Edu_RSS ~ July 14, 2003

Most recent update: July 14, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Dean Supporters Set up Blogging Network Wired reports&nbsp;on a volunteer&nbsp;effort to help structure communication among the people who want to help presidential candidate Howard Dean get elected. They are building on the open-source Drupal content management system. Dean supporters found that while meetup was useful in catalyzing group-forming in local communities, it didn't help much in structuring those meetings. The good old From Corante: Social Software on July 14, 2003 at 10:48 p.m.. (14642) UCB Researchers Critique DRM, Compulsory Licensing An anonymous reader writes " In this paper, Berkeley researchers critique a host of cockamamie DRM schemes, and they also question the compulsory licensing ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (14641) BackBlog My apologies for the relative quiet here @ Copyfight; as I wrote last week, Big Changes are afoot, so I've been more than a little distracted. Following, a selection of pieces & posts that nevertheless caught my eye: Fighting for the Right to Communicate and Harry Potter and the Internet Pirates [ NYT] --> From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (14640) IBM advances Linux for Power chips Big Blue puts more muscle behind its effort to improve Linux for its Power family of processors, adding dozens of programmers to Big Blue's Linux Technology Center. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (14639) IBM nabs California welfare contract Big Blue gets the nod to revamp the state's ailing child-support computer systems and get California back on track. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (14638) Alertbox: PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption Alertbox: PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption "Users get lost inside PDF files, which are typically big, linear text blobs that are optimized for print and unpleasant to read and navigate online. PDF is good for printing, but that's it. Don't use it for online presentation."... From elearningpost on July 14, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (14637) eLearn Magazine: Learning through Asynchronous Discussions eLearn Magazine: Learning through Asynchronous Discussions "By supporting collaborative learning in large classes through asynchronous online discussions, constructivist learning is enabled, while lecture sessions facilitate objectivist learning. Using a discussion board in large classes can be quite a daunting task for instructors, due to difficulties associated with handling large numbers of messages and simultaneously ensuring that the discussion really does... From elearningpost on July 14, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (14636) Passing the Buck, Bush Style Slate: The Buck Stops There - Bush shifts the blame for his Iraq whopper. Americans were tired of Bill... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 14, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (14635) 'Justice' Department to Judge: Drop Dead AP: U.S. Withholds Witness in Moussaoui Case. The Justice Department on Monday refused to produce an al Qaeda prisoner... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on July 14, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (14634) Funding Open Source? One of the beautiful things about Open Source is that the barriers to entry are next to non-existent, and the adage "have compiler, will travel" embodies this ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14633) OpenContent's David Wiley, Educational License Project Lead David Wiley, Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at Utah State University and founder of the trailblazing OpenContent, is Project Lead for development of an educational use Creative Commons license, which begins today. Welcome, Professor Wiley. Read the first draft. Review our earlier discussion on the subject. Join the current --> From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14632) Help! I'm in a nutshell! In a newly posted interview on the Apple site, "O'Reilly in a Nutshell," Tim O'Reilly discusses how his publishing company came to be, how it follows open source trends, and how it publishes many titles under a Creative Commons Founders' Copyright license. We should note that the Founders' Copyright isn't just for big publishing houses. --> From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14631) Adelante con Swartz Creative Commons has signed on in support of Aaron Swartz's call for "forward motion" on blog protocols. We will be participating in helping define licensing extensions to the new specification. (I've worked with Aaron, our metadata advisor, for over a year now, and this isn't the first time I've followed his lead. You --> From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14630) Supreme Court Audio Classics Enter P2P Zone Thanks to Creative Commons Licenses Today, the OYEZ Project announced the first-stage, 100-hour release of MP3s from their 2000+ hours of Supreme Court recordings using Creative Commons' licenses. The release also marks the debut of our new metadata tagging and verification strategy, which explains how to attach and verify license information to MP3s (and soon, other files) for distribution on the Net. Read the Featured Commoner interview of OYEZ From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14629) Metadata embedding and verfication plan for MP3 & other formats A big part of the OYEZ Supreme Court audio announcement today is our new strategy for helping people associate license information with MP3s. (We'll soon move on to other file formats.) Right now we're just showing people how to associate verifiable license links with files. But we want to encourage the developer community and various file-sharing and media player companies to build tools that take advantage of the embedded links to make o From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14628) Featured Content: The Phoenix Trap This week's featured content is Philadelphia-area rock band The Phoenix Trap. All their songs at MP3.com are available under a Creative Commons license (which also has streaming versions). Fans can purchase a CD of their full set of songs as well. "Not Me" and "You're on Fire" were definitely my favorites. From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14627) This Week's Featured Content: An Opsound Exchange You've got to hear this. This week's featured content is exactly the sort of innovative co-authorship that Creative Commons, and good folks like Opsound, make possible. Colin Mutchler explains: About a month after submitting a few acoustic guitar tracks to Opsound's sound pool [and thus releasing the song under an --> From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14626) Commons on the Hustings, II Our licenses make another appearance on the campaign trail. Check out AmericansForDean. From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14625) BitPass + Creative Commons Musicians Joshua Ellis and Big Friendly Corporation have implemented a new technology called BitPass to sell their Creative Commons-licensed content via micropayment. Joshua has offered his songs under an Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license. If you buy a song for 50 cents, or the entire album for $3.50, you're then free to copy, distribute, and make derivativ From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14624) Digital Mix: A Special Bay Area Event Celebrating Illegal Art On July 25th the Electronic Frontier Foundation will host a night of music, art, and conversation to celebrate digital culture. Hosted at the Black Box in downtown Oakland, this all-ages event will bring up-and-coming artists of electronica, digital film, and illegal art together with leaders from the cyber-rights movement. Among the event's speakers, Creative Commons' Glenn Otis Brown will be there to discuss the new sampling license. For more informa From Creative Commons: weblog on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14623) China Unicom adds Java to BREW The Chinese company plans to start selling downloads powered by Java technology, ending its exclusive use of rival BREW software and potentially influencing other wireless carriers. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14622) Sony warns online buyers of spam scam From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14621) Overture proves search skeptics wrong Yahoo's $1.63 billion purchase of Overture is the biggest endorsement yet of the paid search model as not only a viable, but a desirable, method of spinning hits into cash on the Web. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14620) RIAA threat may be slowing file swapping File-swapping is down 15 percent, according to a company that monitors Internet traffic. A record-industry plan to sue those who trade music illegally may be the cause. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. (14619) P2P Privacy and the RIAA A couple weeks ago, the RIAA said they would now start suing individuals (not just college students) with regards to "copyright" infringement via P2P networks. Several smaller P2P software developers then stated they would begin to integrate privacy features that... From Tim Swanson on July 14, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (14618) The Near-Term Future Of Open Source Desktops securitas writes "eWEEK has two related articles on the growth of open source software. The first article is about the growth of desktop Linux, featuring Lotus ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (14617) It's been a busy day, but it's great to blog here on Larry Lessig's blog. I'll be writing all week, but if there's a day I can't make it, Joe Trippi, my campaign manager, will fill in for me. Thank you Professor Lessig for inviting me. The Internet might soon... From Lessig Blog on July 14, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (14616) Guest Post by Howard Dean The post below is from Governor Howard Dean. You can check out the crossposting and commentary at www.blogforamerica.com and read more about Howard Dean at www.deanforamerica.com. Thanks!-- Matt, Zephyr and Nicco, Dean Internet Team... From Lessig Blog on July 14, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (14615) Prayer There are many being said for Ann Craig today. I add mine. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. (14614) Test Center programming survey InfoWorld's Test Center is conducting another survey. This time the subject is programming. Tom Yager and I contributed questions, and then it occurred to me that readers of this weblog might like to weigh in on the questions we proposed, or to contribute others. If so, please fire away! ... From Jon's Radio on July 14, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (14613) CA probes networks Software Vegas style From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14612) Low Power FM Report Rejects Interference Concerns akb writes "Back in 2000, Slashdot covered the Low Power Radio setback by Congress, detailing a law which gutted an FCC initiative that would have created ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14611) What I Missed ...but that you shouldn't: Intel v. Hamidi reversed&nbsp;(PDF); Aimster injunction upheld (PDF). As Alex says, more to come on both. In the meantim From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14610) Blogging ILAW II As you can see below, I'm at the Internet Law Program in Stanford this week, posting notes as it unfolds. Yesterday, we had connectivity problems at Harvard, so I began posting here rather than at the Berkman website. Today, however, I am back at the Berkman website, barring future interruptions. I hope you will join me there. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14609) Grimmelmann in the House That's right, folks--James Grimmelmann of LawMeme dropped by at ILAW today, along with his fellow EFF interns.&nbsp;And he didn't simply sit and watch. Instead, he wrote up his observations,&nbsp;culled some terrific quotes and&nbsp;sent&nbsp;the whole&nbsp;along to me for Copyfight. Below, the Grimmelmann take on today's sessions, focusing in particular on&nbsp;a --> From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14608) Shout Out I beg your brief indulgence for a shout-out to the fascinating and friendly people with whom I spent time with this past week at ILAW: J.D. Lasica, Lauren Gelman, Kevin Poulsen, Elizabeth Rader, From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14607) Quotable + Notable Via Wendy Seltzer, three quotable moments from the Illegal Art panel discussion in San Francisco this past Thursday: Kembrew McLeod, the gentleman who trademarked the phrase, "Freedom of Expression,": "The problem was not that the PTO found a moral objection to trademarking FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, but that I hadn't capitalized th From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14606) Two More ...quotable moments before I leave for the trip back to Cambridge: Grokster president Wayne Rosso: "Forget about it, dude--even genocidal litigation can't stop file sharers." Ian Clarke of Freenet: "If it is moral to make guns, knives or anything else that can be used for both good and ill, then it is certainly moral to create something which tries to guarantee a freedom that is essential to democracy. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14605) Brand New Babe Now that I am headed west, methinks Dave Winer will have to take over as Berkman's babe-in-residence, yes? I'm afraid that with a smile like that, he's got little choice in the matter. Thanks to Dave, --> From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14604) The Last Mile II Simson Garfinkel lays down a few rails in an accessible piece on end-to-end. The especially nice last line: "Whenever you hear a company bragging about the great services it can offer directly in its network, understand that it is trying to kill end-to-end. Personally, I'd rather have a dumb network, a pair of smart endpoints, and a future." (Via B2FXXX.) < From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14603) Blogaritaville ...is back. Vintage George Scriban (emphasis, mine): "I think we're getting to the point where the symbolic term 'fair use' has to be replaced in conversation with the actual things we will lose if Big Content gets their way: watching/listening to what you want, when you want to. These are things we're used to doing every day, whether or not we realize it's exercising doctrine of 'fair use' or 'fi From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14602) The Daily Cartoon for July 15 Today's Daily Cartoon From Ben Hammersley.com on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14601) Commentary: Eye on the search prize Yahoo's planned acquisition of Overture separates it from America Online and MSN. But Google is the prize--and chief rival--for portals and Internet service providers. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14600) Program focuses on security response The CERT Coordination Center introduces a program to certify information-technology professionals in how to react to security incidents and network intrusions. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14599) Torvalds test-drives new Linux core Hoping to focus the attention of Linux developers, Linux leader Linus Torvalds releases a preliminary version of the next kernel of the open-source operating system. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14598) Intel powers up 3GHz Xeon Intel fits its newest Xeon chip for workstations and servers with an additional 1MB cache, aiming to deliver a boost in performance. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (14597) In the July 12 Washington Post, Bill Broadway has ... In the July 12 Washington Post, Bill Broadway has a good story on the Octavo high-res digital edition of the Gutenberg Bible. Octavo has an interesting way to provide free online access and still recoup its considerable costs: it has a free edition of the full-text on its web site (660 images), and sells an enhanced edition on CDs. The $65 CD edition supports magnification of up to 200% for every ima From FOS News on July 14, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (14596) Death to (Most) PDFs Jakob Nielsen is at the same user-interface conference I'm attending today. He has posted an excellent rant on his... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on July 14, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (14595) Educational Software and Learning: Subversive Use and Volatile Design "Discussions about the use of information and communications technology (ICT) based learning environments often assume that use is defined, or at least severely constrained, by the inherent intentions of the designer. However, typical uses of educational software involve a subversion of the designer&#146;s intentions to match contextual needs." Via a post in James Farmer's weblog comes reference to this interesting paper, originally presented by David Squires in 1999 to the International Conference From EdTechPost on July 14, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (14594) Watch a movie clip - spam everyone you know Now that's what I call Viral 57 From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (14593) Ex-PwC staff fear more cuts Coffee, tea rations axed From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (14592) NATO hunts missing WMDs in Hong Kong Military intelligence From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (14591) Ximian Evolution's New Clothes Lispy writes "Looks like everyone's favorite graphical email client, Ximian Evolution, will get a new interface with the upcoming release. I found a posting on ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (14590) Filesharing Traffic Drops After RIAA Threats bryan writes "According to CNN, facing the threat of lawsuits from a music industry trade group, fewer people are using online filesharing applications to swap ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (14589) What's new News briefs from the world of education. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 14, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (14588) America's students improve in writing, at least in lower grades More than two-thirds of the nation's students still write below the 'proficient' level. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 14, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (14587) Lottery isn't always a boon to schools States use lottery proceeds to fund schools, but the promised rush of money has yet to be realized. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 14, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (14586) West Point education attracts an unwitting fan Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky peers inside the US Military Academy. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 14, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (14585) Fellowship of the online gamers Players who've never met in person form allegiances based on character, not class or race. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 14, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (14584) Too few good men Male teachers are rare in the lower grades. Educators hope to change that. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on July 14, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (14583) AOL 9 to include Weblog tools America Online is set to take Weblogs squarely into the mainstream by releasing tools for blogging over Instant Messenger or the phone in its upcoming AOL 9 update. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (14582) AOL and TiVo unite on remote programming America Online and TiVo, a maker of digital video recorders, team up to let subscribers program their recorders through their AOL accounts. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (14581) Funding for TIA All But Dead Shackleford writes "Wired has an article saying that the Terrorism Information Awareness program, which would troll Americans' personal records to find ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14580) Untitled posse: "A group of people summoned by a sheriff to aid in law enforcement." From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14579) Untitled Jim Moore is riffing on Posse Management Systems. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14578) Case Study: MountainZone This outdoor adventure site uses a basic e-commerce strategy to help it through business peaks and valleys. From E-Commerce Guide on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14577) Update slows Dell handhelds, say owners Some Dell Axim owners complain that upgrading the handheld to the latest version of Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system causes performance to slow. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14576) Taxes shouldn't fund record labels Why should the greedy recording industry be able to tax me via his proposal? Fisher's proposal would just give another reason for my cable company to raise my ISP rates. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14575) Swappers Sprint to Cloak Identities The net effect of the recent lawsuits by the music publishers has been to push file sharing further underground. It is not a surprise to see new and established peer to peer software vendors taking measures to protect privacy. People working in digital rights management ought to take note. There is a much greater need for privacy then is typically assumed, and not merely by people who want to break the law. If the evidence of internet access is used in file sharing lawsuits, it may well also be used for industrial espionage, background checks, divorce proceedings, tax investigations, and more. From OLDaily on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14574) EQO Letter The European Quality Observatory (EQO) was created to "establish a comprehensive European information and support space for quality in ICT-based training, learning and education." It has published the first issue of its newsletter, called (nor surprisingly), the "EQO Letter." Partners in the initiative include European Schoolnet and The Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH). EQO is funded by the European Union. By Various Authors, July 14, 2003 [From OLDaily on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14573) Principles for Electronic Authentication - Consultation Draft From the website, "A draft set of Principles for Electronic Authentication is being made available for stakeholder review and comment. These Principles form part of Industry Canada's ongoing work in support of the trust and confidence agenda for electronic commerce by establishing a benchmark for the development, provision and use of authentication services in Canada." There is a lot of reading here - perfect for a lazy summer afternoon. Industry Canada is asking for comments: get your responses in my August 12. By Various Authors, Industry Canada, July 12, 2003 [ From OLDaily on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14572) Main Points of the Strategy Consultation The U.K. government has launched a wide-ranging consultation with respect to e-learning strategy. Included with the consultation is a long (65 page) discussion paper (PDF or Word). Areas covered include assessment, accessibility, collaboration and digital rights. There is some good stuff here, including broadband for all schools and "funding models to ensure universal personal access to e-learning for all learners and teachers." There are some odd bits - why would the report urge the exploration of "generic" software (as opposed to Open Source)? The consultation runs until the end of January, From OLDaily on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14571) Perennial Plagiarism Good analysis of the topic, with many links (as usual). Covers definitions of plagiarism, reports and statistics, analyses of the reasons why students plagiarize, and suggestions for reducing plagiarism. By Graeme Daniel and Kevin Cox, Web Tools Newsletter, July 7, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14570) PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption I have written many, many times in these pages how much I hate PDF files. It's not just me. This article from usability expert Jakob Nielsen condemns PDFs for committing numerous "usability crimes." They are long and linear. They crash the computer (especially Adobe's new Acrobat Reader). They have an odd interface. They disrupt navigation. They don't scroll properly. And they take too long to download. "PDF is the monster from the Black Lagoon. It puts its clammy hands all over people with a cruel grip that doesn't let go." By Jakob Nielsen, Alertbox, July 14, 2003 [--> From OLDaily on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14569) US Schools Address Plagiarizing Claims The point of this article is to show how often educators plagiarize. But in so doing, it overstates the case. Yes, yes, I know, plagiarism is wrong. But there are limits, right? If you borrow a short phrase from someone, should you give credit? Maybe. Ask permission? This article suggests you should, but let's not be ridiculous. Yes I know that publishers and lawyers say you should get permission to use every little quote and snippet these days. But you have the legal right to use them without permission, and you shouldn't let your laywers convince you otherwise. By Anand Vaishnav, From OLDaily on July 14, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (14568) FAST RoboProfessor FAST = Franklin Apprenticeship Seach Technology The idea of FAST is to create a selection of between six to ten... From Almanack on July 14, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (14567) DirectorWeb sports a new RSS feed I have just hacked together a script to generate RSS feeds for the items posted to the front of Director Web, our long standing web resource site for users of Macromedia Director. Although, I have not touched the inside of... From cogdogblog on July 14, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (14566) If it Bothers You, Read Something Else The obmudsman of the Sacramento Bee newspaper hears from readers about everything, but comics seem to be a special... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on July 14, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (14565) SGI Releases New Workstations Jonathan C. Patschke writes "SGI unveiled two new graphics workhorses today, the Tezro (an Octane2 replacement) and the much-anticipated Onyx 4. The presence ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (14564) Untitled Adam Curry: The Magic of RSS. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (14563) Winged Migration Last night I went to see Winged Migration, an amazing film that follows various migratory birds on their journeys. Like Director Jacques Perrin's previous documentary, Microcosmos, I felt completely transported into the film's world. But I was really saddened by a scene towards the end, when a mean bird killed a baby penguin. The penguins didn't seem organized to fight at all! I mean, there were only two mean birds and many penguins, and I think they could have From megnut on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (14562) Interns--cheap tech labor? Many small tech companies are using interns as cheap labor in place of more expensive employees. It, in fact, borders on illegal hiring practices when you see how it is done. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (14561) Government standards are good While there is way too much government intrusion in our lives, one legitimate function is the setting of standards--even bad ones. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (14560) Microsoft links SharePoint, FrontPage From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (14559) PeopleSoft-J.D. Edwards gets antitrust OK Federal antitrust regulators gave PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards the green light to merge on Monday, a move that ushers the closing of that deal and brings a greater challenge to Oracle's hostile bid. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (14558) Independent MSNBC deserves congrats Microsoft and MSNBC should be congratulated for maintaining a degree of editorial independence that allows such an event to happen, not criticized. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (14557) Longevity matters Blake Scarbrough just finished redesigning the American Longevity website using CSS layout and XHTML Transitional. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 14, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. (14556) The "User" in User Interfaces IBM's Almaden Research Center is having its annual day-long New Paradigms in Using Computers gathering today. This year's focus is... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on July 14, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (14555) Consolidation in Search+Advertising Mercury News: Silicon Valley. The deal comes after months of speculation that Yahoo would acquire Pasadena-based Overture, which sells... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on July 14, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (14554) OpenSector.org and Open Source Advisory Service Two new unrelated but seemingly important sites for news on open source developments and higher ed. The first, OpenSector.org, promises to be a news service for open source developments relevant to the public sector. Brand new and not much there, but they have received some initial funding from the Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF) of Chandler fame. The second, Open Source Advisory Service (via George Siemens&nb From EdTechPost on July 14, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (14553) Broken Saints Finale Available An anonymous reader writes "The hour-and-a-half finale to the killer animated Web comic Broken Saints is finally available. I just finished watching it, and I ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (14552) Untitled Pictures from last night's dinner. Don Park's pics. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (14551) CA hones utility computing plan At its customer conference in Las Vegas, the software maker will introduce new tools designed to better manage utility computing. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (14550) AMD, Fujitsu merge on flash memory AMD and Fujitsu officially embark on a new joint venture for their flash-memory products. Plans for the new company, FASL, were first announced in March. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (14549) Sophos to prevent worms in Apples From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (14548) Stupid stupid Dreamweaver I've actually written about this before, but I find it so annoying... I like Dreamweaver. I generally like the improvements made in the new version (MX). I hate how they changed the smallest nit of the preferences dialog. It used to be that there was a place to choose whether you want the default extension for the Web pages you create to be ".html" or ".htm". Now if you want to change it, the preferences dialog says "You can change the default extension in the document type XML file." This is linked to a help page that lists 20 xml... From Joho the Blog on July 14, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. (14547) Server Woes/Better Days Still having trouble with my server and rather than continue to lose content I'm probably going to limit posts here until we can move the site (a couple of weeks). Frustrating, but hey, I needed a little summer break anyway...maybe I'll just spend some time thinking about 1967 and Wrigley Field, and Ernie Banks, and praying that someday the Cubs would win a World Series...still waiting. From weblogged News on July 14, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. (14546) Blogger Dinner, Pictures Dave, visiting California, organized a bloggers dinner in Palo Alto last nite. Don Park has some pictures.... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on July 14, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (14545) McGee's Musings - Email and Office management Quote: "For all the power built into the tools we have, we take far too little time to think about how to make most effective use of those tools in our day-to-day work. When we do, more often than not, we get stuck in inapplicable notions of productivity and throughput drawn from industrial models of mass production.."Comment: I also wonder (and you only have to look at my office to see), how much we suffer from the fact that we don't teach self-organizational skills. My office and many others are a mess, but we don't give a thought increasing productivity From Serious Instructional Technology on July 14, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (14544) Allegheny College | Web Liaisons - Moveable Type Quote: "Moveable Type is now installed and running on Webpub, so if you would like to test our weblogging system with your departmental, group, or personal pages on Webpub, please let me know, via email or phone at x2769"Comment: Where's the RSS? Not in the usual places. I have MT here too. I need to get a good template for our college together - I'm reluctant as it stands. From Serious Instructional Technology on July 14, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (14543) Sun's Orion beta chock full of code Mad Hatter to be managed From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (14542) Meet the DoJ's 'Anti-Piracy' Lawyers This week's Slashdot interview guests are the 'point people' for Federal criminal actions against online file-traders and software misapproprators. They know ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (14541) The Big Kerplop Peter Wayner writes: "When I mentioned the Mad Scientist Club short stories to a co-worker, he rolled up his sleeve and showed me the burn scars on his arm. ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (14540) Web Server Statistics Page internet.com's ServerWatch reports on surveys that examine the number and types of servers being used to power the Internet. Check the results of the monthly surveys right here. From CyberAtlas on July 14, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (14539) Balinese Water Temples as Info-Hubs Cool paper from Santa Fe, via Howard Rheingold's Smart Mobs, on Balinese rice farmers, and their solution to their decentralized coordination problem -- briefly, water flows downhill, so upstream farmers have an incentive to manage water to their benefit, but pest infestation goes in cycles, meaning they have a counter-incentive to synchronize fallow periods with their downstream neighbors. The key entity in this system are "water temples", which are, among other t From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 14, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (14537) Standards compliant redesign day It's Standards Compliant Redesign day. Below are some recent sites that combine good code with good looks. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 14, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (14536) MITBC eAudio Pilot Project Final Report Available "The final report for the pilot digital talking book project, eAudio, undertaken by the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center is now on the web at http://www.mitbc.org/eaudiofinal.doc. The project was funded with $2000 from donation funds in honor of former MITBC director, Eileen Sheppard Meyer and the Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service. The Center was able to purchase eight Otis player From The Shifted Librarian on July 14, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (14535) CDU - blogt Via orf.at habe ich den Blog - sie sagt Tagebuch -&nbsp;der CDU-Bundestagsabgeordneten Kristina K&ouml;hler gefunden. Ob unser ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 14, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. (14534) MyZones firms up co-op wireless launch Share your neighbour's broadband From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14533) Yahoo Buys Overture for $1.63 Billion securitas writes "Today Yahoo announced it plans to buy search technology company Overture for $1.63 Billion. The move is seen as a way to compete with rivals ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14532) Untitled Jakob Nielsen: PDF is Unfit for Human Consumption. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14531) Untitled FAQ: Is RSS stuck? If so, why? From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14530) Untitled Palfrey: "Courts have not been friendly to the fair use defense." From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14529) Untitled Announcing: Elizabeth Spiers to present at BloggerCon. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14528) Untitled Other articles: Register, News.Com. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14527) Untitled BBC: Yahoo Buys Overture. Breath-taking. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14526) Hello from Dean for America Hello from the Dean for America campaign. Governor Howard Dean will be posting later today, here and at the official campaign blog, Blog for America. It's our policy that whenever Governor Dean posts anywhere on the Internet, his posts will also be crossposted to our site.... From Lessig Blog on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14525) Wi-Fi pushes beyond the laptop Cisco Systems' Linksys division is set to start selling a device that uses Wi-Fi to connect computers to stereos and televisions. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14524) ATG to integrate WebSphere From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (14523) Too Much Blogging Info? Sebastian Fiedler in response to a posting by Ed Brill broaches the subject of the "benefits and risks" of "personal" information in webpublishing. "I guess we are all still experimenting and sometimes publish stuff that would better stay private. I kind of wonder what we gain from putting information like travelling schedules online? What are the benefits and the risks?" He offers something up here for thought with this. Is it a good idea From Edublog News on July 14, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (14522) As the New York Times reported yesterday, the Cali ... As the New York Times reported yesterday, the California Supreme Court recently handed down its opinion in Intel v. Hamidi. Earlier coverage can be found here and here. I was one of the attorneys representing Ken Hamidi in the case and Peter asked me to write a brief post explaining how it relates to the Open From FOS News on July 14, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (14521) Everybody talks about the weather Weather report for Lawrence, Kansas: Clear and bright with standards rising. Graphic design and illustration by Dan Cox; CSS layout by Adrian Holovaty, who also supplies a nifty writeup. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 14, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (14520) More 404 Fun Anthony Cox is at it again, this&nbsp;time with&nbsp;Cannot find New York Times Story. [via Popdex] From The Shifted Librarian on July 14, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (14519) Where's Aaron? You can see what I mean about Aaron's photoblog, Lazyitis, since he's agreed to let me post the URL (http://www.thebizz.org/). This morning I was quite surprised to see pictures of Chicago, until he instant messaged me from his phone.&nbsp;Aaron has jury duty today, so he's down at the Courthouse. Well now it makes perfect sense. From The Shifted Librarian on July 14, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (14518) Final countdown for Rockall charity assault Charity appeal update Seven days to go From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (14517) Yahoo! buys! Overture! Land grab From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (14516) Dell Axim users peeved at PPC 2003 performance Slower than PocketPC 2002 From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (14515) Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues adamsmith_uk writes "For the first time in three years something has happened in browser land. In fact, major events have started happening at a breathtaking ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (14514) Steven Johnson on There.com and Avatars Steven Johnson reviews There.com in his Discover column, picking up on the Lawley Law, 'It's the faces, stupid" and talking about emotional communication using avatars:Avatars in There convey emotions through both facial expressions and body gestures. When your on-screen representative frowns, his shoulders sag along with the corners of his mouth. The prototype version offers more than 100 different emotional states to choose from"everything from surprise to anger"and Melcher says t From Corante: Social Software on July 14, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (14513) Nested Rules for Mailing Lists Teal Sunglasses has a long musing on social rules for mailing lists:I've tried having really long, explicit, detailed lists of rules (which nobody ever read), and I've tried keeping it really informal and concise (which nobody ever read but which left so much to interpretation that even the most basic decision was argued over). I'm currently rethinking all of this again, and I think I'm going to break stuff down into three pieces: a core "this is the rules you will follow", effectively a ten co From Corante: Social Software on July 14, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (14512) Recent work Design studies for Antarctica Systems and Clear Channel. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 14, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (14511) Mozilla bug The disappearing side bar, revisited. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 14, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (14510) Fleurs de bonne John Nicholas of Wireframe Studio unveils standards compliant phase one site for The Cape Town Flower Show. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 14, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (14509) Chopped Phish The Chopping Block, assisted by Chris Casciano, unveils handsome, media-rich, standards compliant site for Phish. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 14, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (14508) Slow blogging days to come I'm wrapping up my commitment to the college for the Summer and will be moving into a well deserved down time. Instead of eduBlogging, I plan on reacquainting myself with my carving knives, my garden, and do some traveling. There seems to be a lot of development work going on this summer in the eduBlogging community - wonderful! I'll stay in touch, but will shift my priorities for a month or so. Will be back, refreshed and ready to see where this takes us over the next academic year. I'll be pulling my eduBlogging presentation together for our facult From carvingCode on July 14, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (14507) Mobile phone chucking to become Olympic sport? Style and aesthetic beauty From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (14506) Soyo unwraps Athlon XP 3200+ Dragon mobo Reg Kit Watch Plus: Tosh's double-speed DVD-R/RW drive and more From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (14505) Bertelsmann seeks dismissal of $17bn Napster suit In court Thursday From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (14504) AMD, Fuji unveil Spansion JV now up and running with silly product name From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (14503) Linux v2.6 Begins Testing xose quotes Linus from the kernel list: "the naming should be familiar - it's the same deal as with 2.4.0. One difference is that while 2.4.0 took about 7 ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (14502) PARC's Popout Prism Aids Web Navigation sulo writes "Popout Prism is a Web Browser that reduces the amount of time users end looking for information in Web pages. By creating visual "popouts" that ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (14501) Yahoo to buy Overture for $1.63 billion The Web portal says that it plans to buy search firm Overture Services in a move squarely aimed at taking on competitors in the search engine market. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (14500) Open Access Now, from BioMed Central, is a newslet ... Open Access Now, from BioMed Central, is a newsletter informing researchers in the life sciences about a revolution taking place in the way research findings are published and distributed. The aim is to inform and educate scientists concerning the many and complex issues surrounding the debate about Open Access From Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 14, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (14499) Emerald is providing free acces to The Internation ... Emerald is providing free acces to The International Journal of Educational Management and Journal of Product & Brand Management for the week of July 14, 2003 From Peter Scott&apos;s Library Blog on July 14, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. (14498) From RB's Heart Rageboy tells us this bad news about Ann Craig better than I could.... From Joho the Blog on July 14, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. (14497) The document is the database When you need to store and display a modest amount of structured or semistructured data, it's tempting to store it directly in an HTML file. I've used this strategy many times; undoubtedly you have too. The advantages and disadvantages of working directly with a presentation format are pretty clear. It's handy that the "database" is a self-contained package that can be updated using any text editor, emailed, read directly from a file system, or served by any web server. But it's awkward to share the work of updating with other people or to isolate and edit parts of the From Jon&apos;s Radio on July 14, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (14496) Core and periphery Successful evolution can't simply be a matter of choosing the right boundary because that's a moving target. Even at a given point in time, there are many ways to draw the "right" boundaries. Linux, for example, is a so-called monolithic system. It shunned the microkernel architecture that became fashionable years ago, yet it enjoys wild success. And while Windows and Mac OS X embrace the microkernel approach, nobody calls that the key to their success. In all these cases, other kinds of boundaries are being drawn, and other balances struck. There's no easy answer here, but From Jon'apos;s Radio on July 14, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (14495) Intel launches 1MB L3 Xeon Slashes line's prices too From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (14494) The Persistence of Hoax Vmyths - good ride while it lasted From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (14493) Planned Parenthood goes for anti-abortionists necks 'Typosquatting' case goes straight to court From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (14492) dabs.com profits double Sales up too From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (14491) Know CSS? Want an iPod? Know CSS? Want an iPod? You will have no doubt noticed that I can't design for toffee. As much as I fiddle with my templates and tweak my CSS, my blogs always look like a cack-handed geocities reject with myopia.... From Ben Hammersley.com on July 14, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (14490) Today BioMed Central launched Open Access Now, a n ... Today BioMed Central launched Open Access Now, a newsletter to appear twice a month on open-access publishing. Open Access Now will feature interviews with important players in the open-access movement and news from our own Open Access News blog. The inaugural issue interviews Gerry Rubin of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a moving force behind the From FOS News on July 14, 2003 at 9:48 a.m.. (14489) Commons Creativity Larry Lessig offers one more blog entry before Howard the Dean steps in as a guest blogger for a week. Lessig points to a guitar track Coliln Mutchler posted to Opsound under a Creative Commons license that allows it to be shared so long as attribution is given. Cora Beth, a 17-year-old violinist then added a violin track, resulting in this. Stuff like this enriches the world the way that that owned and defended music just can't.... From Joho the Blog on July 14, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (14488) Illegal Art Not angry enough yet for a Monday? Read the Boston Globe's excellent article by Chris Gaither on the Illegal Art exhibit at the Artists Gallery of the Museum of Modern Art in SF. The exhibition purposeful uses copyrighted imagery to push against the strictures of copyright. The anger-making part is the pettiness of some of the copyright holders such as Mattel that sued Tom Forsythe for selling his photographs. called "Food Chain Barbie," of Barbie in kitchen appliances. The article explains that a facet of the law called acquiesence means that a copyright holder has to fight every suppose From Joho the Blog on July 14, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (14486) SGI upgrades kit big and small ATI meets Onyx From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (14485) Wi-Fi toting bloggers invade Parliament World+dog yawns From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (14484) Higher speed ADSL prices dropping Fast24 offers 1Mbps for £27.50 From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (14483) EZ-D creator readies disposable DVDs Is Blockbuster history? From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (14482) The future according to Larry Ellison As diplomatic as an Italian politician From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (14481) Untitled Excellent Jing Jing dinner. All kinds of pictures and gossip. Will have to wait until the morning. Tired. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (14480) Untitled RageBoy: "Ann Craig found out this past week that she has skin cancer." From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (14479) Untitled Wired: "The English version is not enough for hard-core fans who are collaborating to create a German translation." From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (14478) Untitled NY Times: Harry Potter and the Internet Pirates. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (14477) Untitled News.Com: "Through a caching feature on the popular Google search site, people can sometimes call up snapshots of archived stories at NYTimes.com and other registration-only sites." From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (14476) Untitled BBC: "Bloggers are going to parliament to encourage more MPs to share their interest and passions on the web." From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (14475) Untitled Last year: "I don't really understand books about blogs." From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (14474) Untitled Five years ago: "Inside every computer, every time you click a key or the mouse, thousands of 'procedure calls' are spawned, analyzing, computing and then acting on your gestures." From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (14473) Untitled Pics from last night's dinner: Don Park. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. (14472) The impact of digital games in education, and real life reviewed From the First Monday article entitled "The impact of digital games in education" by Begona Gros: This paper is based on the idea that virtual learning is central in current society, and that the key aspect of this kind of learning is not so much technology itself but the interaction of the learner with the technology. We believe that games constitute the most interactive multimedia resource in our culture today. Our main hypothesis is that children acquire digital li From Ed Tech Dev on July 14, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (14471) Politicians, just do it! Follow up zu Blog-Politik in UK. James Crabtree ( Voxpolitics )&nbsp;organisiert heute, am Bastille Tag , das Seminar " Ca... From thomas n. burg | randg&#228;nge on July 14, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (14470) To advertise or not Henry Copeland und Blogads sind soweit. Werbung in Rss-Feeds ist Realit&auml;t. Wie gesagt, ich w&uuml;rde mich freuen, wenn das per... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on July 14, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (14469) First Monday: The impact of digital games in education First Monday: The impact of digital games in education "This paper is based on the idea that virtual learning is central in current society, and that the key aspect of this kind of learning is not so much technology itself but the interaction of the learner with the technology. Virtual learning environments offer many advantages: Flexibility, distribution, and adaptability. However,... From elearningpost on July 14, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (14468) CBM 64 licence deal heralds emulator clamp down Targeting commercial sites. Fan projects too? From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (14467) Haves and have-nots in a new tech order With the computer industry showing signs of a recovery, big companies have a golden opportunity to take market share from weaker rivals. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (14466) A fair share Stock options have long promised riches to legions of workers, but many have been left with worthless options--a bitter and demoralizing reminder of unrealized dreams. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (14465) The politics of open-source software CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh discusses why the Initiative for Software Choice is lobbying hard to make sure government agencies here and abroad don't unduly favor open source. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (14464) 2004 subscription rates for Turpion Journals are n ... 2004 subscription rates for Turpion Journals are now available From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on July 14, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. (14463) pyODE: Python Open Dynamics Engine Wrapper pyODE is a Python wrapper module that enables you to use the Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) from within Python programs. ODE is a free, industrial quality library for simulating articulated rigid body dynamics - for example ground vehicles, legged creatures, and moving objects in VR environments. It is fast, flexible, robust and platform independent, with advanced joints, contact with friction, and built-in collision detection. Here is a demo of a From Ed Tech Dev on July 14, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (14462) Troops, Expats 2004 Vote Online Military personnel and Americans living abroad will have the option to vote over the Internet in the 2004 election instead of sending absentee ballots by snail mail. Security watchers say the experiment is destined to screw up and it's ripe for voter fraud. From Wired News on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14461) The End of Cancer (As We Know It) Meet three scientists who are using the revelations of the Human Genome Project to reshape medicine. By Jennifer Kahn from Wired magazine. From Wired News on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14460) Germans Just Wild About Harry Thousands of Germans are beguiled by the latest Harry Potter novel. But the English version is not enough for hard-core fans who are collaborating to create a German translation. By Steve Kettmann. From Wired News on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14459) Macworld's Last Tango in New York The Apple faithful gather this week at the last Macworld expo in the Big Apple. Steve Jobs won't even be there, so few expect fireworks -- but plenty of nostalgia is likely. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14458) Pentagon Alters LifeLog Project Bending a bit to privacy concerns, the Pentagon changes some of the experiments to be conducted for LifeLog, its effort to record every tidbit of information and encounter in daily life. No video recording of unsuspecting people, for example. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14457) Funding for TIA All But Dead The Senate inserts a provision to a key bill that denies all funding to the Terrorist Information Awareness effort. It's a move that would make it much more difficult for the Pentagon to try to establish its massive data-mining spy network. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14456) Cell Phone Calls Flying High A Colorado company is working on a device that would let airline passengers use their cell phones during flight. But, as on the ground, cell-phone calls in yet one more public place could ruffle feathers. By Elisa Batista. From Wired News on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14455) Intel 865, 875 mobos incompatible with Prescott? So say mobo makers From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14454) Web Caching: Google vs. The New York Times An anonymous reader writes "The Google cache is a popular feature among karma fetishists. Many stories with links to the NY Times attract comments pointing to ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14453) osx hints Being the lovely publishers they are, O'Reilly sent me a copy of "Mac OS X Hints" by Rob Griffiths. It's the paper version of the site, and so unsurprisingly very good. One thing I just read, which I hadn't noticed,... From Ben Hammersley.com on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14452) The Daily Cartoon for July 14 Today's Daily Cartoon From Ben Hammersley.com on July 14, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (14451) Careerism As Complicity A newly translated biography of Hans-Georg Gadamer, one of the leading German philosophers of the 20th century, adds fuel to the debate over his actions during the Nazi era. From Chronicle: free on July 14, 2003 at 6:48 a.m.. (14450) Is Student Debt A Burden Or Privilege? As Congress prepares to renew the Higher Education Act, public colleges are at odds over whether to increase limits on how much students can borrow from the government. From Chronicle: free on July 14, 2003 at 6:48 a.m.. (14449) Intel launches 1MB L3 Xeon Slashes line's prices too From The Register on July 14, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (14448) NSW KM Forum meeting in August (Sydney, Australia) Giving everyone plenty of notice, so you can put the date in your diary. Reminders will be sent out closer to the date. WHAT The NSW KM Forum is an informal gathering of individuals who have a common interest in... From Column Two on July 14, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. (14447) DMCA-Alikes Sweep Europe D4C5CE writes "The number of European countries enacting their ignorance of the sad experiences from Four Years under the DMCA has just risen to 5, as the ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (14446) Maryland Public Television Connects JHU Scientists and Middle/High School Teachers on Critical Environmental Health Issues Mentor Teachers Exchange Technology-Infused Lesson Plans and Teaching Practices at "EnviroHealth Connections Summer Institute" [PRWEB Jul 14, 2003] From PR Web on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (14445) 'Early College' Gains Ground in Education New York City is getting two more "early-college high schools," part of a national effort to help minority and low-income students finish high school and get a jump on college. From New York Times: Education on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (14444) Ohio State to Examine Special Help for Clarett The university announced it would investigate allegations of impropriety after a New York Times report that star running back Maurice Clarett received unusual aid in a class. From New York Times: Education on July 14, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (14443) NECC exhibitors stress relevance, customer service From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on July 14, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. (14442) PeopleSoft Awaits Justice Ruling From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on July 14, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. (14441) FCC Rules on Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) and Broadband Services for Education ) and Broadband From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 14, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. (14440) `Early College' Gains Ground in Education From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 14, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. (14439) AC [Amarillo College] adds online course choices From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 14, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. (14438) Cuts affect Virtual Academy From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 14, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. (14437) The impact of digital games in education From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 14, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. (14436) Untitled Excellent Jing Jing dinner. All kinds of pictures and gossip. Will have to wait until the morning. Tired. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (14435) Untitled RageBoy: "Ann Craig found out this past week that she has skin cancer." From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (14434) Untitled NY Times: Harry Potter and the Internet Pirates. From Scripting News on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (14433) `Early College' Gains Ground in Education New York City is getting two more "early-college high schools," part of a national wave designed to help minority students complete high school and get a jump on college. From New York Times: Education on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (14432) State Education Commissioner Keeps Smiling Through an Outcry With the furor over the state's math and physics exams, June was not an easy month for Richard P. Mills, New York State's education commissioner. From New York Times: Education on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (14431) Ex-F.B.I. Agent Contradicts UMass President A retired F.B.I. agent said he tried to question William M. Bulger about the disappearance of his brother, a fugitive gangster. From New York Times: Education on July 14, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. (14430) Attack of Metrosexuality Alright, for my quick blog today I'll discuss something, a phenomenon if you will, called: metrosexuality. Basically, instead of being barbaric savages, guys now have been upgraded (or downgraded) to a "kindler gentler" version. Well to push back that cushy... From Tim Swanson on July 14, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. (14429) Weblog Ethics (There is room for that, eh?) As an excerpt from a new book on blogging, Rebecca Blood's Weblog Ethics is certainly timely. Especially given the current recess fighting over "de-publishing". But more than that, Rebecca's wisdom rings true as one of the early bloggers (see... From cogdogblog on July 14, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. (14428) Child's mind It's like Triple-X Disney: no plot, no dialogue, just "scenes", one after another of pure action. (283 words) From dive into mark on July 14, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (14427) On July 10 the ICSU released its Agenda for Action ... On July 10 the ICSU released its Agenda for Action: Science in the Information Society. This is a set of documents outlining a vision for science age of the internet. The ICSU will encourage national governments from around the world to endorse the agenda at the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society. Quoting the press release: From FOS News on July 14, 2003 at 1:49 a.m.. (14426) The University of Potsdam is creating an open-acce ... The University of Potsdam is creating an open-access archive to mirror the entire corpus of BioMed Central articles. The mirror will not only improve access to the articles but (LOCKSS-like) improve its prospects for long-term preservation. This is the third mirror of the BMC corpus, after PubMed Central and the CNRS. BMC increases the LOCKSS effe From FOS News on July 14, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (14425) Reveling in the Heavenly Jukebox Apple iTunes Music Store Boogies Out the Wazoo "Now that I've made the switch to an Apple computer I have been able to savor the online music store that is built into the iTunes software.... Here are 5 reasons why the iTunes Music Store rocks If you find that you have a bad quality song you don't have to look for the CD to rip it again.&nbsp; You can just snag From The Shifted Librarian on July 14, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (14424) Some Funnies from the Last Week that I've Meant to Post "Have you seen.... ...the latest Switching to Mac ads?&nbsp;[via thebooge.ca]" [jenett.radio] Matrix Ping Pong video (requires Windows Media Player) Weapons of Mass De From The Shifted Librarian on July 14, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (14422) Gaming Site Reviews.. Real Life? jbp8 writes: "There's an article on GameSpot reviewing the ultimate MMOG - real life!" The article gives real life an Editor's Choice award, focusing on issues ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (14421) Good reaches out to more devices Good Technology releases new messaging software and adds partners as it looks to attract more enterprise customers by broadening the device and network compatibility of its software. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (14420) SGI uses ATI for graphics behemoths Silicon Graphics on Monday is expected to release a new high-end visualization machine that marks a major change for the company: reliance on mainstream video technology from ATI. From CNET News.com on July 14, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. (14419) Robots.txt for Manila sites Manila now lets you tell "web crawlers and search engines what areas of your site they are allowed to visit and/or index." [via Jake Savin] From homoLudens III on July 14, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. (14418) American Solar Challenge 2003 Starts Ryan Kingsbury writes "The world's longest solar car race kicked off to a sunny start today in Chicago! The American Solar Challenge, which is only held every ... From Slashdot on July 14, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (14417) The SSP list has a good discussion thread on the S ... The SSP list has a good discussion thread on the Sabo bill. Unfortunately, either the SSP list has no online archive or I can't find it. So it may be that the only way to follow this thread is to subscribe. From FOS News on July 13, 2003 at 11:47 p.m.. (14416) Untitled Rich is a good guy. We became friends at XML Devcon. He's from Lawn Guyland (I'm from Queens) and he lives in Boston (me too). We have never gotten along on the mail lists, probably has a lot to do with the difference between writing style and personality. There is a difference. Rich has a great smile, and if you look him in the eye and say Whu From Scripting News on July 13, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. (14415) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]