I guess the "fault" lies in his
From Corante: Social Software on June 12, 2003 at 12:47 p.m..

Using Weblogs in Teaching: Framing It :: Kairosnews
Quote: "I'm teaching a technical communication class this summer, and I know I want my students to keep weblogs. I know some of you have experience with teaching using weblogs, so I'd like to know: What tips do you have with regard to framing the assignment, i.e. on the syllabus? I want my students to blog about their research (find links to sites they're going to use in their papers) and their writing processes, but I also want them to have some freedom with it. I haven't decided the extent to which I want them to write for an audience outside the class. How often s
From Serious Instructional Technology on June 12, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..

Extra Scenes in TTT Extended Edition DVD
gdr writes "USA Today have an article about the extra scenes that will be in The Two Towers Extended Edition. More ent scenes so it'll be worth watching for ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..

LES farmer's market
This summer, the Lower Eastside Girls Club will be hosting a farmer's market every Saturday (beginning June 28th) from 10 AM - 6 PM at Ave. D, between 7th and 8th Streets. There will also be a festival stage featuring, "workshops in arts and crafts, dance, yoga, spoken word, puppet making, cooking demonstrations, story telling and much more TBA." They're looking for volunteers to help out, if you're interested, contact information is here. The Lower Eastside Gi
From megnut on June 12, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..

How to consume RSS safely
Now that RSS is moving into the mainstream, the design decisions that got it there are becoming more and more of a problem. (570 words)
From dive into mark on June 12, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..

Court denies Mailblocks' injunction request
A judge denies a request for a preliminary injunction by Mailblocks, an antispam software company that claims rival Spam Arrest is violating its patented technology.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..

Trident revamp cuts PC graphics chips
The chipmaker will exit the PC graphics market as part of a sweeping reorganization that will shift its focus to digital media products such as high-definition television.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..

Solipism Gradient: More blog/BBS fusion
Rainer Brockerhoff's weblog, Solipsism Gradient is built on top of bulletin board software (phpBB, to be exact) he was also using to build a support forum for software. He describes the process:It took me two weeks of nearly full-time work, going through at least ten iterations. I started out with nothing more than insatisfaction with my previous site, some notes from Adam Engst's critique of it at his MacHack 2002 session "Hacking the Press", and the id
From Corante: Social Software on June 12, 2003 at 11:47 a.m..

Uncle Roy: An online/offline game in London
Uncle Roy Is All Around You is a game to be palyed in the streets of London:Street Players search for Uncle Roy through the back streets, the tourist traps and the leafy boulevards of Westminster with a handheld computer. Online Players cruise through a virtual model of the same area, searching for the Street Players and looking for leads that will help them find Uncle Roy.
From Corante: Social Software on June 12, 2003 at 11:47 a.m..

I just ran across another open-source package for ...
I just ran across another open-source package for building OAI-compliant eprint repositories: Rapid Visual OAI Tool (RVOT), from the Old Dominion University Digital Library Group. From the web site: "Rapid Visual OAI Tool (RVOT) can be used to graphically construct a OAI-PMH repository from a collection of files. The records in the original collection can be in any one of the acceptable format. The format currently supported are RFC1807, Marc subset & COSAT
From FOS News on June 12, 2003 at 11:47 a.m..

Language of design
We don't speak German, but lambertin-grotegerd.de is clean and beautiful in any language. Under that lovely surface, the site is made of valid XHTML 1.1 and CSS. But the first time we ran it through the W3C's CSS validation service, we encountered an incomprehensible error message. "I/O error," huffed the validator, as though that were all that needed to be said. The Validator FAQ explains that I/O error means the site's systems administrators neglected to set text/CSS MIME type on the server. This is a common problem. It would be less common if the CSS validation service used
From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 12, 2003 at 11:47 a.m..

Auto popups dead?
For years, artsy designers have used self-launching popup windows to exert total control over every aspect of their site, including the size of the visitor's browser window. It doesn't work any more. When modern browser users turn off self-launching windows to defeat unwanted popup and popunder ads, they also turn off the ability to see your self-launching portfolio site. Word to your mother.
From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 12, 2003 at 11:47 a.m..

We stand corrected
It turns out that only 99.29% of websites are obsolete, according to a study that examined 2.4 million web pages.
From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 12, 2003 at 11:47 a.m..

Kaboom rel. 3.0
Guess whose hard drive crapped out again? Third time in a week, second time for this particular hard drive. Guess who's facing spending another 30+ hours reloading the same goddamn software and rebuilding his work environment? Guess who's wishing he'd named his new 180G drive "WESTERN DIGITAL SUCKS"? Guess who's ready to take a job pounding used bricks so long as it doesn't involve any data entry?...
From Joho the Blog on June 12, 2003 at 11:47 a.m..

SIA halves chip industry growth forecast
Market realities
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

Friday 13th deadline looms for SCO to slash AIX
SCOry movie
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

Oracle reseller pitches to PeopleSoft buyers
Striking while iron's warming up
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

Profile of a Hard-Core Gamer
brettlbecker writes "The NYTimes is running a story on Richard L. Stenlund, or, as players of MMORPG Anarchy Online undoubtedly know him, Thedeacon. Quote from ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

Garden update
Tomatoes!!! Little seedlings of cypress vine and morning glory. Boy do these fellas grow fast! They were planted less than a week ago, now look at them!
From megnut on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

Small Business Tax Cuts and Tech Expenditures
When Congress passed the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act in May it became the largest tax cut package in more than 20 years. The Tax Relief Act offers a little something for everyone — small businesses included.
From E-Commerce Guide on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

Trident revamp cuts PC graphics chips
The chipmaker will exit the PC graphics market as part of a sweeping reorganization that will shift its focus to digital media products such as high-definition television.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

IMLogic partners with AOL
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

PeopleSoft formally rejects Oracle bid
The software maker's board of directors votes unanimously to recommend that stockholders reject Oracle's takeover offer and reaffirms its commitment to the J.D. Edwards deal.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

Moody's downgrades Oracle bond outlook
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..

ECAC Blog
ECAC BLOG, Electronic Communication Across the K-12 Curriculum. Looks to be coming from Michigan Tech.
From Edublog News on June 12, 2003 at 10:47 a.m..

It's a Wrap
Just finished posting up my final exam responses for the class I'm taking. Whew! This class involved a LOT of writing, another reason why I haven't been as faithful to my blog as of late...I've been all written out! The class also required three group Module projects. Our group developed a Project Weblog for presentation this last time. Guess who presented Weblogging as a thought for presentation? It was a first exposure to weblogging for the other members of my group. They had never heard of the medium and weren't yet
From Edublog News on June 12, 2003 at 10:47 a.m..

OKI releases first batch of specs
The Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) publicly released the first of the long awaited Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs)- the connecting bits for the OKI managed learning environment architecture. With these OSIDs, adopters can string together student records systems, virtual learning environments, management information systems and other enterprise applications with a minimum of customisation.
From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on June 12, 2003 at 10:47 a.m..

Why running a weblog
Dave Winer: »People talk about reasons to have a weblog, how will you measure its success. I wanted to say You'll know when it works, you won't need numbers. You'll get an idea you wouldn't have otherwise gotten. A business contact. A bug report. An old friend finds you. You get a job. You hire someone. You get an answer to a question. These are the benefits of running a weblog. There are others, more surprising. I quit smoking -- I get support from people who read my weblo
From owrede_log on June 12, 2003 at 10:46 a.m..

Exciting future of online learning
Stephen Downes publishes yet another insightful paper on online education. In this, among other topics, he discusses how online education has drifted a little off course, but predicts the next ten years as a positive turning point. Comment: I have recently noticed more and more thoughtful discussions about where online education has headed and where the trends are now pointing it. Getting off-track for a few years probably had more to do with the misguided attempt to exploit the
From carvingCode on June 12, 2003 at 10:46 a.m..

Computers and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Studied
pioneer writes "An article on MSNBC.com reports that a Danish study has found that computer use is not a significant risk factor for carpal tunnel syndrome. ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 10:45 a.m..

Structured writing, structured search
From a user's point of view, XPath query strings are pretty darned geeky. I'm hopeless with them myself unless I have examples in front of me. I find that having a list of examples available in the context of my own live data, and synchronizing it to an input box in which examples can be modified, leads me to discover and record more useful patterns. A subtler thing happens too. As you're writing the XHTML, the search possibilities begin to guide your choices. [Full story at O'Reilly N
From Jon's Radio on June 12, 2003 at 9:46 a.m..

ABIT adds VIA chipsets to Pentium 4 mobo roadmap
Plus Athlon 64 from VIA and Nvidia
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 a.m..

Red Hat License Challenged
An anonymous reader writes: "David McNett has noticed an apparent discrepancy between the Red Hat Linux EULA and the GPL. He has written an open letter to the ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 a.m..


From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 a.m..

Moody's downgrades Oracle bond outlook
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 9:45 a.m..

Weblogs as an alternative to LMS
Charlie Lowe pointed me to a text he wrote for the Computers And Writing Conference 2003 conference. It's about Weblog CMS's as alternative to Learning Management Systems (like Blackboard; see screenshot). He looked closer at PostNuke.
From owrede_log on June 12, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..

Transcripts of WBS 2003 conference
Heath Row is really fast with the keyboard. So there are almost complete transcripts of the panels available (there are also some alternative transcripts from Denise Howell). They haven't provided an overview of the transcripts, so I add that here:PostludeXVII: Live Blogging-->
From owrede_log on June 12, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..

Nokia Observation: camera phone or CCTV?
Data Protection rears head
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

N-Gage boss slams GBA
On the offensive
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

Direct marketing - new legal dangers
Opt In Out
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

BT blows out in new patent challenge
Got the wind up 'em
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

Al-Jazeera cracker charged
'Patriot' missiled
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

MS Windows Server 2003 download leak?
Reminds us - aren't we overdue for the next Longhorn leak?
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

FrogPad ships one-handed keyboard
Reg Kit Watch Plus: Western Digital unveils 250GB Serial ATA Caviar drive
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

When in Roam, do as the Roamans do
Vodafone intros flat rates for Ireland
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

Swimming Cockroach Robot Developed
Onnimikki writes "The Ambulatory Robotics Lab at McGill University has made a six-legged swimming cockroach robot as part of Project Aqua. The robot is a ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

The Net: Now, Folks Can't Live Without It - Olga Kharif, Business Week
Every year, millions more people around the world use the Internet to interact in more ways than ever before, incorporating it into all corners of their lives. When Bethany Tate moved to Seattle over two years ago from Philadelphia, she decided to look for new friends online in chat rooms that focused on heavy metal music and photography.
From Techno-News Blog on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

Copyright 101 for Educators - Wesley A. Fryer, techLearning
"Do I have to get permission to use this?" "Is this legal?" "If it doesn't have the copyright symbol on it, is it still copyrighted?" These are important questions, but unfortunately there are often not clear answers to them.
From Educational Technology on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

Handhelds give students sobering lessons - Corey Murray, eSchool News
To dissuade kids from drinking on school grounds or at school-sponsored events, some administrators are employing a new type of handheld computerized device: portable alcohol testers. The latest devices, which are much smaller than the typical Breathalyzers housed in police departments, can test for alcohol on students' breath or detect its presence using a special sensor that can be scanned across the top of open containers.
From Educational Technology on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

When 15-Minute E-learning Doesn?t Work - Mark W. Brodsky, Learning and Training Innnovations
Fifteen-minute e-learning, delivered to learners via an intranet or the Internet at their workstations, has received much positive publicity lately, but little attention has been given to its drawbacks and limitations. When implemented correctly and used appropriately, 15-minute e-learning is a very powerful emerging training strategy.
From Online Learning Update on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

Supplier Case Study: WebCT at Purdue University - Sarah Burke, Learning Circuits
E-learning at Purdue University, one of the Untied States's top-ranked universities, started small. In 1998, a Purdue faculty member returned from a conference with a beta version of e-learning software from a company called WebCT (www.webct.
From Online Learning Update on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..


From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

Who really owns Unix?
Allen Brown, CEO of The Open Group, explains that his organization owns the Unix trademark and that the SCO Group holds the rights only to the OS source code.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

AMD overhauls transistors, chips
Advanced Micro Devices is combing through the scientific cookbook in its quest to boost the performance of chips that will hit the market in the second half of the decade.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..

From The Bookseller - the number of new books publ ...
From The Bookseller - the number of new books published in the UK continues to rise despite flat sales and a shrinking range on the high street. Whitaker Information Services recorded 125,390 titles published in 2002, a 5% increase on the previous year's total
From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 12, 2003 at 7:47 a.m..

Micron samples first GDDR 3 chips
Fast, low-power DDR for graphics
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 7:45 a.m..

AMD and Intel scientists outline future chip tech
Tri-gate, fully depleted SOI, metal gates and strained silicon lead the way
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 7:45 a.m..

The Web, According to Google - Alex Salkever, eCommerce Times
James Rettig, head librarian of the University of Richmond's Boatwright Memorial Library, noted that "people who use only search engines will miss things" -- such as books, which represent most of humankind's body of knowledge to date.
From Online Learning Update on June 12, 2003 at 7:45 a.m..

Content Delivery Without Bounds - Webinar and Tele ...
Content Delivery Without Bounds - Webinar and Teleconference - June 24, 2003
From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 12, 2003 at 6:46 a.m..

Journal of Digital Information - publishing papers ...
Journal of Digital Information - publishing papers on the management, presentation and uses of information in digital environments - Volume 4, issue 2, June 2003 is now available
From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 12, 2003 at 6:46 a.m..

Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) - 20 ...
Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) - 2003 Annual Conference - November 18-22, Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia
From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 12, 2003 at 6:46 a.m..

Pilots Keep Their Cool Under Fire
It's not just hot in the Iraqi desert, it's hot in the skies, too. The U.S. Navy is developing a personal air conditioner to fan pilots in their chemical suits -- and help their minds stay clear. By Louise Knapp.
From Wired News on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m..

FBI: Cell Phones Triggered Bombs
The FBI said Wednesday that cell phones found during searches in Saudi Arabia following the May 12 bombing were rigged to detonate explosives by remote control. Local officials are urged to take precautions if a suspected device is found.
From Wired News on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m..

High Hopes for Electric Net
Electric companies, equipment makers and others gather this week at the Power Line Communications meeting in Brussels to discuss making the Internet even more ubiquitous by channeling it through power lines into homes.
From Wired News on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m..

Ancient Skulls, Modern Features
Paleontologists unearth a 'spectacular' find in Ethiopia: three well-preserved 160,000-year-old human skulls. Discovered in the fossil-rich Afar region, the skulls have clearly modern features and fill a big gap in the human fossil record.
From Wired News on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m..

FTC: Blame Foreigners for Spam
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission wants broader powers to crack down on foreign e-mail fraud. The worst varieties of spam are increasingly coming from overseas, it says. By Joanna Glasner.
From Wired News on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m..

This Artist Painted With Poison
William Morris is renowned for his rich tapestry designs. A researcher discovers Morris derived his green color from arsenic and dismissed possible health risks posed by its use, though he spoke out about environmental and social concerns. By Kristin Philipkoski.
From Wired News on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m..

Bill Gates, Entertainment God
Microsoft has two visions for the future of digital media: unlimited choice for consumers and unlimited control for producers. One thing's for sure, it's unlimited opportunity for Redmond. By Jeffrey M. O'Brien from Wired magazine.
From Wired News on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m..

Morning-After HIV Drugs Spread
A prophylactic month-long drug treatment might keep HIV at bay after unsafe sex, but no one's really sure it works, and medical ethics may prevent researchers from testing its effectiveness. By Randy Dotinga.
From Wired News on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m..

EC reviews infosecurity regime
Raising the Standard
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 6:45 a.m..

Defining blogs
I really wonder why it seems to be so hard for people to define what a weblog is. Yes, there are many different styles. Yes, it's not the technology. And no, it's not depending on the number of links in the weblog posts itself.I wrote about it when I compared weblogging with DJ-ing: It's not the music that makes a DJ session. It's the activity of the DJ (and his potential interaction with the audience). If you replace the beats with news i
From owrede_log on June 12, 2003 at 5:46 a.m..

Big Bother for Big Brother firms
Sneak peeks tweaked
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 a.m..

And in America, Boingo gets Minneapolis airport
Pulling a fast one
From The Register on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 a.m..

Matrix Gets Egyptian Ban For Explicit Religion
pajor writes "BBC News is reporting that that The Matrix Reloaded has been banned in Egypt. The country's censorship board cited violence which might 'harm ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 a.m..

End of an Era
Since 1990, I've used jaycross@well.com as my personal email address. I remember the WeLL fondly from the early, pre-net days. Loopy stuff from Blair until he snuffed his candle. Long, legendary posts from Howard Rheingold. Spectacular rants from Mandel. Food advice from Duck. Word duels...
From Internet Time Blog on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 a.m..

Being Objective
Last year at the Learning Object Symposium at SRI, Brendan Towle pointed out that no one is ever going to assemble film objects and end up with Citizen Kane. The sum > the parts. Stephen Downes has posted an intriguing presentation which says we're looking...
From Internet Time Blog on June 12, 2003 at 5:45 a.m..

Supplier Case Study: WebCT at Purdue University
From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on June 12, 2003 at 4:47 a.m..

BAGOGO (funny name, great toy) is now being introduced to the US through Green Mountain Blocks.
BAGOGO is a unique wooden construction toy that allows children to build complex structures such as planes, cars, houses and mystery structures only they know about. BAGOGO stimulates creativity, manual dexterity, and building skills as well as sharing and cooperation with other children. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2003]
From PR Web on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 a.m..

Unique Event Helps Rid the Silence for Kids with Selective Mutism
In the northern suburbs of Philadelphia, families from across the US will learn how to "rid the silence" at the Second Annual SMG~CAN Family Retreat and Conference, hosted by the Selective Mutism Group~Childhood Anxiety Network (SMG~CAN). The event will take place July 11-12, 2003, at the Holiday Inn Select Buck's County, and conclude with a fun and educational family picnic at Willow Grove Picnic Grounds on Sunday July 13, 2003. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2003]
From PR Web on June 12, 2003 at 4:45 a.m..

Handhelds give students sobering lessons
From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 a.m..

A television series about ways to ensure children's educational success
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 a.m..

Economic crunch bites public TV
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 a.m..

Colleges seek least painful options
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 a.m..

In Ukraine, teachers, musicians enjoy distance learning program
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 a.m..

Student hacks school, erases class files
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 a.m..

Steps To Curb Sub-standard Distance Education Institutions
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 a.m..

Five Good Things About Transnational Ed
A recent column in The Tribune of India stated the prevailing bias against transnational education clearly and unequivocally: " ... hardly any top ranking university of the USA, the UK, Australia or New Zealand has shown interest in India. Only those universities with very low rankings in their own country and those which are badly in need of foreign students have made inroads into developing countries like India.
From Transnational Education on June 12, 2003 at 3:47 a.m..

Volokh on Copyright, Free Speech after Eldred
Eugene Volokh's latest article goes into much more than that, but that's as far as I'll focus here.  This post will be part cliff notes, part commentary. Volokh starts by arguing that copyright, trademark, and the "right of publicity" are content-based, rather than content-neutral.  The hardest sell is copyright law, but even it prohibits producing and distriubting works that are substantially similar to the content of pr
From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 12, 2003 at 2:47 a.m..

Bloggers Didn't Cause NYT Editors' Departure
Mark Glaser (Online Journalism Review): For Bloggers, NYT Story Was Fit to Print . Webloggers kick Trent Lott out of...
From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 12, 2003 at 2:46 a.m..

Moore's Law and Communications
Last Sunday's column about Internet telephony brought a note from Martin Hellman, emeritus professor of electrical engineering at Stanford (and...
From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on June 12, 2003 at 2:46 a.m..

The Australian Broadband Disaster
David Gerard writes "Monopolies are bad, mmmkay? Robert Clark of TelecomAsia discusses the disaster that is broadband in Australia - its 2% takeup putting ...
From Slashdot on June 12, 2003 at 2:46 a.m..

Citing Accusations, City Bars 4 Teachers From Classrooms
The teachers would be removed from New York City classrooms because they had been accused in the past of sexual or other misconduct.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

The University of California Names Insider as President
Robert C. Dynes, the chancellor at the University of California at San Diego, will be the new president of the nine-campus university system.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

School's Out? Here's a History Lesson
If you happen to attend public school in Brooklyn or Queens, chances are you are sleeping late and may never glimpse this article because it's all about leisure.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

Battling the Chaos in the Public Schools' Arts Classes
To address the inequities in arts education in New York City schools, the schools chancellor wants to create a uniform citywide arts curriculum.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

94% of School Budgets Pass, Most of Them More Expensive
New York State voters overwhelmingly approved increases in school spending, according to election results.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

Antidote to Eurocritics in Red, White and Blue
Three American scholars at Oxford have started a student organization to counter anti-Americanism in Europe.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

Hard Work Opens College Door for Whole Class
The 31 students who graduated from University Park Campus School in Massachusetts are from a neighborhood notorious for its high crime rate and low academic standards.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

American Culture's Debt to Gay Sons of Harvard
In his new book, Douglass Shand-Tucci says that the environment Harvard provided for gays shaped their later contributions to American culture.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

Video-Game Killing Builds Visual Skills, Researchers Report
Attention, parents: Video games that require players to knock off enemies that pop out of nowhere sharply improve visual attention.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

Home Schooling in Cyberspace
Some parents seeking home schooling are enrolling their children in schools that exist only in cyberspace.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

To Graduation, Tossing Obstacles Aside
College commencement signifies the end of a journey, often long and arduous. But for some graduating seniors, the trip involves extra twists and turns.
From New York Times: Education on June 12, 2003 at 2:45 a.m..

Ovid Offers a Free Trial of R&D Focus Database
Free Database TrialsThis Month Only: Ovid Offers a Free Trial of R&D Focus DatabaseA great way to learn about various databases and search platforms is by taking advantage of free trial programs. This month Ovid is providing free access to R& D Focus.
From ResourceShelf on June 12, 2003 at 1:47 a.m..

The Small Business Administration Has Overhauled Its Web Site
Resources, Reports, Tools, and Full-Text DocumentsSmall Business--Statistics--United StatesA couple of items from the SBA. 1) New, Full-Text Report, Small Business Economic Indicators for 2002Contains current data on small business activity (new firms, employment, income and terminations) by state, and serves as a quick reference guide.
From ResourceShelf on June 12, 2003 at 1:47 a.m..

Cutting Library Funding Hurts Everyone
Read My Lips "Democrats have been groping for a way to counter George Bush's maniacal tax cuts, which are designed to shrink government and shift as many things as possible to the market. May I make a suggestion? When you shrink government, what you do, over time, is shrink the services provided by federal, state and local governments to the vast American middle class. I would suggest that henceforth Democrats simply ask voters to substitute the word 'services&
From The Shifted Librarian on June 12, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..

AMD overhauling transistors, chips
Advanced Micro Devices is combing through the scientific cookbook in its quest to boost the performance of chips that will hit the market in the second half of the decade.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 1:45 a.m..

Did SCO open Unix source code?
Several groups argue that SCO Group's shipment of a Linux product undermines its current attack on the OS's intellectual-property underpinnings, but SCO says the argument is baseless.
From CNET News.com on June 12, 2003 at 1:45 a.m..

Blogs Are Not Democratic
Interesting post by Perry de Havilland on the difference between democratic and market-based means of putting power in the hands of the people: Blogs are therefore something which empowers the individual, the blogger, regardless of the wishes, and therefore the votes, of a collective who might wish to have a say in what a blogger writes. The correct analogy is therefore the market place... a blog is a open air stall in a marketplace for ideas called the blogosphere.
From Corante: Social Software on June 12, 2003 at 12:47 a.m..

Woman Fined for Writing Comment on Check
I do this all the time:NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A woman's decision to write an offensive comment on her check when she paid a parking ticket has proven costly: She had to pay an additional $100 fine for contempt...
From Tim Swanson on June 12, 2003 at 12:47 a.m..

PARTNERSHIP SOLICITED VIS-A-VI SOUTH AFRICA
Well, unless ABACHA replies, I think I'll keep the email scam postings down to a minimum (ha! I didn't define what 'minimum' is, so I can get away with thousands). Anyways, yourname@movementarian.com just received this late breaking news from South...
From Tim Swanson on June 12, 2003 at 12:47 a.m..

EFF MeetUp, San Francisco, June 17
Just wanted to let you know that I'll be at the MeetUp next Tuesday.  If you live in the area, come hang out!
From A Copyfighter's Musings on June 12, 2003 at 12:46 a.m..

education.au takes over edu.au domain
education.au has taken over management of the edu.au domain ...
From EdNA Online on June 12, 2003 at 12:45 a.m..

In brief: independent reality edition
Semantic Web wiki. CSS tabs, tutorials, and bookmarklets. Python metaclasses and other frivolities. New version of Sharpreader. The neverending Matrix thread on kottke.org. Various writings from Leslie Harpold and Michael Barrish. (1050 words)
From dive into mark on June 12, 2003 at 12:45 a.m..

Improving Permalinks
There's an interesting post at The Butt Ugly Weblog on what's wrong with perma-links and how to improve them, which in turn spawned a wiki page on the same topic. One of the interesting points from the original post is that in wikis, the RecentChanges list serves as the permalink. This, I think is one of the key differences between wikis and weblogs -- the structure mirrors the content. The weblog mandate is "On
From Corante: Social Software on June 11, 2003 at 11:47 p.m..

Wikiblog, We Bliki, W[ei][kb][li]og, ...
The WikiLog discussion over on the Meatball Wiki has heated up, including a long section on how wikis differ from weblogs:WikiWikis are good at sifting and synthesizing knowledge from data. This is an ongoing and collaborative process, undertaken by many people, contributing to and editing the data flow in an attempt to derive meaning from it. WebLogs are good at presenting ongoing data and encouraging Socratic-style dialogue about it. They both qualify as CollaborativeHypermedia, but they approach the function dif
From Corante: Social Software on June 11, 2003 at 11:47 p.m..

How Instant Messaging Augments Conversations
Intriguing, fragmentary post by Stewart Butterfield ragging down how instant messaging augments conversation. He agrees with Jack Schofield's contention about the importance of IM "...my bet would be that the most important social software isn't going to develop out of blogging anyway: it will come from instant messaging." and goes on to say "In addition to the conventional concrete examples, "conversation" makes for an excellent conceptual abstr
From Corante: Social Software on June 11, 2003 at 11:47 p.m..

Lessig And RIAA Answer NewsHour Questions
Zeta writes "The answers are finally in! Stanford's Lawrence Lessig and the RIAA's Matt Oppenheim have responded to all the tough questions on copyrighted ...
From Slashdot on June 11, 2003 at 11:45 p.m..

Tomorrow's Online Teachers
Slides from an online presentation I delivered this evening (having just returned from Newfoundland) using Groove to the FAME Residential 2003 seminar in Sydney, Australia (with a guest from South Australia also taking part). I look at the promise of technology seen through the lens of my 1998 paper, The Future of Online Learning, talk a bit about how we've drifted, and describe the role of the teacher in the learning environment that will emerge once we're back on track. My thanks to Greg Webb for the opportunity. (Some of you
From OLDaily on June 11, 2003 at 11:45 p.m..

Learning: More Than Just Knowledge
In this, the fourth in my series of papers for the Australian Flexible Learning Community, I raise the question of how we create learning from online knowledge networks. It has to be something more than just accessing the content, but what? While IMS defines learning design by analogy with a play, I argue that a more appropriate metaphor would be a game. This, indeed, is the crux of the divide between the old, and the new, approaches to learning. "The difference between learning design as a 'play' and learning design as a 'game' is this: in the former, the learners are acto
From OLDaily on June 11, 2003 at 11:45 p.m..

Oh No! Yet Another Learning Objects Presentation
Brian Lamb's presentation at CADE 2003 in which he talks about efforts at the University of British Columbia to use learning objects. A long time advocate of learning objects, Lamb admits to having a crisis of faith: "Has the bold talk of the learning object prophets approached reality? Are we on the right path? Do we have an appropriate objective? Do I have a right to exist?" Much of the latter part of the presentation summarizes faculty comments on the points of view of academic culture and pedagogy. The bets line from his talk isn't in the online version: complaining about the ste
From OLDaily on June 11, 2003 at 11:45 p.m..

Re: LTSC-DREL: Draft Final Report Educational Copyright
I passed on news of the IEEE-LTSC Digital Rights Expression Language (DREL) group call for submissions yesterday. If you are pondering a submission, you should read this post to the DREL mailing list. The author draws out in detail some of the issues surrounding ContentGuard's XrML rights expression language. Though ContentGuard representatives will tell you that XrML (or as they are now describing it, MPEG-REL) is free and open, as the author notes, any use of that language is subject to royalties. By Robin Cover, June 11, 2003 [-->
From OLDaily on June 11, 2003 at 11:45 p.m..

Did SCO Violate the GPL?
The latest round in the SCO versus Linux saga has some open source advocates arguing that SCO may have copied bits of Linux into its unix software without also attaching the open source license. This would make SCO, and not the Linux community, the copyright violator. By Peter Galli , eWeek, June 10, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on June 11, 2003 at 11:45 p.m..

Online Service Pairs Students, Mentors
This was almost a topic of my presentation yesterday, but the talk took a different tack. But it's a simple idea: people - such as subject matter experts or mentors - can be learning objects, located and accessed through a learning object repository system. This article describes a site devoted to the sole purpose of matching students and mentors. By Becky Bartindale, San Jose Mercury News, June 10, 2003 [Refer][
From OLDaily on June 11, 2003 at 11:45 p.m..

Neuroscience Speaks for Practice-Oriented Learning
(If you don't speak Danish, look for the flag icon for an English version.) This very interesting article falls under the heading of brain-based learning and makes the point that there are non-textual, emotion-based processes of memory that operate unconsciously. I would extend this to say that such processes are sensation based, and that they operate, within a neural network, through a process of pattern recognition, which I have tried to formalize with an account of similarity theory (this was, in fact, the topic of my erstwhile PhD thesis, which the committee declined to examine, prefe