AKMA's passion AKMA responds in public to a question of mine about Mel's Passion. Thanks, Rev! My question was prompted by AKMA's learned and diversity-loving and committed comments on the movie here, here, here and then here. (AKMA's son Si blogs about it here.)... From Joho the Blog on March 12, 2004 at 10:48 p.m..
Isenberg's WTF I finally looked at my schedule and realized that I just can't go to David Isenberg's WTF conference April 2-4. Damn! I'm only home 3 days between now and the end of March. Conference conference conference conference conference. Conference. I can't add another one to the list no matter how enticing...and WTF is durn enticing. It sounds like it'll be a great get-together. I'm sorry to miss it. But I hope not to see you there. Wait, that's not right. I hope you won't see me there. Nope. I hope you go. Some fantastic people are attending. You could be... From Joho the Blog on March 12, 2004 at 10:48 p.m..
Yahoo and Google Match-Up This site graphically compares the hits returned by Google and Yahoo for any query you try. Cool and interesting.... From Joho the Blog on March 12, 2004 at 10:48 p.m..
You've got to carry that weight "When I'm old, here's how I'm going to describe the early 21st century: we were always having to provide people with content." (236 words) From dive into mark on March 12, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
T-Mobile ware to ease hot-spot searches The wireless communications company releases software to make it easier for subscribers to find and connect to its hot spots. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Siebel slapped with class action From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
MySQL addresses open-source license problem Then open-source database company takes a step to mend a rift in the open-source world by updating a licensing provision that had broken a close tie between the MySQL database and another software package. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
SourceForge Utilities More >>> (http://sfutils.sourceforge.net/)... From cms2u on March 12, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..
EclipseBB EclipseBB is a pre-modded phpBB forum. The goal of this product is to be the very best phpBB p... From cms2u on March 12, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..
Europe comes out against Oracle deal The European Commission has told Oracle that it objects to the software maker's proposed takeover of rival PeopleSoft, but gives the company time to marshal a response. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Elfisk Elfisk is a collection of modules for the Content Management System PostNuke. It consists of... From cms2u on March 12, 2004 at 8:53 p.m..
Stephen upgraded his referrer systemGreat, with so ... Stephen upgraded his referrer systemGreat, with some new leading-edge features I dreamed before. However, seems all legacy data losted during the upgrading. Hey, it's my referral capital, humm....update: Seems the system blocked grassland? I've tried some times search RSS from Grassland and link to my site, however, Referral 2.0 can't display this information. Or is that a bug? From Meta on March 12, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..
MSN Messenger, Hotmail on the fritz Microsoft investigates customer complaints that both MSN Messenger and Hotmail have been intermittently inaccessible since Friday morning. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Adobe CEO's bonus soars Chief Executive Bruce Chizen's bonus quadrupled in 2003, thanks to Adobe Systems' sturdy revenue and profit growth. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Robot cars rev engines for army race Fifteen teams compete on Saturday in the Grand Challenge, an army contest that will award $1 million to the robotic car that wins the off-road race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in under 10 hours. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Was the Sermon Boring? How's this for devoted: Prolific blogger Jeff Jarvis posted to his Buzzmachine weblog Sunday morning -- using his Treo to write and publish his words from church. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
The $69.95 Spy Satellite Last month I wrote about a consumer-level Predator Spy Plane that could be used to cover stories from the air. Today I want to mention a spy satellite that can be yours for the low price of $69.95. Keyhole has announced a new version of its imaging software that allows access to over 7 terabytes of satellite imagery through a 4-megabyte front-end program. Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Judge Resigns Over Published Online Chat Sometimes it's just too easy and tempting to press "send." It's amazing how normally circumspect people will sometimes relax their internal censor during text-based online discussions, to the point that they'll say things online that they would never say in person, let alone in public. However, watch out! Those hastily typed words and stray thoughts may come back to haunt you -- as they did recently for Richmond (Virginia) General District Judge Ralph B. Robertson. After 19 years of serving on the bench, --> From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Soap Operas Debut in Chile This evening will see the debut of two television soap operas in Chile, an event that is a big deal for ratings of local TV channels. Their websites are fully involved to catch more spectators for both. Canal 13 will introduce Hippie (about the 1960s in Chile) and TVN will broadcast Los Pincheira (a historic tale about a rural mob). Along with the TV websites, news websites also are following the debuts. So on Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Now Hear This! This wonderful interview site of BBC's Radio Four offers sound bites from Agatha Christie to William Burroughs, from Andy Warhol to ee cummings, from Salvador Dali to the Dalai Lama, and dozens of others. It brings home again the strength of audio, of well-classified and indexed sound bites, of the original voice that can be brought to life at the touch of a button -- or rather the click of a mouse. Do go and visit it.The supremacy of the picture is taken so much for granted these From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
'Speakers Corner': Ask the Minister (But Will She Reply?) Lycos recently shut its chatrooms; MSN did the same earlier; and now the German online-only newspaper Netzeitung has done just the opposite. Today it opened a complete new discussion area called Speakers Corner to enable "high-quality discussions," as chief editor Michael Maier announced in his introductory remarks. Everyone can read the contributions. If you want to participate actively you have to register.< From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
RSS Goes Mainstream in the Netherlands In October last year, the Dutch public broadcaster, publisher of a range of websites including the highly trafficked Teletext and NOS news sites, started offering its news headlines by free RSS feeds. (In a bold move, the broadcaster recently also announced that third parties may in the future freely redistribute the video files now published on the site, which offers acccess to the full video files of programs you may have missed on TV. Already an RSS feed announcing when new programs are added to that From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
SMS/MMS: Free or Not Free, That Is the Question Chinese portals are expecting MMS (multimedia messaging) services to become a "gold mine" sustaining their profit growth, and have earmarked large sums for aggressive development. "MMS based on 2.5G technology will herald explosive growth in 2004," according to Sohu's CEO, Charles Zhang. At the end of 2003, 8 million Chinese residents subscribed to MMS; this industry is expected to be worth US$22 billion by 2008. Other portals also are eyeing the mo From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Dutch Newspapers Launch Digital Youth Editions The small Dutch Christian newspaper Nederlands Dagblad (ND) and market leader Telegraaf are both launching news websites especially for the youth market. ND starts with NDlite.nl at the end of March; the Telegraaf initiative is to start in the fall. According to trade magazine Adformatie, ND editor-in-chief Peter Bergwerff aims to present the regular news, but in a different tone of voice, to make the site more appealing to the youth audie From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
News Sites Stay (Flush) Left -- But Why? It's EPpy Awards judging time, so once again I'm spending lots of time poring over news websites in advance of the judges' deadline. (There are dozens of volunteer judges in this competition, to deal with the large number of entries.) It's a great exercise for me, because it forces me to look very deeply at a lot of sites. Odd things occur to me during this process, such as the observation that most sites that are designed for a fixed page width (that is, that don't adjust to the size of a user's browser window) are From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Salon to Be 'Fearless' Covering Bush From D.C. Salon announced yesterday that it's opening a Washington, D.C., news bureau under the direction of Sidney Blumenthal, a former senior aide to President Clinton, book author, and columnist for The Guardian of London. The often politically minded webzine also announced new relationships with The Guardian and Air America, the new progressive radio network. Salon is generally regarded as leaning to the left politically, as is The Guardian.This From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
It's Your WeatherBug I admire the chances that WeatherBug takes. It's practically on its own with its smart approach of asking users of its free service to "pick a sponsor" to run for 30-day stretches. The company also has been paying attention to the chatter here and elsewhere in the world of new media about "participatory journalism." Jon Dube over at Cyberjournalist.net has conducted an interview with WeatherBug's product director about this initiative, who says that the service receives hundred From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Yahoo! Gets Even More Local I think web search tools are amazingly cool already, but the industry continues to make the search experience even better. Chris Sherman reports today on Search Day about Yahoo!'s addition to Yahoo! Maps. Type in an address to get your map as usual, but now notice on the right side a list of nearby businesses and attractions. For instance, type in your home address, then click on Restaurants-->Pizza to get a map of all nearby pizzerias in your area. C From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
Getting Paid for What You Love (Blogging) With so many people blogging, you of course expect for stars to be born. Add another: Calpundit (a.k.a., Kevin Drum) has been hired to produce a "Political Animal" blog for Washington Monthly. It takes some real talent to make a living from blogging, but more and more it is possible. For a growing number of bloggers, we're past the hobby days. (Thanks to Jeff Jarvis for the pointer.) From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
Spain Rail Blasts in Main Online Newspapers Online newspapers in Spain are making a great effort to cover the terrorist blasts in three different rail stations of Madrid. El Pais.es is giving its deep coverage for free (the newspaper switched to a paid-subscription model) and has printed out a special edition also available online in PDF form. El Mundo.es has "lightened" its home page to improve page downloading. The overwhelming number of visits has tested some sites, such as La Vanguardia.es, in the first From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
Lee: A Model for the Future? Lee Enterprises' February revenue report, out today, shows the future of newspapers as clearly as can be. Niche-publication revenue is up (year-over-year) by 35.7 percent and online advertising revenue is up 39.6 percent, while other categories are up much lower amounts. The future, clearly, is not in the broad print publications so much as it is online and niches like auto books, real-estate guides, parenting magazines, and other targeted media - From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
Latin America Looks to Spain Online newspapers from all Latin American countries are covering the news from Spain, after the the bomb blast in Madrid. This morning you can see main newspaper and radio websites gathering the news in all possible ways. In Chile, La Tercera has interactive graphics; Radio Cooperativa offers audio clips from Spain; and Emol.com has an image gallery. In Argentin From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
Lest We Forget... I know I'm a couple days late in pointing this out, but this past Tuesday marked a great date in journalism history: the 50th anniversary of the original airing of the famous See It Now episode in which Edward R. Murrow took on Sen. Joseph McCarthy. The transcript of A Report on Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy is well worth reading. NPR recently aired an excellent commentary by Walter Cronkite reflecting back on this turning From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
Early Web Coverage of 'Spain's 9/11' My website frontpage today application did the rounds today just when news of the terrible terrorist blasts in Madrid came trickling in. So at German or French news sites you see the ticker news speaking of 15 to 30 people killed. The Spanish sites could not be reached at that time; their servers were swamped by demand. Many of the UK and North American sites did not carry the news just then (probably because I grabbed the screen shots a few minutes too early). I'll post the screen g From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
Did I Miss Some E-mail? There can be no doubt that the coordinated terrorist bombings in Madrid yesterday morning represented a huge news story -- "Spain's 9/11." So why is it that I received no e-mail breaking-news alerts shortly after the news broke? I subscribe to most of the major U.S. news organizations' e-mail alert services, yet the only one that came in (and yes, I checked all my spam filters' junk-mail inboxes) was a single follow-up headline. As to reports of the initial news, nothing! I don't get it. This was too important of a story not to have warranted an e-mail alert. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
The Voices of Madrid's Blasts An interesting way to present a news story was chosen by Radio Cooperativa from Chile, which covered yesterday's bombings in Madrid, Spain. Going further than text and photos, the site grouped the main "voices" about that story in a single page. There you can listen to the main sources speak about the event. It's another way (and more effective, considering it's a radio website) to present the news. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
E-Media Tidbits Available by RSS Feed I'm pleased to announce that we've added an RSS feed for E-Media Tidbits. (Here it is.) Since we write about RSS often here, regular readers will probably be familiar with it. But if you're not, fellow weblog contributor Amy Gahran has an excellent --> From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 12, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..
What's Coming to the Screen on Your Wrist Geez, my watch is so boring; it just tells time. Of course, the geeky thing to do would be to replace it with one of the new SPOT wireless watches, which give you weather, news headlines, calendar reminders, etc. via MSN. Because the content for such watches is limited at this time, I'll wait before dumping my old-fashioned timepiece and paying $10 a month for a subscription to a watch. But SpotStop.com points to an advertisement from watch-maker Fossil and MSN (no longer live, s From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Office update clogs spam filters Antispam software vendors are scrambling to find a fix to the fixes in a recently released service pack for Office XP and Office 2000, which some say causes havoc with spam filters. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Greenspan: Offshoring laws could harm U.S. The Federal Reserve chairman says new measures aimed at stopping jobs moving overseas could hurt the U.S. economy, rather than help protect American workers. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Concesión de la nacionalidad española Con carácter extraordinario el Consejo de Ministros ha aprobado la regularización de todos los ciudadanos extranjeros afectados en el atentado. El Consejo de Ministros aprobó hoy los reales decretos por los que se concede, a solicitud de los afectados, la... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 12, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Untitled "We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed". (G.C. Colton; Lacon) (found here) From Seb's Open Research on March 12, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..
Information axioms A fascinating set... I especially like the Kevin Kelly quotes in Axiom 10. This working document distills Information axioms for emerging policy networks. We culled these information axioms from a variety of analysts whose work examines primarily - but not wholly - emerging commercial information networks on the Internet. These "axioms" do not necessarily apply to non-profits, or true communities, but rather, are to se From Seb's Open Research on March 12, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
Untitled "Like computer viruses, successful mind viruses will tend to be hard for their victims to detect. If you are the victim of one, the chances are that you won't know it, and may even vigorously deny it." Richard Dawkins, British Zoologist From Seb's Open Research on March 12, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
Opinion article on long-term digitial preservation Frederick Miller, Disposable Scholarship, EDUCAUSE Quarterly 27(1), 2004. Miller discusses the imperatives for preservation of digitial material, remarking the trends towards licensing rather than purchasing content, the growth of digital information and the range and complexity of formats, and pointing towards potential solutions that "include open-source software such as DSpace from MIT and commercial products such as Documentum's Digital Asset Management capabilities." Finally he asks what might be useful strategies to em From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 12, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
Earthbrowser -- this crazy world keeps goin' round and round I was pointed to Earthbrowser by an RSS feed of the newest Apple downloads (the app also has a Windows version). The description: An innovative earth simulation that combines an easy to navigate 3 dimensional globe with real-time weather conditions and 7 day forecasts for thousands of locations worldwide. Live earthquakes, webcam images, volcanoes and current cloud formations are also featured. A screen saver option lets it take over your desktop with a gorgeous image when you are away from your computer. I see they have a webcam hooked up in la ciudad de mas macho, Hermosillo, Mexico… w From Object Learning on March 12, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
Intel chips take a new number The chip giant plans to give its PC chips model numbers that reflect their performance and de-emphasize their clock speeds--a huge marketing shift for Intel that might pay off for Pentium M. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Macromedia updates Dreamweaver From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
FBI adds to wiretap wish list A sweeping proposal seeks to guarantee that Internet Protocol-based communications from VoIP to instant messaging are susceptible to police surveillance. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
EMC's Tucci takes home millions EMC's chief executive reaped a $1.7 million bonus in 2003--up more than a million dollars from the previous year--as the data storage company returned to profitability. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Kairosnews Blogger Get Together at 4C's As expressed in this Kairosnews post, 4C's offers a great opportunity to get together and meet some fellow bloggers in person for the first time. Whether you are an avid blogger, a blogger wanna be, or just a reader of Kairosnews, come on out. It'll be a great way to meet some new people on the very first day of the conference. So why not meet up with everyone and have some dinner? When: 8pm, Wednesday, March 24 Where: Mi Terra's Mexican restaurant at the From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on March 12, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..
Instructional Engineering for Learning Objects Repositories This pdf article by Gilbert Paquette presents a carefully developed structural analysis of the role of design in the construction of learning objects and learning object repositories. Paquette nests the LO/LOR developments within the larger developments of the semantic web. "The future solution of the major interoperability technical problems, through the implementation of international eLearning standards, will shift the focus from media development to instructional engineering and pedagogical concerns. The greater availability of reusable digitized content, together with the larger set of in From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on March 12, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
CC Remix Music I found PIA's Symbols through the Creative Commons search engine -- a great album of electronic music. You can find lots of music through the search engine, which has currently indexed only 50,000 URLs out of the 1,400,000 URLs we know to contain CC licensed content (there are another 400,000 URLs in the queue). Symbols is under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license, so if you use --> From Creative Commons: weblog on March 12, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Starbucks, HP music cafe percolating The companies are opening musically inclined shops where coffee-sipping customers can compile and burn their own CDs. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Week in review: Cease and desist It may seem odd for Microsoft to give away the most popular office productivity suite--but it does, and some groups are actually telling the company "no thanks." From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Lindows: Trademark case could get expensive The open-source software maker says Microsoft wants a Dutch court to fine Lindows more than $100,000 per day for not blocking certain visitors to its Web site. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
BlogTalk 2.0 Wer's noch nicht weiß: Am 05./06.07.2004 findet in Wien der BlogTalk 2.0 statt, u.a. mit den Trotts (MT) und Nicola,... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..
Yahoo-OAIster agreement Yahoo and OAIster have announced a win-win collaboration. An OA repository developed by OAIster will be indexed by Yahoo, increasing the visibility of the repository content and increasing the size and usefulness of the Yahoo index. (PS: The press release isn't very clear but it seems that this material, while OA, has not been indexed already because it lies in the deep web. There is nothing to stop other search engines from indexing From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
ISS gives thumbs-up to PeopleSoft directors The influential shareholder-advisory service says it will recommend that its clients re-elect the directors. The endorsement could avert a vote of no confidence related to Oracle's hostile takeover bid. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Smart Workflow: Adobe's New Bridge to Web Services and Workflow Adobe wants to be a major player in the booming $15 billion workflow market. On March 8th Adobe announced their public beta of Adobe Designer. Adobe Designer is a workflow authoring tool. It is part of the company's Intelligent Document Platform based on Web Services, ebXML and XML. Adobe Designer is designed for business managers and allows non-ITs to automate business processes and tasks using drag and drop icons.... From The Workflow Institute Blog on March 12, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..
Sperre für Web-Auktionen Der u.a. für das Markenrecht zuständige Zivilsenat des BGH hat heute entschieden (PM), dass der Betreiber einer Plattform für Versteigerungen... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..
Historiographie der Eliten... Ein französischer Tagungsband ist online (PDFs): http://lamop.univ-paris1.fr/lamop/LAMOP/elites/ From Archivalia on March 12, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..
Atlas ti I've been using a qualitative research tool called "Atlas ti" for the last couple of years, and just attended a workshop using the new version of the software. The software could still use the fine hand of an instructional designer... From Rick's Café Canadien on March 12, 2004 at 2:51 p.m..
Don't Let the FCC Design Your Software and Hardware The technology community needs to stand with opponents of the movie industry's software-regulation scheme, also known as the Broadcast Flag. The EFF and others are suing to block stifling rules designed to protect Hollywood at everyone else's expense. Meanwhile, PublicKnowledge,org is lining up tech companies to sign comments to the FCC opposing such regulation. There are only three days left to sign before the comment deadline ends. If you're a tech executive From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 12, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..
New York Times Stomps on Satiric 'Corrections' Site The National Debate had a page featuring "corrections" of New York Times opinion columns, done in the style of the Times' own corrections page. Since the Times doesn't run column corrections in an organized way (under the evolving policy, it leaves them to the columnist), the fake page was filling what it perceived to be a hole in the Paper of Record's content. Some of the "corrections" strike me as right-wing claptrap, but they are certainly not all frivolous, and the satire, while biting, strikes me as a From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 12, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..
Feds Hope to Clarify Can Spam Law FTC and FCC this week began the process of fully implementing the United States' first national law aimed at curbing unsolicited bulk e-mail. From E-Commerce Guide on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Affiliate Marketing Hot and Getting Hotter Many e-commerce companies already take advantage of affiliate marketing programs, but the practice is expected to get increasing sophisticated thanks to Web services technology. Giants eBay and Amazon both have Web service initiatives in place. From E-Commerce Guide on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
FBI pushes for broadband wiretap powers All broadband Internet providers, including cable modem and DSL companies, would have to rewire their networks to support easy wiretapping by police, the FBI proposes. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Amen on offshoring From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Position at the U of M Assistant Professor > Management, Professional and Community Programs > Continuing Education Division > The University of Manitoba > > The Continuing Education Division invites applications for a full-time > tenure-track position at the assistant professor level commencing July > 1,... From Rick's Café Canadien on March 12, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Vnc2swf - A VNC Online Event Flash Recording Tool Record Online VNC-Based Application Sharing Session Into A Flash File - Multiplatform, Open Source From Kolabora.com on March 12, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
New issue of Interlending & Document Supply The new issue (32, 1) of Interlending & Document Supply is now online. Here are the OA-related articles. Only the TOC and abstracts are free online.
Foto Funnies The Boston Globe is running a periodic caption-the-photo contest. The current photo has Bush touching a cow and pointing at a young woman. You can vote until 2pm today. Possible entries: "Sorry, sweetheart, but you're in the Coalition of the Willing. You cain't fight the Eeeny Meeny Miney Mo." "Sorry, sweetheart, but Bessie's been outsourced." "Dick, the coast is clear. You can come out of the cow now." Eh. Do better. Make us laugh.... From Joho the Blog on March 12, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
Captain Biff, Flies the MLX Lead Balloon, Powered By A Breeze The New Media Consortium Spring 2004 Online Conference was come and gone this week. I am still favorable of the format, and its mix of streaming presentations, asynchronous discussions, and live chat sessions- most online conferences throw so many sessions and event son the pile that you get overloaded. The NMC ones have had a nice balance, though the participation in this recent one was much less active than the first one in October 2003. Anyhow, my keynote on "Mysteries Revealed! Inside the Maricop From cogdogblog on March 12, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..
Commentary: The challenge for AT&T AT&T's CEO delivered an aggressive message about customer service and Net phone and wireless services--and now Forrester Research gives its take on those ideas. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Nemo siegt im Urheberrechtsstreit Im transatlantischen Urheberrechtsstreit um den Comic-Clownfisch Nemo hat das US-Zeichentricktier einen ersten juristischen Sieg errungen, melden die Schweizerischen Nachrichten (vgl.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..
Weblog Wishlist ManifestoThanks to Lisa Williams, ... Weblog Wishlist ManifestoThanks to Lisa Williams, who must have put a great effort to collect dozen's of responses to Dave Winner's "Question: What's next in writing tools for weblogs?", and make up this manifesto. I like some of the ideas in this list for Wego's development consideration:- Blog anything, many other structured information besides text/pictures can be blogged auto From Meta on March 12, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
Experimental NGO's get first green light, in China ... Experimental NGO's get first green light, in ChinaChina will for the first time allow non-governmental organizations (NGO's) to work in China, announced the official state newswire Xinhua today. It quoted officials of the State Environmental Protection Administration, who announced this remarkable change on Friday. ---- [China Herald]Seems it's dawn for China's NGO/NPOs, really? From Meta on March 12, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
New issue of HEPLW The March issue of the High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine is now online. This month all the articles are OA-related.
NetSky variants spark search for code Antivirus companies are trawling the Internet looking for evidence that the author of NetSky has published the worm's source code. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Cisco to buy security start-up The company is putting down $5 million in cash to acquire Twingo Systems for its technology designed to protect corporate networks from weak spots in remote access. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes Found this fabulous analysis of group size as it relates to group cohesion, satisfaction, etc. via Seb’s weblog. Very nice. I’m interested in how this may change online, or not, and what the role of weak ties is here… From autounfocus on March 12, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
gone fishin' This website may be unavailable for maintenance reasons Mar 13-17. If you find that you are unable to post comments during that time, this explains it.... From PEDABLOGUE on March 12, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..
Unerlaubte Arbeitspausen Ist die Einschaltung eines Detektivbüros erforderlich, um einem Beamten Pflichtverletzungen nachzuweisen, kann der Dienstherr hierfür grundsätzlich Kostenersatz von ihm verÂlangen.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..
TKG passiert Bundestag Erwartungsgemäß hat heute der Deutsche Bundestag in zweiter und dritter Lesung mit den Stimmen der Koalitionsmehrheit das neue TKG verabschiedet.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..
Findbücher des Archiv... Eine Übersicht über die bereits erstellten Findbücher des Archiv Demokratischer Sozialismus (ADS) kann man und frau hier einsehen. Alle Fundbücher, u.a. Bestand: PDS-Fraktion in der Volkskammer der DDR (März bis Oktober 1990) oder Bestand: Die PDS im Deutschen Bundestag (1994 bis 1998) sind als PDF downloadbar. From Archivalia on March 12, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..
Bibliotheksbriefe des SAPMO/BA... Die Bibliotheksbriefe des SAPMO/Bundesarchiv sind jetzt auch online verfüg- und downloadbar. Siehe www.bundesarchiv.de/aufgaben_organisation/abteilungen/sapmo/bibliothek/index .html. From Archivalia on March 12, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..
Projekt-Vorstellung: ECO-Archiv... Studienarchiv des Vereins "Arbeiterkultur und Ökologie" (Aroek e.V.) sowie Bibliothek für die Erforschung der Ideen- und Sozialgeschichte der Natur-, Umwelt- und Heimatschutzbewegungen sowie der sanften Alternativen in Tourismus und Sport seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. www.eco-archiv.net Sammelgebiete: Mensch-Umwelt-Gesellschaft, Ökologie- Ökonomie, Konfliktbereich Naturschutz versus Freizeit und Sport, Geschichte des Tourismus, insbesondere des Sanften Tourismus, Jugend- und Kulturbewegungen, DDR-Verbände, Umwelt un From Archivalia on March 12, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..
OA to ancient manuscripts Sarah Gauch, At a Mountain Monastery, Old Texts Gain Digital Life, New York Times, March 4, 2004 (free registration required). Greek Orthodox monks are digitizing and providing OA to 3,300 manuscripts (1.8 million pages of fragile and deteriorating paper) housed at the sixth-century Monastery of St. Catherine in Mount Sinai, Egypt. From FOS News on March 12, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
More on the UK inquiry The UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has released the uncorrected transcript of oral evidence given on March 8 by Julia King (Institute of Physics), Sally Morris (ALPSP), Martin Richardson (Oxford University Press), Nigel Goddard (Axiope), Vitek Tracz (BioMed Central), and Harold Varmus (PLoS). "Any public use of, or reference to, the contents [of this uncorrected transcript] should make clear that neither witnesses nor Members have had the opportunity to correct the reco From FOS News on March 12, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Salon on the march! Salon is expanding its coverage of The Slugfest in the States, the Brawl for All America, DubZilla vs. Frankenstein, or whatever you want to call the upcoming election. It's opened a DC bureau under Sidney Blumenthal, it's publsihing "The New Pentagon Papers," it's teaming up with Rolling Stone, Air America (the new liberal talk radio network) and The Guardian. Salon has 74,000 subscribers. For $29, you could make it 74,001. Salon is one of my favorite daily reads, so I'm just being selfish when I ask you to subscribe. After all, Scott Rosenberg, has added a notice that now From Joho the Blog on March 12, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
*Now* I Discover the Free Wi-Fi So yesterday everyone discovered the free wireless access in the Hilton's lounge area. I hadn't paid much attention to it since I got free broadband wired access across the street in my room at the Courtyard Inn, but this morning I wanted to hop online for something. On my way there, I saw Michael Sauers, who had just come from the lounge area. I asked him, "Where did you get the signal up there?" His response was, "Just look for all of the laptops." He was right. This is the first time I have seen From The Shifted Librarian on March 12, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..
Electronic Voting Follies, Continued
My Readers Definitely Know More; They May Also Be Smarter On the Mediamorphasis conference blog is this posting, in which I correct someone who quoted me as saying my readers are smarter than I am. The posting says, accurately, that I said they know more. But I also said, in correcting the speaker, that they may well be smarter, too. Some of them, judging from e-mail and comments I get, clearly are. This blog thing gets recursive at times... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 12, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..
Automated security scanning with Google The other day Robin Good posted a link, via George Siemens, to a Register article by Scott Granneman. The article illustrates Google queries that find passwords, web-accessible databases, and financial data. Nobody should be surprised by what these queries reveal, but I'm sure a lot of folks will be. ... From Jon's Radio on March 12, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..
Experimental ePortfolio initiative This looks like an interesting development worth watching. cogdogblog: ePortfolio Beta Opens... From ERADC Blog on March 12, 2004 at 10:54 a.m..
Excellent resource This is an excellent resource for ePortfolio information. cogdogblog: eportfolios Archives... From ERADC Blog on March 12, 2004 at 10:54 a.m..
Leadership Fast Company NowLeadership is the ability to influence a change in another person. From Mathemagenic on March 12, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..
Gewalt an Schulen Die geplanten Gesetzgebungsverschärfungen angesichts der Diskussion um jugendliche Straftäter hat eine Bundesratsinitiative der Länder Niedersachsen, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern und Thüringen auf... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..
Neue Suchmaschinen Google und Yahoo haben den Weltmarkt für die Internetsuche inzwischen fest im Griff. Konkurrenten wurden aufgekauft, Technologieträger geschluckt, und die... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..
AT&T's CallVantage AT&T expects to sign up a million VoIP customers for their CallVantage service. Vantage was/is the name of a cigarette brand. Do you think they want to smoke the competition. Given their pricing, they are less expensive for service than... From Kolabora.com on March 12, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..
Blogging On The Go I've always wanted to be able to update my blog while I'm on the move. It seems with TypePad, I can now do that. Andy... From Kolabora.com on March 12, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..
Updates: The biggest ever block on blog in ChinaI ... Updates: The biggest ever block on blog in ChinaI knew it's just a start. Now blogcn.com, another blog service provider, also serves over thousands of bloggers in China, seems can't be access now after blogbus.com. Hengge(owner of blogbus.com) told me that it's all due to the quotes of "Dr. Jiang Yanyong's letter to urge reassessment of Tiananmen massacre" by some bloggers on blogbus.com. Hengge hopes that his site can reopen soon after his appleaing and removing those sensitive content. From Meta on March 12, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Most Depressing Moment of the CIL Conference Mary Lee Kennedy is offering her "Top Tech Trends," and instant messaging is one of them. She asked how many of the hundreds of people in the room use IM for work purposes, and six (maybe seven) hands went up. If you take away Aaron, Michael, Bob, and me, that leaves two hands. Two freaking hands from people at a tech conference who use IM for work!!!!!! From The Shifted Librarian on March 12, 2004 at 10:47 a.m..
Howard Stern Tries the Silent Treatment Today, in an Extra edition of his "Daily Stern" newsletter, Jeff covers a Stern show that uses the performer's silence as part of the statement. (I think Jeff goes a bit over the top when he refers to the "American Taliban," but he has a right to make this statement, thank goodness.) From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 12, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..
Opinions? I'm Supposed to Have Opinions? I'll be speaking on a panel later this month at Fast Net Futures, a conference within a conference that's part of the Voice on the Net gathering in San Jose. We're supposed to offer some opinions on the current state of affairs. Of course, as you all know, I have no opinions on anything, but I'll try to come up with some in the next few weeks... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 12, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..
Actuate turns to China for Linux support The business-intelligence software maker says its research and development center in China will play a pivotal role in its Linux strategy. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
The weblog as the model for a new type of VLE? (update 4) Readers of my previous articles in this series will be aware that I've been using PostNuke, the open-source content management system, as the 'base camp' from which to explore, learn lessons and perhaps even begin to draw some conclusions about whether open-source content management systems and weblog engines, and the like, have something more to offer than is available, currently, from the mainstream VLE vendors. So if you're interested read on! From Auricle on March 12, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..
TNC 2004 TERENA Networking Conference «One Step Ahead» La TERENA Networking Conference 2004 «One Step Ahead» acogerá una presentación de Vijay Kumar sobre la Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI), el proyecto de definición de una arquitectura abierta para aplicaciones educativas liderado por el MIT. TERENA es una asociación de redes académicas y de investigación de ámbito europeo. La conferencia de este año incluirá también una sesión sobre e-learning en la que Sally From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on March 12, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..
18 Bundesrichter gewählt Der Richterwahlausschuss hat in seiner heutigen Sitzung 18 Personen zu Bundesrichterinnen und Bundesrichtern gewählt. Für den BGH sind sechs, für... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..
ITechnologie-Ratgeber 2004 Ab sofort ist der tecCHANNEL-Compact "ITechnologie-Ratgeber 2004" auch als PDF zum Download für nur 4,90 Euro erhältlich. Das 226 Seiten... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..
"Archivare aufgewacht!" So überschreibt der Unternehmensberater Dr. Gerd Schneider im neuen ARCHIVAR 2004/1, S. 37-44 seinen Beitrag, der möglicherweise auch einmal online vorliegen wird - derzeit ist das letzte im Volltext (leider nur Aufsätze) eingestellte Heft das von 2002/3! Es geht um Archive, die ins Blickfeld von Sparmassnahmen geraten. Erwähnt wird u.a. eine massive externe fachliche Einwikrung auf die Arbeit staatlicher Archive, indem das Finanzressort eines westlichen Bundeslandes - NRW! - mit Hilfe eines Kabinettbeschlusses starke Reduzierungen der j& From Archivalia on March 12, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..
Isreali survey highlights work/life balance issues The Isreal newspaper Haaretz reports on the results of a survey conducted by Dr. Michal Friedman of the Gender Studies department of Hebrew University. See Survey: High-tech is a good place for working mothers (Ruth Sinai, Haaretz, March 11, 2004) for the full article. The goal of the survey was to ... From Kolabora.com on March 12, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..
BMOC: RSS at CIL! Weblogs and RSS are Hot Topics "The most striking observation from two days at the CIL conference is that THE hot topics of conversation are Weblogs and RSS. I can't tell you how many times I overheard people taking about blogging or asking questions about RSS. There were no fewer than eight opportunities to learn about these technologies, and there were at least 200 people at --> From The Shifted Librarian on March 12, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..
Books One new title: Cederholm, Dan. "Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style", Apress, 2004. From Web Design References: Site Update on March 12, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..
Peinliche Panne Auf der Internetseite des BKA finden sich Details über einen Doppelmord bei Alzey, die die Polizei nach eigenen Angaben "versehentlich"... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
Eigene Kategorie Open Access... Das Weblog Netbib hat seit kurzem eine eigene Kategorie Open Access http://log.netbib.de/archives/category/open-access/ From Archivalia on March 12, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
Wolfenbütteler Buchspiegel Er erlaubt die Digitalisierung von Büchern, die dazu nur zu 45 Grad geöffnet werden müssen. Hinweis im ARCHIVAR 2004/1, S. 56 Mehr dazu online: http://www.hab.de/bibliothek/rw/buchspiegel/ From Archivalia on March 12, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
Weblogs and RSS are Hot Topics The most striking observation from two days at the CIL conference is that THE hot topics of conversation are Weblogs and RSS. I can't tell you how many times I overheard people taking about blogging or asking questions about RSS. There were no fewer than eight opportunities to learn about these technologies, and there were at least 200 people at Jenny's presentation yesterday on the wonders of RSS. I really get the sense that the news is starting to spread faster and faster. From weblogged News on March 12, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..
New Search Engine Calls Up Resentment at Yahoo - Chris Gaither, Los Angeles Times Jackie Jahosky's online lighting shop is just the kind of business Yahoo Inc. expected to help with its new search engine. Instead, the Internet giant has managed to rankle the Long Island entrepreneur, and plenty of others like her. Yahoo this week ro From Techno-News Blog on March 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Do you "google"? Understanding search engine use beyond the hype - Eszter Hargittai, First Monday Much anecdotal evidence suggests that Google is the most popular search engine. However, such claims are rarely backed up by data. The reasons for this are manifold, including the difficulty in measuring search engine popularity and the multiple ways i From Techno-News Blog on March 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Why Is Search So Hot? - Dave Morgan, Marketwire .... I don't think our industry has ever been as single-mindedly focused on a solitary issue as it is on search. Not banners, not e-mail. Not rich media, privacy, or cost per click. Just search. And why not? The media has been in a feeding frenzy on t From Techno-News Blog on March 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Password-generator technology could safeguard school data - Cara Branigan, eSchool News Recognizing how easily computer passwords can get into the wrong hands, Indiana University (IU) has implemented a new kind of authentication technology for staff and faculty members who have access to sensitive school data. The technology is known as From Educational Technology on March 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
A SMART Program for Teachers - Marlene McGarrity, techLearning I am a technology teacher in Brooklyn, New York and I wanted you to know about a fantastic and worthwhile program that I was involved in this summer. This program is funded by the National Science Foundation and will be available to twenty more teacher From Educational Technology on March 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
eScholars of the World, Unite! The University of California Revolutionizes Publishing Paradigm - Marla Misek, eContent .... With 100-plus libraries on 10 campuses housing more than 31 million items, the University of California reportedly operates the world's largest research collection. As digital technologies evolved and campus budgets constricted in the 1990s, UC li From Online Learning Update on March 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Review could change UKeU elearning framework - Mark Samuels, UK Computing The UKeU's public sector partners are awaiting the outcome of a review that could result in major changes to the operations of the government-funded elearning scheme. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) is currently in discussions From Online Learning Update on March 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL THEORY FOR ONLINE LEARNING - Mohamed Ally, Theory and Practice of Online Learning Introduction: There is ongoing debate about whether it is the use of a particular delivery technology or the design of the instruction that improves learning (Clark, 2001; Kozma, 2001). It has long been recognized that specialized delivery technologies From Online Learning Update on March 12, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
McDonald's Wi-Fi recipe could define industry The fast-food chain is cooking up the details of its plan to offer wireless access in selected restaurants--a massive hot spot deployment that could delineate the business. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Offshore is in--get used to it Knock off the scapegoating, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper. Instead, government and industry should consider a technology Marshall Plan. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
In search of the smiley face Yale University scholar Angus Trumble traces the development of the phenomenon from early Greek times right up to the age of cyberspace. From CNET News.com on March 12, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Mobiler Messeplaner Auch in diesem Jahr stellt die Deutsche Messe AG mit dem Mobilen Messeplaner Informationen rund um die CeBIT zum Download... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Kurzeinführung ins Fotorecht Über die Rechte des Fotografen informiert in lesbarer Form: http://www.image-scene.de/newsletter/einzelmeldung.php?news_ID=1020 From Archivalia on March 12, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
Paging, SMS and Wireless Blog New NotePage integration relationships including TrapSnap, HP Openview, and related integration information nad news related to SMS messaging, paging and wireless communication. From NotePage SMS, Paging and Messaging Blog on March 12, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
Paging, SMS and Wireless Blog New NotePage news, including articles detailing what is SMS, shared content, wireless blogging, telecom news and more, importing and additional information related to wireless communication. From NotePage SMS, Paging and Messaging Blog on March 12, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
What the BLEEX Is That? Designed for firefighters, rescue workers, combat soldiers and others who might have to move heavy loads in the course of their duties, BLEEX is an exoskeleton that lets the average person carry much more than normally possible. From Wired News on March 12, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Senators: Don't Doom Hubble Yet Calling the decision to abandon the space telescope shocking and drastic, lawmakers ask NASA to get a second opinion before pulling the plug on the orbiting eye in the sky. From Wired News on March 12, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Legislators Urge E-Voting Halt California legislators say paperless electronic voting machines are too buggy to be trusted with the 2004 presidential election. Fearing a fiasco, they ask the secretary of state to decertify the machines. Kim Zetter reports from Sacramento. From Wired News on March 12, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Geekery Thrives on the Farm Farmhands can be gadget geeks, too. Consider the tractor. From its GPS-guided autopilot to its onboard field computer, Case IH's STX Steiger is wired to the roof. By Michael Myser from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 12, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Robot Designers Get in the Swim Forget jets and propellers. The latest in underwater robotic propulsion is an old standby -- flippers. By Charles Mandel. From Wired News on March 12, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Net Cries Out for Madrid The horrific train bombings in Spain prompt a huge outpouring of sympathy on the Net. Some liken the cyberspace tributes to the candlelight vigils held worldwide after 9/11. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on March 12, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Why Sugar Pills Cure Some Ills Armed with brain scans, doctors are trying to solve the puzzle of why some people feel better after taking a sugar pill while thinking they're taking a real drug -- the so-called placebo effect. They're finding some strange things. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on March 12, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Mr-President Bids for Re-Election Alphaville, the most famous city in The Sims Online, is holding a presidential race. The incumbent is favored, but his challengers get whittled to one this weekend. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on March 12, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Stations playing Bush campaign ads for free during news? A few nights ago, I was watching the local news on an Hearst-Argyle owned ABC news affiliate, WCVB. They launched into a story about Bush's reelection campaign, and how some of that huge pile of money was being put to action for a new commercial. Then to my surprise they ran it in entirety, full screen, with no voiceover commentary. Our President, with $190M in campaign funds, was getting what seemed suspiciously like a freebie. From kuro5hin.org on March 12, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
What is the primary purpose? What is the primary purpose of the ePortfolio: reflection or Career and resume planning ? I don't think I can seperate the two. I feel the primary purpose should be a combination of both, however research suggests most institutions lean... From ERADC Blog on March 12, 2004 at 5:54 a.m..
Gleichgeschlechtliche Ehen? Das Oberste Gericht Kaliforniens hat gestern einen vorläufigen Stopp der in San Francisco eingeführten Trauungen gleichgeschlechtlicher Paare verfügt, meldet Reuters.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
11M Algunas repercusiones internacionales sobre el uso de Internet como fuente de información sobre los atentados y ecos en otras blogosferas (es una selección apresurada, que iré actualizando): Argentina ClarÃn: Al ritmo de las noticias, la Internet española acusó el... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 12, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
New Alternative To WebEx Comes From Europe: Foroso It is simple and easy to use and does not seem to require any technical know-how. Foroso stands for: Focus, Reliability, Simplicity and you believe it when you see it at work. How can it be that such an apparently very simple tool can take the demanding e-learning market attending an international f... From Kolabora.com on March 12, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..
Anti-Spam-Klagen im Netz Die in den letzten Tagen eingereichten Klagen nach dem US-Spam-Gesetz stehen, jeweils als PDF, im Netz. Gemeint sind jene von... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
Wer übersetzt den Übersetzer? Am liebsten erzählt man sich unter Italiens Gerichtsübersetzern die Geschichte des römischen Richters, der beim Anhören eines nicht eben sprachgewandten... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
Gar nicht mehr "Einsam" Udo berichtete jüngst über den Fall eines "einsamen" Sozialhilfeempfängers,- allerdings zum Nachteil des damaligen Klägers (vgl. auch die Zusammenfassung der... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
OPM Director Kay Coles James Announces e-Scholar Portal of Educational Opportunities for Students Increases Value to Over $1 Billion From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 12, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..
Sylvan Learning Systems Presentation at Credit Suisse First Boston Annual Global Services Growth Conference to Be Webcast From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 12, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..
Tengtu Awarded Contracts Under The National Rural K-12 Schools E-Learning Project From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 12, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..
Lecturers face axe in favour of cheaper workers From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 12, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..
Calls to Burn the Broadcast Flag From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 12, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..
Anytime, Anyplace Services for the 21st Century Student From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 12, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..
Real-time statistics about rainforest destruction, oil consumption, teen suicide, and other issues facing society and the world today. The Reality Clock offers shocking statistics that reflect the troubling issues facing society. At whatever moment you access this information, you will find up-to-the-minute statistics. Come back often to this website for hard-hitting snapshots of critical issues like world hunger, the destruction of the environment, teens suicide, and much more. [PRWEB Mar 12, 2004] From PR Web on March 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Enhanced Personalized Features Strengthen Cleverlearn®'s Market Share Cleverlearn pushes personalized learning a notch higher with the Word Reminder and the Personal Vocabulary. [PRWEB Mar 12, 2004] From PR Web on March 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
SkillsTutor Online instruction and tutoring program has 18 Accountability Reports to help Administrators, Teachers, Students and Parents make more informed decisions on a child's core academic skills knowledge. [PRWEB Mar 12, 2004] From PR Web on March 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Attack on Exotic Cats dies in Washington Legislature Tracy Wilson, FCF Director of Conservation, said the FCF applauded the many Washington state representatives who protected exotic animals and the rights of their owners. [PRWEB Mar 12, 2004] From PR Web on March 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Watermark Learning Expands Use Case Modeling Course - Helps Businesses Streamline Product, Services and Software Development Watermark Learning announces an expanded Use Case Modeling course designed to offer business analysts, project managers and systems analysts better techniques for understanding and capturing business requirements necessary to develop new products, services and software. [PRWEB Mar 12, 2004] From PR Web on March 12, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
FDA: Fat Is A Drug ROCKVILLE, Maryland - Pointing to the recent studies showing the health hazards associated with the consumption of fat, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun the process to recategorize fat as a drug. "American citizens are dying every single day because of our lack of regulation," said FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan, "These studies conclusively prove that we need to intervene." From The Bentinel on March 12, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..
Regular readers know that I'm a sucker for big ste ... Regular readers know that I'm a sucker for big steps back from the usual myopic view of what the purpose of education could be. Education - What Should Be Taught? is one of those thought-provoking pieces that basically points out how much important stuff we don't know when we get out of high school. It's pretty funny, too. From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on March 12, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..
Betäubungsmittel-Strafrecht Ins JuraWiki wurde eine umfangreiche Zusammenfassung zum BTM-Strafrecht eingestellt, die zum fachkundigen Ergänzen einlädt (gefunden im LAWgical).... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..
EÜR-Buchhaltung für OpenOffice Wer eine einfache Software für seine betriebliche E/Ü-Rechnung sucht, sollte einen Blick auf "OpenOffice.org EÜR" werfen: Mithilfe des Excel-Pendants "Calc"... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 12, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..
Tangents After dinner, I figured I invest an hour in crafting my RSS experiments page. Fat chance. I scanned the first half dozen items and then my curiosity kicked in. There is simply too much cool stuff on the web. Maish Nichani hijacked my attention, saying... From Internet Time Blog on March 12, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
What Differentiates Linux From Windows? What's really the difference between a Unix variant like Linux and any Windows OS? It's that Microsoft reacts to marketing pressure to make design decisions favoring running a few processes faster but then finds itself forced first to layer in backward compatibility and then to engage in a patch-and-kludge upgrade process until the code becomes so bloated, slow and unreliable that wholesale replacement is again called for. In total contrast, Unix developers advance systems research to provide both long-term continuity and continuous improvement in the software's ability to do mo From Robin Good's Latest News on March 12, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
The Most Dangerous Web Site On The Internet Google is in many ways most dangerous website on the Internet for thousands of individuals and organisations, writes SecurityFocus columnist Scott Granneman. Most computers users still have no idea that they may be revealing far more to the world than they would want. From Robin Good's Latest News on March 12, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
State Blocks Klein's First Choice for Deputy State officials said Albany would not approve Chancellor Joel I. Klein's choice for the system's top instructional post because she lacked a superintendent's license. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Human Rights, Culinary Arts and More: New York City Plans to Open 60 Small Secondary Schools Sixty new small schools with themes ranging from firefighting to cooking to "peace and diversity" will open next year. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Council Members Question Plan to Hold Back 3rd Graders City Council members questioned Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein on his new plan to hold back third graders who fail citywide tests. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Ex-PTA President Accused of Theft The woman took thousands of dollars in funds raised through bake sales, book fairs and Mother's Day gift sales, prosecutors said. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
Worst Rates of Graduation Are in New York, Study Says Black and Latino students in New York State are less likely to finish high school on time than their counterparts anywhere else in the nation. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
For These Men, Lots of Guts but Little Glory Hundreds of men have become volunteer practice fodder for women's basketball teams at dozens of universities across the country. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
A Troubleshooter With a Passion for Schools Carmen Fariña, a Brooklyn native and longtime city educator, is Chancellor Joel I. Klein's choice to be deputy chancellor for teaching and learning. From New York Times: Education on March 12, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
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How to create hidden hyperlinks in a PowerPoint presentation ... De Rossi. April 15, 2002. How to create hidden hyperlinks in a PowerPoint presentation. Hyperlinking in Presentations, Let me share ... From MasterViews on March 12, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
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Powerpoint for Litigators: How to Create Demonstrative Exhibits ... ... Powerpoint for Litigators: How to Create Demonstrative Exhibits and Illustrative AIDS for Trial, Mediation, and Arbitration by Deanne C. Siemer, National ... From MasterViews on March 12, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
New Skills for a New Economy Over one-third of Massachusetts' workers are deficient in the basic skills required to succeed in the new economy. MassINC examines the problem and offers six smart ways to improve adult education.... From Adult/Continuing Education on March 12, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..
Rumblings from the Lincoln School Tom points to a post by a teacher at Lincoln School in Providence. She talks of an inter-connected school/district web site that utilizes RSS and such to make Small Pieces, Loosely Joined... I imagine a network of school websites, or portals, which are independently maintained but are interconnected using RSS feeds. Imagine a school district with a district site, and individual school sites. Info. from the district site RSS feeds to school sites, and vice versa. Top to bottom, bottom to top. Parents with PDA's or pocket pc's or laptops or desktops can get feeds from their school and From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on March 12, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..
Hearing on Section 115 Today, the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property held a hearing on "Section 115 of the Copyright Act: In Need of Update?" (View Webcast). Section 115 is the compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords and a thorny issue for digital music services. Testimony was given by:DiMA's --> From A Copyfighter's Musings on March 12, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..
CIL Presentations Online The handout from my preconference session with Steven Cohen about Blogging and RSS is now available online as a PDF file. Today's presentation should go up on Friday. I don't have a copy of my "Dead and Emerging Technologies" presentation because for once I didn't use Powerpoint, but tomorrow I'm covering Steven's "Using Blogs to Market Yourself" Cybertour, which will be pretty much the same as --> From The Shifted Librarian on March 12, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..
U. of Louisville OPAC Feeds Go Beyond Louisville I've pointed to the University of Louisville Library's Recent Acquisitions RSS feeds before, but today I noticed they've been picked up by Syndic8. All of them. It's nice to see these show up beyond just the Library. Nice job! [Recently approved feeds from Syndic8.com] From The Shifted Librarian on March 12, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..
A writer's risk It's good to remember the feeling of risk that sometimes goes along with writing, especially for students in unfamiliar circumstances. In a poetry writing class today I asked students to write a full draft of a poem during the 75 minute session, using as a first line any one of the 100 or so first lines I selected from some anthologies. When I walked into class, one student mentioned that people were nervous about the exercise and didn't know what to expect. When they saw how... From Weblogs in Higher Education on March 12, 2004 at 12:50 a.m..
SHERPA climbs past expiring RoMEO Project SHERPA has launched its edition of the index of publisher policies on copyright and self-archiving that we formerly knew as a table maintained by Project RoMEO. The table is still online, but RoMEO's funding has expired. The SHERPA edition will pick up where the RoMEO edition left off and continue to add updates. From The Shifted Librarian on March 12, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..
Turn Your Attention A Second... Roaches Keep Coming It's been a while since I posted about those smelly blog spam cock roaches... mainly because the MTBlacklist Plugin has been quietly running in the background. However, in the last two days the number and frequency of blogspam has picked up. You can identify them quit From cogdogblog on March 11, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..
AT&T begins selling Net phone service The phone giant begins offering unlimited local and long distance Internet phone service for $40 a month, a move that's expected to roil the telephone industry. From CNET News.com on March 11, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
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