Edu_RSS ~ October 29, 2003

Most recent update: October 29, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Hire Ton! Fund Gary! Ton is looking for work anywhere in Europe/North America. I've been reading his blog since he started and have met him in person. I think he's a first-rate thinker and communicator. He "would expect strategic vision and leadership of any employer". That's a lot to ask, I know, so please don't hesitate to throw any hint you might have his way. Gary is also in dire need of paid work. His latest busine From Seb's Open Research on October 29, 2003 at 10:47 p.m.. (35147) Untitled Our Harvard weblog passed one million page reads today. Also just noticed in the referrers that PDCBloggers.Net gave us a nice link and a bunch of flow, pointing to the weblog-defined --> From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (35146) Untitled Jim Roepcke blogs Tim O'Reilly talking about Mac OS X. From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (35145) Untitled We had a visit today from the Bill and Myles Berkman, members of the family that provided the backing for Berkman Center. So I asked if I could take their picture, along with the faculty directors, with apologies to John Palfrey, who has a silly thing going on on his face. ";->" From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (35144) Untitled One of the things on the roadmap for Berkman-Thursdays is a series of mini-BloggerCons, half-to-full-day salons in Cambridge and/or San Francisco (maybe NYC), where we discuss the art and science of weblogs. As the culture and technology grow, the topics grow to be more inclusive. Being at Harv From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (35143) Untitled Jay Rosen: "Case closed." From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (35142) I'm not going to cut and paste Steven Den Beste's email,... From The Art of Peace on October 29, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (35140) Studiengebühren, jetzt... Die hessische Landesregierung plant im Zuge der leeren Kassen die Einführung von Verwaltungsgebühren und Langzeitstudiengebühren. Mag sein, dass du dir jetzt denkst: na gut, ich zahle doch gerne, wenn die Ausbildungssituation an meiner Hochschule dafür besser wird. Pustekuchen, die Einnahmen aus beiden Gebührensätzen sollen ausschließlich der Landeskasse zugute kommen. Gleichzeitig hat die Regierung den Hochschulpakt, der zur Sicherung der Hochschulfinanzierung geschlossen wurde, gekündigt. Die hessischen Hochschulen erhalten im nächsten Jahr From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 8:48 p.m.. (35137) Web Log Portfolios I've been a longtime proponent of student portfolios and one of the most appealing things about Web logs for me has been the obvious ease with which they could be used to create an online repository of student work and reflection. I've written a lot about this here, and these struggles aren't new, but I've been trying to slowly work toward implementing them on some small scale with the hopes that the idea would grow. Today I sat with my English Dept. supervisor and explored the idea in more detail, and it became obvious that despite the promise, there are still some serious From weblogged News on October 29, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. (35136) The Synchronous Blend Learning Circuits has posted the fourth in their six-part series of articles exploring how to successfully implement five success factors that create success for e-learners. This month's article is "Managing the Synchronous Blend": "New conventional wisdom tells us that the best programs are comprised of a blend of various learning technologies. Blending technologies that take advantage of learning styles, learner convenience, and instructional design best practice From e-Learning Eclectic on October 29, 2003 at 7:51 p.m.. (35135) The Berkmans visit Berkman We had a visit today from the Bill and Myles Berkman, members of the family that provided the backing for Berkman Center. So I asked if I could take their picture, along with the faculty directors, with apologies to John Palfrey, who has a silly thing going on on his face. From Weblogs At Harvard on October 29, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (35133) Don't test users, test hypotheses Avi Soudack has written an article on testing hypotheses as an effective way of conducting usability testing. To quote: User testing typically consists of a sort of fishing trip. We lower a lure (the user) into the water (the application... From Column Two on October 29, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. (35132) DesktopVodoo Tom - the medium is the message - du spinnst dein lokales web, bin gespannt wie es mal nach aussen dringen wird. In den le... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on October 29, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (35131) On Fire Hat für mich etwas wie eine Mahnmal . Bis auf die GoogleAds, ich finde die langsam lästig, auch wenn sie mitunter den die ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on October 29, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (35130) exhaustFumes Wenn ich nicht krank wäre und ein wenig Zeit hätte. EtherPEG works by capturing unencrypted TCP packets off your local net... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on October 29, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (35129) Userland revisited Totgesagte leben länger, vielleicht und hoffentlich We've also made major progress on bringing a new management team on bo... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on October 29, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. (35128) ADL release ''SCOurse'' The ADL released the "SCOurse" as a set of downloadable SCOs on Monday, September 27th, 2003: Academic ADL Co-Lab Releases the "SCOurse" "The Academic ADL Co-Lab's "SCOurse" is a collection of Sharable Content Objects (SCOs) intended to help individuals and institutions learn about ADL's Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) ... This week marks the first ever release of the SCOurse as a downloadable SCORM package." The SCOurse itself has been online From e-Learning Eclectic on October 29, 2003 at 6:52 p.m.. (35127) Weblogs der Fachhochschule... Die Fachhochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin unterhält einen Antville-Server. Siehe auch ::collabor:: Kooperatives Lernen und Publizieren. From BildungsBlog on October 29, 2003 at 6:51 p.m.. (35125) hollow - Waltz From Unfocused.Net on October 29, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (35124) Connecting Learning Objects with RSS More thoughts about RSS in education. Connecting Learning Objects with RSS, Trackback, and Weblogs rocks. Just listened to the Connecting Learning Objects with RSS, Trackback and Weblogs multi-media presentation that I mentioned before and I must say it rocks!  This just confirms that the learning community (well at least  --> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on October 29, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (35123) Do something for someone who can't return the favor. Henry was 48, and left a wife and seven children. As so often happens in Malawi, too little was done, too late. It is the story of people who are dying so needlessly. Henry is only one of those stories. So many are unnamed. This person had a name – Henry. Read his story in --> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on October 29, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (35122) Controlled vocabularies: A glosso-thesaurus Karl Fast, Fred Leise and Mike Steckel have published a glossary of terms for controlled vocabularies. To quote: "There is a singular lack of vocabulary control in the field of controlled vocabularies," Bella Haas Weinberg, professor of library science at... From Column Two on October 29, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (35121) QuirksMode Peter-Paul Koch has published a website on workarounds for browser incompatibilities. To quote: QuirksMode.org is the personal and professional site of Peter-Paul Koch, freelance web developer in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It contains more than 150 pages with CSS and JavaScript... From Column Two on October 29, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (35120) Lafayette Project is Kinja The Lafayette Project, having for six months been established on Franklin Street, now has a name: Kinja. Work continues apace, more or less. The FAQ from February still applies, more or less. The logo was created by the lovely and talented Leslie Harpold. If you need great work done with quick turnaround and no fancy-pants designer attitude, Leslie is your woman. From megnut on October 29, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (35119) Reading into the mind of a terrorist Scholars look at how, not why, the hijackers prepared mentally for certain death. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on October 29, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. (35118) Universitärer Verfall Aus diesem unscheinbaren Loch tropft es an der Uni Giessen im Gebäude der Erziehungswissenschaften vor dem Eingang zur Heil- und Sonderpädagogik und zur Erwachsenenbildung durch die Decke. Seit vier Semestern. Aber nur an trockenen Tagen. Im ersten St From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on October 29, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (35116) Neuer Rekord bei LexisNexis Wie LexisNexis am 27.10.2003 meldet, hatte der überwiegend als juristischer Suchdienst bekannte Anbieter mit über 3 Mio. Anfragen an einem... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 29, 2003 at 5:51 p.m.. (35115) And the Reason Libraries Aren't Included in this Initiative Is?... Acer Offers Free Wireless for K-12 Education Acer America Corp. has announced the 'Wi-Fi 101' initiative, which will provide free wireless access points and installation to select K-12 schools nationwide. With the support of Intel Corp., Acer America will canvas and select one school in each qualified school district for Wi-Fi 101, with up to 120 schools participating nationwide for the program. Each designated school will be eligible for the installation of up to four access points in From The Shifted Librarian on October 29, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (35114) Unverifiable Voting Gets National Notice Steven Levy (Newsweek): Black Box Voting Blues. The best minds in the computer-security world contend that the voting terminals can't... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 29, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. (35113) Heightened Activity on Sun Disrupts Technology, Lights up Sky An extremely large solar flare erupted from a sunspot and sent a large burst of radiation directly at Earth at approximately 6 a.m. EST Tuesday morning, NASA officials say. The energy from the explosion is expected to disrupt communiation and electrical systems into Thursday. "The eruption was positioned perfectly," astrophysicist John Kohl told CNN. "A major geomagnetic storm is bound to happen." From kuro5hin.org on October 29, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (35112) Longhorn Microsoft unveiled its proposed Longhorn operating system last weekend, and after a couple of days, the reviews are out. Numerous commentators have noted that it draws a lot from Apple. Others concentrated on whether Longhorn would offer more security. Also interesting is the discussion about how the operating system handles information. Overa From OLDaily on October 29, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (35111) Annotea This project is worth noting, if you haven't seen it already. From the website: "Annotea is a LEAD (Live Early Adoption and Demonstration) project enhancing the W3C collaboration environment with shared annotations. By annotations we mean comments, notes, explanations, or other types of external remarks that can be attached to any Web document or a selected part of the document without actually needing to touch the document. When the user gets the document he or she can also load the annotations attached to it from a selected annotation server or several servers and see what his peer grou From OLDaily on October 29, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (35109) The Future of Learning: From eLearning to mLearning This book-length report explores the idea that e-learning technologies will go mobile. Readers will find chapter 4 interesting, containing as it does an extensive survey of existing m-learning initiatives. But overall, I do not think that the telephone, wireless or not (and most of the report looks at such technology) is an appropriate locus of learning, except in limited circumstances. Unless we can get a larger display and more flexible interface, online learning will be dominated by the desktop. It should not, because wireless access is one of the great new technologies to emerge in recent From OLDaily on October 29, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (35108) LOM/CanCore-based Open-Source Software Components CanCore has announced the release of several software components as its contribution to Canada's eduSource project. From the website: "Released under the Free Software Foundation's LGPL License, these three components have the potential to greatly simplify the challenging task of developing learning object repositories... These components take the form of interfaces, APIs (Application Program Interfaces), or schemas for working with LOM (Learning Object Metadata) or LOR (Learning Object Repository) data and functions." By Various Authors, CanCore, October 24, 2003 [--> From OLDaily on October 29, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (35107) Liste der Lehrstühle... Eine vollständige(?) Liste der Lehrstühle der Erwachsenenbildung in Deutschland findet sich unter: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/ppp/andragogik/links/links.htm [via PlasticWiki : ErwachsenenBildung] From BildungsBlog on October 29, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (35105) Informationssystem Medienpädagogik Ziel des Informationssystems Medienpädagogik / ISM ist die Förderung von Medienkompetenz. Das ISM umfasst fünf Datenbanken und enthält ausführlich annotierte Nachweise zu Fachliteratur, Lehr- und Lernmedien sowie zu Forschungsprojekten.Ergänzend zu ISM bietet der Grundbaukasten Medienkompetenz des ecmc ausgewählte Informationen und Referenzen als Orientierungshilfe zum Thema. [via MedienpädaBLOGik] From BildungsBlog on October 29, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (35104) Linktipp 1000 Spiele und Ideen... In dieser Spielesammlung befinden sich ca. 1000 Spiele und viele weitere Ideen für Gruppenspiele, bunter Nachmittag, Spiele für Veranstaltungen oder Spielstrassen. Die Spiele sind in ca. 50-60 Kategorien eingeteilt wie z.B. Wasserspiele, Schneespiele, Luftballonspiele, Stationen- oder Staffelspiele, Geländespiele, Partyspiele, Quizspiele oder Spiele für den bunten Abend. Zudem gibt es noch ein paar allgemeine Bastelideen und im speziellen Bastelideen zum Thema Indianer und Steinzeit. http://www.pr From BildungsBlog on October 29, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (35103) Frauen in der Forschung immer... In der Europäischen Union arbeiten immer noch deutlich weniger Frauen als Männer in Wissenschaft und Forschung. Wie aus dem gestern von der Europäischen Kommission veröffentlichten Bericht "She Figures 2003" hervorgeht, entfallen zwar 40 Prozent aller Doktorabschlüsse in Europa auf Frauen, in Hochschulen und staatlichen Forschungseinrichtungen sind jedoch nur ein Drittel der Forschungsstellen von Frauen besetzt. In privaten Unternehmen sind es sogar nur 15 Prozent. [via wissenschaft-online ] From BildungsBlog on October 29, 2003 at 4:51 p.m.. (35102) Feds grant DMCA exceptions From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (35101) Amazon's "Search Inside the Book" Discussed on NPR... From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 4:49 p.m.. (35100) School District Web Logs I'm trying to put together a panel at the EduBlog gathering on how school districts are using Web logs from an organizational and communication standpoint. I know we're moving toward that here, and I know Tim Lauer is doing something along those lines at Lewis Elementary. So, I'm looking for other examples, and ideally some other folk to participate on the panel. Please contact me asap if you or someone you know qualifies. From weblogged News on October 29, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (35099) Adding a Few More We are lucky enough to have a radio station here on campus and we've started a semi-regular broadcast named "Voices of Youth." It started from a project we did with the PBS show POV last spring dealing with random student drug testing (we do that here, too.) Anyway, the result for that show was good enough that we decided to continue it this fall, and today we created the Web log for the site. Now, if anyone can give me some pointers on how to turn a .pcm file int From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 29, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. (35097) Algunos Derechos Reservados (Some Rights Reserved) Sounds good in Spanish, too. Here's an article from Clarin.com on Creative Commons and director James Boyle's recent visit to Argentina. The piece doesn't quite get how Creative Commons's approach is reliant upon and compatible with copyright, but it's nice to see another example of interest in our work building across the world. From Creative Commons: weblog on October 29, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (35096) "Libraries and the Enhancement of E-learning" - a report from the OCLC E-LEARNING TASK FORCE http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/elearning.pdf As the authors state early on, this wide-ranging report from the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) on the relationship between academic libraries and elearning in higher education is not just for librarians. It focuses topics such as the role of libraries towards learning objects and object repositories, how libraries need to interact and interroperate with course management systems, and what the libraries role should be in relation to the institutions cont From EdTechPost on October 29, 2003 at 3:52 p.m.. (35094) 52-mal USA Die US-Seite "Judiciary" hat die Internetauftritte aller 52 US-Bundesstaaten unter Rechtsprechungsgesichtspunkten aufgelistet, dabei aber auch das Thema "Barrierefreiheit" berücksichtigt. (Dank... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 29, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (35093) Citation Analysis--Lists & Rankings Scholarly Pub... From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 3:49 p.m.. (35092) private RSS This is fine, every now and then a new feature emerges. This one is very helpful but I remember (not 100% sure) that it di... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on October 29, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (35091) build and free flags So GNOME Desktop News has a great story about a project to build a comprehensive package of world flags in SVG format. The flags are then donated under a Creative Commons Public Domain license. The call for these flags went up Saturday. So far, there are 130 flags contributed. To see the flags so far, look From Lessig Blog on October 29, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (35090) Digital cameras I'm in the market for both a digital camera and a digital video camera. (169 words) From dive into mark on October 29, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (35089) Microsoft's Server OS Market Growing Linux is making inroads but applications still remain scarce. From CyberAtlas on October 29, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (35088) Quiche RandomComments.comHome Life: Cooking (0 replies)Quicheposted by bolton_crew on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 12:24:07 PMHas anyone ever tried it? Is it nice? I'm making one in food-tech on tuesday and I've never eaten it ... From RandomComments.com on October 29, 2003 at 2:52 p.m.. (35086) Cow RandomComments.comLife: Colleges & Schools (3 replies)Cowposted by bolton_crew on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 12:48:23 PMI will try my best, but I can't promise anything. ... From RandomComments.com on October 29, 2003 at 2:52 p.m.. (35085) The Vision For An Educational Web "What are needed are new networks, readily available to the public and designed to spread equal opportunity for learning and teaching. Not having found such a term, I will try to redeem the one which is available, using it as a synonym of "educational web". You can tell that a man had true insight into what he saw, wrote or created, when his work can easily sustain the stand of time. Over 33 years ago one man had a vision for an approach to education and learning that is still yet to be fully comprehended, read and understood by many.... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on October 29, 2003 at 2:51 p.m.. (35084) Seminar-Weblogs in Augsburg (Diesen Beitrag gibt es auch im BildungsBlog) Eben habe ich in den Referrers des BildungsBlogs das Weblog von Florian Kopp gefunden. Florian ist Teilnehmer des Seminars "Personal Webpublishing Systeme und Weblogs im Kontext von Lernen, Lehren und Wissensmanagement" von Sebastian Fiedler an der Professur für Medienp From Unfocused.Net on October 29, 2003 at 2:51 p.m.. (35081) Web Search--Google Source: Financial Times "Why ... From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (35080) Calicut Medical Journal Formally Launched The Calicut Medical Journal is Online The much awaited Calicut Medical Journal is Online. The new Open Access BioMedical Journal published by the Calicut Medical College Alumni Association, is the second Indian Open Access BioMedical Journal. With new Open Access medical Journals coming up in India, existing publishers are already feeling the heat of competetion . While these two Open Access Journals offer online acceptance of manuscripts, speedy peer review and almost instant publication, with a host of utilities, and ofcourse without a pricetag From FOS News on October 29, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (35079) BMC statement on the Elsevier boycott Jan Velterop, publisher of BioMed Central, has issued a statement on the Elsevier boycott. Excerpt: "The UCSC Resolution shows the deep frustration scientists feel when access to the articles they have written, reporting the results of their research, is threatened by traditional publishers. The subscription publishing model assumes the ownership of these articles and charges very high prices for access." From FOS News on October 29, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (35078) Presentations on The Scholar's Portal The presentations on The Scholar's Portal given at a session of the IFLA General Conference (Berlin, August 1-9, 2003) are now online. From FOS News on October 29, 2003 at 2:48 p.m.. (35077) Emergence, reverence, and irrelevance Via Jerry Michalski, here's a great text by Russell Ackoff, a pioneer of Operations Research, that sketches what I feel is the usual arc trajectory of successful fields of knowledge. The life of OR has been a short one. It was born here late in the 1930's. By the mid 60&ap From Seb's Open Research on October 29, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. (35076) Untitled "Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing." - John Andrew Holmes From Seb'apos;s Open Research on October 29, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. (35075) Untitled John Robb reports that the average number of attacks against US troops in Iraq has been rising every month since May. From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (35074) E-commerce News Briefs The FTC cracks down on auction fraud, researchers are sorting out the environmental consequences of e-commerce, and a barter exchange offers online payment ability to its merchants. From E-Commerce Guide on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (35073) More Google DMCA Requests Posted on Chilling Effects Site From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (35071) "Libraries and the Enhancement of E-learning" From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (35070) SCO says GPL is illegal The SCO Group claims that the GPL (general public license) is illegal. So far SCO has not elaborated this far-fetched claim except to say that "Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. copyright law [it must mean, the U.S. Constitution] says that Congress can regulate copyrights, not the FSF [Free Software Foundation] or any other organization." Buf if that's all that SCO has, then it's confusing the regulation of copyright law with the waiver of rights under that law. (Of course i From FOS News on October 29, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (35069) Untitled Essay: "To me, standing up to help a person being attacked is the best we can do. If it's the US government or a BigCo trying to keep people from talking about them, or a lout with a website, trashing good people's reputations." From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (35068) Global Usage, September 2003 Nielsen//NetRatings offers insight on the global Internet population's home usage. From CyberAtlas on October 29, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. (35067) I used to live elsewhere RandomComments.comLife: Everyday stuff (0 replies)I used to live elsewhereposted by gardav on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:51:24 AMI used to live in St. Peters.  I didn't like it much. ... From RandomComments.com on October 29, 2003 at 12:52 p.m.. (35065) Englisch lernen für Kids... Auf der Site kico4u.de gibt es über 300 Online-Übungen, Hörtexte, Diktate und Comprehensions (nicht nur) für Kids. In den "Topics of the Week" kann man dann auch in einigen Hörtexten alles über England erfahren, ausserdem gibt es einen Chat und ein Forum. From BildungsBlog on October 29, 2003 at 12:52 p.m.. (35064) IPEB - InfoPool Erwachsenenbildung Der "InfoPool ErwachsenenBildung" (IPEB) wurde im Herbst 1999 von Studierenden der Erwachsenenbildung an der Universität Marburg entwickelt. Ziel der Initiative ist es, den Austausch zwischen Studierenden und Interessierten der Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung im Internet zu fördern. Das Angebot Um diesen Austausch zu verwirklichen, stehen auf unserer Webseite verschiedene Angebote zur Verfügung: Dokumente: Hier finden Sie Texte rund ums Thema Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung nach thematischen Schwe From BildungsBlog on October 29, 2003 at 12:52 p.m.. (35063) Video-Clips: Technology Enhanced... In these short video clips European citizens, researchers, politicians, entrepreneurs and developers give their views on why technology enhanced learning can make the world a better place. [via The Learning Citizen] From BildungsBlog on October 29, 2003 at 12:52 p.m.. (35062) (Inter-)Nationale RA-Kammern lexisONE hat in einem "Bar Resource Center" sämtliche US-RA-Kammern zusammengestellt ebenso wie einen Ãœberblick über die bedeutendsten Internationalen RA-Kammern sowie... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35061) Fields of Knowledge Fields of Knowledge http://www.fieldsofknowledge.com/index.htmlFields of Knowledge is deeply rooted in academia. Ninety-three percent of the subject specialists who provide content to The Infography are college professors. We are dedicated to the immediate mission of better enabling librarians, students, and others to identify good information for learning. The m From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35060) Free/Open Source Research Community Online Papers Free/Open Source Research Community Online Papershttp://opensource.mit.edu/online_papers.phpFree/open source software (F/OSS) is software for which the human-readable source code is made available to the user of the software, who can then modify the code in order to fit the software to the user From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35059) Fulltext Sources Online Fulltext Sources Onlinehttp://www.fso-online.comFULLTEXT SOURCES ONLINE (FSO) (ISSN 1040-8258) is a directory of publications that are accessible online in full text, from 29 major aggregator products. FSO lists 21,891 periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, newswires, and TV or radio transcripts. It covers topics in science, technology, medicine, law, finance, business, industry, the popular press and more. FSO also lists the URLs of publications with Internet archives, noting whether access to them is free or not. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35058) GPO Access Online Resources: A-Z Resource List GPO Access Online Resources: A-Z Resource Listhttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/databases.htmlComprehensive A-Z resource list from GPO Access. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35057) RestaurantWatch RestaurantWatchhttp://www.restaurantwatch.com/RestaurantWatch is a free service that lets you track all new restaurants and inspection ratings for all of your favorite Los Angeles County restaurants. If you like to try new restaurants, RestaurantWatch has the only complete list of new restaurants in LA County. The atmosphere may be great, but how clean are the kitchens of your favorite restaurants? You might be surprised! When you register, you can create your personal restaurant "watch list" that shows the lett From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35056) This edition of Current Awareness Happenings on th... This edition of Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. (October 27, 2003 V1N22) is dedicated to the brand new newsletter Awareness Watch™. Click on the below audblog link to to hear an audio describing this newsletter and its related site. The site is available from the following address:Awareness Watch™http://www.AwarenessWatch.com/--> From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35055) Index Translationum Index Translationum http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php@URL_ID=7810&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.htmlThe Index Translationum is a list of books translated in the world, i.e. an international bibliography of translations. The data base contains cumulative bibliographical information on books translated and published in about one hundred of the UNESCO Member States since 1979 and totalling more than one 1,300.000 entries in all disciplines : liter From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35054) Internet Library of Early Journals - ILEJ Internet Library of Early Journals - ILEJhttp://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/ILEJ, the "Internet Library of Early Journals" was a joint project by the Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford, conducted under the auspices of the eLib (Electronic Libraries) Programme. It aimed to digitise substantial runs of 18th and 19th century journals, and make these images available on the Internet, together with their associated bibliographic data. The project finishe From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35053) SCI-BYTES - What's New in Research - Year 2003 SCI-BYTES - What's New in Research - Year 2003http://in-cites.com/research/2003/index.htmlISI®, as a publisher of Web-based information resources, recognizes the need for and value of reliable high-quality information to individual researchers and users as well as to the larger library community. Whether tracking the progress of on-going research or exploring new topics, ISI recognizes that you need to be kept current and aware of what's changing in your i From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35052) ISIHighlyCited ISIHighlyCitedhttp://isihighlycited.com/This freely accessible Web site gives research professionals working in a variety of occupations an invaluable tool to identify individuals, departments and laboratories that have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of science and technology in recent decades.ISIHighlyCited.com reveals the face of research--the people behind the accomplishments in 21 broad subject categories in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, engineering and social sciences. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35051) NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repositoryhttp://lsr.nellco.org/The NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository provides a free and persistent point of access for working papers, reports, lecture series, workshop presentations, and other scholarship created by faculty at NELLCO member schools. Powered by Berkeley Electronic Press technology, the aim of the NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository is to improve dissemination and visibility of a variety of scholarly materials throughout the academic and legal research communities. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35050) Our Documents Our Documentshttp://www.ourdocuments.gov/At the heart of this initiative are 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to oeform a more perfect union. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35049) DIET Agents DIET Agents http://diet-agents.sourceforge.netThe DIET Agents platform has been released as Open Source. It is a light-weight, multi-agent platform for decentralised computing. A bottom-up design was used to ensure that the platform is lightweight, scalable, robust, adaptive and extensible. It is especially suitable for rapidly developing peer-to-peer prototype applications and adaptive, distributed applications that use bottom-up or nature-inspired techniques. The platform is available from the DIET Agents web From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35048) PhilSci Archive PhilSci Archivehttp://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/The PhilSci Archive is an electronic archive for preprints in the philosophy of science. It is offered as a free service to the philosophy of science community. The goal of the Archive is to promote communication in the field by the rapid dissemination of new work. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35047) CITIDEL - Computing and Information Technology Interactive Digital Educational Library CITIDEL - Computing and Information Technology Interactive Digital Educational Libraryhttp://www.citidel.org/A consortium led by Hofstra University, The College of New Jersey , The Pennsylvania State University , Villanova University, and Virginia Tech proposes to build CITIDEL as part of the Collections Track activities in the National --> From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 29, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (35046) LexisNexis Reaches Single-Day Record of More Than Three Million Searches From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (35045) Bay Area leads revolt against scientific journals..Scientists call for boycott, launch open-access project From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (35044) Professional Reading Shelf (2 Items) Scholarly Co... From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (35043) Nearly $10 Million Awarded to Recruit and Educate New Generation of Librarians From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 12:49 p.m.. (35042) More on the PLoS Biology launch Julie Yen, Free online science journal launched, The Stanford Daily, October 29, 2004. Quoting PLoS co-founder and Stanford biochemist Pat Brown: "If we succeed, the treasury of knowledge in the scientific and scholarly literature will not be restricted to the lucky few who have access to the research libraries of wealthy institutions like Stanford, but to billions of people around the world....We believe this will be a great boost to education, informed medical practice and scientific literacy. And From FOS News on October 29, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (35041) Academic publishing at German universities Axel Halle, Wissenschaftliche Publikationskultur und Hochschulverlage, Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie, 2003 (accessible only to subscribers). The English abstract: "This article discusses the present state of academic publishing at German universities in light of the current recommendations of the German Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat) and the Association of Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions in Germany (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, HRK) From FOS News on October 29, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (35040) Web Consortium Challenges Eolas Patent W3C: World Wide Web Consortium Presents US Patent Office with Evidence Invalidating Eolas Patent. In an unprecedented step, Tim Berners-Lee,... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on October 29, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. (35039) Untitled This is a test, please ignore. For those who are wondering, I'm building a little lab for playing with weblog archives. I want to try a bunch of ideas out. At the same time, the Scripting News archive needs to be unified. It's too spread out. From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (35038) Untitled I had an email exchange yesterday with a person who hit me really hard and frequently a few years ago, but since has gone quiet. He now has a respectable job in part of the industry where they cover the things I do, with some pretense of objectivity. He was emailing to ask for my help with a free speech matter, the kind of thing that Berkman does. I helped him. After that a discussion. This is a guy who had repeatedly, publicly said I had no integrity, in nasty bullyish ways, and here he is depending on the integrity he said I don't have. He says he knew I'd help. This guy kno From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (35037) Untitled Rogers Cadenhead has a list of weblogs covering the California fires. From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (35036) Untitled Steve MacLaughlin gets the skinny on Nick Denton's new Fleshbot. From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. (35035) A timeline of the most amazing thing Friday evening: I get home from work and I open my trusty iBook. I'm happily doing my computing when the screen goes all Matrix wacko: strange lines start streaming down it, then things get all blocky and pixely, then it freezes. Several reboots later, and it's still happening. iBook is unusable. Panicked and sad, I power it off and go to sleep. Saturday: I go upstate to see the leaves, and spend the day in denial. Saturday night: more rebooting confirms the terrible state of affairs: iBook is seriously messed up. From megnut on October 29, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (35034) Using language to dominate politics There's a really fascinating interview with UC Berkeley professor George Lakoff discussing how conservatives use language to dominate politics. Reading this makes me realize that Democrats are going to need to do a lot more than just hold Meetups and have blogs to win anytime soon. Also Lakoff has the best quote I've read in a long time about why we pay taxes and why we should pay t From megnut on October 29, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. (35033) Elektronische Dokumente rechtssicher Wem glaubt ein Richter, wenn ihm elektronische Dokumente als Beweis vorgelegt werden? Seine Entscheidung kann er jetzt mit "ArchiSig" treffen,... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 29, 2003 at 11:51 a.m.. (35031) Rib night! Last night, the whole family went to Bill Bateman's Bistro in Towson for Rib Night. As the night progressed, and we stripped our racks clean, the soundtrack of the evening started to seep into my conciousness. It was like someone had uncovered my high-school-freshman record collection from 1978 and produced a mix tape....the playlist sticks in my brain like a splinter. Pink Floyd's Pigs. Bowie's Ziggy Stardust Edgar Winter's --> From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 29, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (35030) Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Do... From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (35029) E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (35028) Patriot Act Riles An Unlikely Group: Nation's Librarians From ResourceShelf on October 29, 2003 at 11:48 a.m.. (35027) Up with tables! The Decloak software company argues that table layouts are good and CSS layouts are bad. The article is a metric pantsload of distortions, half-truths, and self-serving assertions, sprinkled with an occasional out-of-context fact. The rationale seems to be that Decloak's software uses tables for layout and does not support CSS layout except via user gymnastics; hence CSS layout is bad. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on October 29, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (35026) Match photos to color schemes Royalty-free stock photo agency iStockPro has introduced a nifty Browse by Color dialog which lets you find photos that match your layout's color scheme. Neat! From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on October 29, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (35025) W3C to patent office: Eolas lawsuit doesn’t validate W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of HTML and the web, today presented the U.S. Patent Office with prior art establishing that the Eolas patent is invalid and should be re-examined "to eliminate this unjustified impediment to the operation of the web." From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on October 29, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. (35024) Re: Finding Feeds? ... Try Google "Health" From rss-dev on October 29, 2003 at 10:51 a.m.. (35022) Untitled Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Watch sheds light: "I show you as 8 out of 10. The toolbar has been notorious over the past few months of failing to show ratings or correct ratings for all types of sites." From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. (35021) WebCT Vista becomes SCORM 1.2 Certified WebCT issued a press release announcing that their WebCT Vista Academic Enterprise System is now fully SCORM 1.2 Certified. WebCt Vista is now one of the few SCORM certified e-Learning tools marketed towards the academic market. Here's a comparison of Course Management tools and their standards-compliance from --> From e-Learning Eclectic on October 29, 2003 at 9:52 a.m.. (35020) How Effective is Multimedia in Online Training? Der Autor zitiert eine ganze Reihe von Studien, die belegen, dass der Einsatz von Multimedia - also die zusätzliche Integration von Grafik-, Audio- und Video-Elementen - keinen Einfluss auf das Lernverhalten hat. Das erinnert mich an Zeiten, in denen ich... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 29, 2003 at 9:51 a.m.. (35018) Untitled It's dark at five o'clock the rain is washing away the leaves another season flushed into oblivion leaving piles of flotsam and regret The sky is grey at eight a.m. titning memories of Saturday's sun with a mask of autumnal finality I hate Standard Time. From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 29, 2003 at 9:50 a.m.. (35017) Untitled Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Watch sheds light: "I show you as 8 out of 10. The toolbar has been notorious over the past few months of failing to show ratings or correct ratings for all types of sites." From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (35016) New Syllabus I'm organizing a new seminar to teach at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU next semester. Here's where I am, so far. Right to Play: Theoretical Perspectives on InteractivityThe emergence of interactive technologies has profoundly altered our relationship to media and art from the position of spectators to that of players. For longer than we might imagine, cultural theorists have foreseen these shifts, feared them, fought for them, celebrated them, and, clearly, misunderstood them. In this course, we will explore the thread of interactivity i From rushkoff.blog on October 29, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. (35015) Direct, Effortless Files Sharing: The Invisible FTP Is Called "Tokens" Last night I received an email that stroke my attention and fed my interest for the new and useful. A little masterpiece of PR work, the email, which I have copied below in its full length, shows how much Cluetrain was right about the need to talk to customers in a direct, sincere, true uncontrived human voice. Mike Lemmons, or whoever does it for him, has perfectly understood that I have no interest for another press release or industry news announcement. I am full of those. If I see one, I delete it. So, not only Mike/Creo get my undivided... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on October 29, 2003 at 8:51 a.m.. (35013) How to make Movable Type do Radio Userland "Stories" Radio Userland has a feature called "Stories" which allows you to write items outside the normal chronological flow of posts. I had a few "Stories" in my old Radio Userland weblog that I hadn't migrated over to Movable Type,... [The... From Movable Type on October 29, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (35012) Manila feature: Password-protected RSS feeds A new feature for Manila which makes it possible to subscribe to RSS feeds in Editors-Only Manila sites using any... From Disruptive Technology on October 29, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (35011) How to make Movable Type do Radio Userland "Stories" Radio Userland has a feature called "Stories" which allows you to write items outside the normal chronological flow of posts.... From Disruptive Technology on October 29, 2003 at 8:50 a.m.. (35010) The Digital Aid Framework - Jason Sargent, Ubiquity Technology enables humanitarian relief organizations to come closer to achieving Dunant's dream. The Digital Aid Framework shows organizations how to use technology during complex humanitarian relief operations.... The advantages offered by the digital From Techno-News Blog on October 29, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. (35009) Textbook Queries Video - Technology Review As the amount of stored audio and video information burgeons, it is becoming increasingly clear that searching dynamic media needs to be as quick and easy as searching text. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, the Japan Science and Te From Techno-News Blog on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35008) Europe, U.S. on Different Sides of the Gender Divide - Robyn Greenspan, CyberAtlas Women Internet users hold the slight edge over men in the U.S., but not so in Europe. As of May 2003, 42 percent of European Internet users " or 35 million people " were women, compared to nearly 52 percent in the U.S. Nielsen//NetRatings doesn't exp From Techno-News Blog on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35007) Techie Training for Students - Clinton Sands, techLearning As schools and districts incorporate technology into their overall operations and curriculum, finding the funds to support the growing infrastructure becomes more and more of a challenge. Increasingly, schools are looking to students to fill the gap wh From Educational Technology on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35006) Electronic Portfolios for Professional Growth Assessment - Barbara Bray, techLearning Tip: Electronic portfolios are being used for student assessment. How about e-portfolios for teachers and our own professional growth? I am sure this will stir discussions on what should be in an e-portfolio, but from my experience, I would like to s From Educational Technology on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35005) Virtual Classroom Starter Guide - Bob Maiden, Learning Circuits You From Online Learning Update on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35004) Managing the Synchronous Blend - Jennifer Hofmann, Learning Circuits Training professionals have several options available to them when creating training programs. We can build self-paced programs using workbooks, Websites, and CD-ROM-based materials. We can develop moderated asynchronous courses using such tools as dis From Online Learning Update on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35003) Untitled Google Toolbar gives my weblog a page rank of zero. Thanks to Ole Eichorn for the screen shot. I'm sure this is just a bug, and not something deliberate. He says that Glenn Reynolds gets a 7, his own blog gets a 6, Scoble gets an 8. From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35002) Untitled Diego Doval: "As open as people can be on their weblogs, there is really no substitute for knowing the person." From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35001) Untitled Part two of Chris Lydon's interview with Stirling Newberry. From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (35000) Untitled Manila: Password-protected RSS feeds. From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (34999) Ein Hauch von Zuversicht Geheimdokumente bestätigen Aussage von Verfassungsschützer, dass die Anschläge vom 11. September nicht von der Hamburger Studentengruppe geplant wurden. AnwältInnen beantragen... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 29, 2003 at 7:50 a.m.. (34997) More Charlotte Elections That's right, folks, it's nearly time for more Charlotte election mania. Don't forget to vote on Tuesday, November 4th. If you're still not sure what's happening on the local election scene, check out the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections site. You'll find it surprisingly useful. I'd recommend starting with the 2003 Candidates List, but there's plenty of other information available... From Don't Back Down on October 29, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (34996) Identity on the Internet It still surprises me that so few people take advantage of an increasingly valuable (and increasingly inexpensive) resource - the Internet! Out of 8 candidates for at-large seats on the Charlotte City Council, only 3 have web sites. While all of the candidates in the 2003 election appear to have email addresses, when I'm sending email, I like to have... From Don't Back Down on October 29, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (34995) Open-Access Journals - Roy Tennant, Library Journal The current system of scholarly communication is in need of major changes. Journal price increases have been so dramatic and devastating that faculty who typically don't know or care about library expenditures are now front and center in the battle to From Online Learning Update on October 29, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (34994) Instant RSS? "Hillel Cooperman, while demonstrating the new "glass" interface of the new UI (code-named Aero) asked the audience "who will be the first to blog about this?" Someone in the audience yelled "Scoble." Well, that's quite an honor. He was showing a new sidebar part in Longhorn that displays RSS feeds in real time." [The Scobleizer Weblog] Hey, guess Microsoft could be making me happy for once :OP Wonder if this really is IM RSS, if so, COOL! From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on October 29, 2003 at 6:48 a.m.. (34992) EduTools Bill points to an interesting site offering:"Course Management SystemsThis site provides the most complete independently-reviewed analyses anywhere of selected course management software, including product comparisons, reviews, and automated decision-making tools.Student ServicesThis si From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on October 29, 2003 at 6:48 a.m.. (34991) Microsoft Reaches for Its Wallet The antitrust aftermath continues as the software giant settles six more class-action lawsuits, this time agreeing to pony up $200 million to consumers who bought its software products. From Wired News on October 29, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (34990) Boob Tubes Going Digital By 2007 A U.S. appeals court upholds FCC requirements that TV manufacturers install high-quality digital broadcast signals in new sets starting July 2004. Under the new rules, the lagging transition to digital TV will be completed by July 2007. From Wired News on October 29, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (34989) Welcome to the Age of Enhancement As of this summer, doctors have the U.S. government's approval to make humans taller. Can stronger, smarter and faster be far behind? By Gregory Stock from Wired magazine. From Wired News on October 29, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (34988) Light at the End of the Tunnel There's been enough clinical testing for doctors to assert that infrared light therapy helps the healing process. What nobody can say with certainty, though, is why. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on October 29, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (34987) E-Vote Protest Gains Momentum Students who have published memos that cast doubt on the security of Diebold's voting machines have received not only the inevitable cease-and-desist orders, but nationwide support as well. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on October 29, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (34986) It'll Thrill Ya, It'll Kill Ya The Old Sow demands respect as she comes roiling to the surface of the Atlantic off the Maine coast. She's the largest tidal whirlpool on earth and you trifle with her at your own peril. Michelle Delio reports from Eastport, Maine. From Wired News on October 29, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (34985) Looking Toward a Networked World Tech guru Tim O'Reilly cites Apple's iTunes Music Store as an example of how the company is leading a revolution in Net-enabled software. Leander Kahney reports from the Mac OS X Conference in Santa Clara, California. From Wired News on October 29, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (34984) New Ways to Skirt DMCA & hellip; Legally! The U.S. Copyright Office gives consumers the right to work around certain provisions of the controversial law. Digital-rights advocates worry the exemptions don't go far enough. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on October 29, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (34983) Blogger Fired for Security Violation According to his blog, until this past Monday, Michael Hanscom was a temporary employee in Microsoft's Copy/Print shop, reporting to a Xerox supervisor. Michael worked there until he was fired for a security violation for a blog post (Of blogging... From The Importance Of on October 29, 2003 at 5:51 a.m.. (34981) Ohio vs. AOL Der US-Bundesstaat Ohio geht gerichtlich gegen Time Warners Online-Dienst AOL vor. Dem Unternehmen wird vorgeworfen, zu spät oder gar nicht... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 29, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (34980) "Hundertwasser"-Haus Die Entscheidung des BGH, wonach "das Recht, ein urheberrechtlich geschütztes Bauwerk durch Lichtbild zu vervielfältigen, nur Fotografien [umfasst], die von... From Handakte WebLAWg on October 29, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (34979) Re: Finding Feeds? * and then Jeff Barr declared.... ... Thanks Jeff. I was looking particularly From rss-dev on October 29, 2003 at 4:51 a.m.. (34977) Re: Finding Feeds? Nick Wilson wrote: ... We have over 17,000 hand-picked and human-reviewed feeds From rss-dev on October 29, 2003 at 4:51 a.m.. (34976) Re: Finding Feeds? Try www.2rss.com Ovi Crisan www.2RSS.com ... From rss-dev on October 29, 2003 at 4:51 a.m.. (34975) Indonesia Investors Conference Accessing New Opportunities December 4-6, 2003 at Grand Hyatt Bali. From Bali Update from balidiscovery.com on October 29, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (34974) Bali Battles HIV/AIDS Reduced Cost Anti-Retroviral Therapy Now Available Through Kerta Praja Foundation. From Bali Update from balidiscovery.com on October 29, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (34973) Thumbs Up Given to Embanet by 95% of its Online Learners who Reported That Embanet Met or Exceeded Their Support Needs Embanet excels student survey. [PRWEB Oct 29, 2003] From PR Web on October 29, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (34972) Investors of the WMD Task Force, Inc. demand accountability from company CEO John BucciarelliInvestors will seek judicial order to call a special shareholders meeting. Shareholders who invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into the start-up company WMD Task Force, Inc. in Southbury, Connecticut are demanding a special shareholders meeting in light of recent allegations of financial impropriety of the company's CEO John Bucciarelli. In June of this year, CEO John Bucciarelli cancelled the annual shareholders meeting after shareholders inquired about an internal investigation that accused Mr. Bucciarelli of mishandling investor's money. [PRWEB Oct 29, 2003] From PR Web on October 29, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (34971) Wizdom Education presents TOTAL Project Status atIARF/ICAN Transition Summit Naperville IL, October 27, 2003 - Wizdom Education, the premiere source for special education planning and management software and services for school districts, educators and service providers presented the TOTAL Project Status at the IARF/ICAN Transition Summit sponsored by the SIU RCEP, Illinois State DRS/VR, Illinois State Board of Education and the RSA Region V CRP-RCEP in Springfield, Illinois on October 15th. Wizdom, as part of the Niles Township Department of Special Education TOTAL Team, was invited to display, to the more than 200 attendees of the summit, the past, present and futur From PR Web on October 29, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (34970) Portland Consultants Offer Alternative to Denver's Initiative 101 Requiring the City to Reduce Society-Wide Stress While the citizens of Denver, CO are seeking the help of their government to reduce stress [AP HYPHEN August 12, 2003, "Denver to Vote on Stress Reduction", anyone else can look to consultants Sid Smith and Elaine Helle to help them handle the daily stresses of life in a much more effective and fun way. [PRWEB Oct 29, 2003] From PR Web on October 29, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (34969) K5 Monthly Update, October 2003 This month: Code work, known bugs, rating stats, and good CMF news. From kuro5hin.org on October 29, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (34968) The work-blog interface, redux I almost swallowed my tongue when I read Ed Cone's weblog entry earlier today. Especially after I had just recently ranted about "When work and blogging don't mix". I have no intention of becoming a corporate blogger--at least not without appropriate renumeration. And since Ziff has a policy against paying its employees to do freelance work for the Ziff Internet site, that's not going to happen anytime soon. The words on my weblog pages belong solely to me. I will not call Ziff Davis, or tech, or anything els From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 29, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (34966) PR Rat stirred by Porn Karaoke No reflection on the fine folks in the public relations business, but when I mentioned that I had heard from a PR person from the past today to my wife, a large rat scurried across our path. The rat was probably stirred from its evening repast by the loudmouth woman two tables down from us at Tapas Teatro. She practically screamed "WOW!" and "OH!" every 45 seconds as she listened to the story being told by the couple across the table from her. It was like she was performing a furtive porn karaoke there in her seat From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 29, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (34965) Folkocalypse Tonight, Paula and I went to see the four horsewomen of the acoustic apocalypse: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Dar Williams and Patty Griffin, at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall here in Baltimore. We were second row, center, and it was like being in a living room with them. See Paula's LiveJournal for more details. It was an evening of sounds quite in contrast to those coming out of our basement earlier today. Sadly, I must report that my 12-year-old son is a Linkin Park fan. Now, I can understand the appeal of something From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 29, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (34963) Avoid time-wasting PR people. I took the train down to DC for Manugistics' enVision conference yesterday. The breakouts were great; I sat through presentations by Harley-Davidson and Mattel. Fortunately/unfortunately, my train was delayed by the rain, so I missed Gen. Tommy Franks' keynote. But what's with PR people who know you're taking the train down for the day, and schedule your one-on-ones for 5:30 PM or later? I told the agency person I had to be back on a train by 4 for other commitments (I had people to meet, things to file, etc.) and asked if she could get me some times midday today--in whi From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 29, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (34962) The pros and cons of being mono-coastal. It has now been 27 months since I officially became a mono-coaster. With the end of the dot-com boom, and an Incredible Shrinking Travel Budget, I haven't been west of the Mississippi since August of 2001. I was reminded of this the other day when I looked at my US Airways frequent flyer mile balance. Once, I was Gold Preferred. Now, I'm "Member". And while I still have enough frequent flyer miles left to take the whole family on a transcontinental vacation, it would take about 10 years of travel at my current rate to restore the miles to their current balance after we use them. From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 29, 2003 at 3:49 a.m.. (34961) iTunes iSerendipity I found this band, the Weakerthans, on iTunes, and fell in love on the first clip play. This is the sort of discovery I used to make on the radio, back when they played stuff like this. Now, I listen to a public radio alternative station and hear mostly stuff I liked 5 years ago--and that's my best option. The Weakerthans are from Winnipeg. But they sound like someone did a statistical analysis of the contents of my iTunes library and record collection and created an optimized band ( "3/4 Icelandic", as their site proclaims) matched specifically to From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on October 29, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (34959) Centra Expands Presence-Enablement Support Via Office System 2003 From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on October 29, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (34958) PBS Appoints Linda Simensky As Senior Director, Programming, PBS KIDS ® From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 29, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (34957) As school budgets tighten, laptops are often first to go From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 29, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (34956) Federal Government Contributes $7.5 Million for Research on Distance Learning From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 29, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (34955) Senate Democrat Higher Education Bill Would Pay Colleges to Reduce Their Costs, Expand Direct Loan Program Schools Don't Like From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 29, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. (34954) As Trustees Waver, Choice to Lead University Vows a Fight What had been anticipated as the proud installation of a new president at Boston University has become a showdown. From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34952) Miracles of Small Class Size Unfold Each Day in California It has been seven years since California passed a law limiting school class size, and to this day, teachers and parents remember it as a remarkable moment From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34951) Now, Standardized Achievement Tests in Head Start A new standardized test for 4-year-olds has exposed a bitter divide between federal officials and many experts in early education. From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34950) $50 Million Gift Is Left to Notre Dame Joan B. Kroc, whose husband, Ray, founded the McDonald's empire, has left $50 million to the University of Notre Dame. From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34949) A Growing Number of Video Viewers Watch From Crib Many babies and toddlers are now immersed in electronic media for hours every day, according to a new study. From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34948) U.S. Naval Academy Demotes Professor Over Copied Work The United States Naval Academy demoted a history professor whose book contained uncredited passages identical to those in the works of other authors. From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34947) A Troubled School's TV Milestone In the first high school football game broadcast live on national television, Evangel Christian Academy is stepping out at a time when it might prefer to lay low. From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34946) Public College Tuition Rose 14% in '03, Survey Finds The steep increases were largely driven by cuts in state spending on education, according to the College Board. From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34945) Lessons in the Fine Art of College Admissions When you're a bright and hard-working student in a top suburban district, how do you stand out among all those deciles of A's? From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34944) At N.Y.U., Not All Want to Talk About Deaths, but Reminders Are Never Far Away Around N.Y.U. on Monday, people were moving on. But references to the deaths all were apparently suicides never seemed far away. From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34943) Trail of Clues Preceded In recent years, as New York introduced its new exams required for high school graduation, there were many signs of trouble in the state testing program. From New York Times: Education on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34942) No-Shopping Christmas I would like to propose a change. This change would be very large, yet not difficult. It would dramatically reduce the stress in our lives during the most stressful months of the year. It would save us money where money would normally be thrown away to debatable purposes. It would save gas, electricity, paper, plastic and, on some level, your soul. I propose a No-Shopping Christmas. From kuro5hin.org on October 29, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. (34941) Blog is down I'm alive, I just wasn't writing for a few days and forgot to pay for my domain name. It should be fixed if you are able to see this post. Not being able to access my weblog is a good case to reflect on my dependence on it: I really use it as an ouboard brain, so my life is difficult without it. From Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 at 1:51 a.m.. (34939) More on reading weblogs Frank Schaap asks What do you read?Q: When you first visit a new weblog, what do you read? Of course, you take in the whole design, maybe scroll up and down a bit, but do you a) read the main content/main entries, b) just read some headers, c) read the sidebars, d) read "about me" info, e) some combination of the above, f) EVERYTHING, g) something else entirely? Q: On repeat visits to known weblogs, what do you read? Q: Do you read weblog From Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 at 1:51 a.m.. (34938) Impermanence of weblog writing Just came across series on permalinks in Weblogging for Poets by Shelley Powers (Burningbird): Part 1 -- The Impermanence of Permalinks - "beginers friendly" essay on what could happen with your permalinks once you move your weblog (explains well why you should think twice when choosing blogging software) --> From Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 at 1:51 a.m.. (34937) Leadership on the web David Weinberger in Why The Web Has No LeadersSo, what lessons do we learn about leadership on the Web? That the people we pay attention to are the ones who speak not at us and not to us but with us. We listen to them carefully because they are so interesting, so wise, and even so funny. We learn that leadership isn't a quality that necessarily spreads across all areas and topics: the person who is worth listening to about, say, tec From Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 at 1:51 a.m.. (34936) 'Being yourself' rather than 'misbehaving' The headline of misbehaving.net, a weblog about women and technology, says "Well-behaved women seldom make history." --Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I have mixed feelings about the topic and especially the title of this blog. From one side, I know that it's not so easy to be a women in technology-related fields. I like the provocative style of this weblog and I enjoy reading it... From another side, I feel that there is a broader issue behind this: accommodating diversity, those different fr From Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 at 1:51 a.m.. (34935) Book writer connections From Lisa WilliamsIf you type an author's name into GNOD's Map of Literature, you'll get a little scatter plot with that author's name in the center. Surrounding them will be authors whose readership overlaps with theirs -- the closer the next name is, the more the overlap. Mysteriously, the names jitterbug about as you watch them, as if they were being blown by a stiff wind -- or animated by live feeds f From Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 at 1:51 a.m.. (34934) Hard lessons learnt I'm still disconnected. I've learnt a lot about DNS these days, especially that it takes ages to get your domain name back once it switched off. I don't think I will forget to pay my domain name costs another time :) So, what do I miss: searching my weblogs for ideas and references when I need them feeling that there is someone to listen when I write and hit "Publish" looking for follow-ups of my posts and tracing emerging conversations sending people my weblog link as an From Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 at 1:51 a.m.. (34933) What Matrix Persona Are You? Was searching for The Matrix website and found this test What Matrix Persona Are You? It says that I'm Morpheus :) From Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 at 1:51 a.m.. (34932) Explosive energy, fish and blogging Recent discovery: La NuiT's Surfing (RSS feed). For example this post - Hybrid media and its resultant explosive/implosive energy:McLuhan writes, "The hybrid or the meeting of two media is a moment of truth and revelant from which new form is born. For the parallel between two m From Mathemagenic on October 29, 2003 at 1:51 a.m.. (34931) If Ahnuld has a sense of humor... ...as one of his first acts as governor he'll create a state telecommunications agency called "SkyNet."... From Joho the Blog on October 29, 2003 at 1:48 a.m.. (34930) Chipping Away at Fair Use Ernest Has ‘Way More Time Than I Do Lately "And doing great things with the time he takes — so check out his blog entry pointing to a wide range of discussions on the DMCA exceptions that were posted today by the Librarian of Congress: Ancillary Works on DVD DMCA Exemption Denied" [--> From The Shifted Librarian on October 29, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (34929) More Ones and Zeroes than Ever Everybody Has More to Store "As they've moved to Web-based computing, built heftier networks, and begun using more electronics products, businesses, schools, and other organizations have started to crank up their storage purchases. Some of the impetus comes from new government rules such as the Sarbanes-Oxley financial-disclosure law that requires corporations to keep data and e-mail much longer. Mostly, it's a logical outcome From The Shifted Librarian on October 29, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (34928) Display RSS Headlines on Your Own Site Feedroll is a most excellent resource for displaying external headlines on your own web site. It's currently in beta, but there are several predefined sources (BBC News, Yahoo News, etc.), but best of all is the fact that you can enter the URL for almost any RSS feed to produce a snippet of Javascript code you can insert into any HTML page. For example, by filling in a couple of boxes, you could get the code to display TSL headlines on your own pages like this: From The Shifted Librarian on October 29, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (34927) Time and Place Shift Public Radio Ack, I missed All Things Considered "PublicRadioFan.com An extensive customizable list of (almost) all public radio stations that offer streaming audio and what they have playing now and in the future." [MetaFilter] Another totally awesome service! I've been listening to a lot more talk radio and NPR shows thanks to Replay-Radio From The Shifted Librarian on October 29, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (34926) Institute for Information Management (IIM) Melbourne presentation I was pleased to be invited to present to the monthly meeting held by the Institute for Information Management (IIM) in Melbourne on 24 June 2003. The topic was "Rebuilding the Corporate Intranet". Powerpoint presentation (112kb)... From Column Two on October 29, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. (34925) W3C Requests '906 Patent Re-Examination 2003-10-29: Acting on the advice of the W3C HTML Patent Advisory Group, W3C has presented the United States Patent and Trademark Office with prior art establishing that US Patent No. 5,838,906 (the '906 patent) is invalid. W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee has written an unprecedented request to US Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property James E. Rogan to take action to remove the patent to allow operation of the Web. Please refer to the briefing. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on October 29, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. (34924) Semi-Daily Journal Semi-Daily Journal Brad DeLong is owner of this blog. He wears quite a number of hats according to the following: * Professor of Economics, U.C. Berkeley * Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research * Co-Editor, Journal of Economic Perspectives * Columnist, Wired * Columnist, Project Syndicate Among the posts... From EdBlogger Praxis on October 29, 2003 at 12:49 a.m.. (34922) Blogging, Poetry & The Rest of My Life Y'know, I reckon there are tons of bloggers out there who are also poets... I know Tarin of KnowProse is (which is what got me thinking) and thoroughly enjoyed having a read :o) Also, back in the day, the first net stuff I ever did was sharing poems with people round the world in '94/'95. Can't find it anymore though :o( So, to expose my (slightly) more structured ramblings... or not? I guess the thing I'm worried about is that this w From James Farmer'apos;s Radio Weblog on October 29, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. (34921) Rudy the VP Michael Cudahy writes on the speculation that W will dump Cheney and take Rudi Giuliani for his VP. He argues that the Democrats need Republican votes and that the Dean campaign has not been receptive to that imperative.... From Joho the Blog on October 29, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. (34920) Candid Camera Fun Here's something fun to do next time you're at Best Buy or anywhere else that carries PDAs like the Sony PEG-UX50 - work through the menus until you find the pictures taken with the devices built-in camera. Better yet, find the video clips. It's pretty funny to watch clips of people staring at the device with a quizzical, "is this thing on?" look on their faces, especially when they keep moving their heads in closer and closer to the lens. Minutes and minutes of endless fun.... From The Shifted Librarian on October 29, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. (34919) AusSI presentation I'm just catching up on all the conferences I've presented at recently, and finally uploading the Powerpoint presentations to my weblog. The first is the presentation for the Australian Society of Indexers (AusSI) conference held in Sydney on 12-13 September.... From Column Two on October 29, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. (34918) Interwoven users group presentation I gave a presentation to the Sydney chapter of the Interwoven Teamsite users group on 10 September on "Making the most of content management". Always an interesting topic, especially when starting with the statement "this talk will not be about... From Column Two on October 29, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. (34917) Open Publish 2003 presentation At the Open Publish 2003 conference held in Sydney on 28-31 July, I gave a talk on "The future of Content Management Systems". Powerpoint presentation (50kb)... From Column Two on October 29, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. (34916) The era of worrying about bleeding heart liberals is... From The Art of Peace on October 29, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (34915) Untitled Pioneer has a new combination TiVo/DVD burner that lets you burn TV shows to DVD. "Sadly, I fear it won't be legal for long," says Wes Felter. From Scripting News on October 29, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (34914) Notes Toward a Moderation Economy Although I'm filing this under Meta it is not a specific suggestion for immediate changes to Scoop. Rather, it is a set of ideas I've been mulling over based on what e-community engines like Scoop, Slashcode, and various web BBS packages are all trying to become, and how the next generation might do it even more effectively. From kuro5hin.org on October 29, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. (34913) Diebold Countering Civil Disobedience with More Notice-and-Takedown Letters Why War? reports that two of the universities (Amherst and MIT) which have students engaging in electronic civil disobedience by hosting the infamous Diebold memos have received notice-and-takedown letters from Diebold. On the other hand, students at three more universities... From The Importance Of on October 28, 2003 at 11:51 p.m.. (34911) Solar Blast Heads Earthward Today, the sun erupted with the third largest solar flare on record. Look for auroras in the a.m. on October 29, when Earth receives the full brunt of the blast. -- October 28 From Celestial Delights Online on October 28, 2003 at 11:50 p.m.. (34910) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]