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WiFi, Texas-sized
As more and more municipalities install public WiFi (see "Free Net access from the mayor?" in the Dec. 23 Christian Science Monitor), you must be thinking, "OK, sure, that works if I'm downtown. But what about when I'm on the road?" Well, if you live in Texas your worries are over. As reported by AASHTO From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on December 28, 2004 at 10:54 p.m..

N'awlins
VNU's Training convenes in New Orleans February 28 - March 2. Crawfish will be in season! The Workflow Pavilion in the Expo invites vendors large and small. How's this for a deal? Exhibit kiosk with carpet and electricity, signage, and a listing in the conference directory, all for $655 over the price of admission.... From The Workflow Institute Blog on December 28, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..

Blogging Grab Bag
Here are some items related to blogging that have caught my interest lately... TOP OF THIS LIST: "Why Do We Blog?" by Fred Paynter, IT Kitchen, Dec. 1. Excellent question! This article includes responses from three dozen bloggers. I'll be adding my own response as soon as I figure out a better answer than "Because I simply cannot shut up." (Read the rest of this list...) From Contentious Weblog on December 28, 2004 at 8:55 p.m..

Lernen auf der Mikro Ebene
Check this out, in case you read German.Lernen auf der Mikro Ebene: " Hier finden wir die Beschäftigten eines Unternehmens. In der innerbetrieblichen Weiterbildungsebene findet sich die weit verbreitete Meinung, dass Lernen initiiert stattfinden muss. Es legitimieren sich ausschließlich formelle Methoden wie Kurse, Seminare etc basierend auf Instruktion. Lernen im schulisc From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 28, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..

G-L-O-R-I-A
Gloria Gery is in Tutova, Romania, tending a dozen needy babies. Read the story and then write a check for a good cause.... From The Workflow Institute Blog on December 28, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Learning Objects in Context
This may be of interest... ProLearn-iClass thematic workshop on "Learning Objects in Context" 3-4 March 2005, Leuven, Belgium IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submissions: 22 January 2005 (extended abstract of 4 pages) Notification of acceptance: 11 February 2005 workshop: 3-4 March... From ErikLog on December 28, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..

SmartCommons (David Weinberger)
Dan Hughes has launched SmartCommons. He’s talking about it on his blog, starting here. He writes: I believe that many of the central benefits to be derived from social software are the building second-order effects that find form in the... From Corante: Social Software on December 28, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Home Web Use by Country, November 2004
France, the U.S., Japan, and Spain add close to 1 million users. From ClickZ Stats on December 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Five Ideas for 2005-2010 (with apologies to Jay Rosen)
With a nod to Jay rosen's top ten ideas for 2005, Will Richardson directs his thinking to education and comes up with a pretty good list of five major themes, emphasizing that "the biggest change is in the transparency and active learning that these new models offer." Pretty much my thinking as well. By Will Richardson, Weblogg-Ed, December 28, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on December 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

University of Phoenix Simulations
Some definition and description, along with some examples. The salient point here is that simulations are being used as a marketing lead, a portent of the hype to come. By Various Authors, University of Phoenix, December, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on December 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Top Ten Trends for 2005
This is actually a pretty good list, including some dark horses I've been watching myself - the potential of the fueld cell, for example, and the rise of biocraft. One item deals with the lagging U.S. cullular phone industry, another with the potential for desktop search. Nothing specific to the field of education, but educators should read this list. By Various Authors, Red Herring, December 28, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on December 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Building a GenII Honeynet Gateway
This is a short guide to build a GenII Honeynet Gateway, also called a Honeywall, under Linux; broaching the most common problems and providing several solutions and tips. This document does not explain the only way to install a Honeywall. It can be installed and configured using other tools, accomplishing the same objectives. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on December 28, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..

Most over-packed item in history
Here is the package of nubbins for my Thinkpad — the little red eraser-thingies — IBM sent me, shown about actual size: Here is the package it came in: The plastic bag, in a foamy bag, packed in a basket of shock-protective cardboard in a box about a foot square.... From Joho the Blog on December 28, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..

Blogs Provide Raw Details of Disaster (NYT)
This New York Times piece says that blogs were "hard to beat" when it came to detailed on scene coverage of the awful tsunami disaster, and I have to agree. I spent an hour following links to first hand accounts and all sorts of images and video this morning. It's amazing to me how little I even think about newspaper or television news any more...scary in fact. And this Tsunami Help Weblog that was cobbled toge From weblogged News on December 28, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

[ Firefox Tweak ]
Here's a terrific little tip I have tried out myself. It will greatly increase the speed of your web browsing with Firefox, if you are using it over a broadband or a fast LAN connection. 1. Type about:config into the... From futureStep | net.tech, academia, society & culture on December 28, 2004 at 3:01 p.m..

The Scale of Horror
We use the word "disaster" too casually, but some events warrant the word. That's the case with the simply horrific scale of death and destruction in south Asia from the earthquake and tsunamis. The tens of thousands who will have died when the counting ends are the immediate tragedy. But their numbers are dwarfed by literally millions of people whose lives have been turned inside out by this disaster. They must be the world's focus now. We must all do what we From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 28, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..

Newspapers Lose Millions to Craigslist
Consulting group Classified Intelligence said newspapers have lost between $50 and $65 million in employment ad revenue along with millions more in real estate and other classified categories. Together, online job boards bring in $217 million in recruitment revenue compared to newspaper's $1.1 billion. Classified Intelligence predicts online job board revenue will eventually surpass newspaper recruitment advertising revenue. From unmediated on December 28, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

The Long Tail: Blog design in the age of RSS
"The risk is no longer of losing readers with an an insufficient volume of posts, but of annoying readers with insufficiently interesting posts" - is this the end of blogging about not blogging? From unmediated on December 28, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..

A world of witnesses, a world of reporters
Following up on yesterday's post about finding photos and video and the tsunami, Brian TVNewser Stelter sends this good quote from David Carr's NY Times story: Bob Calo, an associate professor at the graduate school of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, said that there had been something of a reversal in the news-gathering process. "If you think back, news gatherers would get the story and then commission a photographer to go and From unmediated on December 28, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..

Future of TV sports: Interactive
You've heard it before, of course, but analysts say that TV sports will change dramatically in the next 25 years. "The balance of power is shifting from providers to fans," ESPN's Len DeLuca tells the Baltimore Sun. Fans will be able to see and experience everything the players do, as they choose their own camera shots, graphics and instant replays. If this means I can lose that annoying, flashing Fox stripe atop my NFL games, I can hardly wait. From unmediated on December 28, 2004 at 1:54 p.m..

When Radio Remembers ... and Forgets
Radio Cooperativa from Chile has set up its 2004 in review website, with just photos. Grouped by months, you can reach the most important news of the year through those images. What did they miss? Sound! As the owners of one of the most powerful audio archives of the Chilean Web, they missed a great chance to use them. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 28, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..

Mining Blogs for Content
Bacon's Information, a media research company for public relations and corporate communications professionals, has assigned three editors to monitor the blogosphere. In January, subscribers of Bacon's MediaSource service will receive background information and updates on the 250 "most reputable" Weblogs covering technology, politics, business, travel, and religion. Although Bacon's hasn't released its list of preferred blogs, publisher Ruth McFarland told Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 28, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..

Who Voted for Katty Ko?
How did Katty Ko, a computer generated female character made in Chile, win the "Miss Digital World" contest? By getting more votes than others, was the first answer. But now a weblog has begun a series of investigative reports showing that at least from one website, there was a program (not a person) voting each time a user visited its homepage (not related to the graphic character or the contest). One interesting& From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 28, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..

Who's Measuring Love of Newspapers?
There's an oft-quoted business adage that says "you can't manage what you can't measure." But there's an angle that doesn't get discussed as much as it should: Be careful what you measure, because all measurements become incentives, and you may incent behavior that's counter to your own best interests. This comes to mind because of a Slashdot discussion of "how Craigslist costs newspapers money," sparked by an Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 28, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..

News Tsunami
When disaster strikes an entire region, headline news does not suffice. Especially those with connections to the area want details, the numbers of missing per village not per country, eyewitness reports from very specific locations, and so on. The New York Times (reg. req.) reports on how blogs are now providing this kind of info, and act as our eyes and ears around the world, putting a raw version of local events online. At the From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 28, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..

Accurate Predictions for 2005
Ahh, it is creeping up New Year, and the insightful pundits are rolling out the grand prognostications. Is their crystal ball really any sharper than yours or mine? Why? Here is mine: I predict that I will not be making any new year predictions. That's it. From cogdogblog on December 28, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

I'm a People of the Year 2004
This is a little bit of old news, as it came out last week while I was on vacation, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. PC Magazine named me, Ev, Paul, Ben, and Mena as People of the Year 2004 for our work in creating Blogger and Movable Type, respectively. My mom posted the "pictures" from the print version of the article: me, Ev, and pb and Ben and Mena. It's still difficult to believe that blogging as come so far, and of course, it wouldn't have if it weren't for the work of many, many others in addition to the "people of the year". So congratulations are in order to e From megnut on December 28, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Supporting the US troops abroad
Over the Christmas holiday I discovered anysoldier.com and was surprised I hadn't stumbled across it sooner. Sergeant Brian Horn from LaPlata, Maryland, an Army Infantry Soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade was in the Kirkuk area of Iraq when he started the idea of AnySoldier to help care for his soldiers. He agreed to distribute packages that came to him with "Attn: Any Soldier" in his address to the soldiers who were not getting mail. Brian is no longer in Iraq but Any Soldier Inc. continues with your support.Any Soldier Inc. started in August 2003 as a simple family effort to help From megnut on December 28, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Movies.com is Now Offering Movies via RSS
If you are someone that enjoys staying up to date of the latest movies in the theaters, coming out on DVD or just what the latest reviews are, then you need to check out Movies.com. Using their provided RSS feeds, the user can stay updated without having to scour their site or other Websites that are similar. From RSS Blog on December 28, 2004 at 9:57 a.m..

Community Media Peru
A BBC news post reports that in a recent project, wireless technology has been adopted in a farming community 80 km north of Lima, Peru. The project, providing wireless to a community of 6000+ with $200,000 in donations from an NGO, has also set up 14 telecenters that will set out to provide "...training on computers and internet skills for both operators and users of the sys From unmediated on December 28, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..

2004 Review of the Year: Security - Iain Thomson, VNunet
Security has remained high on the agenda throughout the IT recession, and the year has seen some major steps forward, and a few steps back. The year started with news of a worm that was going to make life difficult for systems administrators all year. From Techno-News Blog on December 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Where The Real Internet Money Is Made - Stephen Baker, Business Week
Sooner or later, advertisers had to figure out the Internet. Here was a medium that was reaching into nearly every office in America. And at home, it was wresting millions of eyes away from the TV. It could even count mouse clicks. Today, Net advertis From Techno-News Blog on December 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

German group studies ubiquitous computing, data privacy - John Blau, IDG News Service
Germany's Ministry of Education and Research has commissioned a group to study the impact of ubiquitous computing on data privacy. The Data Protection Center of Schleswig-Holstein will collaborate with the Computer Science Institute of Humboldt Univ From Techno-News Blog on December 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

New Audiographic Software adds Interaction to Red Deer College
Red Deer College in Alberta has found a way to differentiate itself in the ever-expanding e-learning market. It From Online Learning Update on December 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Simulations at the University of Phoenix
Simulations are a dynamic set of custom business simulations that place students into real-world environments. Students learn through the process of discovery. This discovery process allows students to apply critical thinking skills to decision-making From Online Learning Update on December 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENT VISIBILITY AND PERFORMANCE IN ONLINE LEARNING - Minjuan Wang, JALN
This study examines the relationship between student visibility and learning outcomes in a graduate-level online course. Visibility in this study refers to students From Online Learning Update on December 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Five Ideas for 2005-2010 (with apologies to Jay Rosen)
It's no secret that Jay Rosen is among my five favorite bloggers, if for no other reason that I learn something almost every time I read a post on his site. To me, that's time well spent. I could very well start my own "Thoughts About Jay Rosen's Thoughts" blog and just respond to his ideas as a way of capturing and internalizing his best stuff. But that would no doubt lead to divorce. Of late he has been working through his "Top 10 Ideas for 2004" looking at what happened to the m From weblogged News on December 28, 2004 at 8:47 a.m..

The News About Weblogs
Greensboro 101 seems to be the on everyone's blog radar these days as it's turning into an effective model for community journalism a la Weblogs. They have about 50 or so bloggers, but even more importantly, they've got t-shirts. I say this not in jest as the t-shirts, snappy as they are, tell me at least that someone has decided to actively market the meme. (This may be something to think about for edubloggers as well...) The site is basically an aggregator of local blogs, and it&apo From weblogged News on December 28, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

MIT Media Lab: blog del proyecto Simplicity
Veo en mind.net que John Maeda (son buenas fechas para volver sobre sus calendarios), diseñador e investigador del MIT Media Lab ha comenzado un blog sobre su tema favorito: Simplicity. Maeda impulsa actualmente el Proyecto Simplicity, orientado a redefinir la... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 28, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

A number of International libraries have committed to putting their digitized books in open-access a ...
A number of International libraries have committed to putting their digitized books in open-access archives, starting with one at the Internet Archive. This approach will ensure permanent and public access to our published heritage. Anyone with an Internet connection will have access to these collections and the growing set of tools to make use of them. In this way we are getting closer to the goal of Universal Access to All Knowledge From Peter Scott's Library Blog on December 28, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..

A Billionaire With a Mission
Richard Branson conquered the world. Now he wants to fly you to space. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine. From Wired News on December 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Investment Folio for Average Joe
Online investing brought stock trading to the masses, but some investment options remain limited to the rich. Now an online services company offers customized portfolios for the rest of us. By Skip Kaltenheuser. From Wired News on December 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Tools Grab Bag
Here are some notes about tools and resources that have caught my interest lately. TOP OF THIS LIST: Bloglines trouble alert. Not everyone is thrilled with Bloglines, the popular, free web-based feed reader service. Apparently Bloglines sometimes inexplicably stops showing updates to some webfeeds, giving the appearance that those blogs have stopped publishing. (Read the rest of this list...) From Contentious Weblog on December 28, 2004 at 5:48 a.m..

Smoking and Drug Use by Teenagers Drop Again
Smoking and drug abuse among teenagers declined again this year, according to a federal study that also found the same trend over the last decade. From New York Times: Education on December 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

2 School Aides Accused of Having Sex With Students
Two aides at a Bronx high school had sex with students and made inappropriate sexual comments to another, investigators said. From New York Times: Education on December 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Students to Bear More of the Cost of College
At least 1.3 million students will receive smaller Pell Grants, the nation's primary scholarship for those of low income. From New York Times: Education on December 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Some Parents Say a $5 Gift Is Not Enough for Teachers
A $5-per-student spending limit for holiday gifts to teachers, a regulation imposed early in 2004, was largely ignored by parents and students. From New York Times: Education on December 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

College? What College?
In Montclair, town and gown tend to go their own ways. From New York Times: Education on December 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Bringing Some Order to Games City Students Play
Leaders of New York City's Department of Education intend to create a new framework for competitive athletics in middle and elementary schools. From New York Times: Education on December 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

21C3: Der Bär
20h Ich sollte ein paar Kalorien zu mir nehmen, doch es ist mir nicht vergönnt, einen echten Bären zu erlegen. Ja, Lewis, er durfte mit dem Bären kämpfen... PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on December 28, 2004 at 3:31 a.m..

ASU Scientists Part of oeNext Step in Mars Exploration
Though two rovers are still running on Mars, NASA is already planning a return and once again a number of Arizona State University scientists are lined up to play key roles. From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

Students to Bear More of the Cost of College
College students in virtually every state will be required to shoulder more of the cost of their education under new federal rules that govern most of the nation's financial aid. From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

No break: Students flock to winter program
GREENSBORO -- A holiday season steeped in homework awaits UNCG master's student Brian Hahne. From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

Wisconsin Districts Collaborate on Web Development
Even in the face of increasing budgetary pressures, school districts are compelled to make more information available to parents and regulators. From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

Leadtek Announces New Videophones & Cameras -- Wins Three CES 2005 Awards for Innovations
Fremont, CA, December 15, 2004 -- Leadtek Research Inc., the industry leader in video and IP technologies, announced today three new cutting-edge videophone and camera products, the Leadtek videophone BVP8882, Leadtek set-top box videophone BVP8759 and Leadtek network surveillance camera NSC3610. From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

Telcos Revisit Video
The sound of a telcoTV starter pistol could be heard in the innocuous sounding "Review of the Sec. 251 Unbundling Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers," issued in mid-October by the FCC. From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

Western Governors University Newsletter, January 2005
oeWestern Governors University defines success based on the ability to master competencies. Clara Lovett, President of the American Association for Higher Education From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

Australian Flexible Learning Framework (Framework) 2005
In this section: About The Framework | What is the Australian Flexible Learning Framework? | What is Flexible Learning | Flexible Learning Advisory Group (FLAG) | Key Documents | Common JargonAccess the site From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

NASA LIVE Videoconferencing Enhances K-12 Science and Math
NASA LIVE,,¢ Videoconferencing Enhances K-12 Science and MathBy Virginia R. Ewing (NASA) From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

Does Technology Enhance Inquiry-Based Learning?
There is currently a great deal of controversy about a critical issue in educational research: What constitutes valid evidence for determining whether educational innovations are effective? One side of the controversy is reflected in the U.S. Department of Education From DEC Daily News on December 28, 2004 at 3:30 a.m..

Exam in Hull, results from Glasgow
The TOIA (Technologies for Online Interoperable Assessment) project has successfully run a formative maths exam that took place in Hull on a TOIA server in Glasgow. The hosted service for the QTI compliant system is designed to make it easier to use for those (UK) institutions that don't have the resources or inclination to run a TOIA server of their own. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on December 28, 2004 at 3:29 a.m..

Zeroes and Ones
I've had quite a few conversations along the lines of "XML is great but are all these angle brackets really necessary or just a waste of bandwidth?" From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on December 28, 2004 at 3:29 a.m..

Content Management Abilities: Marqui CMS Review - Part II
Marqui is an online-based content management system. I am on paid assignment to review and analyze their technology and this is my second article covering it. If you have not yet heard about Marqui here is what David Strom, renowned...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:29 a.m..

Making Music Through Online Collaboration: MyVirtualBand.com
"Do you have a killer guitar riff but can't sing to save your life? Do you dream of playing in a band but can't find the time? If so, this is the place for you. MyVirtualBand.com is on a mission...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:29 a.m..

Marketing, Publishing And RSS Tracking: Rok Hrastnik's Gets His RSS Guide Ready
Had a great, interesting conversation with Rok Hrastnik of MarketingStudies.net, who is about to release his major research work on RSS. Rok Hrastnik There is nothing like this I have seen before. This is a pretty monumental guide to RSS/Atom...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:29 a.m..

Web-based Personal Content Management And Publishing System Integrates Mobile Posting And Podcasting Support: iUpload Personal Publisher
iUpload has just released the beta version of its new online personal publishing system iUplog. Half personal CMS, half blog, the iUpload solution brings together some of the best features found in the top mainstream solutions from Blogger, Movable Type,...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:29 a.m..

Online Visual Search Of Any Catalogue Or Database: Omniscope Opens New Horizons To Business
Iokio Omniscope is a desktop tool that allows direct visualization of database/spreadsheet data while providing powerful filter/search capabilities. Omniscope is a great new tool to publish, visually explore and interactively search through complex datasets online. click here to enlarge Omniscope...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:29 a.m..

At The Mercy Of The Music Industry: Microsoft Secure WMA Files Make Music CDs Unusable
Slashdot reports: "DRM, digital rights management, is quite possibly the holy grail of the music and movie industry, allowing them to control exactly how DRM protected content is used, distributed and above all can be tracked right down to the...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:29 a.m..

How To Record Audio Interviews Online: SkypeCast vs. iVocalize
Online audio conversations, one-to-one interviews, over-the-phone recordings are all the rage now that a large number Internet users can tap into broadband. With a significant increase in Internet speed and amount of data that can be rapidly transferred, downloading a...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:28 a.m..

Where To Submit RSS Feeds To Get More Exposure, Visibility And Reach: The RSSTop55 Goes One-O-One!
Just this evening, the RSSTop55, my directory of RSS search engines and directories where to submit your feeds, has added its 101th resource. screenshot from the RSSTop55 The RSSTop55 keeps growing, and the number of good news on this front...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:28 a.m..

Content Publishing Abilities: Marqui CMS Review - Part III
Marqui is an online-based content management system. I am on paid assignment to review and analyze their technology and this is my second article covering it. In my introductory article I have set out the basic requirements that a Web-enabled...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:28 a.m..

Google vs. Microsoft: The Risks Of A Unified Search Industry Leadership
In a highly informative nine-page report published today by Technology Review and entitled "What's Next for Google", technology writer Charles H. Ferguson reports about the likely strategies, possible outcomes and far-reaching risks that the impending battle between Microsoft and Google...... From Robin Good's Latest News on December 28, 2004 at 3:28 a.m..

Pool of Library Patrons Using Cell Phones Is Growing Exponentially
Cellphones: Once a Status Symbol, Now a Necessity "The notion of the cellphone as necessity may not be universally agreed, but if you're in doubt about whether the device is transforming American life just try wresting one away from a teenager you know. With a popularity and versatility that spans continents and generations, the cellphone may be on its way to becoming mankind's primary communication interface and a lifestyle tool that exceeds the personal computer in ubiquity, say watchers From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:27 a.m..

Deane's Suggestion for Library Discs
D-Skin "Every library in the country should get a supply of these for their DVD collections, which are, invariably, the most scratched up set of media in existence." [Gadgetopia, originally from undisclosed location] This is a great suggestion if we can get a bulk purchase price. D-Skins "Just snap one of these onto your music, mov From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:27 a.m..

EPIC Experience
Whoa. Fascinating future history. [via MetaFilter] When I first started watching it, it was like a summary of shiftedness, a timeline of topics my site has covered. By the end, though, I felt like I was watching Terminator 3. From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:27 a.m..

More Schools Offer Cheap Music Downloads for Students "Several top schools began offering these services in September, either free or highly subsidized. Now, student demand is spurring more university administrators to institute programs in January instead of waiting for fall.... Some schools have reported huge acceptance rates by students. More than 1 million songs have been downloaded by Purdue students since Cdigix began in the fall. But at the 31,000-student From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:27 a.m..

2004: Year of the Blog; 2005: Year of RSS
Paddling Out to Catch the Enterprise Wave "From the shore, they look like tiny dots slowly making their way out past the breakers. They're the software vendors positioning themselves to catch the Enterprise RSS wave. My, that's a lot of tiny dots...." [MoonWatcher] RSS was big in 2004, but next year is going to be something else. It's killing me that I can't say more, but I know of two major library ve From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:27 a.m..

Gadget Overload
Even though there has been a ton o'stuff I want to blog lately, I've been busy with my "big work project," the holiday season, and now gadget overload. I finally bought a new laptop this past weekend (which I will blog about soon), so I've been having fun playing with it and installing software. Then today my brand-spanking new Treo 650 came in the mail. I don't even know where to begin, but my heart is a-flutter just holding it in my hands! More on that in the near future, too.... From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:27 a.m..

Great RSS Quotes from My Aggregator
RSS: a Shift, from What...to What? "He also neatly sort of answers his own question - with greater precision than I can ever muster - by saying: 'If I visit houses of content, as I seem to do on the Web, that is very different than the content as oevisitor to my house.'... What weTMre seeing is the creation of personalised information hypermarkets.... Over time, you develop a rich cocktail of sources and you develop a new habit for browsing information. Some things you look at hourly, some From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:27 a.m..

DRM Locks Out Library Patrons?
DRM at Its Worst? Here's a Prime Example "DRM is actually a part of MicrosoftTMs Windows XP operating system and has been for a while, but it wasnTMt until I picked up a DVD recently that I witnessed the ugly and very user unfriendly side of DRM in person. The DVD in question, T2: Extreme DVD, produced by Artisan Home Entertainment Inc., is a two-dvd disk set, which holds a digitally optimized version of the T2 movie on one disk, and a high definition version of the same movie on From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:26 a.m..

Are We at Year One of Texting in Libraries? No.
I'll Give You a Bell : 20 Years of the Mobile Phone "In just two decades, the mobile phone has become the fastest-selling, most loved - and hated - consumer product. Britain is the world's most mature mobile market, with more mobiles per head of population and higher bills than any other country. Almost all adults now have at least one mobile phone, one in two teenagers has a 'moby' and a new British firm, Communic8, has just launched MyMo, a simple phone for four- to eight From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:26 a.m..

A New Year, A New LISFeeds!
LISFeeds 2.0 "Even though I had nothing to do with it, I figured that I would mention that we (well, Blake) rolled out a new version of LISFeeds this week. Didja notice? There are now 123 library-related feeds included on the page with a bunch of neat little options." [Library Stuff] Nice job, Blake! From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:26 a.m..

MT and YACCS Not Together Forever?
I'm in the process of reverting to a default Movable Type template because I can't stand the fact that my site is illegible in any Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox browser. No one seems to be able to translate Radio templates into MT ones so I'll lose the cool design Bryan Bell created for TSL, but I'd rather have you able to read the content. I also hate the fact that I can't get my YACCS comments code to display no matter what I do. Based on the MT comments horror storie From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:26 a.m..

GenX Was Gypped
Child's Play: Part II "Donkey Kong is 'lame.' Tetris is boring.' Space Invaders 'needs a superbomb or something.' And why play Pong when it's more fun to 'jump up and down on one foot'? Hey, save your irate letters--we didn't say this stuff. The nostalgia-nuking commentary is from EGM's November 2003 issue, in which we had kids of the PlayStation generation playtest classic games from the '70s and '80s.... It was our most popula From The Shifted Librarian on December 28, 2004 at 3:26 a.m..

Client-side XSLT in Mozilla
The try XHTML 2.0 link at the top now also works in Mozilla (or it works again, don't remember.) It turns out that Mozilla doesn't like it when there's a document.write in the output of client-side XSLT. Internet Explorer has no problem with that. I don't personally use document. … From Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on December 28, 2004 at 3:26 a.m..

Science Kit Pays the Hazmat Charge For Chemical Orders
While science education standards are growing more stringent, science budgets are shrinking nationwide, and teachers are being forced to do more with less. Science Kit has implemented a No Hazmat Policy to bring some relief to science teachers. [PRWEB Dec 25, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

SKMath Announces the Addition of Nearly 100 Great New Products
The recent launch of SKMath.com has proven to be quite successful. In an effort to maintain the momentum, nearly 100 new products have just been added online and will make their debut in the upcoming catalog, due out mid-January. [PRWEB Dec 25, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

Proven Method to Help Spanish Language Students Learn Spanish That They Can Use In the Real World
Can a any non Spanish speaker able to communicate Spanish with native Spanish speaker in a month? Ask Marcus Santamaria, author of " Learn Spanish that you can use in the real world in 31 days! " [PRWEB Dec 25, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

Science Kit Pays The Hazmat Charge For Chemical Orders
While science education standards are growing more stringent, science budgets are shrinking nationwide, and teachers are being forced to do more with less. Science Kit has implemented a No Hazmat Policy to bring some relief to science teachers. [PRWEB Dec 25, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

Two California Computer Training Companies Join Forces to Offer AutoCAD Classes in San Diego
Computers Etc and Cybertek, two leading computer training companies, sign a partnership agreement to offer AutoCAD courses. [PRWEB Dec 25, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

SKMath Announces the Addition of Nearly 100 Great New Products.
The recent launch of SKMath.com has proven to be quite successful. In an effort to maintain the momentum, nearly 100 new products have just been added online and will make their debut in the upcoming catalog, due out mid-January. [PRWEB Dec 25, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

Dentist Sink Their Teeth into Technology
It's a kinder and gentler world at the dentists office these days. Many of the scary needles and drills are being replaced by high tech equipment that didn't even exist a few years ago. One such piece of dental technology is the intraoral camera. [PRWEB Dec 26, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

Carry Permit Training in Minnesota Continues
While the Minnesota Citizens Personal Protection Act of 2003 is on hold until the Appeals Court overturns the injunction, many people are taking their carry permit training. For many, it's a good idea. For those 18-to-20, it's a window of opportunity tht's closing. [PRWEB Dec 26, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

UniversityOfHealthCare, uohc.com, Announces a New CD and Web Program to Develop Critical Care Nurses.
UniversityOfHealthCare has published the most cost-effective tool for developing critical care nurses with an electronic course including email access that accompanies the major textbook on critical care nursing. [PRWEB Dec 26, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

Handgun Carry Permit Training for More than 30 States Available in Minneapolis
Joel Rosenberg's Twin Cities Carry Course now enables his students to get handgun carry permits valid in thirty states across the country, from Florida in the south and east to Alaska, in the north and west. [PRWEB Dec 27, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

Lawsuit Settlement Ends Educational Software License Agreement
Merit Software has settled its lawsuit against Siboney Corporation. Siboney has agreed to stop selling Merit's software outside of the "schools" market, and to stop including Merit's software in any Siboney products in late 2005. [PRWEB Dec 27, 2004] From PR Web on December 28, 2004 at 3:24 a.m..

tis the season: II
So here's something cool that I'm happy to be able to announce. Five years ago, I published Code. It's time for an update. But rather than update in the old fashioned way, Basic Books has agreed to the following: Beginning in February, we'll be posting Version 1 of Code to a Wiki. "Chapter Captains" will then supervise updates and corrections. Depending up From Lessig Blog on December 28, 2004 at 3:23 a.m..

DevonThink Personal Edition now has WikiLinks!
I just switched back from NotationalVelocity to DevonThink Personal Edition - the big reason? DTPE now has automatic (as well as explicit) linking between entries, in wiki style. And a whole bunch of new features, too. Sweet. Now, if only it would get the auto-find-on-keystroke interface (like Launchbar or Quicksilver, but ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on December 28, 2004 at 3:23 a.m..

Googlezon: The future of media
Convinced that today's media industry is in for dramatic turmoil? Here's some futuristic thinking worth a look, even for jaded media watchers. [Missing Links] From CNET News.com on December 28, 2004 at 3:22 a.m..

Google worm's new search targets
The Santy worm, which was thought squashed by Google, branches out to target AOL and Yahoo. From CNET News.com on December 28, 2004 at 3:22 a.m..

Google worm targets AOL, Yahoo
Santy worm, which used Google to bring down bulletin board pages, now uses AOL and Yahoo search. From CNET News.com on December 28, 2004 at 3:22 a.m..

Satellite radio sees subscriber growth
Competing satellite radio companies Sirius and XM say they bested their year-end subscriber goals. From CNET News.com on December 28, 2004 at 3:22 a.m..

Report: Craigslist costing newspapers millions
The free community Web site has cost San Francisco Bay Area newspapers up to $65 million, according to a new report. From CNET News.com on December 28, 2004 at 3:22 a.m..

UK struggles with same problems as U.S.
Not really surprising, but still a good read. Web inaccessibility 'creates net underclass.'... From Curb Cut Learning on December 28, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

The value of EduBlog Weblog Awards
Since entering into the EduBlog Weblog Awards I have been following some of the comments about the value of entering awards within the blogging and educational community. This email I got tonight is why it is of value. (My answers... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 28, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..

Monday, December 27, 2004
Emily and I received many questions, e-mails, and phone calls today asking about the well-being of our family in Indonesia. From RHPT.com on December 28, 2004 at 12:49 a.m..

Spam is down 75% and higher than ever
You've got less spam, according to America Online, the world's largest online service. The online unit of Time Warner Inc. on Monday said junk e-mail declined by more than 75 percent this year, based on its internal member reports. As... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 28, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..

Understanding Pisa
The headline was dramatic enough to cause a ripple in the reading public. "Students who use computers a lot at school have worse maths and reading performance," noted the BBC news article, citing a 2004 study by Ludger Woessmann and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 28, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..

Top Ten Trends for 2005
Laying out technology trends is a treacherous undertaking. Those predictions can end up haunting the luminaries who pronounced them after they've proven to be ridiculous. Just consider these: Bill Gates was quoted in 1994 saying, "we'll have infinite bandwidth... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 28, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..

Hacking Around the Christmas Tree
Hackers, spammers and spies go into overdrive in December and January, when unsuspecting neophytes unwrap new computers, connect to the internet, and, too often, get hit with viruses, spyware and other nefarious programs. "People want to get on the net... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 28, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..