Why I Like PLT Scheme When I tell programmers that my favorite programming language is Scheme, they tend to react as though I'd told them my favorite snack were packing styrofoam or my favorite music were junior high orchestra recordings: those who can even bring themselves to believe me mostly wonder what on Earth I could be thinking. Some wonder if I've ever programmed in a real language like C or C++ (I have), if I'm one of those academic nuts who cares more about proving theorems about programs than actually using them for real work (I'm not), or if all those parentheses have rotted my brain From kuro5hin.org on March 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Random The commute is hellish, and the bureaucracy is staggering, but sometimes there's free cake. (205 words) From dive into mark on March 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Ring tones jump from PCs to CDs In a first for the cell phone ring tone industry, a record label is now including on some albums software to assemble digital recordings into custom tones. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Oracle spends $48 million in PeopleSoft bid In a quarterly SEC filing, the databse giant says it has spent nearly $50 million pursuing its hostile takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Shareholder advisory firm pans PeopleSoft CEO Glass Lewis advises its clients to withhold their votes to re-elect CEO Craig Conway, partly due to his "exorbitant" compensation package. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Nextel pushes new 'push to talk' features The company wants its popular walkie-talkie cell phone service to work when a wireless network isn't available, a move that could give it a leg up on rivals. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Community As far as I'm concerned, the very best among the many great things about being part of Creative Commons is getting to meet CC users and supporters face-to-face. Knowing that one and a half million web pages (and growing) carry Creative Commons licenses is always an inspiring thought, but getting together with musicians and writers and activists and business people who use Creative Commons -- particularly when I've never met them before -- is the most satisfying thing I can imagine. At such times, it's as if our basement office in sleepy Palo Alto suddenly stretched out to hol From Creative Commons: weblog on March 17, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Windows XP update gets face-lift Microsoft releases a close-to-final version of Service pack 2 for the operating system that includes several significant changes from last year. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Fixes are in for OpenSSL The group behind the widely used Web security software releases a patch for two flaws that could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service attack. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Spam-Free at Last For approximately a month now I have been completely spam-free. This amazing feat is the result of a one-time cost of many hours of careful mailbox combing, email address rediscovery, a judicious use of dual-sided addresses for posting and receiving on mailing lists, and a kind of soul-cleansing I never really thought was possible. I'm here to tell you such a cleaning of the proverbial email stables is possible: If you're interested in the details, read on, and I'll do my best to describe them. This method requires you have control over your own sendmail daemon, or the cooper From kuro5hin.org on March 17, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Every Child is Important Campaign Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony, today launched the Australian Childhood Foundation's nation-wide Every Child Is Important campaign. "The Australian Childhood Foundation had originally received $264,000 from the Government for the Every Child Is Important campaign in Victoria and Tasmania. "The first tracking study will be released today by the newly formed National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse at Monash University, in partnership with the Australian Childhood Foundation. From EdNA Online on March 17, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Human Rights Education Program developed 'Youth Challenge' is a day-long human rights education program developed by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [HREOC]. Around 100 secondary school students (years 8-11) from six different schools in the Darwin region will work through a range of activities looking at sexual harassment and homophobic harassment. "The 'Youth Challenge' program is a dynamic and interactive way to teach students their rights and responsibilities and what they can do to help someone if they witness sexual harassment," said Mr von Doussa. From EdNA Online on March 17, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Intel to drive home chip-numbering system in May The chipmaker will borrow from BMW's playbook when it comes to assigning a new classification system to processors. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Legal experts urge spam leniency While many e-mail users would like to see spammers strung up by their toenails, the government is formulating sentencing guidelines against unduly harsh punishment. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Government, industry debate cybersecurity remedies As five industry working groups prepare reports on ways to improve the nation's security, a House subcommittee takes the government's own efforts to task. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Programmers to get taste of Visual Studio 2005 At a developer conference next week, Microsoft will hand out a "technology preview" of the development tool as well as release new software. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Sony debuts double-layer DVD drives The internal DRU-700A and external DRX-700UL drives will offer almost double the storage capacity of current, single-sided discs, the company says. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Bricks in the Wall Bricks in the Wall Theater and drama fans are familiar with the Fourth Wall, the conceptual boundary between performer and audience. It's an artistic term, but we've now extended the concept in a Creative Commons way. At the South by Southwest Film Festival this week, I moderated a panel, "Can Copyright Bring Filmmaker and Audience Together?", that explored creative ways for filmmakers to (1) maximize distribution and/or (2) encourage interaction with their works by going Some Rights Reserved. The premise for the talk was the idea that any worthwhil From Creative Commons: weblog on March 17, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Customers squeezed as ISPs pull trigger on viruses Broadband providers turn up the heat on customers as the spread of spam viruses such as Bagel reignites the debate over just who should take charge of Internet security. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

TiVo expands Tribune listing deal The longtime partners will expand their deal to enable more frequent show time updates. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Why Web-based Analytics Work If WebSideStory, a pioneer in on-demand applications, has its way, you'll never 'buy' Web analytics software for your e-commerce site again. From E-Commerce Guide on March 17, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Lexar Media sells miniSD worldwide Lexar Media has begun selling its miniSD flash memory cards worldwide, the company announced on Wednesday in Hannover, Germany, at the CeBit trade show. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Rewritable DVDs, old drives don't always play nice In what will likely be a headache for consumers, the latest higher-speed rewritable discs aren't built to record data in older drives. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Online Asians Are Buying Asians are making more e-commerce purchases than any other ethnic group. From E-Commerce Guide on March 17, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Machinista Festival Machinista, an arts festival focusing on machine-related art, will use Creative Commons licenses for the DVD containing the winning entries. The winners will be chosen out of the 280 submissions, which are themed as "the world as seen by the machines." Since the content will be CC-licensed, we're also hoping to have it hosted at the Internet Archive so the world can download it for free -- by using your own machine, of course. From Creative Commons: weblog on March 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

CC Remix Music Check out some tunes from Funktifyno. I really like the live recording of That One -- a great jazz jam. Funktifyno is based out of Portland, Oregon. Go remix! From Creative Commons: weblog on March 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

E-mails give peek at Microsoft strategies An exchange of messages between a company executive and an investor, which is part of a Minnesota antitrust case, provides a rare glimpse into the way Microsoft works. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

IEEE Members Furious The simmering debate at the IEEE has boiled over. "More than 5100 people--most of them members of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)--have signed a petition calling on the organization to 'cease discrimination against IEEE members from countries that are embargoed by the US government.'" The IEEE has had this sort of controversy before; long time OLDaily readers will recall the debate that erupted when IEEE authors were asked to sign a document affirming that they had conformed to the U.S. Diginal Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a measure that was subsequen From OLDaily on March 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

AMD boosts low-power Athlon The chipmaker bumps up the performance of its Athlon XP-M chip for lightweight notebooks as the race with Intel continues. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Intel to join Liberty Alliance The chipmaker is expected to become the latest member of the Liberty Alliance, which creates security-related specifications, CNET News.com has learned. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Oracle rivals, Defense Dept. seek restrictions SAP, the Defense Department and others join Microsoft in asking a federal judge to prevent Oracle's in-house attorneys from reviewing confidential documents and information. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Big Blue's Mr. Web services IBM's Bob Sutor explains why the latest industry buzzacronym--SOA--really marks an important advance for the future of Web services. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Busting the myths behind managed services Consultant Jeffrey Kaplan defrocks misconceptions that have grown up around one of the telecommunications industry's most popular terms. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Microsoft juggles security, antitrust woes roundup At the Microsoft Management Seminar an executive says security issues are delaying product development. Meanwhile, CEO Steve Ballmer is a no-show. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Google goes local With Google Local, the search giant is determined to help Web surfers find cafes, parks or even Wi-Fi hot spots in their area. It also wouldn't mind getting a chunk of the huge market for local advertising. From CNET News.com on March 17, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Italian Production on the Slide With news coming in about a decline in German investor confidence, and with another reduction in core UK inflation, this article about the state of the Italian economy makes sombre reading. British 12-month inflation slowed to 1.3 percent in February from 1.4 percent in January as competition between clothing retailers... From BonoboLand on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

China Growth The Chinese economy seems to be cooling slightly if this article is anything to go by. In the aftermath of the Madrid bombings the idea of geopolitical instabilty seems to be stalking the markets once more. The world economy may only be as weak as it's weakest link, but it... From BonoboLand on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Germany's Gloomy Outlook. Hot on the tail of the news about Industrial production in Italy comes this survey data from Germany: a key index on momentum declined for the third straight month and German exporters foresaw weaker earnings this year. An index prepared by the respected ZEW institute measuring expected economic performance in... From BonoboLand on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Iraqi Liberalism Houzan Mahmoud's article "An empty sort of freedom" from The Guardian, and Geoffrey York's article "Iraq: One year later ..." from The Globe and Mail are just two of the many articles which describe how, in many respects, spheres of personal autonomy have diminished in Iraq since the overthrow of... From BonoboLand on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

The developments counter my argument Here I was blogging on about how well placed bombs before elections are going to turn the electorate into right-wing nutcases. Yet the developments in Spain countered my argument and backpagesblog perfectly explain the events. click here to read the story. From Living in Australia on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Ode to our Prime Minister The drums are beating louder, the end is drawing nigh, Your days are numbered, Little Johnny, you may have muttered your last lie. You thank your lucky stars you did not call the election early, Then still had the balls to harass AFP Commissioner Keelty. Your pink marshmallow Downer was... From Living in Australia on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

the economic debt: cradle to grave As Universities are on the cusp of raising fees by 25%, the New York newspaper The VillageVoice makes an interesting essay about the Japanese and US experience Debt is endemic here too.... From Living in Australia on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

The nerve The nerve of Tony Abbott to compare the tragedy of aboriginal life expectancy to abortion. From Living in Australia on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Stateside I have created new categories for state and territory specific content for the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. You can access these content sections viz the map on the left-hand navigation bar. From Living in Australia on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Cost of Freedom The freedom of speech is a funny thing. Most people argue for freedom of speech, if they want to be heard. It is tough to argue for freedom of speech for someone who makes your blood boil, whose ideals and ideas make you mad. But it must be understood that... From Living in Europe on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Memories of amateur opera in Barcelona Perhaps he would have found a more appreciative audience at Liceu, the metro station that serves the Barcelona opera house of the same name, but he had chosen to make Passeig de Gràcia his stage instead. You heard him before you could see him, every time. As you passed through... From Living in Europe on March 17, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

En Bolivia MBL al poder!? Public opinion in Bolivia thought that it was good to have a president with no political attachments (Mesa does not directly participate in any political party nad was invited by former president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada to be his Vice President), nevertheless since Mesa became president, his lack of political... From Southern Exposure on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

i am rich potosi, treasure of the world. on potosi's coat of arms, in the late sixteenth century, appeared the following: "I am rich Potosi, Treasure of the world. The king of all mountains, And the envy of all kings." From Living in Latin America on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

SMS, the Star Media of the Spanish Elections If there is a medium that has contributed most to make news run like hell during the last days of this strange and difficult Spanish campaign, it is text messaging (SMS) through mobile phones. It has been used to spread news among citizens as well as political parties. But the most impressive use happened the night before the elections. The spread of text messaging congregated some thousands of people in front of the political party running the country, Partido Popular, in just a couple of hours. (Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

Quiz: How Can You Double Page-views? Looking at the monthly numbers for media sites in Switzerland, the doubling of page-views by Basler Zeitung from one month to the next struck me as suspicious. However, Peter Schibli, responsible for multimedia, explains, "The culprit is an online quiz that brought us 1.8 million additional page-views." The quiz is a trivia test similar to "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" A time limit and updated questions connected to news and local knowledge prove to be very addictive. Only around 1,000 active play From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

Opinion on the ePortfolio movement I am wondering what thoughts/reasons those who are sceptics of the ePortfolio hold? Here in the UK they are on the agenda of most higher education establishments. In a recent conversation with Darren Cambridge, an EDUCAUSE NLII Fellow, he mentioned... From ERADC Blog on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

Customised training around need and mot ... Customised training around need and motivation is e-learning's key "Now that we all know the basics, customising your training program is the key to getting more out of existing information technology investments. But as the saying goes: available, cheap, effective - choose any two. It's time to be careful out there." Eric Wilson, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 2004 Added: 16 March From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

Blogging for business Added: ... Blogging for business Added: 16 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: 37signals, a design company in Chicago, has produced this presentation LIBRARY: Blogging &  RSS From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

The why and how of blogging ... The why and how of blogging Added: 16 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: An excellent presentation by Nick Finck at Wed Design World,2003 about using corporate weblogs  LIBRARY: Blogging &  RSS From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

elearning Scotland "A n ... elearning Scotland "A new portal which serves the eLearning community in Scotland. The portal aims to facilitate the development of the community by providing quick and easy routes to existing networks, and giving users access to the information they need." Added: 16 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: A portal for the e-learning community in Scotland LIBRARY: --> From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

Glenmorangie takes a shot at e-learning ... Glenmorangie takes a shot at e-learning "Distillery staff get online courses to improve IT and business skills"  James Mortleman, vnunet.com, 16 March 2004 Added: 16 march 2004 Reviewer's Note: A brief piece about Glenmorangie's blended learning programme for distillery staff LIBRARY: Organisational From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 17, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

e-Learning Hispanica Date: 2 ... e-Learning Hispanica Date: 22-23 June 2004 Venue: Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida, USA Added: 16 March 2004 EVENTS: June 2004 e-learning conferences From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 17, 2004 at 12:54 a.m..

WebCamXtra WebCamXtra (http://webcamxtra.sourceforge.net/) brings native-implemented, cross-platform co... From cms2u on March 17, 2004 at 12:54 a.m..

MediaWiki MediaWiki (http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/)is the collaborative editing software that runs ... From cms2u on March 17, 2004 at 12:54 a.m..

The weblog as the model for a new type of VLE? (update 5) In update 4 I gave an overview of some of the modules available for PostNuke, the open-source content management system; modules which could, perhaps, have some educational utility. In this update I want to consider the affordances and constraints of integrating larger components or services into the content management system; those with VLE-like features of their own. Keep in mind that PostNuke is merely my 'base camp' from which I explore and that I'm not necessarily advocating this... From Auricle on March 17, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

As Sick as a dog I feel like the dog in this picture. It's so bad, I even took the day off of work from my new job. All of my muscles, skin, & bones ache: even my toes ache. So the use of... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 17, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

Classroom Teaching Changes in Web-Enhanced Courses: A Multi-Institutional Study The study described in this paper was designed to assess the kinds of changes that occur in face-to-face classroom instruction when courses become Web enhanced, and faculty perceptions of future trends in Web enhancement of courses. The changes identified here¬such as adjustments in the amount, focus, and difficulty level of lecturing; increased interaction; heightened student engagement; increased comfort levels; and heightened faculty expectations¬seemed to evolve over time and with experience. From Elearnopedia on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

Anytime, Anyplace Services for the 21st Century Student Student services play a direct, critical role in student success, including students' academic performance, psychological growth, and program or certificate completion. While colleges and universities have moved rapidly in the past decade to develop online courses, even complete degree programs that are independent of time and place, equal effort and financial commitment have not been given to the development or licensing of support services that accompany those courses. Therefore, a variety of traditional campus-based services, such as business office functions (including tuition, fee, a From Elearnopedia on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

Count Us In: Games Designed to Help Children Understand Basic Number Concepts Provided by the Aurstlian Broadcasting System, each of these games are designed to help children understand basic concepts in mathematics. From Elearnopedia on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

EduComm Conference: June 9-11, 2004 The University Business EduComm Conference at InfoComm 2004 is an exciting new conference for managers of AV, IT, multimedia, academic computing, and education technology specialists who need the latest information on the use of presentation, display and interactive technology across the campus. From Elearnopedia on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

Learn Online Course - How to use Microsoft Powerpoint - Expert ... ... Learn how to make professional looking presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint'. This course will teach you the basic skills necessary to create presentations. ... From MasterViews on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

Powerpoint for Litigators: How to Create Demonstrative Exhibits ... Powerpoint for Litigators: How to Create Demonstrative Exhibits and Illustrative AIDS for Trial, Mediation, and Arbitration. Powerpoint ... From MasterViews on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

Lawyer Book Store Powerpoint for Litigators: How to Create ... Law Books: Powerpoint for Litigators: How to Create Demonstrative Exhibits and Illustrative AIDS for Trial, Mediation, and Arbitration -Lawyer Book Store. ... From MasterViews on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

Big cities lure away North Dakota youthI can relat ... Big cities lure away North Dakota youthI can relate to this story personally because I grew up an hour from the North Dakota border, and many of the same factors applied in Manitoba. Kids don't want to stay because the weather sucks and there's no culture or nightlife. They know they can create the lifestyle they want somewhere else, so they're doing so. Meanwhile, the economy in the state is booming, incomes are rising, the cost of living is low and there are opportunities everywhere. Th From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

This International Conference on Educational Multi ... This International Conference on Educational Multimedia sounds like it would have been excellent. Thank goodness we have Stephen Downes channelling Seymour Papert, which is almost as good as being there. More good thinking about using technology as the catalyst for educational revolution:"The laptop program is part of the answer, but 'don't mistake that for really deep change - we need deeper change.' From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

In typically slow fashion, I'm finally figuring ou ... In typically slow fashion, I'm finally figuring out why news search feeds might be worth looking into. Although I didn't get great results out of the Yahoo! version, this one using Google seems to work like a dream. Like all real learning, I had to bump into a need before the tool seemed valuable. The idea is this: if students created a planning portfolio that contained their interests, plans and results of various activities they had done, couldn&apo From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on March 17, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

The Serious Games listserv occasionally flares up ... The Serious Games listserv occasionally flares up with some wonderful writing. Debra Lieberman recently posted about the contrast between games being used in a larger instructional context and stand-alone educational games. This is wisdom that should be shared, but I can't find an archive online, so I'll paste it in here: