Edu_RSS ~ January 23, 2004

Most recent update: January 23, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Jacqueline Passey's Class Notes Jacqueline Passey's Class Notes Class notes from Jacqueline Passey's Class Notes for the following coures at Seattle University. She also has a personal blog with the tag line, "single and blogging" . More details on the about link. * ECON 201: Introduction to Macroeconomics * ECON 374: Intermediate Microeconomics *... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 23, 2004 at 10:50 p.m.. (45725) A Third Moment of Complexity critical emergence The "critics" that are critical here are structuralists, deconstructionists, and worse. They argue over meaning but always make the same point, namely that, "systems and structures inevitably totalize by excluding difference and repressing otherness." Uber=structuralist Lévi-Strauss looks at language as if phonemes... From Internet Time Blog on January 23, 2004 at 10:49 p.m.. (45724) Supply-side Economics Explained for k5ers George W. Bush's economic policy is based on trickle-down economics, also known as supply-side stimulus. Reagan was a big fan of this idea also. Simply described, supply siders argue that the best way to stimulate the economy to grow is to cut taxes on the wealthy. When their tax rates fall, the rich will increase their investments. For example, a restaurant owner might decide to build a larger kitchen if she gets a big refund check. Then, she'll have to hire more workers to staff that kitchen, and so employment goes up, indirectly because of that original tax cut. From kuro5hin.org on January 23, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (45723) Napster's Fanning has Snocap-ped vision Napster creator Shawn Fanning is working on new venture aiming to help record labels make money from file swapping. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (45722) Do you want to redesign my weblog? I'm thinking of making myself a present - finding someone to redesign my weblog :) What do I want: CSS-based design fast loading accessible (at least for most important points) with a print version redesigned in yellow-orange colors (I think I would like it, but I have to see it first :) probably keeping main text as black/blue on the white background (may reconsider) I would prefer not to change default link colors as well :) may be --> From Mathemagenic on January 23, 2004 at 9:52 p.m.. (45721) Things that make me crazy: The Mythical e-Learning Hour. From ScotFEICT on January 23, 2004 at 9:51 p.m.. (45720) 2 Megapixel camera phones with flash available in Japan I want one of these. Talk about CamBlogNation! QUOTECamera-equipped mobile phones have finally entered the 2-million pixel era. The three major mobile phone carriers in Japan - KDDI, Vodafone and NTT DoCoMo - have all announced new models boasting about 2 megapixels. KDDI Corp of Japan was aiming to offer the A5403CA (see Fig), manufactured by Casio Computer Co, Ltd of Japan, from December 2003. Vodafone KK of Japan was planning to ship the V601SH, manufactured by Sharp Corp of Japan, in the same month. And N From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 23, 2004 at 9:49 p.m.. (45719) Spam filters reduce email effectiveness Another report about spam filters blocking legit email. Just add this to the growing list of problems with email. Note that Yahoo's RSS module is now in beta, so it may be possible for customers to easily subscribe to an RSS feed of your electronic newsletter and other customer communications. I will post an entry on this directly. -- BB 40% of legitimate email not going through a recent article highlights an alarming trend.  Thanks From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 23, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (45718) My Yahoo! RSS Customers can subscribe to RSS feeds via My Yahoo! As noted in the previous post, this may be a way for your customers to get your newsletters without email and without adding a new piece of software to their systems. Should work from behind firewalls, too. It would be better if you could get customers to install a newsreader that didn't require using a browser to read feeds, but this is a good alternative. All they need do is add a free Yahoo account (which many of them may have already). -- BB --> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 23, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (45717) UK National Learning Network UK: National Learning Network. This is new to me, don't know anything about it, but I want to do some digging to find out. -- BB National Learning Network: Paving the way to excellence in e-learning. National Learning Network: Paving the way to excellence in e-learning "The document, Paving the way to excellence in e-learning, has been produced by the National Lear From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 23, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (45716) Online Learning Communities Online Learning Communities. This link will lead you (eventually) to a 14-page pdf. Thanks to Ray for posting the link. -- BB What are the conditions for and characteristics of effective online learning communities? - Australian National Training Authority. This guide is premised on the notion that ‘online communities’ are an increasingly important part of the way we will operate, as teachers, learne From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 23, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (45715) Judging the likely success of an ontology John R. Harris has written a blog entry on the likely success of an ontology. To quote: The debate about the promised value of the Semantic Web seems to me to be missing a dispassionate examination of the success, or... From Column Two on January 23, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (45714) Capturing tacit knowledge: Do you know more than you think? Bina Shah writes about capturing tacit knowledge, from a legal firm's perspective. To quote: It is widely accepted that knowledge has two dimensions: explicit and tacit. Explicit knowledge can be captured, articulated and documented. It can also be codified and... From Column Two on January 23, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (45713) Test Message 2 This is another test of the trackback feature. I deleted the previous test. I've been turning Trackback off and on to see how it affects my public Home page display. It's on right now. JH (I'll also delete this test message after a short time.) From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on January 23, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (45712) Amazon hits the campaign trail One-click shopping on Amazon.com isn't just for books, DVDs and electronics gear anymore. Now visitors to the site can contribute up to $200 to their favorite politician. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (45711) World Population Reaches 6.4 Billion: What To Do? A "population clock" at ibiblio.org projects that world human population will reach 6.4 billion on January 27, 2004. Over 97% of population growth is now in developing countries (Haub, 2003). This growth will worsen the impact of many negative social and ecological trends. Current demographic developments indicate the population explosion may be slowing. Two trends account for this: The birth rate is starting to slow in many developing countries (reaching a population replacement level) and the death rate is increasing in some of the poorest countries. From kuro5hin.org on January 23, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (45710) Commentary: The next VoIP battleground? From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (45709) Study: Ethernet in the city cuts carrier costs Telephone companies could reduce operating costs by almost a quarter by using Ethernet in metropolitan area networks instead of traditional services, according to a study. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (45708) Ryze works!?! Somebody actually contacted me last week after finding my name on Ryze. Wow, hard to believe that it actually works. Still a skeptic but maybe not if this kind of thing keeps happening. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 23, 2004 at 7:50 p.m.. (45707) Things that seemed cool when I was little... ...that don't seem so cool now that I'm older.One in an occasionally series. My best friend when I was little (who was also named Meg but is a Margaret not a Meghan) and I used to go to gymnastics several times a week. We were very limber and could do splits with both our right legs and our left legs forward. We were also very into the movie Grease and I had the album (which was an awesome double-album with pictures from the movies in the middle). So when Margaret would come over after school (I always calle From megnut on January 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45706) The Copyfight Hits NYT Magazine Via uber-copyfighter Siva Vaidhyanathan: The Tyranny of Copyright?: "Once a dry and seemingly mechanical area of the American legal system, intellectual property law can now be found at the center of major disputes in the arts, sciences and--as in the Diebold case--politics." From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45705) Creation vs. Consumption An image is worth a thousand words. This is the single reason why Garage Band is so cool: Garage Band isn't great because of new technology, or ease of use, or interface design (perhaps in spite of wood grain...). It's great because it gives me a chance/reason to break of the rut of being just a consumer of music. I can dabble on the creative side, even though I couldn't play in instrument to save my life. It's not exactly art, but that's my first piece of music that I could actually put my name on. In iTunes. An extremely... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45704) E-Commerce Growth Spurred by Maturation Over the next five years, consumers' level of comfort with online functions such as e-mail and research will increase and so too will their level of participation in e-commerce. From CyberAtlas on January 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45703) Spontaneous Remix Culture -- Yeagh! Take an entertaining and compelling soundbite, easy to use digital audio tools, and cheap bandwidth, what do you get? Spontaneous remix culture. DeanGoesNuts.com has in a few days collected dozens of remixes of Howard Dean's 2004 Iowa Caucus concession speech culminating in the infamous "yeagh!" utterance. While the curator (a Dean supporter) has licensed the site using the Creative Commons Attribution license, permissions associated with the remixes themselves are unc From Creative Commons: weblog on January 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45702) E-mail scam taps antiterrorist push, says FDIC The latest "phishing" scam uses a homeland security hook to try and reel in personal and financial information from victims, according to the U.S. bank insurance body. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (45701) Vacation notice Endlich wieder da, 10 Tage und eine lausige GPRS-Verbindung: d.h. finally very, very slow living for the next days ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 23, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (45700) Cast Iron Systems lines up $12 million From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (45699) Accessible Web Forms Behold! a new writer and a new category to write about. Topher was kind enough to introduce me below, so I will just jump right in. As a web developer who strives to make accessible/usable websites, one of the challenges is making html forms accessible. One of my projects last week was to whip up a quick survey for my employer. I'm interested in any feedback fellow developers might have on the coding techniques I've implemented. In particular, I'm interested on people's thoughts on my use of the "fieldset" and "legend" tags. I am also interested in peoples' thoughts on From Curb Cut Learning on January 23, 2004 at 5:52 p.m.. (45698) Sun 3D desktop I don't think that we will have made much progress when Linux desktops emulate the current Microsoft Windows interface. It's nice to see that SUN is at least trying to innovate beyond what they call the Java Desktop system with... From ErikLog on January 23, 2004 at 5:52 p.m.. (45697) What is Technorati? If you're one of the tens of thousands of people who use Technorati every day, you'll notice that most of our changes (on the new beta site so far have been under the hood. Changes to the body have been minimal. As a result, we've been scratching our heads because we've never explained exactly what Technorati *is*. For that matter, we've never explained much about what a "cosmos" is, either -- even though that's what Technorati finds in its searches. So I t From Seblogging News on January 23, 2004 at 5:50 p.m.. (45696) A Just Teacher Pay System: Some Important Issues Untitled Document Summary: This is entry follows on several others (see links below), all of which have focused upon justice--particularly social or distributive justice. In this entry I focus upon concerns which should be addressed when attempting to construct a just compensation system for teachers.Two other soon-to-follow entries will work further with justice and teacher compensation. Wh From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on January 23, 2004 at 5:48 p.m.. (45695) My Left Big Toe is a Learning Object When ever a discussion turns to "defining learing objects" my attention span goes out the door. With more than 500,000 Google-hits (link above), it is not any more clear what a LO is. The "Learning Object Virtual Community Of Practice" bears the cheery acronym LOVCOP, but it has been a ghost town since summer 2003. The virtual tumbleweds are blowing down main street and the saloon is slient. But I have read some things recently where it see From cogdogblog on January 23, 2004 at 5:48 p.m.. (45694) Link discovery credit discussion On Wednesday I wrote a post on Many-to-Many on giving and getting credit for "link discovery", which spurred an interesting discussion. Have a look if I've piqued your interest. From Seb's Open Research on January 23, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (45693) E-Commerce Growth Will Impact SMBs According to a new report from Jupiter Research, the next five years will see large growth in e-commerce spending - growth that could positively impact small businesses that have established themselves as legitimate, trustworthy merchants. From E-Commerce Guide on January 23, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (45692) None more l33t Ok, so there's l33t. And then there's truly truly l33t. The NASA Mars Rover Navigation team. How to hit the Gusev crater from 300 million miles away, and get to within 200 metres of your target. Spacecraft thruster firings are... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45691) Mini ipod, maxi markup They seduce you, thrill you, and then they screw you. Neil McIntosh reports from the SteveNote, and brings us news of creative pricing: [The Ipod Minis will] cost $249 in the US, which works out at £138 at today's exchange... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45690) and then they came with the super soakers Mourn with me the death of Military Specification. Along with Cinzano, Joan Collins, and the Jive Bunny, the thrill has gone from MilSpec. It's official. I have proof. I've been away: a brief trip to England for a Hostile Environments... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45689) I shall smite you with my curly wurly Under a Catalonian law, written sometime between 1251 and 1255, it is forbidden to use sugarcandy in judicial combat, according to Trevor, who has no hair, and leads people astray. I know that the consumption of Mars and Tiger bars... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45688) tisn't a pity, at all, actually I'm sure this is some form of karmic revenge, but, crimminy, I've been sorely misquoted. The New York Post ran a story about Belle de Jour, quoting me. Except not. They say I said: there are those, however, who claim... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45687) I first post, therefore I am ePhilosopher. Slashdot got drunk with Sartre, and this is what happened. I have a cold. I am not happy today.... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45686) Das Steuerbegunstigungsabbaugesetz Metafilter points to The American Dialect Society's Words of the Year 2003 - metrosexual, cliterati, torture lite, amongst others - which comes just as those who do such things release the German words of the year, including the awesome Das... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45685) Social network visualisation A question for anyone who knows the answer. What sort of software/hardware/goat sacrifices would one need to produce a visualisation of a social network with, as a baseline, 1.5 million nodes and 70 million links between them, assuming I want... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45684) Bloggies Bloggies Bloggies The nominations for The Bloggies are out, and I'm shortlisted. Crumbs! Go over there and give us a vote - and give a Onlineblog, Belle de Jour and Tom Coates a click of the button too. And now, to plan... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45683) Osamatober Talking, as we were, about neologisms, here's a good one. Found here, coined by Stirling Newberry, ladies and gents, I give you... Osamatober Noun. An event, where an incumbent reveals a remarkable victory to the nation, one month before an... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45682) A moon under water I've had the Amazing Travelling Mucus Bug these past three days, going from runny eyes to runny nose to icky throat to nasty chunk-upping cough. I only mention it because you need context - and to remark on the wackiness... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45681) I have a scream. The internet giveth, and the internet taketh away. While Lilek's remix is already 100 links and rising, Howard Dean's I have a scream speech is being remixed again. Turn up your speakers, it's Jonathan Barlow's funkier version, mirrored here for... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45680) Lardo Lardo Lardo You have to respect a culture that produces a meal consisting of hot toast, topped with chunks of softly melting spicy pig fat, which has been previously aged for six months in marble vats. Lardo di Colonnata. Food of the... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45679) Problem is, no Swan Vestas to be had for a thousand miles Not content for working for Scaramanga, Nick Nack later reclaimed his given name, Herve Villechaize, and, renouncing violence, asked, musically, Why do people have to fight? Sing it, brother. (via CrazyAss13) Talking of Bond, as I know you know we... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45678) Microsoft sets date for Office revamp The first service pack for the productivity package will be put out in June, a release that should mark a milestone for business customers. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45677) HP-led group sets up transaction system in Africa From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45676) Industry Standard Is Latest Dot.Com-Era Publication to Try a Comeback Back in the heyday, the Industry Standard was one of my favorite online pubs, along with Wired, Red Herring and Business 2.0. One by one, they all died, of course, or became subscription-only shadows of their former selves. But now, with a blog, the Standard, at least, edges back into life. Red Herring, also, is back in a web-only format. And Business 2.0 is still out there, albeit locking its contents from public view. B From OLDaily on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45675) European E-skills Newsletter Cedefop has launched the first edition of the European e-skills newsletter. Unfortunately, the newsletter is available only as a PDF file, which defeats the whole purpose of launching a newsletter. How can you link to files? Where is the RSS feed? There is some good content in the newsletter, but it's basically inaccessible. If you're launching a newsletter, don't do this! By Various Authors, Cedefop, December, 2003 [--> From OLDaily on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45674) T and D Blog George Siemens points to this new blog from Training & Development magazine. As he and others point out, the blog really needs an RSS feed, which though Blogger doesn't support it, could easily be provided using RSSify. The blog is off to a bit of a bumpy start, linking to telekenesis and brains of steel, the pop psychology version of lear From OLDaily on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45671) Government Searches for National E-learning Agenda Scott Leslie culls two bits of coverage of last week's PanCanadian e-Learning Forum. This first item is survey article with a generally positive tone. The emphasis is on a proposed national strategy, an idea that is gathering steam here in Canada. "There's much activity going on across the country, but there is no national strategy which we're all working towards," said Margles. "There's a lot of good stuff going on, and we may be able to leverage that better if we work a bit more closely at it." (S From OLDaily on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45670) Google Unveils Rival to Friendster Google has sort of quietly launched / not launched a social networking service called Orkut. I tried to sign up, but you have to be invited by some who is already a member of the network. All I can say is that I hope it has at least one member already, otherwise this will be the world's most useless social networking application. By Anonymous, January 23, 2004 4:39 p.m. [Refer][ From OLDaily on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (45669) Sir Tim Berners-Lee Christopher Lydon interviewt Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Audio-Datei). Auf der Seite können übrigens alle (ca. 60) Interviews heruntergeladen werden, die bis... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 4:51 p.m.. (45668) eLearning Forum & 2014 Another reason to come to eLearning Forum this Tuesday: Door prizes! You must register by this evening!... From Internet Time Blog on January 23, 2004 at 4:49 p.m.. (45667) The Panther is Stalking As I write, my G4 TiBook is evolving from a Jaguar (wow, no links left at Apple)to Panther. I was getting worried about those messages every few days warning that iChat was going to expire. Then I heard about the Mars sim program Maestro that was supposed to be awesome, but on Mac required OSX.... hmm while waiting, maybe I will pop it down to this PC... All fingers are crossed given s From cogdogblog on January 23, 2004 at 4:47 p.m.. (45666) Open source lock-in With the release of MySQL 4.0, the licensing policy of the wildly popular open source database underwent a subtle change. The code libraries that client programs use to access the native MySQL API, formerly licensed under the LGPL (Lesser General Public License), were converted to the GPL. The LGPL was designed to exempt "nonfree" programs that link against open source libraries from the GPL's strong requirement to release source code. The purpose of the LGPL, according to the Free Software Foundation, is "to encourage the widest possible use of a certain lib From Jon's Radio on January 23, 2004 at 4:46 p.m.. (45665) Wavecom lays off workers in U.S., France From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45664) Week in review: Copyright fights The tech world keeps court dockets working overtime as the recording industry sues hundreds of people it can't name, the SCO Group gets tough with a rival, and Microsoft got a little too rough with a teenager. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45663) AOL's unrequited cable love An unfulfilled Comcast deal highlights the problems facing Web companies that are eager to bundle their services with powerful broadband providers. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45662) Microsoft seeks XML-related patents The patents that could prevent competing applications from reading documents created with the latest version of the software giant's Office program. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (45661) Gesetzentwurf der Bundesregierung zum TKG Ãœber die TK-Recht wird mitgeteilt, dass der Gesetzentwurf der BReg zum TKG nebst Begründung und Stellungnahme des BR mittlerweile auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (45660) Mars Informationen über die europäische Planetenmission Mars Express erhalten Sie hier und hier; die NASA hat zu ihrem Programm gleich mehrere... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (45659) Intern. Problem Mein Internet-Anschluß ist in Gefahr! Ein From Mein Schuster on January 23, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (45658) Weblog as bibliography As part of his weblog, Michael Bérubé shows how blog software like pMachine can create an attractive and servicable bibliography with links to many of the texts. Notice the good use of color and other typographical variations to make the page more easty to use. Since he wrote all the items listed in this lightly-annotated bibliography, he also shows how much a person can accomplish with good work habits! From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 23, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (45657) RSS Winterfest 2 Jay's takeaway: Criticizing blogging by looking at individual blogs is akin to denying the importance of books after looking at individual pages. Pages may inform but the power is in their aggregation into books. Individual blogs inform but a sea of blogs may change... From Internet Time Blog on January 23, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (45656) Asta der Uni bereitet Klagen gegen Studiengebühren... GIESSEN (V). Der Allgemeine Studierendenausschuss - kurz auch Asta - der JLU befindet sich mitten in den Vorbereitungen mehrerer Musterklagen im Zusammenhang mit dem neuen hessischen Studienguthabengesetz (StuGuG). Das Gesetz regelt die Einführung von Langzeit-, Zweitstudiumsgebühren und Verwaltungskostenbeiträgen an hessischen Hochschulen, heißt es in einer Pressemitteilung. Das Gesetz weise an mehreren Stellen erhebliche juristische Lücken auf: "Besonders die mangelhaften... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on January 23, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (45655) Group blogging and group voice Diablogue at socialcode.net - Not sure how to describe it yet, but the byline says "Group blog about social code, internet governance, digital copyright, and other topics." Thoughtful. Features discussions of the "accountable net" - a topic I wish I knew more about. Speaking of group blogs, Ben Hyd From Seb's Open Research on January 23, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (45654) PachyFotos from January 2004 Meeting Here's a link to the pics I took while in San Francisco for the January 2004 Pachyderm planning meeting. Some redundancy, but I decided not to remove shots. If anyone wants higher res. versions, I have the 1600x1200 source files.... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45653) Online Fraud Losses Hit $437M Using stolen identities, fake Internet auctions and fraudulent shop-at-home schemes, online swindlers robbed Americans of a whopping $437.5 million in 2003. From CyberAtlas on January 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45652) Netscape, Playboy settle search trademark case The companies reach an agreement a week after an appeals court ruled that Netscape could be held liable for the unauthorized use of trademarks in search engine ads. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45651) 'Exploding' cell phone battery recalled Faulty batteries inside a Kyocera smart phone have overheated and vented superheated gases four times, causing injuries to one person, according the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45650) Fiorina reins in $2 million bonus HP chief Carly Fiorina received a salary of $1.24 million in 2003, up from $1 million in the two prior years, SEC documents show. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (45649) FURL DOES have RSS I was wrong, FURL DOES have RSS (thanks to Mike of FURL for emailing me and letting me know!). I based my erroneous conclusion after scanning the FAQ which doesn't mention RSS. RSS is mentioned on the FURL share page but you need to be a member to access this page, aargh! Upon further examination, there is a global FURL RSS feed on the front page, but nowhere do From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 23, 2004 at 2:49 p.m.. (45647) The Doctors Dean with Diane Sawyer I thought this was a good interview, despite Sawyer's alternation between being insipid and baiting them. It was the first time I've heard Judy Steinberg, and I think it gives a pretty good picture of what he and they are like, modulo their political concerns and Sawyer's entertainment concerns. (FWIW, I liked Steinberg a lot. The fact that she's about my age and grew up a couple of miles from where I grew up I'm sure has no affect on my feeling comfortable with her immediately.)... From Joho the Blog on January 23, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (45646) Search Engines' Restrictive Terms of Service Dan Shafer is alarmed by what look like onerous terms of service at Google and Yahoo. He raises good questions. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 23, 2004 at 2:46 p.m.. (45645) CVS Server on MacOSX 10.3 Server After much pulling of (what's left of my) hair, the CVS server on commons.ucalgary.ca is running again. Turns out that Panther handles password differently than 10.1.5 did (yes, our server was that out of date...), so the pserver barfed on authentication attempts. Connecting to the CVS server via SSH works like a charm. It's a trivial change to make on the client side. Change your $CVSROOT to :ext:username@commons.ucalgary.ca:/Library/CVS Really should have been running under SSH all along - pserver is a gaping security hole, with the plaintext passwords passed through the pipe... Ha From D'apos;Arcy Norman'apos;s Learning Commons Weblog on January 23, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (45644) Commentary: Linux--love me, love me not Adoption of the open-source operating system varies widely by industry. Services, technology and telecommunications lead the charge. But others, including financial services, are holding out. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (45643) Netopia pushes Wi-Fi cordless phones The broadband equipment maker announces a program that will make it easier for IP phone makers to develop Wi-Fi enabled cordless phones. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (45642) Ariba to buy FreeMarkets for $493 million The software maker will hand over $493 million in stock and cash for the business-to-business services company, a deal that underlines the rapid consolidation in the enterprise software industry. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (45641) Virtuelle Kanzlei Mit den beiden Beiträgen "Building a Virtual Law Firm" und "Innovating Your Law Practice" setzt Law Practice Today in seiner... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 1:53 p.m.. (45640) Verletzt Musikindustrie UrhR? Jetzt darf zurückgeschossen werden. Bezirksrichter Stephen V. Wilson, Los Angeles, hat den Weg für eine höchst ungewöhnliche Klage freigemacht. Die... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 1:53 p.m.. (45639) IEEE Releases One-Millionth Online Technology Document IEEE Releases One-Millionth Online Technology Documenthttp://www.ieee.org/products/onlinepubs/news/0104_04.htmlThe IEEE released its one-millionth online technical document to researchers on 22 January 2004. There are now more than one million full-text technology papers, articles and standards in IEEE Xplore, the delivery system for IEEE online publications. The milestone document, "Novel Frame Buffer Pixel Circ From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 23, 2004 at 1:52 p.m.. (45638) Test Post From Session This is a test. This is only a test... This is a test. This is only a test...This is a test. This is only a test...This is a test. This is only a test...This is a test. This is only a test...This is a test. This is only a test...This is a test. This is only a test...This is a test. This is only a test...This is a test. This is only a test... This is a test. This is only a test...This is a test. This is only a test...This is a test. This is only a test...This is... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 23, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (45637) The Version Problem The cobbler's children go barefoot -- or, why the Safari guy's Safari blog doesn't work right in Safari 1.0 -- or linking the browser to the operating system. Wasn't that supposed to be a bad thing? From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 23, 2004 at 1:49 p.m.. (45636) Shea There, Big Fella Saila uncorks Shea for Digital Web Magazine. Zen Garden, Mozilla, and more. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 23, 2004 at 1:49 p.m.. (45635) Book Party NYPL salutes CBZ's WDOAS this PM. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 23, 2004 at 1:49 p.m.. (45634) Mel Gibson Muzzles Unfriendly Clerics A friend clipped, scanned and e-mailed me this item from a recent edition of the Orlando Sentinel (the article seems to have disappeared behind the paper's paid firewall). The short piece mentions actor Mel Gibson's visit to a religious convention in Florida, where he was promoting his upcoming movie about Christ's death. (I haven't seen it, but some critics have called the picture anti-Semitic, a c From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 23, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (45633) Microsoft-U.N. deal aims to wire poor nations The software giant partners with the United Nations Development Programme to improve IT and communications in disadvantaged countries. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (45632) eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)http://www.xbrl.org/eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) brings the publication, exchange, and analysis of the complex financial information in corporate business reports into the dynamic and interactive realm of the internet. XBRL provides a common platform for critical business reporting processes and improves the reliability and ease of communicating financial data among users internal and external to the reporting enterprise. XBRL is an XML-based, royalty-free, and op From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 23, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (45631) Blogger incorpora sindicación Los usuarios de Blogger pueden desde ahora sindicar sus contenidos: Blogger gets AtomEnabled. Vía: Weblog Tolkiendil. Ver: How do I change my site feed settings?... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 23, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (45630) Andrew Grumet's Weblog: Unexpected gift Andrew Grumet's Weblog: Unexpected gift "What makes Chuck a gift is that he discovered the blog format on his own, by trial and error. Chuck's Corner went from being a password-protected page for alumni to the most popular page on the Proctor Web site. It gets more hits than their... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 23, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (45629) Essential HR training NICVA welcomes participants to its 'HR Awareness and Skills' training. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (45628) Laughable Spam This one made me laugh...so good, right up until the last word: Dear PayPal member, We regret to inform you that your account is about to be expired in next five business days. To avoid suspension of your account you have to reactivate it by providing us with your personal information. To update your personal profile and continue using PayPal services you have to run the attached application to this email. Just run it and follow the instructions. IMPORTANT! If you ignore this alert, your account will be suspended in next five business days and you will not be... From Joho the Blog on January 23, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (45627) And Now, The Dean Sympathy Wave? But people are beginning to realize that Dean's Iowa outburst, albeit a self-inflicted wound, doesn't deserve to be the biggest news of this campaign. And a backlash is brewing as a result, thanks to my media brethren who a) won't let it go and b) keep failing to give other candidates the same level of harsh scrutiny we've been giving Dean. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 23, 2004 at 12:47 p.m.. (45626) Open-source shifts spell an end for UnitedLinux The four-company consortium, formed to counterbalance Red Hat's dominance in the Linux market, is all but dead, its one-time general manager tells News.com. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (45625) Microsoft courts Lotus developers On the eve of Lotus' annual user conference, Microsoft and other rivals are wooing developers who are unwilling to follow Lotus to a new Java programming model. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (45624) Microsoft to change protocol licensing Under pressure from antitrust regulators, the software titan says it will revamp a program to make it easier for developers to access Windows protocols. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (45623) Gersters Zukunft ... wird sich wohl spätestens am morgigen Samstag entscheiden; über die Nachfolge wird schon spekuliert. Das große Special zum Thema... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (45622) Mannesmann-Prozess Auf 12 Seiten gibt 123recht hier einen Ãœberblick über den derzeitigen Stand des "deutschen Justizthrillers".... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (45621) The Library Network The Library Networkhttp://jolis.worldbankimflib.org/index.htmlThe Library Network - A private library resource serving the World Bank Group and IMF. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 23, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (45620) Avoiding a Shocking Experience for the Information Consumer Avoiding a Shocking Experience for the Information Consumerhttp://www.oclc.org/membership/escan/introduction/default.htm The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan suggests that, paradoxically, a worthy goal of the library might be "invisibility" -- in the sense that the service is ubiquitous and fully integrated into the infosphere. "After all, technology and services are most welcome in our lives when we do not have to devote much thought to them. We press a switch and light comes or goes. Ex From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 23, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (45619) Consultation about UK e-Government meta-data standard starts The snazzily titled Office of the E-Envoy (the cabinet office bit responsible for online government stuff) has put out version 4 of its e-Government Metadata Standard (e-GMS) for public consultation. New features include a way of integrating e-GMS metadata in webpages. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on January 23, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (45618) The conscience of Ashcroft In a speech to the World Economic Forum, according to the AP, "Attorney General John D. Ashcroft yesterday urged nations...to fight corruption, which is costing the world economy more than $2 trillion every year." "Follow our moral lead," Ashcroft said. "Surely in your own country you have a highly visible woman who is resented for her success. I urge you to go after her with the full power of the law. And God bless America."... From Joho the Blog on January 23, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (45617) Cheney-Scalia Vacation Prompts Questions from Senators Two Democratic U.S. senators point out to Chief Justice William Renhnquist the ethical dive in the hunting trip (LA Times; reg req) taken by VP Cheney and Associate Justice Scalia. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 23, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (45616) Sun office gets thin with desktop-free diet The company bids farewell to local servers in its London office, its latest effort to get its thin-client pitch across to an largely unreceptive world. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 11:45 a.m.. (45615) 50 Jahre Jugendgerichte in Deutschland Im heutigen Journascience-NL ist ein lesenswerter Aufsatz von Viehmann aus Anlass des 50-jährigen Jubiläums des JGG im Jahre 2003 (12... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45614) Informationsprogramm der Notare Auf dieser Seite bieten die Notare Bayerns, Hamburgs und der Pfalz ein Notarverzeichnis sowie Informationen über den Notar, Immobilien, Erbe,... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45613) PC High-Tech Dictionary Dieses komfortable Wörterbuch ist neu erschienen und gehört zu der schon seit längerer Zeit im Netz stehenden Seite für anspruchsvolle... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45612) Gravenreuth zum Zweiten Die Kanzlei Gravenreuth ist berühmt für Markenrechts-Verfahren. Dass der Sozius von fragwürdigen Internet-Seiten profitiert, passt nicht dazu, meint zu Recht... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45611) February 2004 Zillman Column: Finding People February 2004 Zillman Column - Finding Peoplehttp://virtualprivatelibrary.blogspot.com/Finding People.pdfhttp://www.zillmancolumns.com/http://www.FindingPeople.info/The February 2004 Zillman Column is now available and is titled Finding People. This column brings together the many resources for finding people using the Intern From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 23, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (45610) Pressure on Councils to ban smoking in public places Macmillan Cancer Relief delivers message to Councils to ban smoking in public places. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 10:49 a.m.. (45609) HP: Protectionism won't save Europe's jobs In response to outsourcing, European states should reinforce their strengths as a knowledge base rather than use sanctions, says Hewlett-Packard's managing director for Europe. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (45608) Forschen "im Dienst" der Wissenschaft Um am Ball zu bleiben, müssen Mediziner die Arbeiten ihrer Fachkollegen lesen. Durch die Fülle an Publikationen ein zeitaufwändiges Unterfangen.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 9:51 a.m.. (45607) Portland PT3 Presentation The link below is to some notes for a Weblog presentation to local college faculty........ From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 23, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (45606) Dean Aggregator Mike Muegel, a Dean supporter, has put together a very cool little tool that aggregates blogs related to the Dean campaign. It sits in your system tray and pulls in entries from a whole bunch o' sites, and lets you cycle through them one at a time. In my experience with it over the past few weeks, it's been very well-behaved, updating itself cleanly. Desktop Dean is free, of course. You could probably talk to Mike about having him do a version for some other topic you or your business cares about...... From Joho the Blog on January 23, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (45605) Untitled Richard Feynman. "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." Lyndon B. Johnson. "If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking." [Quotes of the Day] Let me slip in one last one, from Paul Graham: "Do you have any opinions t From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 23, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (45604) "Email is where knowledge goes to die" What a great line. (This piece by Bill French might be the original source.) Via Lilia, who reflects on asking questions in public. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 23, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (45603) Davos Man meets Silicon Man A top-shelf schmoozefest, the World Economic Forum gets started this week in Davos, Switzerland. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (45602) Apple's diplomatic core As the Macintosh celebrates its 20th anniversary, the iPod may define the company's new era of an open strategy. From CNET News.com on January 23, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (45601) Father stabs son to death over alcohol From Haaretz: News on January 23, 2004 at 8:52 a.m.. (45600) Tiberias' `Lily of Jericho' sufferers sue city From Haaretz: News on January 23, 2004 at 8:52 a.m.. (45599) Treasury wages war on towns for failing to pay their workers From Haaretz: News on January 23, 2004 at 8:52 a.m.. (45598) Appel-Sharon effect hits TA stock market From Haaretz: News on January 23, 2004 at 8:52 a.m.. (45597) PM: `I won't quit'; cops focus on Lod probe From Haaretz: News on January 23, 2004 at 8:52 a.m.. (45596) Law Clinic Eine "Law Clinic" ähnelt den noch nicht so lange bekannten deutschen Moot Courts und bezieht fortgeschrittene Studenten in praktische Fälle... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (45595) Donating to charity checklist Soundbites from NICVA's recent interview for Radio Ulster's 'On Your Behalf' programme. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45594) NICVA responds to Lottery Decision Document NICVA has submitted its response to the National Lottery Decision Document proposed by Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS). In the response, NICVA advises on proposals for the new distributor and calls for devolved decision making among other issues. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45593) Good morning Colin A new project from NIACRO supports older people who are fearful of crime and anti-social behaviour in the community. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45592) 'Big Yellow Bus' takes to the road BBC Bus launched in Northern Ireland. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45591) Eamonn Holmes launches first Environmental Centre After years of lobbying from key environmental groups, Northern Ireland opens its first dedicated environmental centre. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45590) Managers get off to an energetic start The first of NICVA's new management development programmes gets underway. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45589) Tobacco marketing made public New website reveals evidence of tobacco industry's marketing activities. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45588) Tree of hope Members of the Human Rights Consortium make a seasonal call for a Bill of Rights for all. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45587) Scotland gets new charity regulator NICVA's Charity Advice Information Officer, Brid McKernon, introduces Scotland's new charity regulator. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45586) NICVA calls for action on racist attacks NICVA condemns racist attacks in Belfast and calls for changes to attitudes and public services. From NICVA News on January 23, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (45585) Polit-Spamming Rechtsanwalt Günter Frhr. v. Gravenreuth berichtet von der Berufung beim OLG München, die mit dem Hinweis des Gerichts eröffnet wurde,... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (45584) Complexity Digest Complexity Digest http://www.comdig.org/Keeps you abreast of current research in the science of complexity. Includes brief excerpts and links to journal articles, as well as links to other complexity-related resources. [January 23 Neat New Stuff] From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 23, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (45583) Science Tracer Bullets online Science Tracer Bullets Onlinehttp://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/tbs.htmlThe Library of Congress SCIENCE TRACER BULLET SERIES contains research guides that help you locate information on science and technology subjects. With brief introductions to the topics, lists of resources and strategies for finding more, they help you to stay "on target." This Index lists the most recent Tracer Bullets, but they are adding online versions of the older ones as w From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 23, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (45582) Standorte von Funkanlagen Die Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post (RegTP) informiert jetzt im Internet über die Standorte von Sendeanlagen. Damit auch Bürger ohne... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (45581) Military Voting System Excoriated Experts say an Internet voting system developed by the Defense Department is shot full of vulnerabilities and shouldn't be used. The Pentagon says the system is fine. Come Feb. 3, we may all learn the truth. From Wired News on January 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45580) NASA Fears for Spirit Rover Having heard nothing but silence and meaningless garble from its Mars rover for the past 24 hours, mission managers say they're worried about an 'extremely serious anomaly.' In layman's terms: 'We might be screwed.' From Wired News on January 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45579) Biometrics Enters Third Dimension While biometrics experts mainly depend on features like retinas and thumbs to determine identity, another approach is gaining steam: 3-D facial scans. By Lakshmi Sandhana. From Wired News on January 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45578) Sweet Dreams Made by Machine A Japanese toymaker claims its new device can help users conjure up custom-made dreams by infusing their slumber with fantasy-inspiring music, words and fragrances. By Louise Knapp. From Wired News on January 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45577) Desperately Seeking Sundance Cool This year's Sundance Film Festival attracts interest well beyond its core audience of independent moviemakers. Tech firms increasingly find the gathering an ideal place to pitch their wares. Jason Silverman reports from Park City, Utah. From Wired News on January 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45576) Virtual Cash Breeds Real Greed A recently launched currency market lets traders swap hard cash for fake currency used in Internet games like The Sims Online and Ultima Online. While the forum is geared to gamers, speculators can turn a profit. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on January 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45575) Linux Takes on the Windows Look Snazzy desktops are everywhere at this week's LinuxWorld. But as developers strive for a user-friendly interface, many roll out products that bear a striking resemblance to Microsoft software. Michelle Delio reports from New York. From Wired News on January 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (45574) Intel Pursuing Much Faster Home Internet Access - JOHN MARKOFF, New York Times Intel, the world's largest computer chip maker, is pushing forward with a new wireless technology that it says it believes can bring extremely high-speed Internet access to American homes, a promise once offered by fiber optic networks. Sean Maloney, g From Techno-News Blog on January 23, 2004 at 6:45 a.m.. (45573) Now Where Was I? New Ways to Revisit Web Sites - LISA GUERNSEY, New York Times Electronic bookmarks were supposed to answer the problem of Web-site recall. If you came across a site that you expected to need in the future, you simply added it to your Favorites list in Internet Explorer for safekeeping. With an application that si From Techno-News Blog on January 23, 2004 at 6:45 a.m.. (45572) What are the conditions for and characteristics of effective online learning communities? - Australian National Training Authority This guide is premised on the notion that From Online Learning Update on January 23, 2004 at 6:45 a.m.. (45571) Orkut Nach Darstellung von C|Net streckt Google prüfend seine Fühler aus und testet die Möglichkeiten des "Social Networking". Es geht dabei... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (45570) Jubiläum Dank an Sabrina, die mitteilt, dass die kalifornische Webpräsenz der Legislative in diesen Tagen ihr 10-jähriges Jubiläum begeht - mit... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (45569) Introducing RSS Headlines for My Yahoo! Lanzado en fase beta el servicio RSS Headlines para My Yahoo! Ver: RSS on My Yahoo! Vía: edmz... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 23, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (45568) Class.com Releases Research Data: "Online Learning: A Real-World Perspective" From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 5:48 a.m.. (45567) 2004: The Turning Point: An overview of some of the issues that will change the way we use the Internet - Stephen Downes, Ubiquity I am usually hesitant to write predictions of the future, not because I think it's risky (I have a great deal of confidence in what follows) but because it's hackneyed.... In what follows I base my projections not on stock prices, sales trends or focus From Techno-News Blog on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (45566) Trinity Catholic Embarks On Distance Learning Program - Steve Yablonski, Oswego Daily News Oswego Mayor John Gosek greets some students after designating Jan. 26-30 as Catholic Schools Week. Thanks to the magic of technology, Trinity Catholic students were taught by a teacher who wasn't in the classroom on Wednesday. The lesson was broadcas From Educational Technology on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (45565) Canadian Government searches for national e-learning agenda - Jeff Jedras, IT Business Canada While individual jurisdictions across Canada are making great strides in the field of e-learning, stakeholders say there is a need for an overarching national e-learning strategy to bring all that effort together. The federal government had led the w From Educational Technology on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (45564) eValuating eCornell - BRIAN KAVIAR, Cornell Daily Sun For some universities, online learning has proven to be a shaky business venture. Columbia University's for-profit program, Fathom, was the industry's largest until its demise in March 2003 after it failed to turn a profit. Cornell's program, eCornell, From Online Learning Update on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (45563) Scholars and scoundrels: Distance learning schools are as popular as ever. But who decides which are legit? - Larry Wills, Las Vegas Mercury The explosion in the distance learning industry has created near chaos in how to tell good schools from the bad. Students are stuck with diplomas that no traditional institution will recognize, even though many distance learning schools qualify for stu From Online Learning Update on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (45562) The State We're In - 2004 GWB gave his State of the Union speech for 2004 last night. In general, he didn't have much to say that was new, although he did make a couple of new proposals and a few demands from Congress. What was perhaps most interesting about his speech was what was not said. From kuro5hin.org on January 23, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (45561) T+D Blog Das T+D Magazine, Flagschiff des ASTD, hat jetzt auch einen Blog - nachdem der Learning Circuits Blog mit dem Fokus auf e-learning ja schon seit über einem Jahr existiert. Aktuell noch ohne RSS Feed, aber dafür wird die Community schnell... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (45560) Werbung per E-Mail Im neuen Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG) unter Berücksichtigung der EU-Richtlinie (35 S. PDF) wurde jetzt gesetzlich verankert, was auch der bisherigen Rechtsprechung... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (45559) Handelsvertreter tragen Beweislast Erhebt ein Handelsvertreter vor Gericht eine Kündigungsschutzklage, so muss er seine Arbeitnehmereigenschaft beweisen können. Das heißt, er muss darlegen, dass... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (45558) The Industry Standard "It's 2004 and you're reading new writing on this website. Something must be terribly wrong. What year is it? Did... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (45557) Eurekster: llega la personalización a los buscadores Está en fase beta el buscador Eurekster que aprende de las preferencias del usuario así como de las de su grupo de contactos. Se trata de la aplicación de las dinámicas FOAF propias de las redes sociales a los resultados... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (45556) eLearning Dynamics to Launch Classroom File Exchange Application For Wireless Palm Powered Handhelds From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (45555) Convergent Media Systems and Sony Announce Joint Marketing Agreement for Digital Signage Networks From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (45554) Shelley Howells: Time to edit the homework favourites From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (45553) Managed Career Solutions Chooses Aspen to Streamline Learning Asset anagement at 'One-Stop' Employment Service Centers From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (45552) Scholars and scoundrels From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (45551) Plateau 4 LMS Goes Live as Enterprise Learning Architecture for Bristol-Myers Squibb From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (45550) Technology alters the nature of research From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (45549) New distance learning package for doctors launched From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (45548) Trinity Catholic Embarks On Distance Learning Program From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (45547) GIRLS MORE INTERESTED THAN BOYS IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE JOBS THAT GO WITH IT, ACCORDING TO JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT POLL In 5th Annual Poll, "Businessperson" Named Top Career Choice, Beating Out Doctor for Second Time. A new poll from Junior Achievement points to a growing gender gap between girls and boys when it comes to careers requiring higher education. Expectations for teens' annual salary by age 40 are at the lowest levels in five years of polling. [PRWEB Jan 23, 2004] From PR Web on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45546) "Smart Songs 1 for Kids" Wins "Best Educational" from Childrensmusic.org The newest music release from AbridgeClub.com Entertainment entitled, "Smart Songs 1 for Kids", produced for children between the ages of 3 and 5, ends 2003 with a "Best Educational" award from ChildrensMusic.org. [PRWEB Jan 23, 2004] From PR Web on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45545) Whizlabs Software furthers commitment to providing the highest quality products and services to customers Whizlabs Software, (http://www.whizlabs.com), a leading provider of IT skills assessment and certification exam preparation tools announced the confirmation of it's registration for the ISO 9001:2000 certification. [PRWEB Jan 23, 2004] From PR Web on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45544) Premio Introduces Kaypro C1100 Notebook Computer with Intel Centrino and ATI Radeon 9600 Technologies for Optimal Video Performance Extending its Kaypro line of notebook computers, Premio Computer, Inc., today launched the new Premio® Kaypro C1100 wireless notebook computer. Featuring Intel Centrino mobile technology and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600. [PRWEB Jan 23, 2004] From PR Web on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45543) New President Named at Penn The University of Pennsylvania named Amy Gutmann, the provost of Princeton, to be its next president. From New York Times: Education on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45542) I.R.S. Rule Helps People Put Their Trust in Harvard A new ruling by the I.R.S. will allow people to invest with Harvard's strong performing endowment in a popular type of trust that has tax advantages. From New York Times: Education on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45541) Special Help for 3rd Graders Is Promised Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's plan to provide tutoring and summer school to second and third graders seeks to end the practice of social promotion. From New York Times: Education on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45540) For Belichick, an Economy of Thought There is more to New England Coach Bill Belichick than his image as an X's and O's savant. He is, at heart, an academic. From New York Times: Education on January 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (45539) Abgabe auf Festplatten Der Vorstoß der Vereinigung der Autoren in Spanien (SGAE), nun auch eine Art Kopiergebühr für Festplatten einzuführen, hat heftige Proteste... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (45538) Akademisches Bloggen "The Kept-Up Academic Librarian" ist zu meiner Freude ein weiteres Blog im Kreis der wenigen akademischen Blogs. Zum Einlesen!... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (45537) Holt mich hier raus, ich bin ein Strauß! Die öffentliche Depression von Max Strauß ist für alle Beteiligten ein Problem - in den Medien bleibt er das dicke... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (45536) SCO vs. Linux Während die zweite Anhörung vor Gericht im Verfahren SCO gegen IBM vom 23. Januar auf den 6. Februar verschoben wurde,... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 23, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (45535) My Yahoo! RSS Beta Launched Finally! Better late than never, congrats to Jeremy and the team! QUOTEIt's been under development and testing for a while (it even tried to sneak out recently) and is now ready for you to play with. Now you can add nearly any RSS feed to your My Yahoo page. That includes news sites, weblogs, searches, and more. Think of this as the natural evolution of one of the oldest web-based news aggregators.UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 23, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (45534) MyYahoo Adding RSS, OPML Support Scott Katz, from Yahoo's MyYahoo personalization area, points me to a beta version of an RSS module for MyYahoo pages. He says: "While still an early release, we'd appreciate it if you (and your readers) would help us test it and provide feedback. It's not widely available today -- you need to visit a hidden URL to add it to your My Yahoo page. Once you've got the module, you can search and add feeds or import OPML files." From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 23, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (45533) Design Principles for Online Instruction: A New Kind of Classroom From ScotFEICT on January 23, 2004 at 12:51 a.m.. (45532) Virtual librarian Today I noticed a new service at the university library -- a virtual reference librarian, available in three modes: a searchable reference question collection, an email question link, and an instant messaging screen by Docutek. I tried the instant messaging screen. Shortly I was trading comments with one of the reference librarians about a search question. She checked for a journal in the library's data base while I looked up the journal's web page on my end, and when it became clear... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 23, 2004 at 12:50 a.m.. (45531) Broadcast Builder Broadcast Builder. Very interesting. Lets you put multimedia into your RSS feed (weblog) so that people can subscribe and get video, audio, as well as the usual text and still images. The enterprise license is under US$100 if you download the application rather than order it on CD. Lots of uses spring to mind for the home-based entrepreneur and for e-Learning. -- BB Broadcast Builder allows you to create RSS (Really Simple Syndication) channels & From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 23, 2004 at 12:48 a.m.. (45530) A New Republican Scandal Emerges Boston Globe: Infiltration of files seen as extensive. Republican staff members of the US Senate Judiciary Commitee infiltrated opposition computer files for a year, monitoring secret strategy memos and periodically passing on copies to the media, Senate officials told The Globe. From the spring of 2002 until at least April 2003, members of the GOP committee staff exploited a computer glitch that allowed them to access restricted Democratic communications without a password. Trolling From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 22, 2004 at 11:46 p.m.. (45529) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]