William Saletan: What Reagan got wrong Worth a full read during the Gipper hoopla: "...Do you buy Reagan's Law? That depends on two related questions. First, do you define liberty as the right to do things, or the ability to take advantage of that right? If liberty is the right to make a decent living or attend a good school, then getting government out of the way will suffice. But if liberty is the ability to make a decent living or attend a good school, then getting government out of the way isn't enough..." From homoLudens III on June 6, 2004 at 10:00 p.m..

Copyright and the death of Public Enemy's sound Stay Free Magazine has a great interview with Chuck D and Hank Shocklee from Public Enemy. In it, they discuss how lax copyright laws of the late 1980s allowed them to produce thickly sampled songs for their first two major label releases. "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" and "Fear of a Black Planet" were revolutionary albums that changed the landscape of hip-hop, but due to groups sampling larger portions of songs, record companies came back against their own rap artists, demanding higher and higherCreative Commons: weblog on June 6, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

JIME on the Semantic Web in Ed The JIME special issue on the Semantic Web in Education is out. Congrats to Terry and Denise on what appears to be one of the more useful contributions to the instructional technology conversation in recent memory! From autounfocus on June 6, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..

Open Thread I'm heading to southern California for this year's "D" conference, the Wall Street Journal's gathering of tech and business power players, and won 't be posting anything until much later today. Use this thread to discuss Reagan, Gates, Jobs, jobs or anything else. Please behave. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 6, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..

Communist Part Brach Website in China Supports RSS ... Communist Part Brach Website in China Supports RSSXiaoqiang's post on Many-2-Many: This is number of computers in China. What about social software? CNblog.org is a very active group weblog in Chinese cyberspace, discussing weblogs, wiki, social networking services etc... According to bloggers on CNblog, China now has more than 300,000 active bloggers. I also noticed an interesting news about a local Communist Party branch website just added on RSS function. T From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Wikipedia Item "Isaac Mao"Ha, Andrew made it durin ... Wikipedia Item "Isaac Mao"Ha, Andrew made it during Berkeley's conference, "China's Digital Future". I guess it's been removed if it's Encyclop?dia Britannica, or Encarta. So anyone could be included in Wikipedia in the future if he/she has a lifelong blog as achive? From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Interim IRAQ government formedGood news from many ... Interim IRAQ government formedGood news from many bad news, IRAQ has a interim cabinet. The US-UK colitation seems trying to release themselves from this hot-blood land, step by step. However, just like falling into love, is that so easy to say "good bye"? From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Fahrenheit 9/11 over BittorrentCannes, France /Den ... Fahrenheit 9/11 over BittorrentCannes, France /DenounceNewswire/ -- 24 May 2004 -- In a stunning move, controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore announced today that his latest film, "Fahrenheit 9/11", will be released by BitTorrent, the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing network. .....Cohen and Moore say that the film will be available through BitTorrent beginning July 3rd worldwide over the Internet. The film will be free. ----[DENOUNCE]I'd like to send a --> From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Unipeak blockedA web-based web page container, Uni ... Unipeak blockedA web-based web page container, Unipeak, to bypass internet censorship of China's Great Firewall, was also blocked in these two days. It was easier to access a blocked web page with Unipeak since it tries to load the url first and re-trasnlate into it's own page display. From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Ha, Joi on NYTimeJoichi Ito, new star found by tra ... Ha, Joi on NYTimeJoichi Ito, new star found by traditional media. They are always slow to new media, blogsphere. From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

15 years, TiananmenNo Comments. Find love today. ... 15 years, TiananmenNo Comments. Find love today. From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Little red blogsSalon: "On the 15th anniversary of ... Little red blogsSalon: "On the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, blogs are booming in China. But are they making any difference?" From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

"asdf", the most useful meaningless phrase?A sudd ... "asdf", the most useful meaningless phrase?A sudden meme when I'm reviewing a business web site designed by our staff, weifan. He applied many "asdf" to fullfill the content of a web page design since there were no real content yet. I used to type these "word" before in early internet age when I met some registration page. Gradually, I found the user name "asdf", "asdfasdf", or so, can't be used again since there are more and more people use this faked name. So I googl From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

Wikipedia Chinese Edition blocked in Chinavia CNBl ... Wikipedia Chinese Edition blocked in Chinavia CNBlog.org, "It seems that Chinese edition of Wikipedia can't be accessed reported by some wikipedians in Beijing". It's obviously that today is a very sensitive day to China's government. Thus many web sites could be blocked either permanently or temporarily. From Meta on June 6, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

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Anne Davis on Blogs and NECC... I'm putting the final touches on my NECC concurrent session, Weblogs in Education: The Possibilities Are Limitless! I'll be presenting with Sandy Peters.I work all next week. Then I'm taking off a week early for a "much-looked forward to" vacation prior to the conference. The conference is going to be fun. I hope lots of you are going. I plan to use some student video clips. I thought you might enjoy the blogging rap my Wrinkles' students created. I'll also be participating in a NECC 2004:Blogs@School workshop with Tim Lauer, Will Richardson, Steve Burt and Tom Hoffman From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 6, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

A Cruel Death I hope Ronald Reagan's family is finding a measure of solace today after the death of the former president. His 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease testifies to his physical strength in the face of one of the most terrible illnesses anyone can face. The cruelty of Alzheimer's is felt perhaps most by the family members who have to watch, and care for, a loved one whose mind is taken away. I wish them peace. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Let's Pay More, Not less, for Gasoline What I want most of all is for us to use less energy from polluting, non-renewable sources. I want to see us invest in sensible public transportation, conservation and renewable energy. The best way to make that happen is to raise the price of oil even higher. Then, subsidize the technologies and transportation systems that will help us in a more permanent way. More... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 6, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Critique of Ken Brown's response I hereby present a critique to K5 of Ken Brown's response to critics of his book, Samizdat. The following quote gives a good introduction to the sort of response it is: Linux is a leprosy; and is having a deleterious effect on the U.S. IT industry because it is steadily depreciating the value of the software industry sector. Software is also embedded in hardware, chips, printers and even consumer electronics. Should embedded software become 'free' too, it would be natural to conclude the value of hardware will spiral downward as well. Does this remind anyone of the stance th From kuro5hin.org on June 6, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

In the land of confusion We quickly end up in the land of confusion when people start to discuss aspects of self-directed learning, self-organized learning, self-education, informal learning, incidental learning, autodidaxy, lifelong learning, and so forth. In his book Self-direction for lifelong learning (1991) Philip Candy outlined some common sources of confusion. He wrote, for example:...in the same way that instructional situations may be portrayed as falling along a continuum form almost total teacher-control at one extreme to virtual learner-control at the other, self-instr From Seblogging News on June 6, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..

Best Online Resource About Digital Imaging: TASI If you are looking for an online resource that provides advice and guidance to creating digital images (including raster, vector and animated formats), delivering digital images to users, using digital images to support teaching, learning and research, managing both small... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 6, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Why RSS Is Important For Educators: The Fuss Among the now so many online resources devoted to RSS, I had not yet seen the excellent work carried out by Brian Lamb, Norman D'Arcy, Alan Levine and the many other people who have contributed to give a life to... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 6, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Real defaults: A letter to Rob Glaser Dear Rob, I heard your talk at Esther Dyson's PC Forum about the importance of getting the defaults right, so it's with rueful irony that I spent five minutes this morning trying to figure out how to keep your product, the Real player, from auto-loading every time I start Windows. I must have pressed some well-disguised button in my previous session because when I restarted XP this morning, the first thing to load was your AOL-wannabe entertainment center. "All" it takes to keep it from auto-starting is: Go to Tools-> Options and then Auto services->Message Center->Configure Message From Joho the Blog on June 6, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Chain links From RageBoy to Krautgrrl to Darren Barefoot who praises the Cowboy Junkies for talking to their fans, links to a Flash whack-a-mole-y (guacamole?) game, and recommends a list of Top 10 Internet fads, some of which I missed entirely.... From Joho the Blog on June 6, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Week ahead: IT security hits the stage From CNET News.com on June 6, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Emerald's Journals of the Week for June 7, 2004 are Women in Management Review and Leadership in Hea ... Emerald's Journals of the Week for June 7, 2004 are Women in Management Review and Leadership in Health Services From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 6, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Resource of the Month from Ovid is FROSTI, the most comprehensive and up-to-date database of publish ... Resource of the Month from Ovid is FROSTI, the most comprehensive and up-to-date database of published information in the fields of food science and technology From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 6, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Selections from the Naxi Manuscript Collection features ceremonial writings of the Naxi people of Yu ... Selections from the Naxi Manuscript Collection features ceremonial writings of the Naxi people of Yunnan Province, China. The Library of Congress's Naxi collection is the largest outside of China and is considered one of the finest in the world. The Naxi use a unique pictographic writing system that is similar to the ancient Egyptian and Mayan writing systems. It is the only living pictographic language in the world today. This online presentation features 185 From ErikLog on June 6, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..

Procrastination.ca I attended a wonderful session at CAUCE 04 this week by Tim Pychyl, a leading researcher on procrastination. Great stuff, and I thought that much of his work has direct relevance for instructional design -- but then, what doesn't? He... From Rick's Café Canadien on June 6, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..

Microsoft slows to support customers' pace - David Becker and Mike Ricciuti, CNET News.com For Microsoft's customers, the latest isn't always the greatest. The software maker's decision to extend support for many of its products reflects a new reality: Customers are increasingly reluctant to update major software components every few years From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Many wireless networks lack security - MATTHEW FORDAHL, Associated Press With a laptop perched in the passenger seat of his Toyota 4Runner and a special antenna on the roof, Mike Outmesguine ventured off to sniff out wireless networks between Los Angeles and San Francisco. He got a big whiff of insecurity. While his 800-mil From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Microsoft offers peek at new Media Player - John Borland, CNET News.com Microsoft is expected to release the first test version of its new Windows Media Player software Wednesday, marking a significant upgrade aimed squarely at the burgeoning portable device market. The revamped Windows Media Player 10, which will be rele From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Nokia unveils mid-air messaging - BBC Nokia is making a mobile that lets you write short text messages in mid-air. The messages are written using a row of LEDs fitted on the rear cover of Nokia's forthcoming 3220 phone. A motion sensor in the phone makes the lights blink in a sequence th From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Wi-Fi TV Not Ready for Prime Time - Elisa Batista, Wired For folks who have a tough time leaving their TV sets even to cook or use the bathroom, a few Japanese companies have come up with a way to let customers bring their tubes with them. Electronics makers Sony, Sharp and Casio have created flat-panel dis From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Online newspapers tempt readers - Peter Feuilherade, BBC In Russia newspaper circulation has doubled in two years. The number of newspaper websites around the world has doubled since 1999, a study has found. There has been a tremendous boom in the consumption of online editions. Timothy Balding, director g From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

The 64-Bit Question - Simson Garfinkel, Tech Review Is a 64-bit computer in your future? With all of the hype surrounding 64-bit processors, you probably assume that my answer would be an unequivocal "yes"and pretty darn soon, too!" But put aside the marketing bluster about chips like AMD's Athlon64; i From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Google mail's features outweigh privacy concerns - Matthew Fordahl, Associated Press Google's free e-mail service has been derided as an obnoxious privacy invasion that will suck up vast amounts of user data and deposit information into a massive database that never disappears. And that's before it's even officially available. The In From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

The Changing Face of E-Mail - Amit Asaravala, Wired Information overload will drive e-mail into the ground unless software vendors act now and make major changes to the 30-year-old technology, warned a leading Internet expert Wednesday. During his keynote speech at the Inbox e-mail technology conferenc From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Overheated PCs mean hot business for cooling firms - Reuters Powerful microchips are throwing off so much heat that the inside of a personal computer is hotter than Death Valley, helping Taiwan firms specializing in cooling components post sizzling sales. Temperatures inside a PC can rise to a scorching 60-70 de From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Linux is inching into college curriculums - Jay Lyman, News Forge American colleges and universities are often on the cutting edge of Linux and open source use -- collaborating across campuses, enabling student and faculty open source projects, and providing unique experimentation and testing environments -- but when From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Wearable Tech Helps in a Crisis - Emily C Kumler, Medill News Service When an alarm sounds for a fire in a high-rise across town, tech-savvy firefighters jump into their truck and consult a hands-free, flat-screen monitor for the shortest route to the inferno, the number of people typically in the building, the kinds of From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Solar-Powered Gadgets on the Move - Reuters Gadget lovers are using solar panels to power their toys in the remotest places -- like Mt. Everest, altitude 29,029 feet. "The sun was so bright at 18,000 feet that it wasn't a problem at all," said Sean Burch, who climbed the world's highest peak al From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Your Computer Is Bad for You - Wired "Toxic dust" found on computer processors and monitors contains chemicals linked to reproductive and neurological disorders, according to a new study by several environmental groups. The survey, released Thursday by Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, Com From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Labels to dampen CD burning? - John Borland, CNET News.com The recording industry is testing technology that would prevent consumers from making copies of CD "burns," a piracy defense that could put some significant new restrictions on legally purchased music. Record labels say CD sales have plummeted as a re From Techno-News Blog on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Let In the past year, I From Online Learning Update on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

When the Cows Come Home: A Proven Path of Professional Development for Faculty Pursuing E-Learning - Gary W. Kidney, THE Journal University faculty who have braved the transition from the traditional classroom to an e-learning instructor role report many changes. Most describe the knowledge gained from the e-learning world as making them better teachers in all delivery venues. S From Online Learning Update on June 6, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Teaching Tolerance Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity. If you want to know how to transform yourself, your home, your school, your workplace or your From Educational Technology on June 6, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

Parents Online Parents Online has been created by the U.K. Department for Education and Skills (DfES) to promote home school links by helping parents understand the role of Information Communications Technology (ICT) in learning. The Internet has great educational b From Educational Technology on June 6, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

The 21st Century Chalkboard: Distributed Collaboration in Higher Education - Syllabus Technologies for presentation and collaboration in the classroom are expanding the geographical boarders of the institution and helping to break cultural boundaries. Here, Syllabus speaks with James Oliverio, a professor and director of the Digital Wor From Online Learning Update on June 6, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

PlaNetwork LIVE Once again, I'm at the PlaNetwork conference, sort of a loose confederation of people interested in sustainability, privacy, political activism, networking, and social justice. The location is wireless-enabled and these are my as-it-happens notes and observations. I'll come back to add photos later. Collaboratory becoming... From Internet Time Blog on June 6, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

PlaNetwork LIVE 2 Drat! Wi-Fi access is getting spotty. Joan Blades of MoveOn is the first speaker after lunch. MoveOn is the poster child for political activism on the net. "Democracy is changing. MoveOn Primary: Ending the Money Primary." Over 300,000 MoveOn members participated in the online primary.... From Internet Time Blog on June 6, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

What have we done? ...To "stack naked men" is like a college fraternity prank, said a caller to Rush Limbaugh and the twenty million Americans who listen to his radio show. Had the caller, one wonders, seen the photographs? No matter. The observation, or is it the fantasy, was on the mark. What may still be capable of shocking some Americans was Limbaugh's response: "Exactly!" he exclaimed. "Exactly my point. This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation and we're going to ruin people's lives over it and we're going to hamper our military effort, and From Seblogging News on June 6, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Tom Hoffman Proposes a Conference For The Rest of Us... I think this article should earn Matt an imaginary invitation to present his work at a fake educational technology conference I'm pretending to begin planning. The working title is "Why doesn't all this "stuff" work? 2004." The imaginary theme is "Cheap, robust technologies to make the computers actually work in your school." Or something like that. Topics would hypothetically include Rendezvous, K12LTSP, LDAP, RSS, weblogs and wikis, wifi, when to use PHP, where you can use Python, how to buy gear on EBay, how to figure our what's wrong with and return that new computer that cr From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 6, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

Reagan, Ronald (Wilson) From DEC Daily News on June 6, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

Timeline: Ronald Reagan's Life From DEC Daily News on June 6, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

Social Science Week 2004 will take place across the UK from 21-25 June and is an initiative from the ... Social Science Week 2004 will take place across the UK from 21-25 June and is an initiative from the Economic and Social Research Council. From school children to politicians - the week provides the opportunity to learn about the research currently being undertaken by the UK's leading social scientists and discover how social science research can contribute to better policymaking and, ultimately, a better society From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 6, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

Collaboration Technologies Empower The Enterprise Jay Cross shares his original live presentation at the ASTD Conference. The presentation containing his original audio and all of the accompanying slides gives an extraordinary overview of just some of the critical issues relevant to effective collaboration inside the... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 6, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

Group Collaboration Vs. Individual Achievers = 1-0 "The evidence is clear: groups - whether top executives evaluating a potential acquisition or sales reps and engineers analyzing a new product - will consistently make better decisions than an individual. Companies have spent too long coddling the special few.... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 6, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

From spam drops to spam spray to spam stream I am now getting 2,000+ spams a day. There are 1,440 minutes in a day The rate of incoming spams is therefore getting close to the interval it takes me to check my email and dispose of a single spam: By the time I'm done checking, more spam has arrived. That is the point at which the spam droplets form a continuous stream. And that is the point at which no interval of my life will ever be spam-free again.... From Joho the Blog on June 6, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..

On a Personal Note... Wednesday night my daughter Tess decides to jump off the swing at a local park and see how far out she can get. Fun! She lands right arm first into the wood chips, all of her 55 pounds coming down on top of it and her elbow dislocates at an horrendously ugly angle. Not fun! We drive to the local emergency room where we get various opinions on how many bones are broken and what's not supposed to be where before an pediatric orthopedist comes in to try to put everything back together. After pretty much writhing in pain for three hours they give Tess some morphine and she immediately starts From Column Two on June 6, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Blogs and CoPs: Can blogging replace communities of practice? A discussion on Knowledgeboard explores the relationship of blogs and communities of practice. To quote: Before the development of weblogs, "online community" tools like forums, mailing lists and bulletin boards were predominantly used for community building. Experience seems to show... From Column Two on June 6, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Google Zeitgeist I've been returning to look at this Google data hits summary several times throughout the week because I'm not really sure what to make of it. Google describes the page this way, "The Google Zeitgeist page is regularly updated to reflect lists, graphs, and other tidbits of information related to Google user search behavior." For the most part I'm not interested in most of the popular search items that emerge o From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on June 6, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Living Smarter Meta-Efficient points to ways to live your life using up fewer resources -- doing right by the planet, and yourself. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 6, 2004 at 4:47 a.m..

More Stonewalling from Bush Administration