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The Person of Tomorrow
For a healthy society,
Carl Rogers (1980) offers us a vision of the qualities that the person of tomorrow will possess:Openness Desire for authenticity Skepticism regarding science and technology Desire for wholeness The wish for intimacy Process-oriented Caring Sympathetic attitude toward nature Anti-institutional Authority lies within Recognition of the unimportance of material things A yearning for the SpiritualHe argues that a person needs the 'awareness of self as From
apcampbell News on July 3, 2004 at 8:11 p.m..
Bit by the wiki bug
I've looked at and played with a few wiki engines but never really had a need to use one--until now. We'll be upgrading our Blackboard implementation before fall quarter, and I think a wiki would be a great way to help with the transitions. The engine I'm testing is Tikiwiki, ... From
Big IDEA on July 3, 2004 at 8:10 p.m..
Legitimised theft: le sandwich corse de clotilde
If you didn't talk about it with me face-to-face you don't know that I'm reading quite a few food/cooking weblogs. Reflecting on how reading them changes my own cooking practices provides lots of ideas for thinking about implicit learning and legitimate peripheral participation in a case of weblogs (more on it soon: my
presentation at Ed-Media is in two days ;)
Chocolate & Zucchini is one of my favourites: it's a great combination of style, inspiration From
Mathemagenic on July 3, 2004 at 8:10 p.m..
Travel plans
Finally I'm leaving for so long expected "summer conference tour"... No way I could finish everything in time, so my bags a full of paper and digital pieces to work on. Anyway, it feels much better than working in the office. So, where I'm going to be next few weeks
23-26 June - Ed-Media, Lugano, Switzerland 27 June - Genoa, Italy 28 June - Milan, Italy 29 June - 2 July - I-KNOW, Graz, Austria 3-7 July - "BlogWalk" / "BlogTalk", Vienna, Austria 8-10 July - (still clarifying) Milan, Italy If you are around and want to m From
Mathemagenic on July 3, 2004 at 8:10 p.m..
Ed-Media...
[sent via e-mail on 24 June 2004] My home PC is disconnected again, so I have no idea when I will be able to post. hopefully my friends can fix it before I'm back, otherwise I will be disconnected for two more weeks. Anyway, I need to get all these impressions out of my head. Ed-Media has been a strange experience. The conference is huge - 1500 people - difficult to get an overview and to get around (also presentations are in two buildings with 10 min walk in between). The chances for serendipity should be good, but I really miss a cosy atmosphere and easy-to-establ From
Mathemagenic on July 3, 2004 at 8:10 p.m..
Radio troubles
I'm trying to fix problems with Radio. No blogging till 11 July if I don't manage to do it today :( From
Mathemagenic on July 3, 2004 at 8:10 p.m..
Blog deprivation
I have no idea for how long Radio will work, but it works at the moment, so I can't miss this opportunity to share :) I'm in Vienna, recovering from another portion of travelling and getting ready for the fun of meeting others. As you probably could guess I wasn't blogging because of some technical problems and it's still not clear if they will be fixed. Apart from that I had a great time :) ...to be continued... going to meet some real people now :) From
Mathemagenic on July 3, 2004 at 8:10 p.m..
Conferinta internationala la Baia Mare
Pe tren, spre Baia Mare, unde are loc Conferinta internationala si Tabara de vara - Managementul de proiect si noi tehnologii de predare, intre 3-12 iulie. Voi avea maine o prezentare legata ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on July 3, 2004 at 8:09 p.m..
Deutscher Doktorhut für...
Ehrendoktor der Hamburger Universität zu werden, ist keine einfache Angelegenheit. Geradezu knauserig sei die Alma Mater der Hansestadt mit dieser Würdigung, heißt es in Universitätskreisen. Bei den Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern hat es in den vergangenen 20 Jahren nur einer geschafft - der US-Amerikaner Robert Cooter, der weltweit als einer der profiliertesten Wissenschaftler an der Schnittstelle zwischen Recht und Ökonomie gilt. Ihm soll jetzt der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin folgen, als Würdigung für seine "erfolgreiche Wirtschaftspoli From
BildungsBlog on July 3, 2004 at 8:08 p.m..
Archivleitfaden
soeben ist die überarbeitete Neuauflage des Leitfadens zum Aufbau eines Archivs erschienen. Herausgegeben wird dieser Leitfaden vom Archiv des Bayerischen Landesverbandes des Katholischen Deutschen Frauenbundes in München. Folgende Themen werden behandelt: Aufgaben eines Archivs, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit im Archiv, Fotos im Archiv, Erstellen einer Chronik. Abgerundet wird die Arbeitshilfe durch eine umfangreiche Material- und Linkliste. Der Leitfaden kann zum Preis von 5 € zzgl. Versandkosten bestellt werden bei: Archiv From
Archivalia on July 3, 2004 at 8:07 p.m..
Leonardo's Laptop
Haven't read it yet, but Ben Shneiderman has a book out that he discussed at the recent Ed-Media conference in Lugano. You're probably familiar with his earlier work, "Designing the User Interface," and this newer book was released in September... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 3, 2004 at 8:07 p.m..
Inc. Magazine Spotlights Groove Customers
The July issue of Inc. magazine is on newsstands with an excellent story beginning on page 44 on a new breed of collaboration software that lets far-flung employees work as though they're face to face.  The story highlights two Groove Networks customers: Alaska Indoor Sports Distributing Ltd., a dis... From
Kolabora.com on July 3, 2004 at 8:07 p.m..
Is Groove Notes Done Right?
Internetnews.com yesterday posted an interview with Ray Ozzie. Reporter Susan Kuchinskas caught up with Ray recently when he spoke at Kevin Werbach's Supernova Conference. Her first question to Ray: Is Groove Notes done right? Ray's reply: "The contrast mostly is that Notes, besides being e-ma... From
Kolabora.com on July 3, 2004 at 8:07 p.m..
Groove V3.0 Is Fast Approaching
If you don't subscribe to our monthly email bulletin, you should. Here is how you can. It's a great way to stay up to date on what's new at Groove. Here's an item from the issue that should have arrived in your inbox on Friday: The launch of Groove v3.0 is fast approaching. For the past few months... From
Kolabora.com on July 3, 2004 at 8:07 p.m..
All blogging is political
Michael Moore's documentary on the Bush administration may be the first movie in history to turn the tide of the election. I encourage you to see it. In today's New York Times, Paul Krugman explains why with eloquence I envy. There has been much... From
Internet Time Blog on July 3, 2004 at 8:06 p.m..
IT Doesn't Matter - Learning Does.
Last May a journalist named Nick Carr stirred up a ruckus with an article in Harvard Business Review claiming that IT Doesn't Matter. Using the telephone and shipping by rail were great sources of competitive advantage - until every business could afford them. Then they... From
Internet Time Blog on July 3, 2004 at 8:06 p.m..
OA news from Springer threatens Elsevier
Nick Hasell,
Reed Elsevier, Wm Morrison, BAA, Exel, BOC Group, Times Online, July 3, 2004. Excerpt: "Reed Elsevier retreated further from last month's 12-month high as the spectre of 'open access' scientific publishing returned to weigh on the shares. Under this model, pioneered by US academic journals, content is provided free to the user and funded by the author, who is usually sponsored. This is a direct inversion of the traditional relationship, whereby an author contributes their research fre From
Open Access News on July 3, 2004 at 8:06 p.m..
Springer's Open Choice program
Springer has launched
Open Choice, a program to offer free online access by the article, at the author's choice. To exercise the option, authors or their funding agencies must pay a processing fee of $3,000 US, in addition to any page charges that may apply e.g. for color or extra length. Open-choice articles will receive the same peer review, production, and indexing, as non-open articles, and will appear in both the print and online editions of the journal. However, for Springer "open" only m From
Open Access News on July 3, 2004 at 8:05 p.m..
A society publisher defends itself against criticism
Peter Farnham and William Brinkley,
Society Publishers Provide More Than Open Access, The Scientist, July 5, 2004. A response from the standpoint of progressive society publishers, especially the
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), to
PLoS criticism. Excerpt: "[S]ince 2001, a major group advocating the 'author-pays' model, the Public Library of Science (PLoS), has launched a broad-b From
Open Access News on July 3, 2004 at 8:05 p.m..
Access benefits of mod_oai
Phillip Long,
Infectious Adoption, Syllabus Magazine, July 3, 2004. The first article I've seen on
mod_oai, the tool by Michael Nelson and Herbert Van de Sompel to extend the reach of the OAI-MHP from the comparatively small body of content archived in OAI-compliant archives to the huge body of content streaming through Apache web servers. Excerpt: With mod_oai virally distributed as an Apache module "[l]arge amounts of data stored in digital repositories can then be found by studen From
Open Access News on July 3, 2004 at 8:05 p.m..
After IE Is Dead Is The Google Browser Next?
While I have noted this before I haven't seen many picking this up yet: Google's own strategic efforts to become an alternative force on our desktops is critically expanded if you just realize how effectively and discretely Goggle has entered... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
The Interactive Body: BBC Learning Lab
Winner of one of the 2004 Webby Awards in the education category, the Interactive Body interactive study-guide is a very good example of an effective educational resource utilizing interactive games and animation. Each scenario allows the user to effectively explore... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
New Online Free Image Resource: ImageAfter
Lex, Tristan and Stefan (the photographer) are three Dutch guys who have chosen to share their quality images and create an online resource for distributiing and sharing high-resolution raw images. Non-polished images and textures free for commercial and personal use.... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
Saturn in black and white
The initial photos of the rings ofSaturn — too cool! — are in black and white, with color ones to arrive soon. Why b&w first? Does it take longer to develop the color ones? Do we get double prints if we go with the b&w?... From
Joho the Blog on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
Mark V. Shaney rides again
Now this is odd. 1st Lt. Mark V. Shaney, of the US Marine Corps, posted a report from Baghdad today as a comment to a blog entry of mine from March 2003. That struck me as odd, as did his almost-coherent sentences and his giving as his URL a conservative site called The National Center for Public Policy Research. It occurred to me that perhaps the National Center was sending Shaney out to various blogs to post the same upbeat posting. I didn't find any similar posts, but Googling "Mark V Shaney" turns up the surprising news that he's... From
Joho the Blog on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
How does 20q work?
20q.net is an online game of 20 questions that apparently starts off with no knowledge base. It learns from the interactions of the players. And it is pretty damn impressive. I'd like to know more about how it works, but I'm having trouble finding any explanations, and mail to the address given on the site is going unanswered. Anyone know of a place that discusses how it works? In particular, how does it come up with the questions? E.g., where does "Does it come in packs?" come from? TIA (no, not Total Information Awareness.)... From
Joho the Blog on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
Annoying the sharks
Where I'm staying, the kids have had the Discovery Channel all morning. It's shark show after shark show. The underwater scientists wrestle them, tag them, measure them, and check their teeth for unsightly plaque. Fine, but I plan on swimming in the ocean this summer, so could we please stop annoying the sharks for a while? Thank you.... From
Joho the Blog on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
PayPal's sense of decency
RageBoy is getting messages from PayPal saying that what he's sellling violates their standards of decency. If PayPal doesn't want to be used for the sale of pornographic items, I guess that's their choice, but in this case, RB isn't trying to sell a thing. He has a "donate" button on his site. Apparently that requires him to clean up the content of his site to meet PayPal's sense of decency. Feels a tad intrusive, doesn't it? BTW, if you've got some spare cash, you might want to consider pressing that big ol' donate button while it still works.... From
Joho the Blog on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
Small Pieces Loosely Spammed (wiki grafiitti?)
There are interesting threads to read on peeling the layers of RecentChanges in wikis. While reflecting on the
Small Technologies Loosely Joined NMC 2004 session we did last month ion Vancouver, I noticed that someone had taken the effort to paste a bunch of porn URLs on the front page, and shortly there after, someone else thankfully removed them (was that you, Brian? You are supposed to be on vacation!). The wiki software records each edit, and its changes from the version before, which a From
cogdogblog on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
Real Heros
I am enjoying the last leg of a nice long vacation at our cabin in the pine forests near Strawberry, Arizona. Not unique in the west or elsewhere in the world, we are in the ninth year of a drought, and the forests are bone dry. Just 10 miles to the south, the
Willow Wild Fire is raging, and the skies here daily are filled with thick smoke, it has rained ash, and we have seen some spooky red haze sunsets and moon rises. What is truly amazing to consider is that while I am here worried about our little piece of heaven, there a From
cogdogblog on July 3, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
Milestones
Amazing...a million hits to the
Bees site. Now I know that doesn't mean a million visitors, but still. Equally if not more amazing...this is the 2,020th piece of content added to this site since I started the
Manila version on July 30, 2002. Combine that with
earlier iterations of Weblogg-ed and, well, this has turned out to be quite a hobby. From
weblogged News on July 3, 2004 at 8:01 p.m..
Get Your Furl On
Nice article at
passingnotes.com on
Furl: However, as a twist, Furl extends this capability to include all of your permission level access sites. This means everything that you are paying for from databases to subscription news sites to online receipts of purchase. Think about this for a minute. If you are bookmarking sites and terminating subscriptions, you are losing content. Furl removes this information access obstacle. You a From
weblogged News on July 3, 2004 at 8:01 p.m..
Streaming
If everything works out we will have live-streaming from
BlogTalk 2.0. Lauffilm and Machfeld will provide it. Go to Machfeld's site and klick. We will have a 2Mb down/upload connection and an Airport ... if everything works out t... From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 3, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
BlogEat
Tomorrow evening I will meet Mark , Matt , and Paolo at the Restaurant Una . If you like to join us please send me an email then I can take care of reservations. From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 3, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Mobile Number Phone Directory Panned
Chicago Tribune: Customers rebelling against plan for cell-phone directory. The proposal for a wireless number directory surfaced in May from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Shortly after, legislation was introduced in Congress and some states that were seeking to regulate the directory. For one thing, lawmakers wanted to assure that no number would be listed without permission and that carriers could not charge for unlisting a number, as wired phone companies do. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 3, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
China's Latest Censorship Move
BBC: China to censor text messages. China is expanding its censorship controls to cover text messages sent using mobile phones. New regulations have been issued to allow mobile phone service providers to police and filter messages for pornographic or fraudulent content. But analysts fear the real targets are political dissidents. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 3, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Moves to Make SpyWare Officially Okay
Ed Foster: The Can-Spy Act? Oh, oh. In case you haven't noticed, there's a very familiar pattern to current legislative activity regarding anti-spyware laws. It's very reminiscent of where Congress was last year at this time on anti-spam legislation, and that ultimately led to the disastrous Can Spam Act. Are we soon to see the enactment of the "Yes, You Can Spy Act" as well? From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 3, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Note to MSDN: make friends with the Lazy Web
A couple of months ago I spoke with Jeffrey Snover, who is the architect of MSH (aka Monad), Microsoft's new object-oriented command shell. At the time, I didn't get to see a demo. Yesterday, Chris Sells
pointed to the
episode of the .NET show that includes a Monad demo by Snover and Jim Truher. Sells also notes that the beta of Monad is available for XP and Server 2003, so I've registered for the download. The concept is wonderful: a From
Jon's Radio on July 3, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Diego Doval
In next week's InfoWorld column, I quote
Diego Doval, CTO of
clevercactus. Or rather, I meant to quote him. For reasons that escape me, I attributed Diego's remarks to
Diego Rivera, the famous Mexican muralist. I have no earthly idea how I managed to transpose the living computer scientist and the dead artist. Since Diego Rivera won't be reading this, I'll direct my apology to Diego Doval. For the record: ... From
Jon's Radio on July 3, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Paranoia Goes Better With Coke
A promotional campaign that features special Coke cans containing cell phones and GPS chips has the military obsessing over possible security leaks. Coca-Cola shrugs it off, but the generals aren't kidding, apparently. From
Wired News on July 3, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..
A Lively Open-Source Debate
The assumption that all programmers are open-source advocates falls flat at Sun's 'Big Question' debate. In fact, they're pretty well split on the subject. By Michelle Delio. From
Wired News on July 3, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..
Oxygen Bursts in Saturn's Rings
Something's going on in Saturn's outermost rings, where oxygen levels jump explosively then diminish over a month. One theory is crashing moonlets. Amit Asaravala reports from Pasadena, California. From
Wired News on July 3, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..
Microsoft Releases Security Update - ANICK JESDANUN, AP
Microsoft Corp. was delivering software updates Friday to close a loophole that had allowed hackers to convert popular Web sites into virus transmitters. Though the updates do not entirely fix the flaw with Microsoft's nearly ubiquitous Internet Explor From
Techno-News Blog on July 3, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..
Google bans GMail sales - BBC
GMail sellers beware, Google wants to stop people profiting from the trade in popular e-mail addresses. Search giant Google has updated the program policy for GMail on Monday adding clauses that ban the sale, trading, reselling or exploiting of GMail From
Techno-News Blog on July 3, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..
Spam: Problems Coming and Going - Robyn Greenspan
Spam is not only an incoming threat to organizations worldwide, but an outgoing concern as well. A pair of reports revealed that businesses are unable to stop confidential documents from being leaked via e-mail, and marketers are worried about becoming From
Techno-News Blog on July 3, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..
Turnitin to Integrate With Blackboard Solutions
iParadigms, the creator of Turnitin and iThenticate(TM), and Blackboard Inc. announced today that iParadigms has joined the Blackboard Developer Network(SM). This summer, iParadigms will use the Blackboard Building Blocks(TM) application program inter From
Online Learning Update on July 3, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Interviews
I've been doing lots of interviews, lately. Two or three per day, mostly by email. And about all sorts of different things. Here's an excerpt from one that just got posted, about Club Zero-G, at
Newsrama.
How did Rushkoff return to comics, like so many lapsed readers before him? "A friend from San Franci From
rushkoff.blog on July 3, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Online Linux Training for Red Hat Linux Certification (RHCE) Redefined
Whizlabs Software has redefined Linux certification (RHCE) preparation with its award winning instructor-led, online Linux training. Whizlabs Software was declared the First Runner Up in the "Best Linux Training" category in the first annual Linux World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards by SYS-CON Media. [PRWEB Jul 3, 2004] From
PR Web on July 3, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
The American College's Programs are now Available in India
The American College announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the International Academy of Insurance and Financial Management Private Limited (IAIFM) in New Delhi, India. IAIFM will serve as The College's sponsor in India and provide The College's continuum of educational programs for professionals in the country's life insurance industry. As The American College's local affiliate in India, IAIFM is licensed to adapt and conduct the same programs that The American College makes available to financial services and insurance professionals both in the U.S. a From
PR Web on July 3, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Revolutionary music learning concept to go online
Following the initial development of MusicWheels®; a revolutionary method for learning music based, not on the conventional musical notation and lines, but on simple colours and patterns mounted on concentric wheels in an easily used device; inventor Duncan Betts, of Nailsea near Bristol, U.K., is developing his unique concept for use on-line. [PRWEB Jul 3, 2004] From
PR Web on July 3, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Libraries and culture, from a trench
Today (July 1, 2004) marks a new chapter for many libraries across the US of A. Today is the first day of mandatory Internet filtering, if your library accepts federal telecommunications funds. Mine does. From
kuro5hin.org on July 3, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Rising Sun has Risen
Michael Crichton predicted in Rising Sun that digital imaging technology would make photographs and video irrelevant in court cases. It took 11 years for his prediction to come true. From
kuro5hin.org on July 3, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day is being held in conjunction with opening weekend of Spiderman II (man was there a crowd at the opening the other night at the Buckhead Backlot, first run movies and beer are doing some business in... From
Corante: Amateur Hour on July 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..
Microsoft's patchwork mess
ZDNet's David Berlind explains why a sometimes infuriatingly complicated patch process reveals both timing flaws and potential vulnerabilities in Microsoft's thinking. From
CNET News.com on July 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..
Conferene Announcement Online
The call for papers for the 16th annual Instructional Technology Institute is now available online at
http://itinstitute.usu.edu/. This year’s program is titled “Reusable media, social software, and openness in education.” Keynote speakers include Larry Lessig, Stephen Downes, and Paul Kirscher. If you’re faculty or a government employee, registration is only $135 for the three day conference, which includes meals! Please spread the word and I hope to see you at the conference in September! From
autounfocus on July 3, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Can-Spam Act a Failure
There are some important lessons in this item. "The U.S. Can-Spam Act is a failure... of the 547,685 messages examined, only 71 - 0.013 per cent - complied with Can-Spam." When the internet was first unfolding, advocates argued that it transcended national borders and legal restrictions. Then as it became a more established and safer medium, people scoffed at these early wide-eyed predictions. It took spammers - of all people - to hammer home the truth. What now, then, of other legislation intended to regulate the internet? By Jack Kapica, Globe and Mail, June 30, 2004 [
OLDaily on July 3, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Managing the Connected Organization
Good article on internet-age organization, which begins with an observation from Shapiro and Varian: "There is a central difference between the old and new economies: the old industrial economy was driven by economies of scale; the new information economy is driven by the economics of networks..." (from Information Rules - if you haven't read this book I do recommend it). Most of the article is concerned with networks of information ploy between groups within companies. I have one observation: If knowledge is power, as the article suggests, and everybody has full access to knowledg From
OLDaily on July 3, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Thomas Malone: Perspective
George Siemens points to this
blog post quoting extensively from this article published in Fast Company last week, a transcript of a talk given by Thomas Malone (did you get all that?). The essence is that very large organizations are developing through decentralization. "150,000 of its sellers make their full-time living on Ebay. If those people were employees of Ebay, it'd be one of the largest employers and retailers in the world. But they're not employees." The author attributes thi From
OLDaily on July 3, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Capturing the Value of "Generation Tech" Employees
It's yet another explanation of "digital natives," the young people who have grown up with computers, and consequently, a new way of thinking and learning. But this bit is interesting: "Have you ever noticed that digital natives, unlike digital immigrants, don't talk about 'information overload'? Rather, they crave more information." The lesson here is that many of the concerns being expressed about online learning - I just heard someone talk about the 'fear of IT' - are concerns expressed by a generation, the last generation, of a pre-computer world. These concer From
OLDaily on July 3, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Learning Objects in a P2P Cross Institutional Framework
The P2P bit occupies only three short paragraphs near the end of the article and doesn't really satisfy. Experienced practitioners won't find anything new here, but the article will be useful for those looking for a short overview of learning management systems, learning objects, and learning object metadata. By John Perry, Australian Flexible Learning Community, June 25, 2004 [
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CETIS Quarterly Newsletter
A new initiative from CETIS, this quarterly newsletter will be usefully read by busy people without time even to read OLDaily. But I suspect that the CETIS staff will have more difficulty writing the second issue than the first, as in the first the topics covered the broad range of e-learning (assessment, accessibility, content and metadata) and drew upon developments over the recent years, not months. I think that if the authors let the news dictate the organization and content of the newsletter (for example, if font size becomes a big issue in blogs and at conferences over the next four mont From
OLDaily on July 3, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Moulin Ching
It was three years ago I wrote this, three years ago I entered it in some writing contest, lost, and filed it away. I don't handle rejection well - even if it could be called writing only by the widest stretch of the imagination. Anyhow, I was just thinking of it recently (and somewhat surprised to find it was almost to the day since I wrote it), so I pass it along to you - to read for your amusement or to use as an oracle to guide your life. Your call. MS Word document. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, July 4, 2001 [
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