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She's Such a Geek!
A new book showcases the lives of women in science, technology, gaming and other nerdy pursuits. In Table of Malcontents. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

First Look: Photoshop CS3 Beta
What do you get when you load the first-ever Intel native build of Photoshop CS3 onto a quad-core Xeon Mac? One stupid-fast photo editing workstation. See the new features of Adobe's latest beta in this screenshot gallery. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 9:46 p.m..

Porntones Coming to Your Phone
If you're sifting through all the teenage pop stars for a ringtone that really floats your boat, maybe you need to try something ... flufferer. In Sex Drive Daily. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Fuel From Your Beer Belly? Naw
A reported plan to convert liposuctioned body fat into biodiesel turned out to be too good to be true, as our mini-investigation reveals. In Bodyhack. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Start the Riot With The Ravezooka
Cooler than everyone in the room? Point a bazooka at their skulls, open your eyes wide, pull the trigger and make them rock. In Table of Malcontents. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 8:45 p.m..

Linux Cell Phone to Mix Things Up
The first "open" Linux phone is set to debut at the Consumer Electronics Show, although its capabilities as a music player are still unknown. In Listening Post. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 5:46 p.m..

Kathy Sierra - Become the Thing That Replaces You - Creating Passionate Users
Some good advice, especially with respect to the design of games in learning (and note that I did not say 'learning games'). The 'meta level' that Kathy Sierra, of course, is the nuggin - the thing that people are actually buying when they buy something. People buy heat, not coal or oil. Transportation or status, not cars or trucks. What do they buy when they pay tuition? What do people looking for when they sign up for OLDaily? Good questions, I think, and it is worth taking to heart, that "'Don't mess with success' is often the biggest barrier to bec From OLDaily on December 15, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Pascal vanHecke - Visualising RSS: playing with WizaRSS and S5 - Notes, links and conversation
Nice application that does something I've been thinking about for a while - takes an RSS feed and inserts it into a nifty S5 template. Here, for example, is the current OLDaily in S5. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on December 15, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Various authors - TouchStone
Marjolein Hoekstra popped up on Skype this morning and told me about this application. Basically, it looks at your reading selections, as well as the things you write, then scans your RSS feed and highlights, in different ways, things it thinks you will be most interested in. The software if alpha, so it's not perfect, but it has been running well thus far (though I did turn off the ticker). [Link] [Tags: ] [OLDaily on December 15, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Beth Kanter - NpTechTag Summary - Beth's Blog
This is a bit of a grab-bag post, which I don't usually cover, but there's something in here for everyone, including the iCarta iPod toilet roll holder, food bloggers raising money for hunger relief, where do you stand on love?, Org2.0 from Seth Godin, Executive Briefing on Social Networking for Businesses and Associations, a map application with wiki features, and much more. [Link] [Tags: Web Logs] [OLDaily on December 15, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Luis Suarez - Deploying Social Software in Learning and Teaching Environments - ELSUA ~ A KM Blog
A good find from Luis Suarez, who is actually viewing slide shows uploaded to SlideShare. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on December 15, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Seb Schmoller - Google's Patent Search - Fortnightly Mailing
Google has launched a new patent search tool and of course the first thing everybody in our field has done is to look up learning. Here's a patent for roles-based access control from 1997 - this is one of the things Blackboard claimed in its patent. And 'learning'? A search reveals 1147 patents - and a lot of work for someone, I guess. I think we need to get a handle on this, though I must co From OLDaily on December 15, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Tom Haskins - I Found it Inside My Blog Reader! - growing changing learning creating
Heh. "All these bloggers I subscribe to appear to be learning without formal instruction... All these bloggers are self directing their own learning proceses, motivating their own progress, synthesizing their own meaning and constructing idiosyncratic mental models. How did all these bloggers get so resourceful and practiced at learning informally from the blogging they are doing?" That's the evidence we all see and feel, the evidence of our own learning. [Link] [Tags: OLDaily on December 15, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes - Nadia
Today is a sad day in our household as our little cat Nadia passed away after a brief illness. She was only 3 years old. Video, Nadia in the box - she is the second cat to appear, the light white, orange and grey cat (the other cat is Polly). Video, the cats playing, Nadia is the first cat you see, at the beginning and near the end of the video; the black and wh From OLDaily on December 15, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

CBS Raises The Dead to Save Money
The media giant is resurrecting the dormant CBS Records music label to supply CBS television shows with cheaper music and to generate online sales. In Monkey Bites. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Look Ma, No Pulse!
A heart device keeps the blood moving for a Canadian man, but he has no pulse or blood pressure. In Bodyhack. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Ten Most Dangerous Toys Ever
Cannibalistic Cabbage Patch Kids vie with the Atomic Energy Lab for Kids containing real U-238 and BB-firing belt buckles for the worst toys sold to gullible mommies and daddies looking for something different for junior. In Table of Malcontents. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 2:46 p.m..

Google Patent Search Yields Gems
Look up the Wright Brothers' airplane drawings or investigate Tesla's electrical innovation proposals and Tom Edison's incandescent patents. Send us results of your favorite searches. In Gear Factor. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..

Dispatches From the Front Lines
This e-mail showed up in my inbox today: A few weeks ago, my school began to block Wikipedia. When I asked why, I was told that a student searched how to make pipe bombs. When I asked what they did to him, I was told nothing because they don’t know who did it. [I am [...] From weblogged News on December 15, 2006 at 12:48 p.m..

Stuck on Oil Dependence
The Department of Energy issues a report detailing how continuing the current energy policy will increase our oil dependence for decades to come. In Autopia. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 12:45 p.m..

[leweb] Politics across the cultural divide
Le Web 3, which I thought was an outstanding event and a very good conference—great for networking and community, with excellent speakers trapped in a traditional conference framework—is now enmeshed in a controversy that confounds me. If two of the three leading presidential candidates came to a US tech conference to talk for twenty minutes each about their Internet policies, it'd be considered a coup. At Le Web, however, some attendees feel cheated and betrayed. In part, perhaps it's because Le Web was a genuinely international conference. I happen to enjoy politics, so From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2006 at 11:49 a.m..

[leweb] My talk about democracy at Le Web 3
Hans Mestrum has posted a from-the-audience video (Windows Media) of my talk at Le Web 3. It's twenty minutes of me supposedly on the topic "Blogging Our Way to Democracy." It consists of several small riffs, loosely joined. And I don't think I stick the landing. [Tags: leweb3 politics me_me_me vcasts]... From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2006 at 11:49 a.m..

GateHouse Media goes CC
Lisa Williams over at PressThink breaks the news: Over the weekend, the Watertown TAB of Watertown, Massachusetts, revamped its website. The result is, for now, strikingly bloglike: a wide center column with items in reverse chronological order. And at the very bottom, a small silver badge with a line of text that reads: "Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license." Our local paper, the Brookline Tab, has done the same. Frankly, I never thought I'd say the Brookline Tab is cool, but, dang it all, they just turned their Web site from a glass-based fr From Joho the Blog on December 15, 2006 at 11:49 a.m..

You’re a Moron, You Clueless Gnat Brain!
David Pogue writes about the disappearance of online etiquette as the Read/Write Web expands our social interactions online. It’s not a pretty picture. He ends with: Maybe as the Internet becomes as predominant as air, somebody will realize that online behavior isnTMt just an afterthought. Maybe, along with HTML and how to gauge a Web siteTMs [...] From weblogged News on December 15, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

The Balance Between Freedom and Responsibility
If this post by Chris Lehmann isn’t one of the best edublog posts of 2006, I don’t know what is. This is what I was talking about yesterday about the power of blogging (the verb.) About being willing to reflect and share and learn through the writing. Not only is he writing about real experiences, [...] From weblogged News on December 15, 2006 at 8:45 a.m..

Get Your MP3 Tags in Order
A good tag editor can make managing your crazy-huge song collection a snap -- and free you from the world of iTunes ubiquity. By Eric Solomon. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 3:45 a.m..

Attack of the 'Wiimote' Hacks
Hobbyist hackers use Nintendo's motion-sensing controller to play Half-Life 2 and bang virtual drums. What's next? By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 3:45 a.m..

Aging Films Get Digital Face Lift
A wall of 700 Mac G5s is responsible for salvaging some of Hollywood's most precious films, like Star Wars and, er, Miami Vice. By Evan Shamon from Wired Test. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 3:45 a.m..

Nue Satisfies Like an Alien Lover
A disposable device for men offers convenience, pleasure and safety in a single package. Unfortunately, it's too expensive for everyday use. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 3:45 a.m..

Wired Science Is Coming to TV
Like television? Like Wired? Jan. 3 is your lucky day. That's when Wired Science premieres, bringing the magazine's high-quality journalism and inimitable style to PBS. Clear some space on the DVR -- this is the good stuff. By Adam Rogers. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 3:45 a.m..

Race to the Moon for Nuclear Fuel
NASA's proposed 2024 moon base will be a steppingstone to Mars, but it may also be a mining outpost. The moon is an abundant source of helium-3, a potent fuel for next-generation nuclear reactors. Trouble is, China, India and Russia have their eyes on it too. By John Lasker. From Wired News on December 15, 2006 at 3:45 a.m..

CUNY Chief Orders Names Stripped From Student Center
The chancellor ordered the names of two fugitives linked to violent crimes removed from the entrance to a student clubroom. From New York Times: Education on December 15, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Expert Panel Proposes Far-Reaching Redesign of the American Education System
A panel proposed a far-reaching redesign of the education system that would include having schools operated by independent contractors and giving states control over school financing. From New York Times: Education on December 15, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Grokster + DSU = ?
EFF’s Fred von Lohmann, post-Grokster: “A variety of new digital technologies are advertised and promoted for uses that the technology vendors believe to be fair uses. For example, Time Trax promotes its technology for recording satellite radio, Mercora for recording music from webcasts, and Sling Media for transmitting your TiVo’d TV shows to yourself [...] From A Copyfighter's Musings on December 15, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..