By Stephen Downes
May 14, 2004
Osgoode Township High School
I am
in Embrun, Ontario, visiting my family and preparing to
attend the Osgoode Township High School reunion just down the road in Metcalfe
this weekend (or, at least, I hope to be, since the 'online
registration' consisted of a PDF, and my email please to be
registered met with only an ambiguous response). With any
luck, I will have photos from the home of my youth,
Metcalfe, and the eastern Ontario region. But not until
next week, as broadband has been slow to arrive in these
parts, leaving me with dial-up access and the horrors of
Microsoft's Outlook Web Access (giving a new meaning to the
word 'slow'). By Various Authors, May 14, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Napster Gags University Over RIAA's Student
Tax
Napster is taking action after Ohio
University gave some indication of how much it charges
universities to offer music access - a survey distributed
by the university suggested the cost would be $3 per person
per month. Napster has insisted that universities not
disclose the terms of such contracts and called Ohio "and
said we should not publicize the details or discuss our
contract." I'm not sure secret contracts are in the best
interestes of consumers, and they are certainly not in the
best interests of universities. The $3 a month charge only
covers listening to songs - students will still have to pay
99 cents in order to move the song to a portable device.
And they call file sharers pirates. By Ashlee Vance, The
Register, May 12, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Prototype for New RSS to Javascript
Code
Toying with the new Magpie RSS parser, Alan Levine has built
a prototype version of a new build a feed page. This page takes any
RSS feed and converts it into a Javascript command you can
place on your web page. By Alan Levine, CogDogBlog, May 13,
2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
RSS Search And Custom Feed Creation:
XSNews
Robin Good writes of the new RSS search
service, NewsXS, "NewsXS generates an immediately
accessible RSS feed for any search term you use. By
submitting your email, you can also create a personalized
RSS newsfeed based on five 'keyphrases' you provide." Note
that while newsxs.com works, www.newsxs.com is currently
generating page errors. By Luigi Canali De Rossi, Robin
Good, May 13, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
What Bloggers Think Is
Trendy
Steve Outing writes: "Intelliseek has
launched a free website called Blogpulse.com
which tracks and measures "buzz" about key issues, trends,
personalities, and links in more than 1 million blogs." By
Steve Outing, E-Media Tidbits, May 13, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
The Webby Awards
For those of you
who are interested, the Webby Awards have been announced.
By Various Authors, May, 2004
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
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