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Pirate Bay Bans ISP to Make Point
It's a Swedish smackdown: To protest Perspektiv Broadband's AllOfMP3 morality play, the Pirate Bay bans the ISP's users. In Monkey Bites. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..
Bruins Security in Ruins
Hackers got into a database containing the Social Security numbers of 800,000 UCLA alumni, current students and employees. Congressman asks is it time for a federal data breach yet? In 27B Stroke 6. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Rants: Zune Heresy, Wicked Wi-Fi
Some readers gain new insight on Microsoft's music player from our resident Mac-o-philiac while others rant about Wi-Fi's potentially painful kiss. Plus: Links to our most popular blogs. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..
Eat Your Way to Gayness
A right-winger jolts the blogosphere by declaring a jihad on soy, claiming it's to blame for homosexuality. In Bodyhack. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..
Susan Funk - Reflections on Writing - What Counts!
Susan Funk (who needs to put her name somewhere on her
new blog) writes, "The task of writing is infinitely harder than the task of reading." For me it's the other way around; I find writing to be easy, smooth, like thinking, while in reading I am forced to deal with ambiguity and opacity. [
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OLDaily on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Wolfgang Greller - Politics of E-Learning Standards - Wolfie's e-blog
Yes: "standards are not pedagogically, culturally, or economically neutral." This is why I advocate a system of specifications that allow multiple vocabularies, multiple ontologies, multiple standards. But it does not follow, as seems to be implied especially in the conclusion of Norm Friesen's and Darryl Cressman's paper,
The Politics of E-Learning Standardization (from
last summer), that learning is and must always be a cottage industry. Yes, as they say, From
OLDaily on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Simon Avery - Music Downloads in Downward Trend - Globe and Mail
As expected, the digital music market has been saturated as people finish replacing and rounding out their music collection with the new format. The music industry continues to wail and gnash its teeth, however, blaming declining sales on piracy rather than poor marketing, worse technology, and indifferent quality (I mean, a album by Paris Hilton? Come on now). The comments, though, tell a different story, as writer after writer rejects the music industry's plaints, and with it, the marketing disaster that is DRM. It's unlikely that the music industry will listen - but one wonders, w From
OLDaily on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Chris Waigl - The Eggcorn Database
You never know what you're going to see if you follow a mailing list long enough. Today - after several days of discussion - what showed up on ITForum was this, the 'eggcorn'. Example: saying "a different tact" instead of (the proper) "a different tack." According to the page, "They [eggcorns] tell us something about how ordinary speakers and writers make sense of the language they use." This is the sort of thing about language that both enlightens and confounds: you can use it quite incorrectly, but still be understood, and in a way more subtle and accurate than had you used it From
OLDaily on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Unattributed - How to Bring Schools into 21st Century - Cnn
Time magazine has caught the attention of a number of writers (and this article in CNN) with a cover story on how to "build" a student for the 21st century - language that indicates the divide between one generation of thinking about learning, and another, which asserts that learning - and learners - are grown, not built. The article (which you need to pay for, or watch an advertisement, to view) is focused relentlessly on the American perspective, but the questions (if not the answers) are international in scope. people need to think internationally, they need to learn to recognize patterns a From
OLDaily on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Newborns Killed for Stem Cells?
Investigators exhume babies' bodies in the Ukraine in an effort to discover whether stem cells were harvested from the infants. In Bodyhack. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..
DOEP (Daily Open-Ended Puzzle) (intermittent): Icelandic marketing
I don't know who came up with the name "Iceland," but it's a marketing disaster. Surely such a beautiful and interesting nation deserve better! And you're just the folks to do it. So, put on your marketing caps (and make sure they've got earflaps) and come up with a name that better represents the Iceland brand. E.g., "Winterwonderland" "Frostia" "Disney Presents Iceland" [Tags: doep puzzle marketing iceland]... From
Joho the Blog on December 12, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Dragon Quest IX Moves to DS
Another massive blow to Sony: Japan's biggest game franchise moves from PlayStation 2 to Nintendo DS. In Game|Life. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..
Analysts Still Don't Get ITunes
Forrester Research alarms journalists with a report concluding that Apple has sold only 22 songs through iTunes per iPod sold. People are eating it up -- but it misses the point. iTunes isn't meant to make money -- it's a security blanket for users and record labels. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..
YouTube's New Editor: You
Gotuit debuts SceneMaker, a tool that lets users cut, tag and share portions of clips from popular video sharing sites. Next time you send a video to friends, you can just show them the good parts. In Monkey Bites. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..
[leweb] Sarkozy - Conservative candidate lectures us
The conservative candidate for the presidency and Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, comes to address the conference. He talks quickly and I'm taking notes on the simultaneous translation, and not keeping up. He begins by saying the Internet is important. He focuses on the need for France to catch up in Internet as a business opportunity and culture. The government should make the France a leader in Inteornet. It should have boosted things. The miracle is that we nevertheless have people like you, Loic, were able to invest in Internet despite the lag. The lag is also cultural because we From
Joho the Blog on December 12, 2006 at 11:49 a.m..
[leweb] danah boyd
What's up with youth? Why don't they settle down, get a job, and stay the hell of my lawn, you darn kids!! Aaarrghhh. danah boyd says: "For the average teenager in the US, if you're not on MySpace you don't exist," she says, just as in Europe if you don't have a mobile phone, you don't have a social life. Friendster was the precursor of MySpace she says. It was populated by freaks, geeks and queers who rebelled against Friendster's hostility to them. They'd make fake profiles, which Friendster tried to kill off. MySpace went after the people being kicked From
Joho the Blog on December 12, 2006 at 10:48 a.m..
Wikia OpenServing will serve up your open apps
Wikia (another Jimmy Wales enterprise) has announced that if you have open software you want to run, to provide an app that produces open contents, it'll be your server for free. OpenServing will provide free hosting, free bandwidth and free CPU time...and you get to keep 100% of any ad revenues you raise. It seems to be focused on apps that create content (e.g., blogs), but I believe it's open to other apps as well. Cool! [Tags: openserving wikia wikipedia jimmy_ wales open_soiurce]... From
Joho the Blog on December 12, 2006 at 10:48 a.m..
[leweb] Marko Ahtisaari
Marko Ahtisaari, formerly of Nokia (and a remarkable person), talks about Blyk, which is building a "pan-European free mobile operator funded by advertising." Free cell service for teenagers! He says there are two billion mobile subscribers. He says your children won't believe there was a time when to make a phone call, you had to change next to a wall.He points out that had been a collective object ("the family phone") became a personal object. Because of its social function, it pulls other functions into it: It becomes a watch, an alarm clock... He points to five obstacles: 1. Reach... From
Joho the Blog on December 12, 2006 at 10:48 a.m..
Edublog Awards/Edublog Evolution/Edublog Echo
I’ve been remiss in not pointing to this year’s Edublog Awards nominees for which voting ends on Saturday. I’m particularly struck this year by the number of blogs and bloggers who I had not ever heard of, which is a testament, I think, to the ways in which the community is beginning to really get [...] From
weblogged News on December 12, 2006 at 9:45 a.m..
[leweb] The future of TV and French presidents
The panel on the future of broadcast seemed to me to have the right religion. They talk about control returning to the group formerly known as the audience, including control over schedule as well as content. Now there's a session on and by video bloggers. Vinvin of Bonjour America is a popular favorite with the crowd; the clips are amusing. Xolo.com shows a cllip of some vlogging they did for Mini Cooper, over which they were given complete creative control. He shows a clip from Invisible Children. Mobuzz.tv showed a Rocketboom-y clip, complete with an Amanda-ish post-ironic presenter. a From
Joho the Blog on December 12, 2006 at 7:49 a.m..
[leweb] Shimon Peres
At Le Web 3 (formerly Le Blog), Shimon Peres has just held a Q&A session. (I missed his presentation itself because, having not eaten for 36 hours, I opted for breakfast.) Instant standing ovation. I was surprised that an Israeli was so warmly greeted, which shows what I know. Le Web has turned out to be a seminal conference. 1,000 people from 36 countries. Lots of networking. Very high energy. (And almost all male speakers.) I speak this afternoon, presumably on "Blogging Our Way to Democracy." I completely rewrote it this morning and will rewrite it again this afternoon. And... From
Joho the Blog on December 12, 2006 at 6:48 a.m..
How Cow Farts Become Fuel
Ohio company Velocys touts its novel method for making methane useful for powering heating systems or transportation. By Elizabeth Svoboda. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Wyoming Primes Clouds for Snow
In comic books, weather manipulation is a tool for world domination. In reality, it could be salvation for states suffering through a drought. By Ron Berler from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
In Praise of the Zune
After two weeks of hands-on testing, an iPod freak says Microsoft's music player just might give the Apple gadget a run for its money. Commentary by Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Battle Brewing Over 'Iconistan'
The strip of icons promoting social news sites at the bottom of blog posts seems fairly innocuous. But some think this slim slice of real estate is where the web's next great war for eyeballs will be waged. By Michael Calore. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Wi-Fi as a Health Hazard
Sufferers of electromagnetic field sensitivity claim that the growing pervasiveness of wireless networks only exacerbates their condition. Skeptics discount their fears -- and their symptoms -- and the battle is joined. By Rob Beschizza. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Medical Refugees Flee to India
It's not just nose jobs and breast implants anymore: Uninsured U.S. patients head to India for lifesaving health care on the cheap. Scott Carney reports from Chennai. From
Wired News on December 12, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Wi-Fi Radio Gathers Steam
FCC approval of Torian Wireless' InFusion portable internet radio means new competition for XM and Sirius. In Listening Post. From
Wired News on December 11, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..