Daniel J. Watkin (NY Times): His Moment in the Sun. It was the ultimate in surround-sound, and not surprisingly, because I was sitting smack in the middle of the stage at Avery Fisher Hall, an amateur clarinetist embedded in the clarinet section of the New York Philharmonic. Some people wish they could play center field for the San Francisco Giants. Watkin got his dream, to play with one of the world's --> From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 19, 2004 at 10:15 p.m..
mBlog "mBlog gives you ... mBlog "mBlog gives you the power to capture the moment by combining Internet and wireless technology so that you can post Text and Multimedia to your real-time journal." Added: 19 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Features include SMS/MMS - ability to send text/multimedia messages to your mBlog PRODUCTS & SERVICES: --> From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 19, 2004 at 10:13 p.m..
Have Fun AND Win a State Championship! A gymnastics team from Charlotte, North Carolina has embraced positive coaching -- and brought home the gold. The International Gymnastics and Sports Center won the 2004 level 5 individual and team USAG State Championship. The athletes credit teamwork, a decidedly fun atmosphere, and a positive training methodology called TAGteach From PR Web on June 19, 2004 at 10:13 p.m..
L.I. Seniors Play Pranks, but Hilarity Doesn't Ensue On Long Island, a prank went awry, and twenty high school seniors and an alumnus were arrested on charges of vandalism. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2004 at 10:13 p.m..
Oracle v. DOJ: Oracle president backpedals special coverage When he said SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft were an "oligopoly," Charles Phillips meant it colloquially. From CNET News.com on June 19, 2004 at 10:12 p.m..
Go with the flow Jerry Johnson, one of my instructors at business school, taught us facetious business maxims such as "There are always three things." As I've become grayer and wiser, I've found that Jerry's rules often held up well. There often are three things. Jerry's universal, three-step model... From Internet Time Blog on June 19, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
More on OA to data The proceedings from the conference, Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science (Paris, March 10-12, 2003) have now been published as an OA book from the National Academies Press. There are 35 important articles on OA in this OA book. (Thanks to Gary Price.) From Open Access News on June 19, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
Saskatchewan Resources for Sexual Diversity, a University of Saskatchewan Library resource. This sit ... Saskatchewan Resources for Sexual Diversity, a University of Saskatchewan Library resource. This site will guide you to books, journals and magazines, bibliographies, and original manuscripts available in Saskatchewan concerning sexual diversity From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 19, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
How academic libraries are marketing virtual reference - the results from a survey carried out by Sh ... How academic libraries are marketing virtual reference - the results from a survey carried out by Sharon Morris, AskColorado Coordinator, Colorado State Library From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 19, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
The Eduserv Chest Data Messenger - 3 June 2004 - is now available ... The Eduserv Chest Data Messenger - 3 June 2004 - is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 19, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
KeepMedia is offering a free trial to its service which allows you to read 170 magazines and journal ... KeepMedia is offering a free trial to its service which allows you to read 170 magazines and journals online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 19, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..
Wish list: Wait for Message Here's a feature I'd like in a mail client: Wait for Message (WFM). Sometimes I'm expecting a message from someone that I want to make sure doesn't get washed down the spam drain. So, I'd like to specify an address or keywords and have my mail client notify me when it arrives. After I acknowledge receipt of the message, by default it removes the search string from the WFM list. This is like a white list that plays favorites. I tried building this in VBA for Outlook but succeeded only in creating a time-space loop that dims lights all across... From Joho the Blog on June 19, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..
Welcome, Hal! Hal Richman who lives in Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia has just popped up on the Atlantic Canada Bloggers list. He blogs about learning, innovation, and health. He is also an Open Space practitioner. I'm sure he'd get along well with From Seb's Open Research on June 19, 2004 at 8:47 a.m..
Uncle Bin Wants Him from the Guardian's piece on 'senior US intelligence official' Anonymous' upcoming book: "I'm very sure [Al Qaeda] can't have a better administration for them than the one they have now," he said. "One way to keep the Republicans in power is to mount an attack that would rally the country around the president"... Anonymous believes Mr Bush is taking the US in exactly the direction Bin Laden wants, towards all-out confrontation with Islam under From homoLudens III on June 19, 2004 at 8:47 a.m..
Wal-Mart promises RFID will benefit suppliers - Ephraim Schwartz, InfoWorld Wal-Mart wrapped up its three-day RFID event for suppliers this week in Springdale, Ark., with additional RFID product tag compliance dates for tier one and tier two suppliers and some optimistic words about the benefits of RFID for its supplier networ From Techno-News Blog on June 19, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Be an Engaged, Effective and Successful Learner Barbara J. Winter shares five tips on getting the most out of a seminar or class.... From Adult/Continuing Education on June 19, 2004 at 7:52 a.m..
RSS And Weblogs For Marketing And Business: Key Issues Emerged At RSS Weekly Here is my own voice commentary on a few of the issues raised during the last Decisioncast RSS Weekly event that took place on Thursday June 17th. This is also an asynchronous voice reply to a new type of conversation... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 19, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
Way Too Much Time on Their Hands (Please Wash Hands When Done_ Another installment on the There is a Niche for Everything on the Net: Urinal Dot Net (I was googling to find the SeaBus Terminal in Vancouver and this was result #2.... why? Only Google Knows) From cogdogblog on June 19, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..
Differing opinions OK/Cancel have published a comic on the differing opinions that can arise in the interface design process. Most amusing, highly relevant.... From Column Two on June 19, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..
Enterprise Content Management market share Brice Dunwoodie reports on the most recent Gartner Dataquest Enterprise Content Management market share report. To quote: According to the report, the emerging enterprise content management market is now estimated to be worth more than $1 billion, and is still... From Column Two on June 19, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..
Wi-Fi farming expected to catch on - AP Farms of the not-too-distant future could be managed through wireless computer networks that allow farmers to sit in their pickups with a laptop and drive tractors, monitor soil moisture and even feed the hogs remotely. Urban professionals have long be From Techno-News Blog on June 19, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Experts Worry About Tech Retaliation - MATTHEW FORDAHL, AP Technology In war, politics and sports, it's often said that the best defense is a strong offense. But the foot soldiers of computer security work differently: They scramble to build virtual walls that can blunt the impact of attacks. Now, a Texas company wants t From Techno-News Blog on June 19, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
The Bollingen Prize for Poetry at Yale The Bollingen Prize for Poetry at Yale University was established in 1948 by Paul Mellon, and over the past five decades has honored some of the most revered names in American poetry. The prize is awarded every two years for the best volume of poetry p From Educational Technology on June 19, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Center for Digital Storytelling There are many ways to tell stories about communities and individuals, and new developments in multimedia offer some rather compelling ways to do just that. One such organization interested in these types of projects is The Center for Digital Storytell From Educational Technology on June 19, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Summer school numbers up 12% - Carla Roccapriore, RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Summer school course enrollment is up 12 percent this year in Washoe County after two previous years of decline.... Among new programs this summer is Washoe Online Learning for the Future, also known as WOLF. High school students making up lost credits From Online Learning Update on June 19, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Wall Street Welcomes Blackboard - Ellen McCarthy, Washington Seven years after two fraternity brothers started Blackboard Inc. in a Dupont Circle rowhouse, they watched its stock surge 43 percent in the District company's first day of trading as a public company. Stock in the online learning company was priced a From Online Learning Update on June 19, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Preparing Students for Learning in an Online World - Francesca Lorenzi, Kay MacKeogh, Abstract: This paper outlines the way in which Oscail (National Distance Education Centre - Ireland) has developed its technology strategy, from the initial research on student readiness to learn using technology to more recent studies which have identifi From Online Learning Update on June 19, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Costs of Warming on the Rise Scientists say climate change is upon us, and the longer we wait to do something, the more expensive it will be. Also: New York air is getting worse.... Coral reefs gain protection. By Stephen Leahy. From Wired News on June 19, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Google Expands Paid Search Google is now letting Internet publishers get a cut of advertising sales if they host its search engine on their websites. The new feature is an extension of Google's AdSense service for posting text ads on content sites. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on June 19, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Pentagon Seeks U.S. Spy Powers The Department of Defense is asking for an exemption from the Privacy Act, which outlaws secret databases on Americans. Civil-rights activists are asking why the military wants to get into the domestic spying business. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on June 19, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
schoolNet Toolkit "A guidebook for ... schoolNet Toolkit "A guidebook for the use of ICTs to improve the value and quality of education. Laid out in four substantive guidebooks, this kit is targeted especially towards policy- and decision-makers, school managers, practitioners, teachers and principals." UNESCO --> From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 19, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
cory on drm @ msft Cory's speech at Microsoft on the mistake of DRM. From Lessig Blog on June 19, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Shell Oil Boss: "Climate Change Worries Me" A UK newspaper The Guardian has a report about a recent interview with Lord Oxburgh, the new chief executive of Shell Oil. In the interview he describes himself as being: "Really very worried for the planet" He believes that carbon sequestration, the trapping or burial of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, presents our best hope of dealing with the risk of climate change in the short term. Oil industry figures have criticised his admission harshly, since many of them still claim not to believe in human-induced climate change. Meanwhile environmentalists have applauded his admission From kuro5hin.org on June 19, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
ScribeStudio "An easy-to-use web applicat ... ScribeStudio "An easy-to-use web application for creating, managing and publishing e-learning content." Added: 19 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Just launched. Free trial of ScribeStudio for 30 days PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Course authoring tools From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 19, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
The Future of Industry on Exhibition Over 70 talented gap year students and undergraduates from the West Midlands will be displaying their innovative business solutions at The Year in Industry Company Exhibition, Wednesday 23rd June at The University of Birmingham. [PRWEB Jun 19, 2004] From PR Web on June 19, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Educational Achievement Systems Helps Customers Find Fraud-free Companies Customers lured by false claims spend millions of dollars each year on products that lack evidence of effectiveness. Educational Achievement Systems has a new service to help customers know what works and what doesn't. Dr. Gary Adams, president of the company, states "My company assists customers in making wise decisions by reviewing product claims. Our expert researchers know how to get past the exaggerated advertising to evaluate the hard evidence." [PRWEB Jun 19, 2004] From PR Web on June 19, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Hannah Senesh Community Day school Selects IvolutionCMS to power its website & its Web based report card module. IvolutionCMS selected to improve efficiency in Hannah Senesh Community day school by creating & managing its web based report card system & website. [PRWEB Jun 19, 2004] From PR Web on June 19, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
TouchSmart Publishing to Demonstrate Touch User Interface (TUI) Textbook at NECC 2004 TouchSmart is to demonstrate a new technology that uses touch user interface (TUI) technology to enable wireless connectivity between a textbook and digital content. The digital content can reside on a DVD attached to a TV as well as a PC and the web. This allows for an interactive textbook experience for students. [PRWEB Jun 19, 2004] From PR Web on June 19, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
City Resolves Legal Battle Over Forcing Students Out After months of legal skirmishing over policies regarding students who have fallen behind, lawsuits charging that three high schools illegally discharged students have been resolved. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
State Leaders, Under Pressure to Fix City Schools, Consider a One-Year Plan Stymied by lack of progress on a multiyear plan to fix New York's neediest schools, the state's top leaders are trying to agree on a one-year plan. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
School Chief and Clerk on Leave as Inquiry Widens in Roslyn A scandal at the school district in the Long Island community of Roslyn widened Friday with the suspension of the superintendent and the niece of a former assistant superintendent. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Westchester Teacher Accused in Online Indecency Inquiry A Bronxville High School teacher has been charged as part of an Internet sex sting after he tried to arrange a meeting with an investigator posing as a 15-year-old girl. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Reschedule Girls' Soccer, 2 Schools Are Ordered Two Westchester high schools were ordered to reschedule their girls' soccer season so that the team would have the same chance as the boys' to compete in regional and state championships. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Some Alumni Balk Over Harvard's Pay to Money Managers An alumnus of the university wants Harvard to put management of its $19.3 billion endowment up for competitive bid. From New York Times: Education on June 19, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
President Bush public domain audio project Though the graphics on this project probably reveal the author's personal positions on the President, it is pretty cool that someone went to the trouble of creating an audio archive of every speech President George W Bush has made publicly. They're available for download as mp3, or you can get all 10 Gb of audio on three DVDs from the site. It'd be cool if the Library of Congress site had this level of detail on all presidents, but this will do for now. They're even From Creative Commons: weblog on June 19, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
Hello world A first post from a new blog on a new site written by a not so new programmer who is deliberately abusing the rules of grammer and writing one huge long sentence that has only one period. From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
Karate grading a post about my Karate grading plus an insight into sparring. From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
Madness Combat 4 I saw this over at MilkandCookies.com. It's one of those flash animations with nothing but senseless violence. Like the other ones, it's nicely animated and pretty cool. .:stan:.... From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
Kanji of the day Figured out a way to display a daily kanji and phrase using rikai.com. From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
More tweaks to technostan.com I love tweaking and configuring things. Over the last little while, I've: Created custom error messages (eg. example) Added a kanji of the day, phrase (see yesterday's post) Added a cool WYSIWYG MT plugin MT-preview Meta-tags (although from what... From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
Gameboy Advance SP (NES edition) Gameboy Advance NES edition From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
The Chronicles of Riddick Review I don't mind seeing movies which I think are going to suck. In fact I like it when I see movies that defy my preconceived notions. The trouble is, there's a range of movies that fall under the mediocre category.... From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
Meet Joe Blog Time Magazine has an interesting article on the world of blogs. Hmmm...blogs as a tool to take down politicians. It kinda reminds me of Demosthenes and Locke from Ender's game. .:stan:.... From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
gmail Who wants a gmail account? (I wish I had one..) Gmail has been generating a lot of buzz around the web. For instance, blogs like Got gmail?, forums like blogger forum or websites like gmailswap are flooded with people trying... From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
topcoder srm 199 My 3rd topcoder match. Although I was close to submitting the 1000pt problem, I didn't test it thoroughly (which is a good thing because there were a number of cases I missed). Compared to the previous matches, I did a... From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
mini-games mini-games From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
Yoshinoya I was reading some blogs today and found a cool post that contained info from a recently released PS2 game called Yoshinoya. It's basically a beef bowl restaurant simulation ddr style game based upon a big chain of restaurants in... From techno stan on June 18, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..
More on the e/merge 2004 - Blended Collaborative Learning Conference This virtual conference starts on the 28th of June. Among several other interesting presentations I'm particularly looking forward to one by Derrick Cogburn on "Going Global, Locally: Geographically Distributed Collaborative Learning Environments for Studies of Globalisation and the Information Society". The full announcement (recieved by e-mail from Tony Carr) below: e/merge 2004 - Blended Collaborative Learning in Southern Africa (http://emerge2004.net) is the first virtual conference on educational technology in the SADC region. e/merge 200 From Collaborative Learning on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
Essays & Exams From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
Wink - [Homepage] From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
TEFL Smiler: Some Comments on TEFL From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
Living In Korea blogzine From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
finished Grading From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
Graduate School From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
Finished! From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
Making the Modern World Making the Modern World's learning modules are packed with demonstrations, activities and rich media experiences. Learn about mental abnormality, how to engineer DNA, and how the world's most famous bridges were built. Structured around A-Level subjects, all the modules are equally relevant to General Studies, and designed for use by everyone interested in learning more about the evolution of the modern world. From eLearnopedia on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
eLearning in der Berufsbildung Erstens bietet der Aufsatz eine sinnvolle Unterscheidung verschiedener Formen mediengestützter Lernumgebungen: eInstruktion, eTutoring, eModeration. Zweitens gibt er einen guten Überblick über den Stand der e-Learning-Forschung, soweit sie sich auf diese Lernumgebungen bezieht, und das heisst vor allem: auf die Kommunikation... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
Learning From Disappointment: When Learning Solutions Fail to Deliver "Learning solutions are routinely implemented with the promise of delivering results. Too often, the results are disappointing. While the factors creating the lack of success are varied, they can usually be grouped into 10 familiar categories." Die 10 Gründe, warum... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
Gebührenfreies Erststudium..? 'Die Rektoren sind gegen uns!' Nachdem die Hochschulrektorenkonferenz beschlossen hat, sich auch für allgemeine Studiengebühren auszusprechen, hat das Aktionsbünfnis gegen Studiengebühren eine Info-Broschüre veröffentlicht: 'Die Rektoren sind gegen uns!'. Wenn Du selbst StudentIn bist, schreib Deinem Unipräsidenten doch einfach mal eine Email oder ruf ihn From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on June 18, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..
Wissenschaftsminister Udo Corts besucht Uni Giessen Bereiten wir dem Mann doch mal einen gebührenden Empfang! Ich werde da sein, wer noch? Am Mittwoch den 23.06.2004 wird Wissenschafts- und Studiengebührenminister Udo Corts die Uni Giessen besuchen. Gegen 11 Uhr wird er am Hauptgebaüde eintreffen und dort, nach ca. zweistündigem Gespräch mit der Universitätsleitung, die öffentliche Sitzung des Senats besuchen. Ein jede/r Motivierte/r sehe sich herzlich zum mitmachen eingeladen. Gegen einen fröhlichen Empfang durch die Studierenden der JLU wird Udo Corts sicherlich nichts einzuwenden haben. From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on June 18, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..
(re) Descubriendo blogs Abordaje.net: El sitio de nikilauda Básicamente se compone de chascarrillos de fabricación propia y masivos plagios de los brillantes pensamientos de otros, que son más válidos que yo para estas cosas Aulablog21: Una bitácora acerca del uso de la TecnologÃa... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 18, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..
Österreich-Bilder http://www.bildarchivaustria.at 50.000 zeithistorische Bilder aus den Beständen der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, des historischen Archivs des ORF, des Vereins für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung und des Vereins des Instituts für Zeitgeschichte der Universität Wien. From Archivalia on June 18, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..
Canadian copyright law A survey of recent developments in the LibraryLawBlog: http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2004/06/canadian_copyri.html Quote: on January 1, 2004, every unpublished document whose author had died on or before December 31, 1948, passed from copyright into the public domain in Canada. From Archivalia on June 18, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..
Kampagne für Informationsfreiheitsgesetz... http://www.pro-information.de/ Deutschland gehört zu den letzten Industrienationen, in denen das Prinzip des "Amtsgeheimnisses" gilt: Bei uns werden Informationen, die bei öffentlichen Stellen vorliegen, unabhängig von ihrer tatsächlichen Schutzbedürftigkeit grundsätzlich als geheim behandelt. Nur in Ausnahmefällen haben die Bürger ein Akteneinsichtsrecht. Diese Geheimhaltungspraxis ist ein Relikt des Obrigkeitsstaates, das nicht mehr in das Informationszeitalter und in eine moderne Demokratie From Archivalia on June 18, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..
Bibliothek des Hauptstaatsarchivs... Ihr Bestand ist - mit neueren Titeln - offenbar im Südwestverbund recherchierbar: http://www.bsz-bw.de/bibinfo/bib/s1-ha.html BSZ-Verbundkatalog: http://webpac.bsz-bw.de/WPstart.html?bw.verbund Einschränkung auf die Bestände des HStAS im --> From Archivalia on June 18, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..
Open Access: Wissenschaft... http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/2-04/2-04mrucketal-d.htm Volume 5, No. 2, Art. 14 – Mai 2004 Open Access: Wissenschaft als Öffentliches Gut1) Katja Mruck, Stefan Gradmann & Günter Mey Zusammenfassung: Die Forderung nach Open Access, d.h. dem freien Zugang zu Artikeln in referierten wissenschaftlichen Fachzeitschriften, hat mit der Budapest Open Access Initiative, den Zeitschriften der Public Library of Science und der "Berlin Declaration on Op From Archivalia on June 18, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..
Antitoxin of Death by PowerPoint and a Gold-mine Last Wednesday in this post I quoted Cliff Atkinson's blog. Thanks to MT's trackback pings HYPHEN Cliff found SoulSoup, and proving his company name (Sociable Media) he started a mail conversation with me. Sociable media provides quick cure for toxic PowerPoint. Cliff consults companies and individuals on effective use of PowerPoint for communication, presentations or even learning. Their theories are based on the research work of people like Richard Mayer. Sociable media also provide a quick antidote kit over Internet. Thanks to generosity of Cliff - I received a complimentary copy. From soulsoup on June 18, 2004 at 11:54 p.m..
Yahoo Scraps Enterprise IM The market has shown that you cannot bring continuity from the consumer market to the enterprise market. You need to think about the enterprise market very differently than the consumer. From Kolabora.com on June 18, 2004 at 11:54 p.m..
Virtual Company Advice In Virtual Company Advice Will Pape, co-founder of VeriFone offers advice for making remote management work. VeriFone grew up as a global virtual corporation before being acquired by HP in 1997. (from inc.com's 101 Great Ideas for Managing People FROM AMERICA'S MOST INNOVATIVE SMALL C... From Kolabora.com on June 18, 2004 at 11:54 p.m..
f it works for cheetahs...from Future Now, "The Ne ... f it works for cheetahs...from Future Now, "The New Scientist reports reports that computer scientists Peter Bentley and Krzysztof Wloch have used genetic algorithms software that mimics evolution's drive for fitness to breed the best tuning configurations for racing cars.... Genetic algorithms mimic the principles of evolution to breed solutions to a problem. A population of potential solutions is tested for fitness and the best are cross-bred and mutated."Ha, the two scientists are from UCL. From on June 18, 2004 at 11:54 p.m..
Socialbrain.org can't access?Seems the domain, soc ... Socialbrain.org can't access?Seems the domain, socialbrain.org, is failure from ip resolution. What's wrong with it? From on June 18, 2004 at 11:54 p.m..
NMC 2004 Students tell it like it is with Murray Goldberg Are courses better or worse with online tools like Web CT - it works in som From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
NMC 2004 5 minutes of fame Mike - Timeline Creator: Antiphonal Music: --> From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
Gmail! Yesterday evening my friend Jason at Google/Blogger asked me, "Got your Gmail account yet?" I said I thought I'd wait until the privacy and intrusion issues died down. My said I should give it a whirl. I just signed up. In the press coverage... From Internet Time Blog on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
Biology of Reproduction -- free backfiles Biology of Reproduction is published by the Society for the Study of Reproduction, a signatory of the DC Principles. In keeping with the DC Principles, SSR has released almost ten and a half years worth of content for free access. Biology of Reproduction - Fulltext v48+ (1993+) 1 year moving wall; Print ISSN: 0006-3363; Online ISSN: 1529-7268 Biology of Reproduction is just one of the dozens of From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
OA biomed title launches -- Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine The announcement that this journal was in the works caused a bit of a stir on CHMINF-L several weeks ago. The first issue is now online and folks can make their own determinations, especially since the content is Open Access. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Fulltext v1+ (2004+); Print ISSN: 1741-427X; Online ISSN: 1741-4288 From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
IMS provides a mix of free and Open Access publications IMS Bulletin, the bimonthly newsletter of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, is freely available online. IMS Bulletin - Fulltext v27+ (1998+); Print ISSN: 1544-1881 Two IMS affiliated ejournals are Open Access: Electronic Journal of Probability - Fulltext v1+ (1996+); ISSN: 1083-6489. Electronic Communications in Probability - Fulltext v1+ (1996+); ISS From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
Sociological follow-up on JoA/TALG There continue to be signs of change in the wake of the mass resignation of the highly respected editorial board of Journal of Algorithms and their subsequent decision to found a competing, low-cost alternative journal, ACM Transactions on Algorithms (TALG). As noted previously, CV updating is an activi From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
Toxicological Sciences backfiles released Toxicological Sciences, published for the Society of Toxicology by Oxford University Press via HighWire Press, has released fulltext backfiles with a one year embargo period. Toxicological Sciences - Fulltext v47+ (1999+) 1 year moving wall; Print ISSN: 1096-6080; Online ISSN: 1096-0929 From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
July issue of Cites & Insights The July issue of Walt Crawford's Cites & Insights is now online. Walt asked his CITES Alerts readers for library tech trends worth noting. OA appeared twice on the resulting list: "'Blogging is catching on' --including multicontributor topical blogs such as STLQ and Open Access News....Open Access publishing and other change in scholarly communication, including online repositories, LOCKSS From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
New German OA publisher The Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen has launched Digital Peer Publishing NRW, which will soon publish eight peer-reviewed, open-access journals. (Thanks to Klaus Graf.) From Open Access News on June 18, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
Spirituality, Power, Compassion and Justice Summary: I give you some notes from Sam Keen. He documents suspicions that our current spirituality moves, generated,,as they are,by Occidental, high income, high tech, high consumption cultures are essentially empty and self-absorbed. He concludes, as you will see, that we will enjoy the life of the spirit to the extent that we compassionately embrace the needs and concerns and future of those outside of our present "in group" [Notes about what to do in the Keen entry to follow :o] ]