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Deceptions Leading to War
This lengthy article in tomorrow's New York Times persuasively describes that the Bush administration's blatant misuse of intelligence information about Iraq's military capabilities -- information the Bush people knew to be false or very, very much in doubt -- to push the case for war in Iraq. The story is complicated, but the bottom line is an indictment of the most powerful peop From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 2, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..

Unconstitutional: Greenwald's latest
Just watched this film by Robert Greenwald, who I worked with on Outfoxed. It is a fantastic film, which reminds us of what we know, but have forgotten about the last three years. Get it here. From Lessig Blog on October 2, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes' in Hobart - Nuts and Bolts session
Nice summary of my morning workshop in Tasmania. As the author suggests, this was commentary on the fly - no preparation, no notice of the topics I would be covering. It seems to have worked well as we covered a wide range of topics from public education to workspace learning to software development. By Janine Bowes, Reflections, October 2, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on October 2, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Networks Without the Net
Short item about ad hoc wireless networks that run independently of the internet. Distance is still an issue, but what happens to the idea of centralized control when people don't need the telephone, cable or any other service in order to communicate electronically? By Douglas Rushkoff, TheFeature, September 22, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on October 2, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Improv Education
Jay Cross gts funky with his take on personalized learning that is genuinely personalized (as opposed to, say, some swicthes that allow you to change the font, or a pretest that will channel the student into one or another predefined learning stream). "Today's workers perform without a script. Everything's impromptu.... Training was appropriate when actors memorized their lines.... When workers are actors, and customers the audience, CLOs must be more than drama coaches. They must prepare cast members to be agile, spontaneous and innovative. They must coax the audience into playing i From OLDaily on October 2, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Reminder: Speaking Monday Evening in San Jose
I'll be doing a Commonwealth Club talk Monday evening in San Jose, at the new public library. Topic: "The Emergence of Grassroots Journalism" -- and it's free and open to the public. It's also sponsored by the Journalism & Mass Communications Department at San Jose State University. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 2, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Anyone want to webcast my seminar?
I'm leading a discussion on Wednesday at 6pm at the Berkman Center house to which you're invited. If you're coming, care to - ulp - webcast it? I understand it's easy with them Mac thingamajigs. If so, let me know so I can post it the info...... From Joho the Blog on October 2, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Book Notes
Latest reviews of We the Media: Elizabeth Corcoran at Forbes says it "offers a panoramic account of the technologies and issues shaping the future of news." It's behind the paid firewall, but the Wall Street Journal published a mostly tepid review by a graduate student who writes, among other things: "It is clear that Mr. Gillmor doesn't like media consolidation, abhors the idea of "gatekeepers" and wishes people would rise up en masse to create a more fre From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 2, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Metacrap: Putting the torch to seven straw-men of the meta-utopia
Thanks to Mark Oelhert's eClippings, I came across Cory Doctorow's Metacrap article (not sure how I missed it when it was originally posted way back in August 2001 - I've been reading BoingBoing for a long time now...) Anyway, in the article, Cory attempts to debunk the myth of metadata. He ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 2, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Annotate And Collaborate On Webpages In Real-Time - Gibeo
When you are working as part of a team on a research project, there are plenty of online collaboration tools you can use to share your discoveries in real-time with your colleagues. Screensharing technology allows you to take others on... From Kolabora.com on October 2, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..

Does this look funny?
Here's a boring photo I ftp-ed to my site. In both FireFox 0.9 and Internet Explorer, the bottom two thirds are purple. Yet if I download the very same file to my Windows XP and use a local viewer (ACDSee or the one built into PowerDesk) it looks fine. It seems to happen with any photos over a certain size. This leads me to think that it's a display glitch in the browser...but in both browsers? Any explanations forthcoming from you oh-so-smart people?... From Joho the Blog on October 2, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..

Surrealistic Walgreens
I had a surrealistic moment in Walgreens. I was there to pick up a (legal) p;erscription. Walkign out, I noticed that the soothing background music was actually the pseudo 1960s Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo which I always took as a trippy psychedelic song. No Muzak or cheap midi version, it was the full song, It was creepy. Then again, give a nod to the old rockers, they are still cogdogblog on October 2, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..

Amy’s Grab Bag, Oct. 2, 2004
Another collection of items that have caught my interest lately. TOP OF THE LIST: CM Professionals: This is a brand-new organization for people involved in all aspects of the content management industry. I just joined because it sounds really cool and several top-notch colleagues of mine are already members. I'll report later on how I like the group. (Read the rest of tis week's list...) From Contentious Weblog on October 2, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..

Sigmund on the US Presidential Debate
I knew that Anjo would get interested in Presidential Debate Analysis by Cameron Marlow (via Alex), but didn't know that he would go this far given that today is Saturday :) Sigmund on the US Presidential Debate: I have applied Mathemagenic on October 2, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..

dbnl · nieuwe teksten oktober 2004
http://www.dbnl.org/nieuws/opl102004.htm De DBNL meldt de beschikbaarheid van nieuwe teksten. De volledige lijst: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1869-1871, 1881-1882 Nicolaas Heinsius, Den vermakelyken avanturier Franciscus Lievens Kersteman, Zeldzaame levens-gevallen van J.C. Wyerman Hugues C. Pernath, Mijn tegenstem. Gedichten 1966-1973 H.K. Poot, Mengeldichten From CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on October 2, 2004 at 3:02 p.m..

Liberal arts teaching and learning innovations conference
The NITLE Midwest Instructional Technology Center (MITC) informs us that a conference on Innovations in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the Liberal Arts Colleges will be held at on April 1-3, 2005, on the campuses of Carleton College... From MANE IT Network on October 2, 2004 at 3:00 p.m..

Blog content does double duty
Bloggers who also write in other forms have no doubt noticed that themes and ideas from their daily posts accumulate into important draft material for the other writing they do. At first I happened on this by accident, as one or two posts over the space of a few days helped me work out a topic for a radio essay. This was a suprise, a gift to this writer working on deadline one Wednesday evening before going to record a radio essay the next morning for broadcast the following day. In... From Weblogs in Higher Education on October 2, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

I Say No, But Spoke Insists
In my ongoing effort to understand the value of the social-networking arena, I was signing up for the Spoke service. On the registration screen I found a check-box that said, "Check here to receive information, such as alerts, tips, and service updates, that highlight the value of Spoke. You may configure these options any time after registration." I unchecked it, preferring not to receive even well-meaning spam. But I was returned to the same screen, and in bright red letters I was told: "To complete registration, you must receive Spoke e-mails i From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 2, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..

Bad news by phone
Note: I usually post my radio essays here, too. This one was broadcast a couple of Fridays ago. Many years ago, when I was in college, I received a long distance phone call from my mother on a Saturday morning. That wasn't unusual, except that we had spoken by phone just the night before. So as soon as I heard her voice I knew there was bad news. A young cousin of mine had died unexpectedly. I called my boss to arrange for a few days off work, packed a bag, and got on a bus to St.... From Weblogs in Higher Education on October 2, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Pattern Languages as Human Languages
Here is the text of a speech that pattern language inventor Christopher Alexander gave in 1996 to The 1996 ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programs, Systems, Languages and Applications (OOPSLA). There is a lot --a lot-- in this speech that makes it interesting and fulfilling reading (and entirely applicable to online… From e-Literate on October 2, 2004 at 1:00 p.m..

More on Enterprise-class Educational Blog Software
Auricle’s Derek Morrison follows up on his great example of how to make an internet-focused tool like a personal blog system enterprise-robust for large educational institutions. In this latest post, he analyzes the clever features of the University of Warwick’s Blogbuilder tool. This is exactly the kind of article that… From e-Literate on October 2, 2004 at 1:00 p.m..

Presidential Debate Textual Analysis Tool
The Overstated blog (still love that name) has a post on how to use textual analysis to highlight canned speech snippets using the first U.S. Presidential debate as an example. He also has posted a nifty tool that lets you do your own analysis. From e-Literate on October 2, 2004 at 1:00 p.m..

GBlog launches
I don't no knowthin' about it (whoops, I seem to have mexed up my missages), but GBlog looks interesting from its home page. It's free for personal use, claims to be good for "nanopublishing" of "niche blogs," and says it has a bunch of anti-comment-spam features. As the site notes, the info is sparse at this point.... From Joho the Blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..

MLX Spam Direct Route to Trash
Yes, I have been a bit obsessed lately with the roaches who have been spamming our Maricopa Learning eXchange. This is not all I have been doing this week, but it grinds away. I have a latest fix which will be secretive since I believe the spammer is a reader here ("howdy!")- but so far, from the new spam logs I am running, they are going directly to the dung hea From cogdogblog on October 2, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..

What's Wrong with Voting Against George Bush?
The right-wing pundits on the Sunday morning news shows this week seem to think that the best critique of John Kerry and of the Democratic Convention, voters, and ticket in general is the notion that most of the party's supporters are still just voting "against George Bush." The idea, here, is that voting against something is not enough to carry the day. Ridiculous, I say. I am voting against George Bush. I'm sure Kerry has his problems. If any of you who regularly read this blog went to college with the man, I'm sure you wouldn't have bee From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Graphic Novel as Sigil
The reviewer at Media Underground pegged it. From his critique:The minimalism that is present in Club Zero G makes the pace of the book exceptionally fast. The images are simple yet bold with a richness in colour that seems extremely striking to the eye. The dialogue is sparse yet to the point and it is this which encourages the reader to run through the story quickly, whilst the mind is bombarded by an array of vivid imagery that conveys an almost subconscious message about a battle between human potential and c From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

We Don't Need Another Hero
Just back from an Omega Institute weekend I led with Grant Morrison, Paul Laffoley, Richard Metzger and Howard Bloom. Interesting combination of people - I ended up hanging out and resonating most with Grant this time out. Where we seemed to connect most was in our shared sense that Aristotle's narrative arc - the male heroic narrative - no longer adequately describes our experience of this world. It's something I've been thinking and speaking about for a long time, but it was very rewarding for Grant to respond so favorably to this notion. He's experienced it From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Changing Selves
I did an interview on Changesurfer radio this weekend - mostly about my book Open Source Democracy, but ultimately about the changing nature of the individual in the face of emerging networks and community. As I explained it on the air, it all comes down to the way we define "self." In the past - since the renaissance, really, we've defined "self" in terms of the boundaries we experience differentiating us from others. As we move forward self becomes defined by our connections with others. That's the fun part of doing interviews - you come up with new idea From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Bloggers Ad Nauseum
I did a panel the other night - part of all the generally anti-Republican Convention stuff going on this week in NYC - about Blogs and Bloggers. We covered the obvious ground, about whether blogs make a difference or are just having a good time (my response was that having a good time can make a difference, and that making a difference is a good time). But as we veered over into the realm of career blogging, we touched briefly on the subject of whether ads hurt blogs - and that's where I think the whole thing died. And even depressed me a bit. I tried to From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Club ZeroG & end of the Convention
Yes, ClubZeroG is still alive and well, enjoying the shelves in the comics shops and online, if not the bookstore chains. And a new interview (well, actually, an expanded version of an older interview) on Comic Book Resources should help some new people find out about its existence. How about that convention? Thank goodness it's finally over. The lying and meanness were really over-the-top. The theme of the whole show was, pretty much, that real men have no doubt about what they do because they're macho and God lov From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

The Real Threat of Blogs
I believe that the most dangerous thing about blogs to the status quo is that so many of them exist for reasons other than to make money. A thriving community of people who are engaged for free, to me, have a certain authority that people doing things for money don't. Writing a book for money is always suspect. (Disclosure to all: I have written books for money and for free.) Writing it for free is very different - and might still be suspect, but for other reasons. What made the early Internet so very threatening to the mainstream media was not just the new opin From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Are Cell Phone Users the New Smokers?
http://www.thefeature.com/article?articleid=101010 If the newest etiquette surveys are any indication, mobile phones may be going the way of the cigarette. Just to prove how good smokers used to have it, a recent Seattle Times article cited the 1941 treatise on manners, "New American Etiquette." The book, with all the compassion that a high-school football coach bestows upon his third-stringers, admonishes nonsmokers not merely to accept but to accommodate their smoking peers. If unwilling, the From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Alive Again
Wow. The server for this site was down all week, and it ended up being faster to move to a new host than to wait for the repairs. Sorry for the interruption. I must admit, however, that I got more work done in the last four days of no blogging and limited email than I've gotten done all year. At least more of what I usually consider "real" work, including two proposals for a monthly comic book series, a chapter of my next book, an article and a half for TheFeature, and a final draft of the narration for the upcoming Frontline documentar From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

ClubZerog.com
Steph Dumais just created a new online home for the graphic novel, Club Zero G at www.clubzerog.com - with discussion boards and everything. Come by if you have the chance. From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Networks without a Net
I just posted this piece to TheFeature, about whether the most interesting wireless networks will be those that arise independently of the Internet altogether. ...Just as the Internet has fostered a sense of global connectivity for users pinned to their desktops, the wireless network -- by coming along in one's pocket -- can enhance users' connections to their immediate environments and temporary communities. After all, wireless users have left their homes and offices for a reason. Away from their des From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Happy Yom Kippur
Sounds oxymoronic to those who know the holiday, doesn't it? But - having just gotten off the phone with my mother-in-law - I feel obligated to tell the world that Yom Kippur is not a sad time. It's not a rip-roaring celebration, exactly, but its pureness of heart is sometimes mistaken for the austerity of penitence. It ain't that - at least not as I see it. Yom Kippur is more of a cleansing - and it's only as dark as your experience of that cleansing. Like a bit of analysis or an acid trip, Yom Kippur is a way of standing naked before the universe or, if you p From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

The Debates and Corporate Money
I usually don't sign on to these things, but this one got under my skin. What do you think? Is this just business as usual, or is it worth pointing out? --------------------For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 29, 2004For More Information Contact: Chris Shaw (202) 628-9195Coalition Asks Commission on Presidential Debates to Eliminate Corporate MoneyOpen Debates and opponents of corporate sponsorship of the presidential debates sent letters today to the Commission on Presidential Debates From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

One Debate Moment
Responding to a question about the use of pre-emptive force against Iraq Bush said, "the enemy attacked us," conflating Osama, Saddam, and, presumably, all who oppose America into one big evil clump. Even more remarkably, Kerry picked up on it, and called the statement "extraordinarily revealing." He then made the distinction that close to half of America still doesn't know: "Saddam Hussein didn't attack us, Osama bin Laden attacked us." "Of course I know Osama bin Laden attacked us," Bush answered. We can't attack Bush's point of v From rushkoff.blog on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Electric Ghost Buster
Are my long, long days of frying electronic components finally over? Long-time readers (Hi, Mom!) know that I go through computers, computers, hard drives, hard drives, hard drives, stereos, monitors, laptops and even high-end surge protectors the way I go Frosted Flakes — an entire box at a time. So, about 6-9 months ago, we paid the Louis Pearson electric company to investigate. Their diagnosis: I needed two new 20-amp lines pulled into my office. That required replacing the electric panel we'd put in 10 years ago. A thousand dollars later, the situation was still SNAFU: Situation From Joho the Blog on October 2, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

And Speaking of Ripping and Mixing.. How Are the Objects Churning at Blogdigger?
I seem to keep forgetting to take a look at the nifty Blogdigger service- a site that allows you to drop in a pile of RSS feeds, and have it return to you a single RSS that represents a combination of all the content. And there is more every time I go back. My experiment has been to assemble the RSS feeds from known learning objects (ugh here comes that word...) repositories into one Learning Objects Bloggdigger group. You can subscribe to this feed via its own RSS From cogdogblog on October 2, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Teaching Company
The Teaching Company offers many lifelong learning courses in a variety of mediums: DVD, videotape, audio CD, audiotape, transcript. Ooh…. potential items for my Christmas list. ¶ From Open Artifact on October 2, 2004 at 10:59 a.m..

Quote of the day
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” ~ Voltaire ¶ From Open Artifact on October 2, 2004 at 10:59 a.m..

Annotate And Collaborate On Webpages In Real-Time - Gibeo
When you are working as part of a team on a research project, there are plenty of online collaboration tools you can use to share your discoveries in real-time with your colleagues. Screensharing technology allows you to take others on a tour of webpages as you visit them - they see on their screens... From Kolabora.com on October 2, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..

Librarian Insider is a new quarterly newsletter dedicated to bringing librarians up to date on the n ...
Librarian Insider is a new quarterly newsletter dedicated to bringing librarians up to date on the news and developments from Institute of Physics Publishing From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 2, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Webology is a scholarly journal in English devoted to the various fields of Library and Information ...
Webology is a scholarly journal in English devoted to the various fields of Library and Information Science and serves as a forum for discussion and experimentation. It serves as a forum for new research in information dissemination and communication processes in general, and in the context of the World Wide Web in particular From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 2, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Cheltenham Festival of Literature - 8-17 October 2004 - The State of the Nation is this year's take- ...
Cheltenham Festival of Literature - 8-17 October 2004 - The State of the Nation is this year's take-no-prisoners theme for the Cheltenham Festival of Literature expressed through a series of key-note lectures throughout the Festival - Cheltenham, UK From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 2, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Comment spamming
I was hoping that with a custom comment system I would be immune to comment spamming. But unfortunalty that doesn't seem to be the case. It is easy to clean up, but I think I will have to place a burden on that spam bots. Spam is the dirt of the Internet. From owrede_log on October 2, 2004 at 10:47 a.m..

Ignoring 'Generation Techs' at your own peril
Strategy+Business explains the impact of the most tech-literate generation to ever enter the work force and how it matters. From CNET News.com on October 2, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Open access updates
The latest issue of Open Access News is up, by Earlham's Peter Suber. Topics include the recent NIH proposal to support open access, and developments with the World Intellectual Property Organization. It is the single best place for information on... From MANE IT Network on October 2, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

Zwischen Community und Selbstfindung - Erfahrungen eines Wissensarbeiters
Die Plattform "Community-of-Knowledge" widmet sich diesen Monat dem Thema "Wikis, Blogs und Wissensmanagement". Ich habe in einem Artikel die letzten 18 Monate des Weiterbildungsblogs Revue passieren lassen und über meine persönlichen Erfahrungen als Blogger und Knowledge Worker berichtet. Tagebuchartig. Jochen... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 2, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..

Checking facts
factcheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Doing "fact checking" seems the be the latest trend and a growing obligation for US voters. Quoting out of context, twisting the words, exaggretating - all these techniques seem to be in the arsenal for Democrats and Republicans as well. From owrede_log on October 2, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

Social Purchasing Portal
A new business model, called the Social Purchasing Portal (SPP), has been developed in Vancouver. It's a form of community economic development that leverages good business practices, not charity. The portal allows the participants in the supply chain to make socially responsible decisions in their supplier/purchaser agreements. Here's an example of the portal in practice:Pivotal, a major international software company with nearly 200 local employees, From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on October 2, 2004 at 8:56 a.m..

Content Management Systeme aus bildungstechnologischer Sicht
Ich bin durch die Hölle gegangen! Gestern habe ich in Münster meine "Abschiedsvorlesung" gegeben und mit Personalern über Suchstrategien, HR Ressourcen im Internet sowie Social Software diskutiert. Heute musste ich zurück nach Frankfurt. Mit der Bahn. Über die alte Rheinstrecke... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 2, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..

CABI Publishing has launched a For Librarians resource on its website. It contains training resource ...
CABI Publishing has launched a For Librarians resource on its website. It contains training resources and promotional materials to help librarians get the most from their CABI holdings From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 2, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Autumn...
Here it comes... Trees are still green, but orange and yellow start to get through, reminding that the full glory is coming... Time for warm sweaters, long skirts, short skirts (ah... everything goes well with warm sweater :), walking around, looking, absorbing, thinking... I don't feel sad anymore that summer is over. Autumn is just behind the corner, so I put away my summerwear and get out warm sweaters and skirts... If you ever wondered From Mathemagenic on October 2, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Online Music Sales to Crescendo - Robyn Greenspan, Clickz
Digital music sales are expected to hit high notes in the coming years, but CDs will still be the medium of choice, according to JupiterResearch (a unit of this site's corporate parent). The European digital music market is expected to quadruple from t From Techno-News Blog on October 2, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..

Vendors Search for Ways To Slow Phishing Attack- Paul Korzeniowski, E-Commerce Times
Unfortunately, phishing has become quite popular. A Gartner Group study completed in April estimated that more than 57 million Americans (representing 40 percent of all online users) received a phishing e-mail, and 76 percent said the attack had taken From Techno-News Blog on October 2, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..

U.S. cybersecurity chief abruptly resigns - Ted Bridis, Associated Press
The government's cybersecurity chief has abruptly resigned after one year with the Department of Homeland Security, confiding to industry colleagues his frustration over what he considers a lack of attention paid to computer security issues within the From Techno-News Blog on October 2, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..

BAOU to be first distance learning varsity - Times of India
To survive in an increasingly competitive job market, you need to add value to your degree especially if you are simply an arts or commerce graduate. It is this realisation that has dawned on working professionals and unemployed youths looking for shor From Online Learning Update on October 2, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..

Pedagogy: Theory and Online Application - NYU
The pedogogical concepts and theories used in traditional education apply to online education as well. We've developed a tool to graphically navigate the complex relationships between schools of thought, theorists, theories and concepts. The exploratio From Online Learning Update on October 2, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..

Using Internet Audio to Enhance Online Accessibility - Linda Matula Schwartz, IRoDL
The impetus to provide accessibility in online learning comes from many sources. First and foremost, it is the moral thing to do. Houtenville (2003) indicates that 1 in 13 people aged 18-64 in the United States reports a disability; and this population From Online Learning Update on October 2, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..

Cybersecurity Chief Takes a Hike
The director of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division quits, giving one day's notice. His resignation comes during a push by the tech industry and several lawmakers to make cybersecurity a higher priority. From Wired News on October 2, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Canada Still Has Eyes on X Prize
Toronto's da Vinci Project says it has the go-ahead from the Canadian government for a manned space launch. Question is, can the crew catch up to Burt Ratan's SpaceShipOne, which is halfway to winning the $10 million jackpot? By Dan Brekke. From Wired News on October 2, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

SpaceShipOne: Monday Launch Is On
Satisfied that his spaceplane is sound despite a series of unexpected rolls during Wednesday's flight, Burt Rutan will send SpaceShipOne aloft as scheduled to try to capture the $10 million X Prize. By Dan Brekke. From Wired News on October 2, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Honors for Nude Lit, Fish Farts
Recipients of this year's Ig Nobel Prizes, which honor the best in oddball research, run the gamut from a nudist library to a psychology experiment featuring a man in a gorilla suit to a recent finding that herrings communicate by farting. By Mark Baard. From Wired News on October 2, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Server side usability
Henrik Olsen has written an article on server-side usability. To quote: Most usability professionals don't have a driver's licence to web servers and are not aware of the steps that can be taken to make servers behave in a user-friendly... From Column Two on October 2, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

City Surprises & Edu Conference 2005 -'e-ducation without borders' EDU -TOUR / EDUCATIONAL TOURISM -City Surprises & Conferences November 2005Venue: UAE, Malaysia & India
Sub: Edu Tour & Conference in the Middle East & Asia Pacific.(November 15th )Special Projects with our Global Partners (Middle East & Asia Fair Circuit)City Surprises & Edu Conference 2005 is combined with Eco-friendly Programmes & Alumni & Youth Hostellers Festival. . Edu tour will cover Middle East & Asian Countriesand the Institutions around the world will get golden opportunities to expose their Career Excellence, especially in Higher Education, to the Oil Sector in Saudi, UAE ADNOC Group etc... This Project is supported by ARABIAN FUELS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, Middle East. [PRWEB Oct 2, 2 From PR Web on October 2, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

College Savings...Creative Alternatives
A college savings plan that strikes the balance between saving, learning and fun. Offers free college tuition scholarships. [PRWEB Oct 2, 2004] From PR Web on October 2, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

The 2005 San Francisco Writers Conference Announces the List of Presenters (and Scholarship Opportunities) for its Upcoming Event
Lemony Snicket, John Lescroart, Karen Joy Fowler, Mary Roach, Joyce Maynard, Adair Lara and Terry Ryan will head the prestigious list of presenters for a literary celebration in the heart of San Francisco over President's Day weekend. [PRWEB Oct 2, 2004] From PR Web on October 2, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Saturday, October 02, 2004
I received my box o' comics yesterday and spent the night cataloging them while watching the debate. From RHPT.com on October 2, 2004 at 2:59 a.m..

Invitation: Course on Network(ed) Rhetorics
I'm not really one for tooting my own horn, but I wanted to let everyone know about a course I'll be teaching at Syracuse this spring on Network(ed) Rhetorics. I've posted the official course description, and over the next month or so, I'll be resuscitating the weblog of the same name that I started this past spring and using it as the official site for the course. I'm excited about the course because I think we'll be reading alot of really good, recent work on blogs, wikis, social software, networ From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on October 2, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..

Nigerian Email Scam as Quicktime Soliloquy
It's basically a video soliloquy based on the infamous Nigerian 419 email scam. Most of you will find the dialogue familiar ... Via : Alec Couros From soulsoup on October 2, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..

Blogging Blips on the Radar
I'd say it is nothing new these days to highlight or discover a new use of weblogs... No wait a minute, it still is interesting to see what pops up on the blog-o-verse. I've been at it since April 2003 and have helped a few groups and individuals in our system get started including 3 our our college centers that support faculty with technology. A number of them sputter in an ou From cogdogblog on October 2, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

E-Books Deliver Practical Training in AutoCAD 14 though AutoCAD 2004
The store.Buy-Best-Ebooks.com site now resells AutoCAD 14, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2002 & AutoCAD 2004 Training CDs for $29.95. [PRWEB Oct 1, 2004] From PR Web on October 2, 2004 at 12:46 a.m..

Improv Education
Improv Education by Jay Cross The first wave of e-learning brochures invariably touted the benefits of focusing on the learner. Schools and classes had always been organized for the convenience of the faculty—one size fits all. In the e-era, learners received personalized instruction—just what they needed, just when they needed it. It was “learner-centric.” Today&amprsquo;s workers perform without a script. Everything&am From soulsoup on October 2, 2004 at 12:00 a.m..

electionline.org
A non-partisan website with news updates on election reform--and controversies--in the United States. A project of the Election Reform Information Project originally funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on October 1, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..