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Hanging with the in-crowd - The Economist
Websites for social networking have never had so many friends. The best known, MySpace, recently became the most visited website in America. Its acquisition last year by News Corporation, a media giant headed by Rupert Murdoch, for $580m now looks like a From
Techno-News Blog on September 25, 2006 at 10:49 p.m..
Shale Could Rock Oil Supply
The federal government and oil companies are trying to refine the process of turning oil shale into crude so that they can tap into an abundant supply on federal lands. In Autopia. From
Wired News on September 25, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..
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Apple's Letter to Podcast Ready
The complete text of Apple's cease-and-desist letter to Podcast Ready reveals that Apple thinks iPod users call their players "pods," and points to trouble for businesses with the word "pod" in their names and domains. In Listening Post. From
Wired News on September 25, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..
This should be interesting
I'll be making a rare NYC public appearance this week (they've become rare because of the duties of fatherhood), engaging in a conversation with author Daniel Pinchbeck, who was recently contextualized as something of a Burning Man apocalyptic guru in a Rolling Stone. Emails from friends and readers (who know my bias against guruhood and fundamentalist prophecy of all kind) have been pouring in asking if I'm going to "square off" against him. All I can say is that while our views on the role and reality level of prophecy and psychedelic experiences may differ, I&apos From
rushkoff.blog on September 25, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..
Overheard in the Car…
True story… I pull into a parking space yesterday morning at the county park where I plan on running my first 5K in about a year, and of course, since it’s race day, it’s like 85 degrees and 95% humidity. So I roll down the windows in my car and pull out my computer so I [...] From
weblogged News on September 25, 2006 at 7:47 p.m..
Ooze You Can Use
Control a happy ball of bouncing goo in a surprisingly deep puzzle game. In Table of Malcontents. From
Wired News on September 25, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..
Dolphin to Get Prosthetic Tail
Florida marine biologists are working on a new tail for a baby dolphin that lost its old one after getting caught in a buoy line. In Bodyhack. From
Wired News on September 25, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..
Blogger Boobie-Thon Opens
The fifth annual fund-raiser for breast cancer research has begun accepting your rack pictures for the cause. In Sex Drive Daily. From
Wired News on September 25, 2006 at 3:45 p.m..
Open of Course
This new web site provides listings of free open courses and tutorials. Currently most of the contents are instructional materials about learning programming. _____JH _____ "Here you will find a growing amount of free online courses and tutorials. By "free" we not only mean free as in "free beer" but also published as
open content . Our focus is at the start mainly on open source software courses but as we grow more will be added. Our goal is to From
EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on September 25, 2006 at 1:47 p.m..
Pathways
Pathways is a little mapping tool for Wikipedia. It represents visited Wikipedia pages with a graphical network of boxes. Once you have collected and arranged a map view of your Wikipedia session, you can save the result as a Pathway file.
The files Pathway creates are XML. So it should be very easy to transform it into anything else with an XSL Template or script. E.g. a
owrede_log on September 25, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..
The Mythical 40-Hour Gamer
Plenty of video games promise 40 hours of play, but who has the time? That's right, those hard-core, teenage players who occupy the other side of that raging demographic schism, that's who. Commentary by Clive Thompson. From
Wired News on September 25, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..
Move Into Space, but Where?
At Space 2006, arguments erupt over whether the moon, Mars or a space station should be the central settlement. Each has its advantages and downsides. Robert Lemos reports from San Jose, California. From
Wired News on September 25, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..
NSA Cases Face Secret Tribunal
Congress is poised to pass a bill that could bury dozens of lawsuits over the Bush administration's warrantless spying, hiding them behind the closed doors of an intelligence court in Washington D.C. By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on September 25, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..
What if Bionics Were Better
Some able-bodied people want to improve their bodies with artificial parts. But their dreams may outpace the capabilities of technology. By Chris Oakes. Part four in a four-part series. PLUS: A Question of Mind Over Matter Give 'em a (Working) Hand Grow Your Own Limbs Take an Interactive Bionics Tour From
Wired News on September 25, 2006 at 6:46 a.m..
Stephen Downes - Groups and Networks - Stephen's Web
It wasn't of any particular interest to the people at the conference in Auckland but this drawing represents my major take-away from the last week travelling (with a group) about this country. I drew it during the small group sessions, when I was left on my own. There is
also a video. The drawing depicts the often unnoticed assumptions that inform our und From
OLDaily on September 25, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
PortaPortal
The process for adding sites is cumbersome, and you can't add any descriptive information about the sites that you are pointing people to.... We also take advantage of Firefox and GreaseMonkey and have built the del.icio.us tag tool into the browser toolbar to make it easy for teachers to tag the sites they want. From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on September 25, 2006 at 2:48 a.m..
Back again
I just got back from five great days in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Most of the time, I was not able to get on the net; this simplifies a hectic life. I’ll talk about that in upcoming posts. Newfoundland is not the Cote d’Azur; it’s better. From
Internet Time Blog on September 24, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..