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Dartmouth Names Assistant Football Coaches <%image(20040423-football.jpg|152|100|)%>Drew Di Giacinto and KiJuan Ware have been named assistant coaches for Dartmouth football, according to an announcement by Head Coach John Lyons. Di Giacinto comes to the Big Green from Lehigh University where the Engineers were nationally ranked last season. Di Giacinto worked at Lehigh during 2003 when he was the assistant offensive line coach. His other duties included assisting with video and strength and conditioning. A four-year letterwinner at Albion, he was a first team All-Conference tight end, helping the Britons to conferenc From BuzzFlood News on April 23, 2004 at 10:58 p.m..


Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 23, 2004 at 10:57 p.m..


Open Source Collaborative Tools Via Many2Many is this link to Grant Bowman's list of open source collaborative group software. This stuff is not for the non-technical, but it's a good list to start looking at what's out there if you're thinking about trying out wikis, blogs, CMS, etc., and don't want to blow your budget. From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on April 23, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..


Information Processing 20 Developer / Instructor Last year I developed a course in WebCT. It certainly took a while to get used to the platform. I've gotten used to it, and I like it. It works well. As an instructor, I'd like to see a few... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 23, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..


Educator's Resource Center Proven solutions for your most pressing challenges. eSchool News online... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 23, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..


Statistics Canada First visit to our site? Welcome to www.statcan.ca! From publications to electronic data, census to survey information, www.statcan.ca is THE official source for Canadian social and economic statistics and products. Our goal is simple -- to provide you with... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 23, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..


When It Comes to Op-Ed Credibility, Don't Blogs Count? I would argue that Joshua Michah Marshall is currently best known for his very successful and well respected weblog, Talking Points Memo. So I find it odd -- actually, disturbing -- that in his New York Times op-ed piece published today, "Follow the Leader," he is identified this way: "Joshua Micah Marshall is a contributing writer at The Washington Monthly and a columnist for The Hill, a newspaper about Congress." From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 23, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..


Deutsche Archivbibliotheken... Die folgende Liste deutscher Archivbibliotheken mit Online-Katalogen ist sicher alles andere als vollst&auml;ndig. Hinweise willkommen! Bibliothek der "Stiftung Archiv der Parteien und Massenorganisationen der DDR im Bundesarchiv" In der KOBV-Suchmaschine (Katalog Berlin Bundesarchiv SAPMO) - Mehr dazu! Stadtarchiv Bielefeld Bibliothek des Archivs und Landesgeschichtliche Bibliothek im Katalog der Sta From Archivalia on April 23, 2004 at 10:52 p.m..


Quotation of the day I see Mathemagenic and others point to this idea from Edwin Schlossberg: The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. # That seems pretty interesting, but I wonder what it means. Does a collage create a context for others to think in the same way that a well-written editorial does? And if they are different ways, what are the differences? The things you find in an alley might be like a collage, but they are there randomly and imply no shaping... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 23, 2004 at 10:51 p.m..


Some rough thoughts on learning environment design with personal Webpublishing technologies A particular feature of the technical architecture of learning environments built on the basis of personal and collaborative Web publishing tools is the degree of autonomy, adaptability, and compatibility of its various components. From a technical perspective a learning environment designer sets up a number of autonomous content management and personal Web publishing systems and connects them via an initial set of intentionally designed content flows and feedback loops. This is currently mostly done via the distribution, harvesting, and filtering of XML RSS encoded content, From Seblogging News on April 23, 2004 at 10:50 p.m..


Strengthening the Network Fabric Ever since I visited BlogTalk last year May in Vienna, I am sure that the networks we bloggers form have potential on a personal and business level. Initiatives like BlogWalk (second event coming up on May 28th) and the Actionable Sense Troupe (can you suggest a better name?) are not only aimed at realising that potential but in themselves a proof of concept as well. Tonight I will have dinner with Jon Husband, of Wirearchy, and one of the Actionable Sense gang, who From Seblogging News on April 23, 2004 at 10:50 p.m..


Nested facets Peter Van Dijck has posted an interesting blog entry on the concept of nested facets. To quote: Many times, you'll have an overall taxonomy (say, "products") (whatever structure it has, faceted or not), and then, once you reach a certain... From Column Two on April 23, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..


S. Korea drops Sun-only software mandate The country reverses a decision to force cellular providers to use only Sun download software to sell ring tone, games or other features. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


Google opens Tokyo research lab The company hopes the lab will bolster its technical expertise in four countries. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


PCI subsystem gets third major update The new version supports several variants of conventional PCI connections. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


IBM storage software extends reach Big Blue unveils an upgrade to its storage management software designed to handle boxes from rival EMC. But EMC suggests the technology is flawed. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 23, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..


Autopilot gegen Terror Vielleicht wären die Anschläge des 11. September zu verhindern gewesen, wenn es damals schon ein solches System gegeben hätte: Im... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..


Geschichte der Universität... http://edoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/servlets/DocumentServlet?H_main=&amp;H_searchId=1082757714593&amp;id=39 Die 2 b&auml;ndige Hallenser Uni-Geschichte von Wilhelm Schrader 1894 als 2 PDF. From Archivalia on April 23, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..


Building Customer Relationships with OWC eBiz Profiles: Other World Computing's support and marketing strategies help the small e-tailer succeed in a space dominated by huge players. From E-Commerce Guide on April 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


Nanosys files papers for IPO The reigning celebrity of the nanotechnology market files preliminary documents for an initial public offering, in what will likely be a closely watched saga. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


Autonomy to power Olympic surveillance Software from the company will help Greek security forces look for terrorists at this summer's games. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


DCML seeks broader standards support The DCML Organization is seeking to partner or merge completely with established standards groups to gain broader industry acceptance. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


Techpopuli notes on BloggerCon: Personal TV networks Just read Jack Hodgson's notes from the Bloggercon session on Personal TV Networks where they discussed both "metafilter for video" schemes and videoblogging. Interesting stuff. People want help sorting through all the video choices, and the consensus is that web-based video will inevitably increase the number of choices.There was a difference of opinion as to whether "regular people" wanted to create video for the web, but agreement that the tools to simplify the workflow to posti From unmediated on April 23, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..


Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 23, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..


Going Mobile: MMS 'Newspaper' and Videos for Phones MMS (multimedia) messages on mobile phones have not in any way mirrored the success story of SMS (text messaging) in Europe yet, but the offers grow in volume and quality. New services are announced almost every week. On April 1, the first "MMS newspaper" in Switzerland debuted; it is published twice a day by the mobile service provider 468/BEX Media and can be ordered by all Swiss mobile-phone owners regardless of the operator. Subscr From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 23, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..


The Genie's Out of the Bottle J.D. Lasica has a great post on his weblog today about damning internal memos leaked from the law firm of Diebold, the company at the center of the controversy over the security of electronic voting systems. The Oakland Tribune has the documents, but now a judge has ordered that the newspaper return those documents not already published on the web. There's a lesson here for newspapers, Lasica says: "This should be the first step taken by any news organization -- get the docs live on the web. Even From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 23, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..


Do you want to be a management guru? Health Row:Ever wonder how much money business speakers such as Jim Collins, Tom Peters, and Michael Porter pull down each time they take the stage? Workforce Management has compiled a handy chart From Mathemagenic on April 23, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..


North Korean Blog North Korea Zone is written by Rebecca: from her bio, I am a former CNN correspondent with 12 years of experience covering the Northeast Asian region. I have served as CNN's Bureau Chief both in Tokyo and Beijing. North Korea... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on April 23, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..


Rechtsberatungsgesetz XXI "Auto" Rechtsberatungshotlines von Automobilclubs sind unzulässig. Das berichtete jetzt Autoflotte unter Bezug auf die Zeitschrift "auto motor und sport", die sich... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..


TN uses telework to avoid EPA sanctions State advocates Early Action Compact&nbsp; by Cling Confehr (Williamson County, TN&nbsp;Review Appeal, April 23, 2004) reports that the area avoided EPA sanctions for not meeting the nation&#146;s clean air standard. Those sanctions&nbsp;could have denied road funding, required more auto emission te... From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 6:53 p.m..


Net's 'savior' sets the record straight Delivering a presentation at a security confab in Canada, researcher Paul Watson, "The Man Who Saved the Internet," says it was nothing. Really. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


Attorney: More disclosure will end GPL case Dutch company Sitecom can get itself out of legal hot water if it releases all the necessary software to comply with the General Public License, an attorney says. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


IPO day may be approaching for Google Securities law requires companies that meet certain criteria to file quarterly financial data with the SEC. For Google, that deadline is next week. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


Prof. Kent Womack, Tuck School: Stock Analysts Prove Prescient <%image(20040423-oldwomackpic.gif|189|271|null)%>April 23 (Bloomberg) &#8212; On June 2, 2003, Nicholas Heymann, an industrial and electrical equipment company analyst at Prudential Equity Group Inc. in New York, decided to raise all of his investment ratings to ``buy'', betting his companies would benefit from a weaker dollar, pent-up demand and increased depreciation for capital spending under new U.S. tax laws. Kent Womack, associate finance professor at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business, says many analysts were morepessimistic than they should have been in 2003 From BuzzFlood News on April 23, 2004 at 6:00 p.m..


For the love of baseball: big dreams in small towns <%image(shared/20031109-justD.jpg|77|85|)%>Seattle Times: Jim Collins once chased the dream of the college baseball stars he writes about in the exquisitely rendered &#8220;The Last Best League&#8221; (De Capo Press, $24). Twenty years ago, Collins was a standout high-school infielder bound for Dartmouth College, and, he hoped, the major leagues. A knee injury the summer before his freshman year, however, made him an average collegiate ballplayer with no chance to move on to the next level.- From BuzzFlood News on April 23, 2004 at 6:00 p.m..


Listen to Internet Radio over Wifi wildumut writes "There's an article on the Register about new WIFI radio tuners, worth a look. 'Wi-Fi is not only freeing up notebook and PDA users to connect to the Internet from anywhere in the home, it's also making Internet radio work (almost) like the real thing.'" The --> From unmediated on April 23, 2004 at 6:00 p.m..


DScaler - Analog Video De-Interlacer DScaler is a piece of software that grabs analog, interlaced video, and deinterlaces it to make it a progressive scan feed then allows scaling to any resolution for use on your computer monitor or projector. From unmediated on April 23, 2004 at 6:00 p.m..


Steve Garfield Explains How To VideoBlog. At the end of Steve Garfield's recent video post, he explains his process for creating and publishing his video blogs. When I got back to my editing suite later that night, I was anxious to post the video.I hooked up the camera to my Macintosh via a U From unmediated on April 23, 2004 at 6:00 p.m..


Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 23, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..


Profanity Filters: The Better Option When I went to this story on Yahoo! News to read about USA Today's troubles, I decided to take a look at the --> From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 23, 2004 at 5:58 p.m..


Micro-PR: The Next Wave Steve Rubel has a new blog that might interest you: Micropersuasion, about "how weblogs and participatory journalism are changing the practice of public relations." Rubel, a public-relations strategist, recognizes the importance of using&nbsp;weblogs as&nbsp;part of&nbsp;PR campaigns, as well as the increasing importance of PR professionals working with bloggers as well as traditional journalists. (I can attest to that: I receive inquiries from PR folks as often for this E-Media Tidbits weblog as for my more tr From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 23, 2004 at 5:58 p.m..


Rettet euch selbst, sonst tut es keiner Heute schweife ich ab: Es geht um Krise der Geisteswissenschaften. Nein, nicht um die übliche, seit Jahrzehnten beschworene "Sinnkrise". Dieses Mal geht es um die "Existenz". Was geben die Geisteswissenschaften der Gesellschaft zurück? Was ist ihre Daseinsberechtigung, ihr Nutzen? Der... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 23, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..


Die Grenzen zum Wachstum In diesem Interview mit Peter Kruse, Professor für Allgemeine und Organisationspsychologie an der Universität Bremen, geht es um Veränderungen, Unsicherheit, Instabilität, wie wir mit solchen Situationen umgehen und aus ihnen lernen können. Verändern sich die Rahmenbedingungen bzw. geraten wir in... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 23, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..


Eprint Archives Tim Brody's Institutional Archives Registry now organizes OAI-compliant archives by country, type (e.g. institutional, disciplinary, e-theses), and the software on which they are built. This is a very helpful innovation. Of course the registry continues to provide a graphic for each archive showing its growth over time. To mark the new plateau in functionality, Stevan Harnad has sent a message to several discussion lists calling on unregistered arch From Rick's Café Canadien on April 23, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..


News for Today, Apr 24 Happenings in the world of shared spaces: Microsoft released a Service Pack preview for OneNote 2003, offering technical updates and new features. Interesting new features: the ability to copy text and audio notes from a Pocket PC or smartphone into... From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..


Permission to come aboard This may be an arbitrary decision on my part, but I've decided not to accept comments on this site from any writer who does not supply, or who seems in my opinion not to have supplied, his or her name so that it can be attached by the software to the post. I am doing this to prevent the site being used for advertising, which is what I understand to have been attempted here recently. Thanks. From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 23, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..


Nice URLs on Flickr are free I was wrong! Nice URLs on Flickr are free (scroll down to see Caterina's comment). Check out my new nice URL for my photos. QUOTEThe nice URLs are free. Just go to your account page and set it up! http://www.flickr.com/account/UNQUOTE One down, one to go. Now that Flickr has nice URLs, all I need to do is convince the Blo From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 23, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..


Free Learning Articles about learning for free and links to organizations that provide free learning - credit and non-credit; distance and on-site courses.... From Adult/Continuing Education on April 23, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..


Searching PDF with ht://Dig I've just enabled indexing and searching of .pdf documents on the Learning Commons website. We're using ht:/Dig as our search engine, and it's quite flexible. It can take external parsers to teach it to read non-text-only file formats. There are libraries available that can teach it to read .rtf, .pdf, .ps, .doc, .swf, .xls, and even .ppt files. For now, I've only added the .pdf parser, using the Xpdf library. There was no binary available for MacOSX, so I had to compile from source. Here's a link to the compiled binaries for MacOSX (compiled without support for the X1 From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on April 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


For AT&T, Baby Bells, the real fight begins Telecommunications players are divided over the meaning of an FCC ruling that says AT&#38;T must pay local landline fees for long-distance calls routed, in part, over the Internet. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Emerging technologies for heritage collections The new issue of the DigiCULT Technology Watch (February 2004) is devoted to Emerging Technologies for the Cultural and Scientific Heritage Sector. It's a 215 pp. PDF file available in two editions, low res, 1.6 MB and high res, 13.6 MB). Excerpt (p. 177): "The 'open-access' approach to cultural discourse should help to remove the perception of memory institutions as 'ivory to From FOS News on April 23, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..


blogger questions secrecy of publishing inquiry Tom Roper, Why is the open accesss debate not conducted openly?, Tom Roper's Weblog, April 23, 2004. Roper questions why certain organizations have not made their submissions to the UK inquiry publicly available online. They all explained that the Clerk of the Committee forbids the publication of evidence until the Committee has completed its discussions. This seems odd: I can, to an extent, understand the committee's concern about the publication of versions of oral evidence, which could diverge From FOS News on April 23, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..


I'd Like to Buy The World a Mac The end of the end of print. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on April 23, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..


A List Apart 178 CSS Drop Shadows, Part II: Fuzzy Shadows. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on April 23, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..


Joogle, Part 2 Seth Finkelstein writes up his investigation of why a Google search on "jew" returns an anti-Semitic site in the #1 spot. He concludes: "Google ranks popularity, not authority. And popularity is a measure which is vulnerable to many games." An interesting finding: Seth reports that the offending site has been removed from the French and German versions of Google.... From Joho the Blog on April 23, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..


Open source on the move Linux backers gather in San Diego to talk up how the open-source operating system can continue its gains on the desktop. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


AT&T Wireless readies recovery strategy CEO John Zeglis outlines the troubled wireless carrier's plans to rebound from one of its worst financial quarters ever. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


Microsoft delays IM software The software giant postpones the release of MSN Messenger 6.2 until next week. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


Washington Post and Baltimore Sun RSS Feeds Having the Post is great, but check out the list from the Sun. Very cool. And the Times has added a feed just for politics. (I'm trying to keep track of all of the newspaper feeds I find here.) So is there any reason why next fall we shouldn't give our kids their ID numbers, their network passwords, and their login info to their --> From weblogged News on April 23, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..


Kurzweil Lots of interesting software and games: Jon Bell ! From thomas n. burg | randgänge on April 23, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..


Bruner does the math on weblog demographics Rick Bruner picks up the recent Pew Internet Survey results and does the math: the number of U.S. weblogs is apparently somewhere between 2.5 and 8.8 million at this point, and the number of readers is obviously higher. His article also provides a series of stats that provide a profile of weblog readers. Interestingly, 84% of them have been on the Int From Seb's Open Research on April 23, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..


Gonze's law of internet visibility: "In any field where visibility creates success, resources that are online will experience positive feedback at the expense of their offline rivals." From Seb's Open Research on April 23, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..


Musique libre et blogs Jean-Luc Raymond has a pithy (if hypish, in places) summary of what musiclogging is about that I felt deserved a bit of translation: Libre Music and Blogs: A New Convergence with Musiclogs, Or, A Legal, Hyperlinked Peer-To-Peer It will grow in the weeks to come, probably in an exponential manner. Imagine a classic blog with a link list (also known as "blogroll"). Now, add a list of links to From Seb's Open Research on April 23, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..


Untitled Michael Crawford: Links to Tens of Thousands of Legal Music Downloads. From Seb's Open Research on April 23, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..


Slate on variety meats Interesting article over at Slate about all the gross things you usually only eat disguised as hot dogs, Offal Good - Why upscale chefs are serving euphemistically named "variety meats." Apparently British chef Fergus Henderson has a new book out entitled The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating that has re From megnut on April 23, 2004 at 3:46 p.m..


Chip designer notifies firms of possible patent suits Patriot Scientific, already involved in lawsuits with Intel and five Japanese electronics giants, alleges that one of its patents has been incorporated into the design of chips running at more than 120MHz. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


PalmOne to release two new Zire devices The two Zire gadgets will be aimed at the consumer market, which continues to buoy the struggling but market-leading handheld maker. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


Infineon to boost memory-making capacity The German chipmaker will add a new RAM-manufacturing line to its Richmond, Va., facility, as part of a $1 billion expansion. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


Translation license discussion starts soon Public discussion on the Creative Commons translation license starts this Monday (April 26). The translation license would be used by authors who want to make their works available for others to translate into local languages. The initial idea for the license came from a lecturer at a conference in South Africa in January this year. He said that he found it virtually impossible to get permission from authors to allow him to translate articles into local languages for use by his students. Go here to join. From Creative Commons: weblog on April 23, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


Week in review: Net threat--or not The Internet is vulnerable to collapse due to a protocol flaw--or not--depending on whom you believe. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


Monster snaps up German job site The parent company of Monster.com acquires JobPilot to strengthen its presence in Europe. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 23, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..


Library Board Minutes, 4-7-04 From What's New at the Minneapolis Public Library on April 23, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..


Speaking of Bob Saget Last night, I mentioned the Bob Saget fan page to my husband. You have to understand that my husband HATES Bob Saget. I don't think there is a celebrity on the planet that bothers him more. Anyway, he tells me the only good words that came out of Bob Saget's mouth were during a cameo he did in the move Half Baked. Upon remembering his lines from his appearance, I burst into uncontrollable laughter. Figured you might too, so here... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 23, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..


Louisiana says NO to Saggin' Pants I'm not even going to try to link this bit of news on Yahoo! with rhetoric, tech, or pedagogy. I still couldn't pass it up, though--I am, after all, from Louisiana, and it's not often we make the frontpage news of Yahoo! Anyway, it looks like a legislator over at Jefferson Parish (not to be confused with county, thank you very much) has decided that he's tired of looking at young people in pants that expose the top part of their bum. This includes "i From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on April 23, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..


PhD blogging and paper writing Just wondering:&nbsp;when I finish my PhD research&nbsp;how much of it will not documented in my blog. In other words, will I be able to say to my readers something like "this is a link to my dissertation, but there is nothing new there for you"? Trying to imagine how things will be when I&nbsp;finish PhD (futurecast ;)&nbsp;is one of my ways&nbsp; to get over unproductive time. Blogging is another&nbsp;way - it helps starting. When I work on a paper I often write posts related t From Mathemagenic on April 23, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..


Knowledge flows are powered by questions Don't know if this piece will survive in the paper I write, so post it here. This is pretty much what I think&nbsp;on "why people share knowledge". One of the goals of knowledge management is to improve knowledge flows and knowledge reuse in an organisation. While there is much discussion on knowledge sharing, motivation and culture, the demand side of knowledge exchanges seems to get too less attention. I&nbsp;believe that knowledge flows are powered by questions: in many cases employees do not mind to share their knowledge, but do not do it because nobody asks them or because From Mathemagenic on April 23, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..


"Operation Fastlink" Wie das IUM meldet, ist in der Zeit vom 21. - 22.04.2004 der bisher größte international koordinierte Coup gegen Internetpiraten... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..


Schwabenkriegchronik Unter den &uuml;ber 100 bereits digitalisierten Wolfenb&uuml;tteler Inkunabeln ist auch Schradins Schwabenkriegchronik (Sursee 1500). Mehr zum Schwabenkrieg/Schweizerkrieg 1499 hier. From Archivalia on April 23, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..


Stadtarchiv Eger http://www.archivcheb.cz/ Leider &uuml;berwiegend auf tschechisch. Auf deutsch habe ich gefunden unter Prezentaze: einen zweisprachigen Katalalog &uuml;ber Karl Siegl und eine 1900 von diesem hergestellt getreue Abschrift der Egrischen Chronik von 1560 in Prag (als Vollfaksimile). From Archivalia on April 23, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..


Buyer's Review - Robin Good Plays The Masterjuggler Yesterday the first session of Kolabora Live took off by putting under heavy testing my ability to manage unforeseen technology hiccups. While my schedule for the premiere event was to showcase the brilliant live presentation solutions offered by InstantPresenter and... From Robin Good's Latest News on April 23, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..


New contribution to the Nature OA debate Marie Meyer, Open Access ignoring lessons of dot-com bubble, Nature, April 22, 2004. Excerpt: Like the dot-com failures, "Open Access advocates also shows signs of over-reliance on the Internet-changes-everything theory....Open Access advocates believe that they have found the formula for a profound change in the scientific publishing landscape. But isn't it more likely that Open Access will simply become a publishing subspecialty?" From FOS News on April 23, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..


Sonny Bono lives in Russia The Russian Duma just adopted a copyright reform measure retroacatively extending the term of copyright from 50 to 70 years after the author's death. (Thanks to Internet Law News.) From FOS News on April 23, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..


Two letters on OA The Back and Forth On Open Access, The Scientist 18(8), 10 (April 26, 2004). Two letters address questions raised by Gallagher's "Above and Beyond Open Access" (see earlier posting.) Frank Russo pens an enthusiastic response to Gallagher's article, making the familiar complaint of the inaccessability of toll-based journals, alluding to the p From FOS News on April 23, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..


Canadians petition against proposed copyright legislation PetitionForUsersRights The Canadian Digital Copyright Forum has posted a draft of a petition to Canadian parliament arguing against suggested copyright legislation in Canada, posed in response to a recent ruling that file-sharing systems do not break the law. The petition alludes to another recent Canadian court decision, CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada, which many saw as jointly respectful of rightsholders and fair use. (See postings from FOS News on April 23, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..


Microsoft's Most Exclusive Franchise It's called lock-in, and one of the company's executives described how it works in a memo to Bill Gates that's part of the European Union's voluminous report (300k PDF) on why it's attempting to make our favorite monopolist behave moderately better. The executive, Aaron Contorer, told Gates:&#8220;The Windows API is so broad, so deep, and so functional that most ISVs would be crazy not to use it. And it is so deeply embedded in the source code of many Windows From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 23, 2004 at 1:46 p.m..


n ways to deal with ruthless dictators The world would be a better place if all countries were run by caring leaders, dedicated to do their best to get the favour of the voters. But as we all know, not all countries are like that. Some of them are ruled by merciless dictators that subjugate vast percentages of the population. External states should help those majorities but they currently lack a proven succesful method for that task. I'll present a short list of deliberately naive options; some of them tested in world case scenarios. Left to the debate are the different historic interpretations and suggestions of new From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..


Graphics patent suit targets Apple, Dell and others Forgent Networks targets 31 computer and electronics vendors, seeking damages related to its claim to technology underlying the widespread JPEG file format. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..


Scalix raises $6 million The software maker receives $6 million in second-round funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..


HP goes green with handheld discount The device maker says it will offer discounts of $50 on Pocket PCs, if customers return their old PDAs for recycling. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..


Latest Dog Fact The smallest dog on record was a tiny Yorkshire Terrier owned by Arthur Marples of Blackburn, England. The dog, who died in 1945 at the age of just two years, stood 2 1/2 inches tall at the shoulder and measured 3 1/2 inches from the tip of his nose to the base of his tail. He weighed only four ounces. From The Dog Daily on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Latest Relationship Q&A with Peggy Moran Peggy Moran answers the question: Yesterday, I took my nine-month-old Doberman Pinscher female to an off-leash dog park for the first time. Upon entering I noticed that she was overly submissive and timid. If approached by anything with four legs, she would either cower or run. How is it possible for a nine-month-old Doberman to be scared of a two-month-old puppy? How do I go about correcting this behavior and building her confidence? She has no problem with people, and will approach anybody with extreme confidence. Could this be an isolated incident, considering this was a totally new experie From The Dog Daily on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Try This With Your Dog This week, Steve Dale suggests you teach your dog to like his crate. From The Dog Daily on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Your Dog's Playmates Your dogs seem to love playing with other dogs best of all -- followed by cats. After that, the animal playmate choices get a little strange. From The Dog Daily on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Serve Yourself Lessons learned from an experiment with cable modem self install. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Monitoring Client Experience How to monitor your clients experience to deliver top-notch service. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


IP Address Provisioning Overview How Internet protocol (IP) address provisioning can affect your data service. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Hassle-Free Modem Installs A six-step program to avoid the pitfalls of high-speed data installation. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Personal Computer and Cable Modem Troubleshooting An analysis of personal computer and cable modem troubleshooting techniques. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Broadband Troubleshooting Tool Design Problems and design issues with troubleshooting tools and making them work with a particular MSO. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Self-Diagnostics for Broadband Consumers How to empower customers with self-diagnostics. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


How Important Are Your Transactions Transaction software's good and bad points. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Where Do Your Services Fail How to determine where to monitor services. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Open Access: Freedom to Choose Introduction to open access for cable networks. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


How Many Heads Do You Have? A look at MSO monitoring requirements, FCAPS, etc. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Customer Information Center How to keep customers appraised of your service. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Customer Premise vs, End-of-Line Monitoring Comparison of cable modem monitoring methods. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Open Access: Connection Management How ISPs can access broadband networks. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Open Access: Service Management Wrangling with all the service choices regarding Open Access. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Open Access: HFC Management Where the real problem with open access lies - last mile. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Innovation on the Internet A discussion about the future of the Internet. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


A day in the life of a cable junkie What makes people life-long cable guys. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Open Access: Transparency How to make open access compelling for customers - make changing ISPs transparent. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Non-Invasive Network Management Getting more out of our network management system without impacting what your managing. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Distributed Systems Distributing applications as a way of promoting service reliability and better performance. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


IP Address Management Nuts and bolts of managing explosion of IP addresses on broadband networks. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


The ABC's of Understanding DHCP Performance A look into how DHCP works and what things impact its performance. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Cable Modem Security Insulating your network from your subscribers. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Managing Network Bandwidth Evaluating the usefulness of managing network bandwidth. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Broadband Installation Options A comparison of various installation options available to broadband operators today (focus on MDUs). From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Internet Gaming: Demystifying the Attraction An introduction to Internet gaming and what attracts gamers. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Broadband Provisioning: The need for a standardization How the lack of standardization in broadband provisioning is impacting future services. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Internet Gaming: Understanding the Attraction An in-depth look at makes internet games so attractive over their CD counterparts. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Impact of Content Demand on Bandwidth Management Addressing the source of broadband's network capacity woes. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Online Gaming: Getting down to business Introduction to online gaming business components, architectures, and financials. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Trouble at Home Issues regarding home networking that complicate the delivery of value added services. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Keys to Implementing Successful CRM Providing incentives to improve CRM information and success. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Oversubscribing Broadband Networks Understanding the economics of providing broadband service and capital costs. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Predictive Modeling Applications for predictive modeling in the broadband space. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Route Control Taking control of your enterprise Internet routing. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Bandwidth, Contention, and Profits Combating forces working against efficient, profitable delivery of quality data services. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Limiting the Impact of Top Talkers on a Budget Employing restrictions of subscriber bandwidth usage without packet shaping. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


The Power of the Pen Adventures in obtaining permission to publicly announce customer wins. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Multiple Broadband Connections to Home/Business Building a multi-ISP home just got easier. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Reverse Auto-Provisioning Reversing the process of subscriber signup to force service agreement compliance. From Birds-Eye Network Services Articles on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Plagiarism in the Digital Age I have several upcoming presentations regarding the problem of cyberplagiarism in secondary and post-secondary institutions. The issue is an old one, but continues to take new shape in the digital age. And with this evolution, there are a number of... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Crece la publicidad en buscadores IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) y PricewaterhouseCoopers, han publicado su estudio de la publicidad en Internet, que incluye todo el año 2004 y primer cuarto de 2004. De dicho estudio se obtiene que los beneficios del sector de la publicidad en... From BlogDirect on April 23, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..


Dutch entertainment industry loses €200m to piracy The Dutch entertainment industry lost some €200m last year, up from €160m in 2002. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


McDonald's to trial Eye Catcher videophone The international floppy-hamburger peddler is to install a number of Eye Catcher video-phones - devices that claim to offer genuine eye contact between users - in its outlets in the Netherlands. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Dual-mode mobile/voice-over-wi-fi handset shipments to top 50m by 2009 - report Despite availability for the products not expected until later this year, ABI Research is already predicting that the devices will represent about seven per cent of all handsets shipped by 2009. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Eminem evicts cybersquatter In a ruling from the UN's World Intellectual Property Organisation, a cybersquatter has been ordered to transfer his 'eminemmobile.com' domain name to the eponymous rap star. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


EU comms ministers unveil €50m internet safety plan for children The programme aims to improve filtering technology, produce public awareness campaigns and set up hotlines for reporting online crime. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Opera releases beta of latest browser The latest version of Opera's alternative browser includes a built-in e-mail client and chat feature. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


O2 drops O2 Broker unit, to partner with aggregators instead The UK mobile operator has closed its in-house third-party mobile services division, and, while continuing to perform activities in the area, says it will work more with aggregators in the future. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


C&W set to buy majority holding in Monaco Télécom A ten-day period of exclusivity to put together a deal with Vivendi Universal for the purchase of the company's majority holding in Monaco Télécom has been offered to UK telecoms group Cable & Wireless. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


US Justice Department directs international anti-piracy raids The US Justice Department's Operation Fastlink co-ordinated actions against music, film and software pirates in the US, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden and the UK, in which authorities siezed pirated material worth an estimated €42m. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Pannon launches Disney mobile content Hungarian mobile operator Pannon GSM is to offer Disney-branded content such as ringtones and Java games via its website and WAP portal. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Steal this remix BoingBoing reader fluffy says: Forget about underground remixes of mainstream music - this site (inspired by the wonderful songfight.org) is an ongoing collaborative remix project where independent musicians remix each other. It's great! link From unmediated on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Cellulo - Applescriptable Mac OS X Movie Player Cellulo is a movie player for Mac OS X that allows you to create a playlist (a la iTunes) of video files (multiple file types) and display it full-screen on your computer (including subtitles.) Since it's scriptable, you can do things like write in triggers for automatic playback.(This is a useful app. I once paired Cellulo up with FileMaker to create a cablecast video server out From unmediated on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Creating a self-organizing weblog directory As everyone has noticed by now, the blogosphere is rather tricky to get around in, especially for newcomers, and the efforts at mapping it have remained pretty much scattered and fragmentary. Even if you restrict your view to the small space of academic weblogs, things aren't really better. Alex Halavais has launche From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Article of the Week Top 10 Atkins Rules for a Lifetime : The Atkins Diet restricts the consumption of bad carbohydrate-rich foods, and encourages the consumption of protein, fat and good, healthy carbohydrates found in vegetables. The diet is divided into four phases: Induction, Ongoing Weight Loss, Pre-maintenance, and Maintenance. This week we focus on top ten Atkins rules for a lifetime. 1. Count your Net Carbs: When you do Atkins, the carbohydrates you need to count are known as Net Carbs: this number reflects the grams of carbohydrate that significantly impact your blood sugar level. To find the number of ne From Women Fitness E-Mag Vol No. 144 on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Paper Models of Polyhedra Website includes over 80 printable cut-and-fold patterns for making three-dimensional geometric shapes. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on April 23, 2004 at 12:00 p.m..


Library Board Actions Taken, 4-21-04 From What's New at the Minneapolis Public Library on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


A way with words First stop: David Weinberger, author of Small Pieces Loosely Joined, a book on the the concept of the web as a community, has transmogrified it to a 16-page version for kids, which means even I can understand it. It uses simple, natural language, yet remains engaging and uncondescending. Second stop: terrible metaphors. They're as amusing as watching Disk Defragmenter on your 10GB partition. Last stop: "I thought perfume was supposed to mix with the delicate natural scent of a woman's own skin, creating a heady sublimity that gently whispered compliments to the nose's ear; but n From silentblue | Quantified on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Izotope Releases Full Plug-in Line for Pro Tools From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Vancouver Film School Instructor Uses Pro Tools to Create Audio Game Design Prog From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Introducing Command|8, Control Surface for Pro Tools LE and TDM From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Work Experience From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School- Forums on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Music and Copyright From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School- Forums on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Women Still Need Men Title: Women Still Need MenCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04Last Editorial Review: 4/22/04 From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Viagra - Tonic for Sperm Title: Viagra - Tonic for SpermCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04Last Editorial Review: 4/22/04 From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Frog in Your Throat Title: Frog in Your ThroatCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:24 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Water vs. Sports Drinks Title: Water vs. Sports DrinksCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:24 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


High Blood Pressure More Risky for Black Moms-to-Be Title: High Blood Pressure More Risky for Black Moms-to-BeCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:24 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


A Prodrug for Lung Cancer Title: A Prodrug for Lung CancerCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:24 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Breast Cancer Cells, Killed By Microwaves Title: Breast Cancer Cells, Killed By MicrowavesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:24 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Sickle Cell Disease: Role for Early Treatment? Title: Sickle Cell Disease: Role for Early Treatment?Category: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:24 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Check Now for Head, Neck Cancer Title: Check Now for Head, Neck CancerCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:24 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Curves Program Cuts Pounds Title: Curves Program Cuts PoundsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:25 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Higher Drug Dose Hurts Kids in Cardiac Arrest Title: Higher Drug Dose Hurts Kids in Cardiac ArrestCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:25 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


'America's Oldest Teenager' Gets Serious About Diabetes Title: 'America's Oldest Teenager' Gets Serious About DiabetesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:25 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Flushing Toilet May Spread SARS Title: Flushing Toilet May Spread SARSCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:25 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


Alcohol Ads Are Directed At Teens Title: Alcohol Ads Are Directed At TeensCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:25 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


AIDS Not Caused By Polio Vaccine Title: AIDS Not Caused By Polio VaccineCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/22/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/22/04 1:58:25 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


New Features on CONTENTIOUS Just a quick note: I've added a couple of links to the right-hand column of this blog's home page that might interest you &#150; the list of feeds that I read, and how make a donation to CONTENTIOUS... (More info...) From Contentious Weblog on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


NS eLearning Summit I attended the Nova Scotia eL Summit in Halifax yesterday, and it was a resounding success. Over 100 people in attendance; a number who were linked-in via the Net, thanks to Phil O'Hara of Dalhousie University. A quick review of what I learnt, with more to follow when I get home: From Julie Kaufman of IDC - Linux developers prefer informal learning while MS developers prefer more formal learning. (It's always important to remeber who your audience is.) From Phil O'Hara - small incent From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


Flash example one I have no idea what these can be used for but they are very cool. The Parade... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


Flash example two Very cool...anyone have a use for these? The liquid man... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


Flash example three Here is another cool example of flash. Mousetrail... From Teaching and Developing Online. on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


No, REALLY I cannot believe that a Bob Saget Fan Page even exists, but sadly, it does. The pure HORROR.... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


Where We're Headed I've been thinking a bit more about the direction I want this blog to take. I originally wanted this to be an outlet to relieve my stress. But, true to form, I soon became aware that people I know would be reading this. Because of that I took this blog in a more "all holds barred" direction to keep up an "image" I think I am expected to have. Well, guess what? BITE ME. This is supposed to be for... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


Low Salary and Respect: Online Journalism in Latin America Results of an interesting survey have been published in Colombia about online journalism in Latin America. The survey was conducted through direct interviews with regional news website market leaders, and presented by El Tiempo.com (English version). Simply and clearly, the research states: "Most Internet journalists at Latin American newspapers are aged between 20 and 30, earn less than their print-media counterparts, and are seen by the latter as of lower professional level. Addi From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


Yahoo! China Challenged Only weeks after Yahoo announced that it wanted to expand aggressively in China, its methods are being challenged by its competitor, Taobao.com. Last week, Yahoo! launched with Sina its auction site, 1pai.com.cn. According to the Shanghai Daily, Taobao says the newcomer is stealing its information. When it investigated a sudden slowdown in its traffic, it says it found that Yahoo!-owned computers were visiting its From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


ePortfolio Canada review Thanks Jeremy for being so much more organised than me! Jeremy has posted some excellent reviews of the recent ePortfolio Canada event in Vancouver. Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology... From ERADC Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


Theory and Practice of Online Learning Via the CC Weblog comes an interesting story of a book, Theory and Practice of Online Learning, just released for download under a CC license. The terms are Attribution, No Derivative Works, and Noncommercial Use, which is basically a step beyond your garden-variety fair use guidelines. Kairosnews has the same license. What I find the most intriguing about the anno From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on April 23, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..


Frustrations of being an alien Usually I prefer sharing insights and not frustrations, but this time&nbsp;it's too much to keep for myself. For a few days I was trying to reach Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst&nbsp;or IND) to find out about extension of my residence permit. I'm here for almost three years (btw, paying taxes and contributing to Dutch economy), I sent all my papers two months back and I even paid all From Mathemagenic on April 23, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..


BlogWalk 2.0: personal Webpublishing for self-organized and informal learning It didn't take us long: BlogWalk 2.0,&nbsp;28 May,&nbsp;N&#252;rnberg, Germany, hometown of&nbsp;Sebastian Fiedler. This time the fun and conversations will be around the role of personal Webpublishing for self-organized and informal learning. From Mathemagenic on April 23, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..


Technorati macro for Radio For&nbsp;Thomas&nbsp;and others: Radio macro to get Technorati cosmos for a post (see this post in browser for an example). From Matt Mower via IM:

  • save http://matt.blogs.it/gems/postC From Mathemagenic on April 23, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..


    ¿Un Google académico? The Chronicle of Higher Education se hace eco del interés de Google por facilitar el acceso a artículos científicos y otros materiales académicos: «Google Teams Up With 17 Colleges to Test Searches of Scholarly Materials». Al parecer Google está trabajando ya en un proyecto piloto con el MIT y otras universidades implicadas en el sistema de bibliotecas digitales federadas DSpace. El planteamiento inicial sería añadir una opción a Google para podeOcteto - Tecnología educativa on April 23, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..


    CMU LSAL Paper on "LO-Tec" Tools (and Toys) for Creating Learning Objects http://www.lsal.cmu.edu/lsal/expertise/ papers/notes/lotec05052003/lotec05052003.html This paper, from Dan Rehak and others at the renowned Learning Systems Architecture Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University (which now has a new RSS feed), asks how authors actually create learning objects, and whether the current tools are supporting these actual processes or instead getting in the way. To investiga From EdTechPost on April 23, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..


    FEDORA Wiki - FedoraImplementations http://www.fedora.info/wiki/bin/ view/Fedora/FedoraImplementations According to this list on the Fedora Wiki site, last updated October 26, 2003, there were only 2 known FEDORA installations. FEDORA's own website lists around a dozen 'registered deployment partners' which would seem to indicate more actual deployments, but I was hard pressed to find URLs for working ones when going through that list. If anyone knows of a more From EdTechPost on April 23, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..


    New Layout The New Layout is complete. I just have to move a couple of things around and create a 1 or 2 more templates to flush everything out exactly the way I want it and tweak the logo. Anyhow I am... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on April 23, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..


    Myths and Misconceptions pt III Part III is here and will discuss the one additional myth and misconception of CLT that Nina Spada talked about in her presentation in Seoul: CLT means avoidance of L1. You can read part 1 here and part II here.... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on April 23, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..


    The Effect of Computers on Student Writing: A Meta-analysis of Studies from 1992 to 2002 For educational leaders questioning whether computers should be used to help students develop writing skills, the results of the meta-analyses suggest that on average students who use computers when learning to write are not only more engaged and motivated in their writing, but they produce written work that is of greater length and higher quality. From Elearnopedia on April 23, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..


    Learning Technology Newsletter: Special Theme on Learning Objects in an e-Learning Context To implement the ADL vision, researchers in many fields have conducted successful projects and produced empirical results regarding SCORM-compliant content repositories, agent-supported learning environments, web-service technologies for distributed content repositories, intelligent learning environments, data mining for adaptive learning, etc. This issue contains articles on general issues, special issues such as interface design, agent-based learning environment, and domain model construction, and, as well as experimental studies within a SCORM-related e-learning context. From Elearnopedia on April 23, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..


    Quo vadis Personalentwicklung - Fehlt das Geld oder das Vermögen? Mitarbeiter haben erkannt, dass sie sich schnell wechselnden Anforderungen an ihre Kompetenzen stellen müssen und betreiben längst ihr persönliches Kompetenzmanagement, wobei sie vor allem auf informelle Lernformen setzen. Unklar ist ihnen dabei der Beitrag der Personalentwicklung. Das ist die Quintessenz... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 23, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..


    Die Geschichte der Hexenprozesse Das Mittelalter gilt als die finsterste Epoche der Menschheit. In einer Zeit, in der sich die Aufklärung und die Errungenschaften... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Erfurt (und die Folgen) Die Änderungen (oder auch nicht) im rheinand-pfälzischen Schulgesetz werden bei JoRux in seltener Klarheit kommentiert.... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Drogen- und Suchtbericht 2004 Aus dem Drogen- und Suchtbericht 2004 (143 S. PDF): "Bundesweit ist ein Anstieg der Fallzahlen stationär behandelter Kinder und Jugendlicher... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Collective Risk "Illegaler Musiktausch im Internet ist gefährlich!", warnt die Musikindustrie. "Mitnichten!" kontert der Wittener Konsumforscher Prof. Dr. Markus Giesler. In einer... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Dokumentationsstelle für... Vortrag von und &uuml;ber die Dokumentationsstelle f&uuml;r unkonventionelle Literatur in der Bibliothek f&uuml;r Zeitgeschichte (BfZ) in Stuttgart (19.10. 2003) in der Zukunftswerkstatt e.V. online unter http://zukunftswerkstatt-ev.de/unkonlit.htm From Archivalia on April 23, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..


    Changing habits at $2/gallon Consumers fret over soaring gas, but don't change their driving habits (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 22, 2004) shows us that despite the national average for gas prices climbing to $2/gallon, people aren't changing their habits... yet. But Jim Kliesch of the American Council for an Energy-Effic... From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..


    First Buyer's Review Shows More Promise Than Tools The first Buyer's Review kicked off yesterday with more than some surprises for all attendees. The free live event, which will showcase next time videoconferencing tools, started a few minutes after 12 noon EDT. Of the official 55 registered participants,... From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..


    Welcome Home Dad! An illustration From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 23, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..


    School for Scanning: Building Good Digital Collections - Presented by the Northeast Document Conserv ... School for Scanning: Building Good Digital Collections - Presented by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) - Chicago, IL - June 2-4, 2004 - This conference provides current, essential information for managers of paper-based collections (including photographs) who are seeking to create, manage, and preserve digital assets From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..


    The Association for Computing Machinery is participating in the CrossRef Search pilot project. The p ... The Association for Computing Machinery is participating in the CrossRef Search pilot project. The project is to implement full-text interpublisher searchability. Google has indexed the full text of ACM journal articles along with several other participating scholarly publishers From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..


    The Laser Foundation, a grant-making trust whose mission is to improve library facilities available ... The Laser Foundation, a grant-making trust whose mission is to improve library facilities available to the public, has announced its Funding Opportunities for 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..


    This year's annual conference of the Library Association of the City University of New York, LACUNY ... This year's annual conference of the Library Association of the City University of New York, LACUNY Institute 2004, will be held on May 21, 2004, at the William and Anita Newman Conference Center of Baruch College, New York, NY From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..


    Museum of London presents 1920s: the decade that changed London - this exhibition takes you back to ... Museum of London presents 1920s: the decade that changed London - this exhibition takes you back to London 80 years ago, a decade some see as 'the real start of the 20th century' From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..


    The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer - this week anagrams - Answers here: ... The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer - this week anagrams - Answers here:1. Rearrange the letters of TRIPPERS to make a word for someone who takes their clothes off2. Rearrange CRIED to make a drink3. Rearrange OUTSIDE to make a word that means "boring"4. Rearrange EVILS to make four words that mean: a famous singer, jeans, exists, and coverings5. Rearrange BEARCAT to make an entertainment6. Rearrange GENERATE to make a young person7. Rearrange MEDALS to make a young woman8. Rearrang From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..


    History of an important OA repository Carol Ann Hughes, EScholarship at the University of California: a case study in sustainable innovation for open access, New Library World, 105, 3 (2004) pp. 118-124. Only this abstract is free online for non-subscribers, at least so far: "This paper describes the history of the University of California eScholarship program, a joint effort of the University of California Libraries in collaboration w From FOS News on April 23, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..


    Whither access if articles airbrushed (or cyberbrushed?) from web sites? Tony Greiner, The Case of the Disappearing Article, Library Journal, April 15, 2004. Greiner follows an example of an article mysteriously disappearing from the electronic edition of Time and editions hosted by Ebsco and other aggregators. The particular incident involved contradictory statements by the publisher and the rightsholders as to the article's removal. The article could still be located in the print edition, and Greiner also cites valuable resources such as the Internet Archive and the Memory Hole. Nevertheless, Gr From Joho the Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..


    Portugal photos I've posted about a dozen photos from Portugal...... From Joho the Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..


    I'm a Republican chairman! Great news! Congressman Tom Reynolds of the National Republican Congressional Committee has personally invited me, via a tape recording played over the phone, to become an honorary chairman. Of course I said yes, proudly and humbly... More at Loose Democracy...... From Joho the Blog on April 23, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..


    U.S. Government Was Taking Photos of Soldiers' Coffins UPDATED There's a lot more to the story of the photos of coffins of the brave men and women who died in Iraq. As the New York Times reports today, the firing of the civilian contractor who gave such a picture to the Seattle Times only underscores government hypocrisy. As the Times article notes: The firing underscored the strictness with which t From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 23, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..


    That "Osama Has Been Captured" E-mail is Spam I've gotten about a dozen of these this morning. You probably got it, too. Of course, it's just more garbage from that low form of life called spammers. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 23, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..


    Today's song Today's song is Time Has Come Today by the Chambers Brothers. It will be in heavy rotation until the Time has passed. From megnut on April 23, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..


    ODRL Workshop Day Two With my ten minutes of internet access for today, another very short newsletter (if you are trying to email me, I have not seen email for four days now, so please be patient). This link is to my summary notes from the Open Digital Rights Language, Day Two, featuring summaries of presentations and notes from the dicussion in the afternoon. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, April 23, 2004 [Refer][R From BildungsBlog on April 23, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..


    MS: EU-Sanktionen behindern Innovationen Microsoft fühlt sich von den bekannten Sanktionen der Europäischen Union wegen Wettbewerbsbehinderung zu Unrecht und zu hart getroffen. In einem... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..


    Law Prof 100 Auf dieser Seite werden die "most influential law professors" gesucht. Das Blogbook präzisiert: "Since this is a web-based election, blogging... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..


    Organstreit vor BVerfG Im Organstreit zwischen der Regierung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein und Abgeordneten des schleswig-holsteinischen Landtages über die Vorlage von Akten hat das... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..


    Richter rebellieren gegen Kusch Hamburgs Richterschaft rebelliert offen gegen Justizsenator Roger Kusch, meldet die WELT. In ungewohnter Schärfe hat sich der Richterverein, der rund... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..


    Privates Baurecht verstößt gegen EU-Recht Das Gros privater Bauverträge verstößt gegen EU-Recht. Dies ist das Ergebnis eines vom Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) in Auftrag gegebenen Gutachtens... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..


    eCommerce Die Mai-Ausgabe 2004 der sog. "Zillman-Kolumne" liegt vor; sie befasst sich dieses Mal ausschließlich mit dem Thema "eCommerce" (9 S.... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..


    McKinsey & Co. im Praxis-Test Deutschlands Beraterbranche steckt nach harscher Kritik im Imagetief. Was leisten die professionellen Besser-Wisser wirklich? Wer ist sein Geld wert... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 23, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..


    Buenas iniciativas Comunidades eConozco alcanza los 12.000 miembros y en breve anunciará nuevos servicios Directorio Se ha inaugurado el directorio de bitácoras mexicanas Blogs México Herramientas César Laso ofrece un nuevo editor y hosting de bitácoras en AcelBlog Libro Algernon y Brunhilda... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on April 23, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..


    moodle conference From ScotFEICT on April 23, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..


    Lazy Person's Guide To Being A NewsMaster This is part 1 of Roland Tanglao's new guide called The Lazy Person's Guide to being an NewsMaster. &quot;What is a NewsMaster? Robin Good (as far as I know) defined the term in his excellent post, The RSS NewsMaster as... From Robin Good's Latest News on April 23, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..


    More Than A Web Browser: Opera Sings RSS Opera has just launched the latest version of its competitive alternative to Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser, which includes a new look along with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and RSS feed aggregation capabilities. For the first time, users of... From Robin Good's Latest News on April 23, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..


    First Buyer's Shows More Promise Than Tools The first Buyer's Review kicked off yesterday with more than some surprises for all attendees. The free live event, which will showcase next time videoconferencing tools, started a few minutes after 12 noon EDT. Of the official 55 registered... From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..


    'Virgin birth' mammal rewrites rules of biologyNew ... 'Virgin birth' mammal rewrites rules of biologyNew Scientist Reports on a scientific breakthrough that's getting a lot of attention today: researchers in Japan have managed to create, for the first time, a mammal without a father. Scientists led by Tomohiro Kono at the Tokyo University of Agriculture were able to create a mouse, cal From on April 23, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..


    NY Times: China Agrees to Postpone Wireless Plan. ... NY Times: China Agrees to Postpone Wireless Plan. China agreed on Wednesday to give up a plan to impose its own standard for wireless technology, essentially agreeing to join the rest of the world rather than dividing it up. Many bloggers in China talked about this change in their blogs, via Grassland (the RSS search engine of Chinese blogsphere). Some of them even called the g From on April 23, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..


    My Flickr PhotoStream has a funny URL! How do I get a nice URL like Caterina's http://www.flickr.com/photos/caterina/ ? I want http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland instead of http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034347371@N01/3029/! Do I have to pay extra? From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 23, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..


    FH Giessen: Noch immer keine Mitteilung der Studienguthaben StuGuG und kein Ende der Diskussionen in Sicht: An der Fachhochschule Gie&szlig;en-Friedberg (FH) warten die Studierenden weiterhin auf die Zustellung der Briefe mit der Angabe ihres aktuellen Studienguthabens. Wie Sven Ludwig, der Vorsitzende des Allgemeinen Studierendenausschuss - kurz auch Asta gennant - den etwa 200 zur studentischen Vollversammlung erschienenen Zuh&ouml;rern mitteilte, wird es auf Grund der fehlenden Berechnungs-Software voraussichtlich noch bis Mitte Mai dauern, bis die Schreiben... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on April 23, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..


    I Hate You More... ...and other tales of comity in Congress From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 23, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..


    Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 - Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 comprises a historic sel ... Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 - Spalding Base Ball Guides, 1889-1939 comprises a historic selection of Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide and the Official Indoor Base Ball Guide. The collection reproduces 35 of the guides, which were published by the Spalding Athletic Company in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide was perhaps the premier publication of its day for the game of baseball. It featured From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..


    Facet Publishing has announced its new books for April 2004 ... Facet Publishing has announced its new books for April 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..


    World Book and Copyright Day - April 23, 2004 - By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO ... World Book and Copyright Day - April 23, 2004 - By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..


    DigiCULT Technology Watch Report 2 - February 2004 - is now available ... DigiCULT Technology Watch Report 2 - February 2004 - is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 23, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..


    Who Should Keep Out The Hackers? - Jonathan Krim, Washington Post The calm of a few months without a major attack of a computer worm, virus or other form of cyber-harassment was rattled hard this week. So dangerous are the latest vulnerabilities that the Department of Homeland Security took the rare step of briefing From Techno-News Blog on April 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    New Fight to Protect Exploited Children Online - Roy Mark, Internet News The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children launched a new campaign against online child pornography Thursday morning backed with a $1 million contribution from philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson and Microsoft. The announcement of the new From Techno-News Blog on April 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    PC users 'fail security tests' - Mark Ward, BBC News Future severe outbreaks of worms, viruses and other malicious programs are only going to be avoided with a radical new approach to computer security. People should avoid clicking on unknown attachments. So says Marcus Ranum, a senior technologist at From Techno-News Blog on April 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    Skills for a Song - Robin Garner, techLearning With renewed focus on core subject areas and preparation for standardized tests, time-pressed schools may be tempted to give their music programs short shrift. Yet research indicates that music listening and performance enhance brain development and ge From Educational Technology on April 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    High-Tech Summer Camps - Susan McLester and Gwen Solomon, techLearning It's a balmy 78 degrees with a slow breeze rustling the palm leaves and the arched, sandstone colonnades of the stately Main Quad buildings reading a rich yellow in the afternoon sun. Students loll about the fountain, bike through the Rodin Sculpture From Educational Technology on April 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    NUC Picks Three Varsities for Pilot E-Learning Project - All Africa The National Universities Commission (NUC) has picked three universities under its e-learning pilot project for the promotion of Information and Communication Technology in education delivery. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Peter Okebukol From Online Learning Update on April 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    New Digital Textbook Service to Reduce Cost of Hundreds of The Leading College Textbooks By Half - biz.yahoo Pearson Education, the world's leading education company, and Safari® Books Online today announced plans to launch a comprehensive digital textbook program for college students. The program, called SafariX Textbooks Online(TM), will offer WebBooks as a From Online Learning Update on April 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    Traditional Universities' Online Degree Programs Preferred 2:1 Over For-Profit Providers - TMCNet Surveys conducted by Online University Consortium indicate traditional universities remain the preferred choice for online education and degree programs. These findings were substantiated in a recent report by Eduventures, prompting the Consortium to h From Online Learning Update on April 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    IBM expands search push with Masala One query from IBM's upcoming version of its DB2 information integrator will pull data from multiple databases, applications and Web sites. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    Google's chastity belt too tight Despite claims of "advanced proprietary technology," the search giant's opt-in porn filter proves no better than the primitive tools of the last decade, blocking many harmless sites, a CNET News.com investigation shows. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    Ice and Rock Whilst I failed terribly to blog from the desert, the serious hardcore continue to do well. Take Ben Saunders of the the Serco Transarctic Expedition. He's blogging nightly from the Arctic, and it's great great stuff. Human Edge Tech expedition... From Ben Hammersley.com on April 23, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..


    U.S. Moves Against Online Pirates The FBI seizes more than 200 computers in a worldwide operation aimed against Internet piracy. Suspects, including more than 100 Americans, are implicated in the thefts, which amount to $50 million. From Wired News on April 23, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..


    No Privacy for the Poor, Homeless Tracking the homeless using government-mandated databases would endanger battered women and rob the poor of their privacy while not improving services, experts say. Ryan Singel reports from Berkeley, California. From Wired News on April 23, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..


    Diebold Machine May Get Boot A voting panel urges California officials to stop using a voting machine made by Diebold Election Systems, and recommends that the state consider filing civil and criminal charges against the company. Kim Zetter reports from Sacramento. From Wired News on April 23, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..


    Seeking Riches From the Poor South African entrepreneurs have discovered a stunningly large and lucrative market: Africa's poor. By providing services that the developed world takes for granted, the entrepreneurs are making money -- and making lives easier. Part 3 of a three-part series. Megan Lindow reports from Cape Town. From Wired News on April 23, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..


    Damaging Drug Study? Bury It Pharmaceutical companies may have been hiding data that shows some antidepressants might actually hurt depressed kids rather than helping them, according to a new study. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on April 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Taking a Second Shot at Spammers Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. Can-Spam Act leaves states a lot of leeway to make laws of their own to target junk e-mailers. But will the one-two legal punch keep your inbox clear? By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on April 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Dems Hold the High Ground Online The presidential election of 2004 may come down to who wins the most swing states -- and does the best job organizing and campaigning online. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on April 23, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Polycom Adds New Best In Class Audio, Video, Web and Data Solutions to the Polycom Office, Expanding Accessibility and Benefits of Rich Media Collaboration From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    M-Corp undertakes breakthrough e-learning research programme for RSPCA From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    Libraries Wired, and Reborn From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    Faulty implementation can derail the biggest IT projects From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    Chela Education Financing to Award $30,000 in Scholarships to From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    eCollege to Support Colorado Institute of Technology Programs From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    E-learning jumps in popularity From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    New Digital Textbook Service to Reduce Cost of Hundreds of The Leading College Textbooks By Half From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    Checklist to Use in Evaluating Whether an Intervention Is Backed by Rigorous Evidence From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    Contestation and Change in National Policy on "Scientifically Based" Education Research From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    Teaching Online - Stories of Contemporary Practice at Deakin And every now and then I do something in my day job :o) More seriously though, ahem, I give you: "Teaching Online - Stories of Contemporary Practice at Deakin This site contains innovative cases of practice in the development and use of traditional and digital media and online environments. Please step inside to read summaries of cases, listen to interviews with teachers, gain access to extra resources and explore the world of online teaching and learning at Deakin." What I really like about these are the way they From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on April 23, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..


    Teacher-turned-Entrepreneur has Created Writing Software Programs that Save Time and Reduce the Hassle of Trying to Remember all the Components of Important Documents! Kristi Sayles, a second grade teacher in Camden, Tennessee, has chosen to supplement her teaching income with a writing software Internet business that she has named, "Smart Author-Instant Writer Software." Ms. Sayles both creates and markets the programs. [PRWEB Apr 23, 2004] From PR Web on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Christian Game Developers Conference Registration Now Open The third annual expo features announcements of new products, discussion sessions and an opportunity to play the latest in Christian entertainment, including card, board, paper, computer and video games. [PRWEB Apr 23, 2004] From PR Web on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    City May Sue Over Showing of Tests on TV Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg threatened to pursue legal action against the advocates who had made the third-grade test public and the media organizations that aired close-ups of it. From New York Times: Education on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Chief of Head Start Is Accused of Mismanaging a Center The Department of Health and Human Services is examining accusations that its chief of Head Start programs had mismanaged a Texas Head Start program. From New York Times: Education on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Boston U. Trustees Regrouping After Turmoil Over Presidency Six months after Boston University's board of trustees was heavily criticized for bungling the selection of a new president, the board selected a new reform-minded chairman. From New York Times: Education on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    4 High Schools Added to Those That Require Extra Security Four high schools have been added to a list of schools considered so unruly that they require extra police officers and safety agents, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said. From New York Times: Education on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Refusal of Teacher Sabbaticals Is Overturned A labor arbitrator ruled that the City Department of Education violated the public school teachers' contract last year when it rejected sabbatical requests from hundreds of teachers. From New York Times: Education on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    City Unveils Ad Campaign for 'Brightest' Heroes: Teachers Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveiled an advertising campaign Tuesday that proposes a new category of hero in New York. From New York Times: Education on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    City Officials Seek Oversight on Contracts for Schools Million of dollars are spent on contracts awarded without competitive bidding, officials say. From New York Times: Education on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    For Children Being Left Behind, Private Tutors Face Rocky Start In an experiment in educational capitalism, the No Child Left Behind law has offered federal money to private companies to tutor in failing public schools. From New York Times: Education on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Alicia Keys? These Children Prefer 'New York's Brightest' This is the main 60-second commercial in a campaign by the New York City Department of Education to recruit teachers. The commercials are being distributed by the Ad Council. From New York Times: Education on April 23, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Echelon survey shows e-learning is gaining ground From ScotFEICT on April 23, 2004 at 1:54 a.m..


    CC-Lizenzen für Kulturgut http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de Dort steht leider nichts &uuml;ber die ECHO-Konferenz, die es in Berlin gegeben haben muss, &uuml;ber die R. Honekamp im CC-Blog berichtet: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/archive/2004/04/#4142 "I delivered a talk on Creative Commons's international efforts yesterday at the conference of European Cultural Heritage Online. The conference took place in the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science i From Archivalia on April 23, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..


    FCC vs. ATT What Does It Mean? Yesterday the FCC issued a very narrow decision effecting AT&ampT (NYSE: T). Given all the hype about VoIP and AT&ampT's new service, AT&ampT CallVantage(sm) Service which is consumer broadband phone service (VoIP), it would be easy to link the FCC's... From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..


    outsourcing, insourcing, and broadband What does the recent heated debate about outsourcing have to do with telework? Plenty, if you connect just a few dots. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a lobbying group representing U.S. businesses, offers their perspectives on the debate in their new report, Jobs, Trade, Sourcing, and the Future of t... From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..


    SKYPE Gets More P2P Like Reports in BoardWatch are that Skype is working with the current parent of Kazaa to integrate a file sharing on a P2P basis. Ouch. That could be the fastest way to get the regulators into the fray once copyrighted content... From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..


    RSS Reader For Groove Development partner Tim Knip of Suite 75 in Rotterdam has created an RSS Reader for Groove.  Tim says the Reader is loosely based on previous work by Hugh Pyle, now a Groove employee.  Steve Gillmor, who's writing about the RSS tipping point, will be pleased. From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..


    The Present & Future of Work Webcast The Telework Times reports today on a new U.S. Chamber of Commerce report, Jobs, Trade, Sourcing and The Future of the American Workforce. The report addresses some of the issues discussed in a webcast, sponsored by Groove Networks and Intel, that went live this week.  The webcast, titled The Presen... From Kolabora.com on April 23, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..


    Lazy Person's Guide to being a NewsMaster Part 1: Use PubSub to track your URL, name and topic If you want to be a NewsMaster check out my Lazy Person's Guide to being a NewsMaster Part 1:PubSub, over on StreamLine. From StreamLine :: Lazy Person's Guide to being a NewsMaster Part 1: Use PubSub to track your URL, name and topics: QUOTEThis is From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 23, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..


    Why I use Safari instead of Mozilla or Firebird even though they are faster One reason. The ecto Mac OS X service where I can post highlighted text in the browser to my blog only works with Safari and not with Mozilla 1.7 beta or Firebird 0.8 . As soon as the ecto service works with Mozilla or Firebird (not holding my breath for this moment), I will switch. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 23, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..


    My first public website - Dreadnet.de built using Frontier Dreadnet.de is my first website. Produced while I was in Germany and preserved for your viewing pleasure! From mezzoblue &nbsp;&ampsect;&nbsp; Dusting off Skeletons: QUOTEThere&#8217;s nothing so tragically interesting as somebody else&#8217;s train wreck. Cameron Moll asks, &#8220;how did you start out?&#8221; Hey, we&#8217;ve all got skeletons. Time From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 23, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..


    Blogging is still too hard Blogging tools are easier to use than ever before but still only accessible with some effort by non techies and non power users. Lots of money to be made in making blogging easier and ubiquitous. Lots of innovation to come. Again we are at the VisiCalc stage of blogging tools, to use my over-used spreadsheet analogy. Still have miles to go! By the way I disagree that there is even such a thing as four core sites. If I had to choose the four core sites for me it would be PubSub, Feedster, --> From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 23, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..


    Software maker plays mobile hand Germany's SoftMaker hopes its productivity applications for handheld computers will draw customers to the PC versions. From CNET News.com on April 23, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..


    Metadata based search and browse functionality on the NSW Office of Fair Trading intranet: a case study Maxine Armitage has published a case study on the use of metadata to improve searching. To quote: The NSW Office of Fair Trading launched its first intranet in June 2003. At the very beginning of the intranet project we recognised... From Column Two on April 22, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..


    Linux backers foresee desktop gains Linux may be entrenched in the data center, but it will need some sprucing up before the upstart operating system grabs a significant spot on desktop PCs. From CNET News.com on April 22, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..


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