Edu_RSS ~ January 29, 2004

Most recent update: January 29, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Blast shakes peaceful neighborhood From Haaretz: News on January 29, 2004 at 10:52 p.m.. (46609) Shin Bet says terror will last through 2006 From Haaretz: News on January 29, 2004 at 10:52 p.m.. (46608) Suicide bomber brings killing back to Jerusalem streets From Haaretz: News on January 29, 2004 at 10:52 p.m.. (46607) Analysis / Despite his successes, Nasrallah is on his own From Haaretz: News on January 29, 2004 at 10:52 p.m.. (46606) ...Personal Interaction Manager? For about a year now, I've had the phrase "Personal Interaction Manager" intermittently sticking in and out of my mind. Never took the time to define it, but something keeps telling me this is what I really need. Talk about fuzzy logic. As I write this, Google returns zero hits for the phrase. (I have a hunch that this will change soon. :) Now, Eric Gradman's recent paper would seem to get closer to a definition. Hmm. From Seb's Open Research on January 29, 2004 at 10:46 p.m.. (46605) Russia retools laws to build IT industry Although raw materials have been the cornerstone of Russia's economic growth in the last decade, the country will increasingly attempt to derive wealth from its technological backbone. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (46604) PM warns, `Don't put us to the test again' From Haaretz: News on January 29, 2004 at 9:52 p.m.. (46603) Suicide bomber kills 10, wounds 44 in Jerusalem From Haaretz: News on January 29, 2004 at 9:52 p.m.. (46602) If you're a bad guy and want to frustrate law enforcement, get a Mac! Now this is funny! QUOTEDave also had a great quotation for us: "If you're a bad guy and you want to frustrate law enforcement, use a Mac." Basically, police and government agencies know what to do with seized Windows machines. They can recover whatever information they want, with tools that they've used countless times. The same holds true, but to a lesser degree, for Unix-based machines. But Macs evidently stymie most law enforcement personnel. They just don't know how to recover data on them. So what do they do? By and large, law enforcemen From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 29, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (46601) Financial Aid Books The financial situation of "traditional" and "nontraditional" students tends to be different. "Traditional" students are generally dependents who study full-time. "Non-traditional" students are older and likely to be supporting dependents while working and studying part-time. Fortunately, financial aid books have... From Adult/Continuing Education on January 29, 2004 at 9:49 p.m.. (46600) Microsoft ad campaign takes aim at rivals The company plans to launch a $20 million-plus print and online campaign this year touting the advantages of its software over competitors including Linux. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (46599) Napster chief to depart Mike Bebel, who came to Napster after Roxio's acquisition of Pressplay last year, is leaving as part of a corporate reorganization that will also consolidate Roxio's offices in Los Angeles. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (46598) Nortel beats targets, takes heart from VoIP The telecommunications equipment maker exceeds analyst expectations for its fourth quarter and says it is looking to wireless and VoIP sales to sustain the momentum. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (46597) Virtual university awaits stamp of approval From ScotFEICT on January 29, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (46596) Weedshare DRM is no more restrictive than Apple's iTunes I was wrong! According to T.Rob, Christopher Stewart and the Weedshare FAQ, you can put the tunes on a CD and burn them from the CD just like Apple's DRM. From the Weedshare FAQ: QUOTEOnce you purchase a Weed file, you're free to play it all you want on up to three PCs. You can From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 29, 2004 at 8:49 p.m.. (46595) Microsoft offers reward for MyDoom.B leads The software giant posts its third award for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for releasing a virus--this time, $250,000 for the perpetrator of MyDoom.B. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (46594) FTC eyes network operators in spam battle The Federal Trade Commission and its counterparts send out an e-mail to tens of thousands of network administrators, warning them "Secure your servers." From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (46593) Ashcroft says surveillance powers should stand U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is warning Congress not to tinker with the Internet surveillance powers that the Patriot Act awarded to federal police. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (46592) A Civilization Of The Mind January 29th is Thomas Paine's birthday. Thomas Paine came to us from England. He is the person who set the Spirit of Independence in the minds and hearts of the American rebels in 1776 with the publication of "Common Sense." He was also the first to call the Colonies "these United States of America." Paine is also the author of The Declaration of Independence. It is for these reason and many more that we declare his birthday - Freethinkers' Day. Following the theme of The Declaration of Independence, John Perry Barlow has made the following declaration: COMMON SENSE A Declaration... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on January 29, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (46591) Pachyderm 2.0 Project Pink Pachyderms? "The name Pachyderm came from a Thai restaurant called Arawan in Sausalito, California. Using that as the code name for our authoring and publishing tool was the result of thirty minutes of debate, and while that decision was perhaps made with haste, the desire to build a custom tool came from five years of multimedia development experience at the museum." -- from the opening paragraph of "The Why, What, and How of a Custom Authoring and Publishing System: The Creation of Pa From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 29, 2004 at 7:48 p.m.. (46590) Copyright transfer: read and sign, right? Wait! .... Professor Stuart M. Shieber of Harvard University has posted two sampleAlternative Copyright Assignments on his web site. One transfers copyright to the publisher but retains other non-commercial usage rights; the other is a license to publish the work but keeps copyright and all other IP rights in the hands of the author. (Note: Peter has added this to his list of what universities can do to help OA.) From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 7:48 p.m.. (46589) Interface Design Issues #02: Consistency and standards Andrei Michael Herasimchuk has written a blog entry on the importance of consistency and standards in interface design. To quote: Consistency is one of the golden rules of interface design. There can be no question about this. It's important on... From Column Two on January 29, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (46588) The truth and apologies come for inept coverage of "The Dean Screem" Diane Sawyer started a round of mea culpas from all of the major news networks for their inept and exagerated coverage of Howard Dean's address to a crowd of over 3500 supports after the Iowa caucasses.CBS News: "Individually we may feel okay about our network, but the cumulative effect for viewers with 24-hour cable coverage is -- it may have been overplayed and, in fact, a disservice to Dean and the viewers." -- Andrew Heywa From carvingCode on January 29, 2004 at 7:46 p.m.. (46587) Report: China's next-generation DVD faces hurdles China has developed an advanced DVD standard, but the format faces tough competition from rival technologies and other obstacles, according to a new report from iSuppli. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (46586) Gateway posts wider loss The company reports a loss of $114 million, due partly to a shortage of its Media Center PCs and fierce price competition among rivals. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (46585) Fuerther Freiheiten Mit den "Fuerther Freiheiten" ist Margaret Marks der große Wurf gelungen. Interessante Themen (richtig zweisprachig!), wunderschöne Bilder und modernste Technik.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 6:51 p.m.. (46584) Tags Omitted From MT Manual While I was compiling a list of all MT template tags, I ran across some tags that are not documented in the MT manual. Here is a list of those tags with an approximate explanation of what I believe they... From Movable Type on January 29, 2004 at 6:51 p.m.. (46583) OA in Nigeria Some public universities use the term "open access" to mean "open admissions", and some use it in our sense to mean "free online access" to digital content. Distance learning in Nigeria will soon be both. For details, see Remmy Nweke's story, Prospects of E-Learning in Nigeria, in AllAfrica.com, January 29, 2004. From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 6:48 p.m.. (46582) Active Internet Users by Country, December 2003 The at-home global active Internet universe for a number of selected countries grew by just over one-quarter million from November 2003 to December. From CyberAtlas on January 29, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (46581) FCC urged to make call on VoIP rule Congressman Tauzin wants the FCC to hurry up and decide whether long-distance calls via the Internet are subject to local-access charges. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (46580) Microsoft holds off on Eolas-based tweaks The software maker says it won't change Windows or Internet Explorer until its efforts to appeal Eolas Technologies' suit or invalidate the patent are settled. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (46579) Just to make you smile Frank Patrick Upon Cleaning Out My In-box This Morning -- A passing thought...Who needs social nets when we've got friends of friends automatically delivered to our inboxes via email worms? From Mathemagenic on January 29, 2004 at 5:52 p.m.. (46578) Democracy - The Way - Chris Corrigan Chris Corrigan at Parking Lot is posting amazing material. Please have a look. Here is a snip "Havel, who wrote passionately about a politics he called "living in truth" (which is perhaps the best way to translate Gandhi's satyagraha, by... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 29, 2004 at 5:52 p.m.. (46577) Schell - The Unconquerable World - a Review Chris refers to Schell's book the Unconquerable World. Here is an Amazon review Restores Faith, Non-Violent Restoration of People Power, September 13, 2003 Reviewer: Robert D. Steele (see more about me) from Oakton, VA United States This book, together with... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 29, 2004 at 5:52 p.m.. (46576) Looks Aren't Everything, or Are They? Which type of e-commerce site is more successful: one that has a front page that's cluttered and busy-looking, or one that portrays style, elegance and grace? A study by a California business school aims to find out in order to help small e-tailers help themselves. From E-Commerce Guide on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46575) Microsoft to issue security patch for IE The company says it will release a software update to Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer designed to protect Web surfers from being lured to Web sites that might contain malicious code. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46574) Intel plans demo of Opteron rival: 'CT' The chip giant plans to demonstrate a 64-bit revamp of its Xeon and Pentium processors in mid-February--an endorsement of a major rival's strategy and a troubling development for Intel's Itanium chip. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46573) Multitudes In the Valley of Decision The gist of this article is that people sometimes prefer less choice. Making a choice constitutes a 'transaction cost', if if there are too many choices, the transaction cost is too high. Though not mentioned in the article, this is the basis for one of the major arguments against micropayments. The author concludes that government policy ought not consist merely of offering people more choices. I don't agree. I think that people want choices even when they don't want to make choices. Sure, they don't want 24 options arrayed in front of them. But if they are only shown From OLDaily on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46572) The Eagle Is Grounded I think this is exactly right: "In the face of new technologies and competition, the U.S. is toughening patent and copyright protections... if it's not careful, the US will drive its intellectual property offshore..." The core of the observation here is that patent and copyright policy today is increasingly a type of trade policy, responding to foreign competition by making it more difficult to compete. But while U.S. industries rest under the new protective umbrella, they risk being left behind by other nations. By Thomas Goetz, Wired, February, 2004 [ From OLDaily on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46571) Keep Facts Free! Advocacy site helping people oppose the proposed bill in the U.S. to extend copyright protection to cover data. By Various Authors, EFF, Januaty 28, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46570) Kenneth C. Green For those of you who wrote - thank you, and I now know who Kenneth (Casey) Green is. One thing I've learned in this field is that nobody knows everything, or everyone. It makes giving talks and writing papers a bit daunting, because there's always someone who knows more aout the topic than I do. Anyhow, my point wasn't to belittle Casey Green - I genuinely didn't know who he was and expressed frustration that Syllabus would make me sign up for an account in order to find out. Anyhow, I now know: Casey Green is the project director for --> From OLDaily on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46569) H2O Andy Carvin posts his photos online and tells the WWWEDU board. I visit the site, see a photo I like and, noting the Creative Commons license, snag one and put it on my home page. I send a note to WWWEDU thanking Andy and flagging the Creative Commons project. Claude Almansi follows up with a link to H2O, "an interlocking collection of communities based on the f From OLDaily on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46568) The Promise and Peril of 'Open Access' The headline writers put 'open access' in scare quotes, but the author provided a good overview stating most strongly the case in favour: "...Brain Research, which costs more than $21,000 for 2004; Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, which costs nearly $15,000; and Nuclear Physics A and B, at more than $23,000." She also outlines the counter-argument offered by academic societies, whic depend on publication income, and responses from the publishers minimizing the impact of open access publishing. Worth reading as well is the --> From OLDaily on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46567) The Horizon Report This report, an annual summary of emerging technologies released by the New Media Consortium, includes learning objects as among the technologies to watch, especially this year (it is worth noting that NMC also has a separate learning object initiative). The discussion is a bit light and is focussed on the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII) approach to the subject. The report also discusses other emerging technologies such as multimodal interfaces, context aware computing, and the knowledge web. Even though From OLDaily on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (46566) Geistig abnormaler Rechtsbrecher Bei Lazerte las ich dieser Tage einen "Offenen Brief an die Freier", dem - wie sich der Verfasser ausdrückt -... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 4:52 p.m.. (46565) ht://Dig Website Search Engine We're in the midst of reworking the Learning Commons website, and one of the changes is dropping to static files for most of the site (rather than the dynamically generated site we use now). One major thing we change by doing this is the software to search the site. I've just installed ht://Dig on commons, and it seems to work quite well. I had to compile from source, which I couldn't do on commons itself for some reason (no dev. tools installed on MacOSX Server 10.3?) - I compiled on my TiBook and moved the binaries etc. to commons after... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 29, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (46564) Computer virus experts may learn from disease A computer scientist tells the security industry to look to other fields of study for lessons on how to prevent computer epidemics. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (46563) The Semantic Earth Every transaction involves at least one place - and usually more than one. And yet, until recently, businesses have systematically managed location information only for processes directly concerned with moving people and goods. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) industry is now breaking out of its box. The technology, data representation, economics and security-driven needs for real-time geographic information are coming together. Businesses are becoming location-aware, making existing processes more efficient and enabling new processes and new relationships to emerge. But something even From Release 1.0 on January 29, 2004 at 3:53 p.m.. (46562) El informe Hutton El sitio oficial The Hutton Inquiry recoge la investigación y conclusiones del juez Hutton en torno a la muerte del científico David Kelly: Report of the Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Dr David Kelly C.M.G. by Lord... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 29, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (46561) Free online access will help rebuild Iraqi medical system Jennifer Upshaw, Marin doctors to go on mission to Iraq, Marin Independent Journal, January 29, 2004. Three California physicians are traveling to Iraq to help "rebuild Iraqi's medical system by helping physicians organize a professional society similar to the American Medical Association, create specialty societies in areas of expertise, and establish a network between the two nations that would open educational doors for Iraqi physicians." Part of the plan is "to offer free online access to the group's From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 3:49 p.m.. (46560) Live online colloquy on OA now over I just finished answering a series of very good questions for the Chronicle of Higher Education's online colloquy on open access. The transcript is online and open to non-subscribers. I thank Lila Guterman and the Chronicle for setting this up and inviting me to be the guest. I thank all the readers who sent in questions and apologize to all whose questions didn't fit into the hour. From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 3:49 p.m.. (46559) The Return of Essentials A missing site feature awakes from hibernation all shiny and new. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 29, 2004 at 3:49 p.m.. (46558) Welcome, Derek! Reputations researcher Derek Lackaff has just joined the blogosphere (Yes folks, today is reputations day round here) I like his intro post: Welcome, dear reader, to yet another blog. As everyone else on the planet, and their pets, caught blogging fever over the past few years, I reveled in my bloglessness. Maybe blogging, I reasoned, would be proven another silly fad. Something I could chuckle about down the line – “How From Seb's Open Research on January 29, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (46557) Who defines your identity online? Loïc Le Meur on why you should talk about yourself online instead of letting others do it for you. Here's an extra tip to keep aware what's being said about you: enlist Feedster or Google Alert to watch for occurences of your name on the Web. If you're skeptical that in the future everyone will have a public existence whether they like it or not, have a look at RateMyTeachers and generalize. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 29, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (46556) Electrobel This week's featured content is Electrobel, a massive music community site for Belgian electronic music of all genres. There are over 2000 Creative Commons licensed tracks available for streaming and downloading. The site has an impressive array of features as well. Check out music by genre, -- From Creative Commons: weblog on January 29, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (46555) The future of U.S. tech employment Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough has a weighty job as co-chair of an effort to figure out how to generate high-skill, high-paying jobs that won't get shipped overseas. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (46554) Big Blue marries DB2 to Eclipse From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (46553) RIM picks up Samsung phone support The companies agree to bring Research in Motion's Blackberry always-on wireless e-mail features to Samsung cell phones. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (46552) Tschechischer Verleger verurteilt Wegen der Herausgabe einer tschechischen Ausgabe des Hitler-Buchs "Mein Kampf" ohne wissenschaftlichen Begleittext ist ein Verleger in Prag zu drei... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 2:52 p.m.. (46551) Guía de Diseño y Evaluación de Proyectos Está disponible la versión online de la Guía para el Diseño y Evaluación de Proyectos de Comunicación Digital, de inminente publicación en: VV.AA., La dirección de comunicación en las organizaciones, Ediciones Internacionales Universitarias, Pamplona, 2004.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 29, 2004 at 2:52 p.m.. (46550) The 2004 Horizon Report The Horizon Report is available as a downloadable pdf file. The report is from the New Media Consortium (NMC), a non-profit organization "that brings forward-thinking learning organizations - colleges, universities, and museums - together with innovative high-tech companies to collaborate in a non-competitive environment" (http://www.nmc.org/). This Horizon Report includes Learning Objects among the important new technologies with relevance for teaching, learning, and creative expression. The appraisals of the new technologies and the links for further reading From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on January 29, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (46549) We really must take a stand This country is in a mess. No credibility in NATO. No credibility in the world business community. Destroying the environment. Population soaring. Healthcare cost soaring. Jobs declining. Personal rights being violated. And our national leadership misleading us right and left. We really must take a stand against this. Howard Dean's remarks given in Michigan this morning stand strong in understanding the problems and knowing what to do about them. It amazes me the number of people w From carvingCode on January 29, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (46548) Quote for the day "The true test of leadership is having the courage to stand up for what you believe even when it's not popular." Howard Dean From carvingCode on January 29, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (46547) U.K. bank sees browserless future Online bank Egg is considering a move away from pure Web interfaces for its customers, in a shift that will have implications for developers as well as customers. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (46546) Faith in Net's force rises, falls with Dean Howard Dean's lackluster performance in the New Hampshire primary and the Iowa caucuses, raises the obvious question: To what extent has the Internet truly transformed politics? From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (46545) Net tax bill could make smokers pay From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (46544) Recommended Links... These are some of my favorite reads, If you don't have one yet, I would highly recommend picking up a news reader to keep track of everything. According to my logs, FeedDemon (for PC) and NetNewsWire (for Mac- lite version for free) are the most popular, but there are an abundance of options out there. Once you have a reader, you can import subscriptions to individual rss feeds or grab the OPML file below to import all of the accessibility sites. If you want to learn more about RSS and Syndication, I would recommend An Introduction to RSS for Educational Designers by Stephen Downes or Sha From BildungsBlog on January 29, 2004 at 1:53 p.m.. (46542) Bitácoras más enlazadas en español El Atalaya de Oro es una iniciativa de JJ Merelo que distingue a los weblogs en español que reciben mayor cantidad de enlaces. La buena acogida de este premio bien podría conducir a la actualización y relanzamiento de Vecindario o... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 29, 2004 at 1:52 p.m.. (46541) How much to RSS? A reader at my new Corante blog complains that the RSS feed only contains about the first two lines. Any thoughts about the wisdom of making the whole blog entry available via RSS? I'm inclined to do it.... From Joho the Blog on January 29, 2004 at 1:49 p.m.. (46540) Motivating Drivers- One Person's Actions Drives Learning E-mail Filters I've always had this fascination in the large scale effects from small points of change, punctuated equilbrium not just in evolution and white water rafter trips, but also in human nature (anyone with me on that one?) Actually, I was thinking about a vocal faculty member in our college system that for sake of vagueness, I refer to as non-gender specific "Pat". The frequency of Pat's antics vary, but Pat is well known in our system for the loud (in email) finger-pointing, administration bashing, emails blitzed system wide. On a much lower level of frequency, Pat sends out From cogdogblog on January 29, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (46539) If You're Trying to Reach Me Via E-mail... ...I'm told our system is heavily backlogged, partly because of the MyDoom worm. Sorry, and please be patient. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 29, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (46538) Vox Populi A quartet not to be missed: David Weinberger @ his brand new Corante weblog, Loose Democracy: "I am foolishly doe-eyed about only one aspect of the Dean campaign: It's not only shown that the Net is a powerful political tool, it has done so by consistently surprising us about the how and the why of that tool." Derek Slater on one such surprise: the remixing of Dean's barbaric yawp: "--> From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 29, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (46537) Nice things that have been sent to me today The Daily Mail-o-matic. Instant Headlines for Britain's most liberal and sophisticated newspaper. When I grow up I want to be Warren Ellis. From the latest Bad Signal: For those of us who want the net to effect cultural leverage, I... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 29, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (46536) More over at Loose Democracy I've posted an appreciation of Joe Trippi over at my new Corante blog, "Loose Democracy." (I haven't figured out my policy about cross-posting myself, so for now I'm taking the raw self-promotional approach.)... From Joho the Blog on January 29, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (46535) Trying to buy a Mac I installed Windows 2000 over Linux last night, a process that I expect is going to cost me my snack privileges in Hell. But I simply couldn't get my Linksys wireless card to work. One of the advantages of being a monopolistic software overlord is that companies make sure that their products install reaaaal easy-like. Meanwhile, following the advice from y'all about getting a Mac for my father-in-law for the single purpose of browsing the Web, I called Small Dog and spoke with a helpful salesperson. I thought I wanted a used G4, sans monitor, plus a fresh copy of... From Joho the Blog on January 29, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (46534) The Pachyderm is Coming to Town No, this is not about the circus. Well, we hope not. Tomorrow (Jan 30) is our Pachyderm: Building Meaningful Content with Learning Objects Dialogue Day event for about 70 registered participants from our colleges, held at Paradise Valley Community College (our "Dialogue Days" are one day special events, workshops, etc that are organized by our office in response to requests of faculty or promising trends, etc). Pachyderm is one of the most promising tools that would a From cogdogblog on January 29, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (46533) How to Make a Better Mac Laptop Now that IBM is making the chips Apple will use in new-generation computers, why can't Apple acknowledge, and take advantage of, Big Blue's supremacy in making laptops? From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 29, 2004 at 12:47 p.m.. (46532) blind mice everywhere A couple days ago I noted with regret that our front runner, despite everything wonderful that there is to say about him, sounds tone deaf, or only "special interest" tutored, about copyright issues. He sounds like someone in the 1960s, who when asked about the environment, responds with "business is the lifeblood of our economy." Yes, of course it is, and yes of course copyright is the lifeblood of (some forms of) creativity. But if you think that's all there is to the issue(s), then you don't understand the issue. It From Lessig Blog on January 29, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (46531) the political correctness in privacy talk The one thing that DC types seem to have learned from the digital age is binary thought. We're ruled by the bin-heads. You're either for us or against us (the war). You're either for us or against us (the copyright war). And more and more, you're either for us or against us (the privacy war). That, I guess, is the nub of what angered me in the latest instance of bin-head "thinking": The RIAA-like wilfullness to take a balanced view and transform it into an extreme. It's bad enough that people hear extremes From Lessig Blog on January 29, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (46530) Linux guidelines get an upgrade Open-source software proponent Free Standards Group makes version 2.0 of its Linux development blueprint available to the public. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (46529) Verizon plugs into satellite cable The company plans to begin selling DirecTV's satellite cable television service in Rhode Island next week, and then move quickly across the rest of the country. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (46528) Rudolf Steiner - Understanding the role of the spirit in the world I have just finished two remarkable books by a Waldorf school teacher in Vancouver, Philip Thatcher. They describe the physical and spiritual life of a child, boy, youth, man - Nathan/Solomon/ Raven's Eye. I will write more later about the... From Robert Paterson'apos;s Weblog on January 29, 2004 at 11:52 a.m.. (46527) dr. dean, we hardly knew you From today's NYT: "You're going to see a leaner, meaner organization," Dr. Dean, who has asked his 500 staff members to skip their paychecks for two weeks, told reporters on an 8 p.m. conference call. "We had really geared up for what we thought was going to be a front runner's campaign. It's not going to be a front-runner's campaign. It's going to be a long war of attrition. What we need is decision making that's centralized." Yes, centralized. Fire someone who built the most e From Lessig Blog on January 29, 2004 at 11:45 a.m.. (46526) letters to moveon.org The critical question for the Democrats will be whether they can continue the passion that created Dean. I received a copy of this letter, reprinted with permission, sent to MoveOn by one of Dean's supporters: Dear MoveOn.org: I am a Dean supporter who signed your petition to CBS, though I'm not a member, yet. I would like to ask your help. Dean supporters are apprehensive that the Democrats are attempting stifle Dean's presidential campaign because it is a grassroots campaign at heart. The DNC (DLC), Clinton and Congressional Democrats are seeking to create a mo From Lessig Blog on January 29, 2004 at 11:45 a.m.. (46525) TheStandard Returns As a Blog The Standard Bloghttp://www.TheStandard.com/TheStandard.com covers the news, analysis, trends and events that shape the everchanging Internet Economy day in and day out. They look at the companies that impact the direction of the Internet market. They follow the people who drive change. They cover the trends that today's Internet leaders need to know in order to stay ahead of the curve and now it returns as a weblog!! Truly interesting times and the blogs continue on ...... From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 29, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (46524) V2N2 February 2004 AwarenessWatch Newsletter AwarenessWatch™ Newsletter V2N2 February 2004http://virtualprivatelibrary.blogspot.com/Awareness Watch V2N2.pdfAwareness Watch™ Newsletter http://www.AwarenessWatch.com/The February 2004 V2N2 AwarenessWatch™ is available as a 19 page .pdf file from the above URL. The AwarenessWatch Featured Report covers niched blog search engines, blog directories and web based news aggregators avai From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 29, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (46523) EBSCO adds OA journals to its master list EBSCO A-Z now offers access to almost 1,000 journals. Excerpt from the press release: "EBSCO A-to-Z now offers access to hundreds of free online journals, such as those found in the Directory of Open Access Journals, PubMed Central, SciELO and other portals. Spanning topics from language and literature to science and medicine, these journals are part of the A-to-Z master ti From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (46522) Libraries should invest in a better alternative Margaret Landsman, Price Increases Are Not the Problem, Charleston Advisor, January 2004. Excerpt: "It is troubling that so much of the discussion about scholarly communication focuses on journal price increases....But we know that the issue is not merely what we used to call 'inflation' and now more accurately label 'price increases.' It's not just about the price increases HYPHENHYPHENit's about the price. On the other hand, advocates of Open Access publishing and archiving in their many com From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (46521) Conversing with Symantec E-mail Virus Bouncebacks This morning's unwanted, unwarranted, un-necessary e-mail virus bounceback count = 127 mass deleted. Let's talk with Symantec's email message, sent personally to me: From cogdogblog on January 29, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (46520) Creative Commons und Wikitravel In seinem englischen Blog weist Lenz die Nutzer von Wikitravel u.a. auf folgendes hin: "While I doubt that the 1.0... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (46519) Bereitschaftsdienst muss nicht voll bezahlt werden Ärztliche Bereitschaftsdienste gelten zwar als Arbeitszeit, dürfen aber nach einem Urteil (PM) des BAG vom heutigen Tage geringer bezahlt werden... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (46518) One New Thing One New Thinghttp://nlrp.blogspot.com/Weblog of Lynette Reville, a new librarian in Australia, who is on a library-like quest to find One New Thing to learn every day. Her companion website is the New Librarian's Resource Page . Both are resources that you need to visit. I will be adding One New Thing to my eCurrent Awareness 2004 Report. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 29, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (46517) CNI summary report on institutional repositories CNI has posted a Summary Report of the December 8, 2003, CNI Executive Roundtable on Institutional Repositories. Excerpt: "There was a range of opinion and some very interesting observations about building the case for institutional repositories. Many participants believed that pilot projects were a particularly effective strategy; at the same time, there was a great deal of concern expressed about how we were developing de facto institutional repositories in inappropriate settings From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (46516) epinions empirical analysis paper Reputations researcher Paolo Massa will present his paper "Using Trust in Recommender Systems: an Experimental Analysis", which analyzes the epinions "Web of Trust" system, at the Second International Conference on Trust Management 2004. Note that Paolo points to a number wikis relating to trust here. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 29, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (46515) GarageBand demo tracks by webjaybs MacJams: Tracks created using the new Mac GarageBand Software, by webjaybs (not sure if he made the songs or collected them). A nice example of how funky Apple's GarageBand can get when put in the right hands. (via Lucas) From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 29, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (46514) Mario dans Le Devoir The Quebec edblogging experiment I blogged about a while ago, in a post titled "Deploying weblogs in fifth and sixth grade - an experiment in Quebec", was recently covered in the Journal Le Devoir. Mario Asselin, the school principal, who's interviewed in the piece, does first-class blogging of his own here. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 29, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (46513) Two action quotes Chris Corrigan: "Waiting for democracy to emerge is not only boring, as the Tutor says, but also fruitless. Democracy emerges out of action, not the other way around." Frank Tibolt: "We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action." From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 29, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (46512) Tech's medical marvels CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos explains why tech start-ups and traditional giants are now racing to get into hospitals and drug laboratories. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (46511) Finding the Web services 'sweet spot' Actional's Daniel Foody says because they have to play well in two markets, small Web services management companies will ultimately be acquired or run over. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (46510) Free Tool Determines if Online Education Is Right for You Mein "e-Learning Compatibility Factor" beträgt 77% ("Good")! Um diese Rückmeldung zu bekommen, musste ich 42 Fragen beantworten: zu den technischen Möglichkeiten, die mir zur Verfügung stehen (100%), meine Motivation und Selbstdisziplin (25% - habe ich mir da bis heute etwas... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 29, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (46509) Klage wegen Blog-Eintrags Darauf hat mich Martin Röll aufmerksam gemacht: Dirk Olbertz wird wegen dieses Weblogeintrags eines Users von blogger.de über das Unternehmen... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (46508) BlogWise BlogWisehttp://www.BlogWise.com/BlogWise ia site bringing you a collection of categorised blogs from around the world. Whatever your taste, interest and culture - there's bound to be a blog out there written by a person just like you. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 29, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (46507) Robot Automates Science Robot Automates Sciencehttp://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2004/012804/Robot_automates_science_012804.htmlScientists would seem to hold one of the last occupations threatened by automation, given the brainpower and education involved. But equipping a laboratory robot with artificial intelligence software makes for a fair approximation of a scientist. Faster gene and drug discovery could result. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 29, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (46506) Yearbook of Experts, Authorities & Spokespersons® Yearbook of Experts, Authorities & Spokespersons®http://www.yearbookpdf.com/Here's where you can download and print the Yearbook of Experts, Authorities & Spokespersons® as a .pdf and it is free of charge! The Yearbook is Volume XXI Number IV and is 268 pages. I will be adding this to my Subject Tracer™ Information Blog Internet Experts. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 29, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (46505) DARE launched On January 27 the DARE network of OAI compatible institutional repositories has been launched. Before a large audience of highly ranked representants of Dutch universities these repositories, all up and running, were harvested with an harvester specially built for this purpose. The harvester will be further developed to become a national portal to the on line available scholarly literature in the Netherlandss and will remain on line. Come and visit http://demonstrator.itor.org. The harvester has a number of features. One of these features is access From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 8:48 a.m.. (46504) Sächsischer Landtag Im Gegensatz zum ohnehin schon nicht schlechten Parlamentsspiegel kann die Infothek des Sächsischen Landtages (8-sprachig!) noch mit einer vollständigen Parlamentsdokumentation... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (46503) Nigeria Connection (Teilweise) Viel Neues bringt ein Artikel im Consumer Web Watch vom 26.01.2004 über "The Check´s in the Mail". Nicht übersehen... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (46502) Diskriminierung aufgrund des Geschlechts Am 07.01.2004 hat der EuGH in dem Vorabentscheidungsverfahren C-117/01 entschieden, dass eine nationale Regelung, die die neue sexuelle Identität von... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (46501) Skype Keeps Growing Skype Technologies S.A., the global P2P telephony company that provides consumers on Windows PCs with the ability to make free voice calls using their broadband connections, today announced the expansion of Asian language options, adding Chinese, Japanese and Korean to the twelve languages already offered on Skype. The enhancement enables consumers world wide to interact with the software in their language of choice and reinforces Skype's commitment to the Asian market. Skype, the Global P2P Telephony Company, allows people everywhere to make free, unlimited voice calls via its innovative From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (46499) Legal Writing "If you don't want your writing to smell like sauerkraut, prepare an outline and organize your thoughts before you write",... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (46498) Schlichtung und Mediation Wirtschaftsmediation und Schlichtung ist ein hocheffizientes Instrument zur außergerichtlichen Streitbeilegung für Unternehmen. Die Seite der Handelskammer Hamburg macht die Möglichkeit... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (46497) Mannesmann-Prozess Ein Strafprozess ist immer auch Theater. Zumeist kleines, trauriges Kammerspiel. Und gelegentlich, wenn das Stück stimmt, die Besetzung oder beides,... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (46496) Virus Alert Program Debuts Hoping to stem the tide of virus and worm attacks on the Internet, the U.S. government announces a new security alert program that allows computer users to receive e-mail information about cyberattacks. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on January 29, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46495) MyDoom Spawns More Potent Variant A new variant of the worm adds Microsoft to its target list, and tries to block access to antivirus websites. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on January 29, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46494) Nintendo Band Rocks the House Meet the Minibosses, a Phoenix-based, game-geek cover band trying to take its music to the next level. By Bill Werde from Wired magazine. From Wired News on January 29, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46493) Stores Nix Disposable Flicks A Texas grocery chain agrees to stop selling DVDs that 'self-destruct,' much to the delight of environmentalists. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on January 29, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46492) Piecing Together the Nintendo DS Nintendo's announcement of a dual-screen portable gaming system has tongues wagging and rumors flying. Here's the skinny on what the gadget may include. By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on January 29, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46491) Spam Travels Into Gray Area The Can-Spam Act hasn't changed many spammers' habits, but those who have adapted have done so in curious ways. By Chris Ulbrich. From Wired News on January 29, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46490) Mood Ring Measured in Megahertz Military researchers work to develop a computer system that can monitor emotions and capabilities so leaders can know who's up for a task. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on January 29, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46489) MyDoom Spawns More Potent Variant - Michelle Delio, Wired A new, nastier variant of the MyDoom worm has been released and is beginning to spread across the Internet, according to antivirus experts. Computers infected with MyDoom.B will launch a 12-day denial-of-service attack on Microsoft.com beginning Feb. 1 From Techno-News Blog on January 29, 2004 at 6:45 a.m.. (46488) One happy, one sad Two things before breakfast, one happy, one sad. Happy: Downloadable MP3s from The Paris Review - including a great story by George Plimpton, read by himself. Sad: Weblog DDoS attacks, happening in the wild. not only there but here, and... From Ben Hammersley.com on January 29, 2004 at 6:45 a.m.. (46487) Signal für die aktive Sterbehilfe? Sollte aktive Sterbehilfe legalisiert werden oder nicht - darüber debattiert heute der Europarat in Straßburg. Zur Diskussion steht der Bericht... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (46486) Law and Order Was sich in unserem Nachbarland so abspielt, berichtet der Kurier: Das neue Betretungsrecht der Polizei ist ein "unzulässiger Eingriff in... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (46485) Berkman Briefings Die "Berkman Briefings" stammen, worauf Sabrina hinweist, vom Harvard Law School´s Berkman Center for Law and Technology und sind als... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 29, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (46484) Gov't Rolls Out Cyber Alert System - Ryan Naraine, Internet News The federal government's National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) on Wednesday launched a new unit to serve as a clearinghouse of data on malicious hacking and virus threats against computer systems. The new National Cyber Alert System plans to issue fr From Techno-News Blog on January 29, 2004 at 5:46 a.m.. (46483) How Cert and Homeland Security will work together - INQUIRER staff Here's the message people are getting about how the tie up between the Dept of Homeland Security and CERT will work. As the email below shows, the advisories start today. Dear Friends, As many of you are aware, a few months ago the CERT Coordination From Techno-News Blog on January 29, 2004 at 5:46 a.m.. (46482) Biometrics Enters Third Dimension - Lakshmi Sandhana, Wired A three-dimensional mug shot may soon be the only ID you'll ever need. DuPont Authentication Systems and A4Vision, a company that sells facial-imaging products, have developed a biometric security device that generates in-depth, three-dimensional faci From Techno-News Blog on January 29, 2004 at 5:46 a.m.. (46481) Ironton city schools to get fiber optics upgrade - Teresa Moore, The Ironton Tribune .... The fiber optics will be capable of running all of the city schools' technological equipment - computers, video conferencing and distance learning equipment, for instance. "This will allow us to operate our Internet faster and do things we are n From Educational Technology on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (46480) PC makers bullish on school technology - Chris Cobbs, Orlando Sentinel Five years ago, there was only one computer for every 10 students in American classrooms in grades K-12. The ratio has improved -- it's now 1 to 5 -- but education technology is still an unsaturated market, with room for growth and investment, said Dia From Educational Technology on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (46479) NICSA Partners with NECF In Support of First-of-its-Kind Online Program through UC Berkeley The National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA) announced today that it is partnering with New England College of Finance (NECF) to promote a new online program with UC Berkeley Extension. This innovative and timely program, entitled "Accel From Online Learning Update on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (46478) Technology is costing colleges: UWF students soon could share burden of paying for upgrades - Gina Pace, Pensacola News Journal University of West Florida President John Cavanaugh envisions a campus where students have wireless, high-speed Internet access, classrooms are full of the latest computers and gadgets, and technology help is available around the clock. To do that, Cav From Online Learning Update on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (46477) Technology, a Strong Enabler for Nigerian Education, All Africa With the increasing penetration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the country, Nigerian students from primary school through to University and beyond could find their learning environments improving dramatically, thanks to ICT. That' From Online Learning Update on January 29, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (46476) "Permalink" talking I had lunch with Ton this afternoon. Thinking about it I realised that we talked in "permalinks", reffering to specific posts that we (or someone else) wrote, continuing conversations and thinking started in our weblog neiboirhood. I had similar feeling at BlogTalk: meeting people I linked to the day before and just continuing conversations in another way. I feel the same e-mailing or talking by phone or Skype with people from my blogroll: if feels like we talked the day before. This --> From Mathemagenic on January 29, 2004 at 4:52 a.m.. (46475) Online Educa Madrid 2004 - Conference Announcement From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 29, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (46474) 10th Online Educa Berlin - Conference Announcement From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 29, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (46473) SMARTHINKING Announces Introductory Pricing for Colleges From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 29, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (46472) KC Distance Learning Announces Formation of iQ Academies From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 29, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (46471) W. P. Carey MBA HYPHEN Online launches with 48 students From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 29, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (46470) Blogging lag... I am currently too busy to blog. One of the projects I amtrying to get going is the »Intrazopista« project. We're fed up with the campus Intranet systems available. Most of them are not easily extensible or customizable. We are working with Zope and other Python-based approaches to implement this. There is a lot to learn about the architecture to end up with a securre and scalable structure. Lots of information about all this on the IntraZopista weblog. From owrede_log on January 29, 2004 at 4:47 a.m.. (46469) MENC: The National Association for Music Education Named to 2004 Associations Advance America Honor Roll Two MENC Projects Added to Program Sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives [PRWEB Jan 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 29, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (46468) Wizdom Education Presents EducationLive!at Osceola County, Florida 6th Annual ESE Family Night Naperville IL, January 27, 2004 - Wizdom Education, the premiere source for special education planning and management software for school districts, educators and service providers, announced today that it was invited to display the capabilities of Wizdom EducationLive! to more than 500 educators, parents and community service providers at the Osceola County, Florida 6th Annual Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Family Night [PRWEB Jan 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 29, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (46467) Strength Coach Careers Now Included in Sports Performance Product Line Entrepreneur Magazine recently reported Personal Training as one of the top 2004 home-based business opportunities. They aren't the only ones. "Personal Training provides diehard fitness enthusiasts a great career and lifestyle choice," reports John Fees, Managing Director of Gold Team Productions, a southern California based distributor of sports performance products. [PRWEB Jan 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 29, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (46466) Avian Influenza (" Bird Flu "): Study of Combination Therapy Utilizing Biologic TNF Inhibitors and Neuraminidase Inhibitors May be Warranted A potential new therapeutic approach utilizing biologic TNF-alpha inhibitors to attempt to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with both SARS and avian influenza (H5N1 influenza) (" bird flu ") in humans is described in a newly published research letter. [PRWEB Jan 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 29, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (46465) Computer Game for Stress Relief ... But So Much More Safe, fun, effective and under $50, an interactive stress relief computer program is now made available to the public. [PRWEB Jan 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 29, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (46464) Bauernregel From Mein Schuster on January 29, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (46463) US Air Force Deploys Digital Video Worldwide with VBrick Systems From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 29, 2004 at 3:49 a.m.. (46462) Africa's Education Ministers to Meet in Cape Town From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 29, 2004 at 3:49 a.m.. (46461) 'Mydoom' eMail worm snarls computers worldwide From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 29, 2004 at 3:49 a.m.. (46460) High School Scientists of Tomorrow Compete for a Major Prize Forty students were announced as the finalists for the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search, which presents an award often called the junior Nobel Prize. From New York Times: Education on January 29, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (46459) Problems of School Discipline System Emerge at Hearing A panel of top Bloomberg administration officials portrayed the public school discipline system as still in disarray despite a push by City Hall to fix the problems. From New York Times: Education on January 29, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (46458) Dirty and Broken Bathrooms Make for a Long School Day Dirty bathrooms, broken toilets, faulty stall doors and a dearth of toilet paper are persistent in New York City's 1,200 public schools. From New York Times: Education on January 29, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (46457) Comptroller Rejects Contract to Find Solid Education's Cost State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi rejected a no-bid consulting contract awarded to Standard & Poor's to determine the cost of a sound, basic education for New York's schoolchildren. From New York Times: Education on January 29, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (46456) Museum Finds Lewis and Clark Artifact, Lost for Century The so-called grizzly bear claw necklace had been donated to the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, but went mising in 1899. From New York Times: Education on January 29, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (46455) Democrats Criticize Plan to Use Gambling Revenue to Meet Court Mandate for Better Schools Gov. George E. Pataki proposed creating a new fund "to meet the cost of a sound basic education," using money from video lottery terminals. From New York Times: Education on January 29, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (46454) Pataki Proposes Rise in Education Spending Gov. George E. Pataki proposed a $99.8 billion budget that would significantly increase state spending and change the way the state pays for education and health care for the poor. From New York Times: Education on January 29, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (46453) Man Convicted of Publishing Mein Kampf According to the Associated Press, a Czech publisher was given a three-year suspended sentence today for publishing Hitler's Mein Kampf. The charge brought against him was for "promoting Nazism." From kuro5hin.org on January 29, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (46452) Open Access Databases Nat Goodman, Among Databases, Open Access Is Growing Rare, Genome Technology Jan 28 2004. (free registration required) Excerpt: "[R]estricted access makes it harder for other databases to incorporate your data and produce an even better result. For example, my group develops public databases focused on specific diseases. We collect data from multiple, mostly public sources, and present the information in ways that are more useful for scientists working on our diseases. To preserve open access to our databa From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 2:48 a.m.. (46451) KM Challenge 2004 (Sydney, Australia) SAI Global will be holding the KM Challenge 2004 in Sydney at the end of March. This is the foremost knowledge management conference run in Australia, and I have the pleasure of speaking at it on the topic of intranets... From Column Two on January 29, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (46450) OCLC reports on Open Access OCLC's 2003 survey of trends in library services includes a section on institutional repositories, scholarly communication and open access. From FOS News on January 29, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (46449) Apple offers iBook repair The computer maker launches a program to repair some iBooks that have a faulty logic board. From CNET News.com on January 29, 2004 at 1:45 a.m.. (46448) Engaging While talking about corporate weblogs, Mathemagenic says: Weblogs are not about informing, they are about engaging. Making use of weblogs in business requires changing mindset: markets are conversations. If that's right, then a college weblog would not primarily be about promoting the college but about connecting the knowledge and research skills of the faculty with the interests and needs of the community, through conversation. I'm not sure I'd recognize the college after that kind... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 29, 2004 at 12:49 a.m.. (46447) College from the comfort of home From ScotFEICT on January 28, 2004 at 11:50 p.m.. (46446) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]