Edu_RSS ~ June 16, 2003

Most recent update: June 16, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: One Door Closes, Another Door Opens... "Pat"'s days at MLK have come to an end, and along with it all of the good Web log work that he's put in. It's a shame, but it's also an opportunity to do even better things at a new place. Best wishes, Pat. Sorry to see your great efforts on the part of some of the neediest kids in SF be cut off. Here's hoping your new endeavors will be even more successful. From weblogged News on June 16, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. Content management systems can damage search engine positioning Chris Sherman of SearchEngineWatch writes about the impact of content management systems on search engine positioning. To quote: Content management systems are great for maintaining large web sites, but many systems produce side effects with serious negative consequences for search... From Column Two on June 16, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. (Short-, Medium-, Long)wave Radio Meets Digital Stereo cryptec writes "Today shortwave radio will have some new life pumped into it as the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle will be the first full time shortwave ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Tuesday, June 17: Intellectual Property (Zittrain I'll be blogging Jonathan Zittrain and John Palfrey on current IP disputes, from Internet Law 2003 (@ Harvard's Program of Instruction for Lawyers), which runs from 9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m. EST, tomorrow. I don't have to tell you it's gonna be good stuff. See you then. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Senate panel considers spam restrictions A key Senate committee plans to vote Thursday on a proposal to restrict unsolicited commercial e-mail by requiring a working return address and a way for recipients to decline future messages. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. SoloMio ups its second round by $6.5 million From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Compaq name fades from HP's lips In a significant shift, Hewlett-Packard decides to downplay the Compaq name on its business products, even though the brand once carrried more sway with IT managers. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. PeopleSoft reassures customers The software maker sends a letter to customers asking them to stick with it as it fights a "calculated approach to disrupt our business." From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Bringing together content and data management systems: Challenges and opportunities The latest IBM Systems Journal has a number interesting articles, including one titled Bringing together content and data management systems: Challenges and opportunities. (The papers are available as PDFs, some fairly large.) [Thanks to Martin White.]... From Column Two on June 16, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Boston Globe: Companies get into weblog act Boston Globe: Companies get into weblog act "Consider: Every business needs to know what its employees know. Companies are crammed with experts on various topics whose knowledge goes to waste -- because nobody knows what they know. Now give these workers an internal corporate blog, and encourage them to use it. Let them natter away on every topic that intrigues... From elearningpost on June 16, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Darn'd weather! <%image(collection1/forest.jpg|119|177|See the forest?)%>We didn't make it down to Danvile, KY and GABBF over the weekend. Rained everywhere, with more predicted. Fortunately, things are looking pretty good for the upcoming weekend and we're all ready to go, so as soon as I get out of training (Blackboard 6) on Friday, we'll head out for a relaxing weekend in the woods. From carvingCode on June 16, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. SCO pulls AIX license, calls for permanent ban IBM to ship on From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Veritas stung by Microsoft support snafu Now you see it, now you don't From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Worms Going Further, Faster Major Byte writes "Rob Kolstad's MOTD (pdf) column in Usenix login; passes along a few distilled factiods from a CAIDA analysis of the 'Sappire/Slammer' Worm. ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Happy Birthday ...to Furdlog, a year and one month old today. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. PeopleSoft reassures customers The software maker sends a letter to customers asking them to stick with it as it fights a "calculated approach to disrupt our business." From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. ISP software puts squeeze on spam New software from the ePrivacy Group helps Internet service providers determine where spam's coming from--and then slow its connection speed to a crawl. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Sierra Wireless buys AirPrime From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Idea City Tomorrow morning I'm off to Toronto for the Idea City conference. Because of the ecclectic nature of Idea City, I'm not sure what my newsletters will look like. But I'm looking forward to the diversity of speakers and topics - it's so important to look beyond your own field for news ideas and inspiration. By Various Authors, June 15, 2003 [Refer][Research][--> From OLDaily on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Web Services Basics If you are still not sure what web services are, exactly, this book chapter may help fill some of the void. Some good overall explanation, and even better, a host of examples. PDF format, which gave me no end of grief. By Anne Thomas Manes, May 16, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. InfoWorld Trials RSS-Based Advertising As users of Edu_RSS know, RSS spam is already a problem. So this announcement that InfoWorld is the "first" to plant advertisements in its RSS feeds is a bit of a problem (I doubt that they're first - NewsTrolls ran RSS feeds for its Cafe Press gear ages ago), but we'll leave that aside). Fortunately, aggregators can simply decline to harvest from troublesome feeds (I have already kicked out several sites from Edu_RSS and they can filter the links they aggregate (coming soon), but I can see it now, the ongoing battle between aggregators and those who wish to slip their message throug From OLDaily on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Today's Lesson, Sponsored By... What I have to ask is, what are people thinking when they have Dunkin Donuts sponsor a school party, Oscar Mayer sponsor a student singing contest (of the corporate jingle), or Angel Soft toilet paper give prizes to students for community service? We want children to be receptive to the information they receive in school - that's the whole point, isn't it? - and these companies pay what amounts to a pittance for exclusive access to this receptivity. The vast bulk of this article is devoted to describing and defending the school activity sponsorships, but what the story should contain From OLDaily on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Maine School Gives Students Own Laptops Wrap-up and overview od the Maine laptop program, with some statistics and examples. The program appears to have drawn glowing reviews from all concerned and there appears to be a stong committment to continue the program in the future. By AP, CNN, June 15, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Enterprise Learning A lot of fascinating discussion in this report from the E-Learning Forum's session on Enterprise Learning. Representatives from the largest Silicon Valley e-learning companies got together to discuss the state of the industry. The word of the day is "best of breed." The comments are... mixed. The best insight was from Click2Learn's Ashwani Sirohi: "User collaboration and personalization will be key." By Jay Cross, Internet Time, June 14, 2003 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. WOW! NewsNow Cracks 10,000 Source Mark From ResourceShelf on June 16, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. Web accessibility learning modules California State University has released a series of web accessibility learning modules that cover a wide range of accessibility issues and approaches. To quote: The growing reliance on the Web for providing courseware and campus information, necessitates that universities make... From Column Two on June 16, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. It's official The MLK Middle School&nbsp;blogging project has, in the (slightly altered)&nbsp;immortal (?)&nbsp;phrasing&nbsp;of John Cleese, "... passed on!&nbsp; The project is no more!&nbsp;&nbsp;It has ceased to be!&nbsp; It's expired and gone to meet&nbsp;its maker! It's&nbsp;a stiff!&nbsp; Bereft of life,&nbsp;it rests in peace!&nbsp; If&nbsp;it didn't still From homoLudens III on June 16, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. SCO pulls AIX license, calls for permanent ban IBM to ship on From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. IBM Responds To SCO: Business As Usual Newsforge is running a statement from IBM on its decision not to bow to SCO's demand that they stop shipping AIX. In a statement this short, there's not much ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Untitled William Grosso: "Is it just me, or did we have a month of good, old-fashioned, Internet time in the web browser universe." From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. It's the Architecture, Stupid Lawrence Solum and Minn Chung have posted a research paper that asks a fascinating question--whether and how the architecture of the Internet should affect regulation of the Net. Their answer? Regulation should be governed by something called the "layers principle"; that is, the law should "respect the integrity of layered Internet architecture." Further, they contend that such analysis "provides a m From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Sierra Wireless buys AirPrime From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. New ICQ hooks up with AIM From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Equal rights for CIOs A new study shows that companies will get the most bang for the buck from information technology when they treat it like any other part of their business. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. eBlaster spyware has Achilles heel Review Well designed, yet easily defeated From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. PeopleSoft shows J.D. Edwards the money Adds cash to bid From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Hydrodemolition Robot Crushes With Water Roland Piquepaille writes "In 'Robot pummels roads with water', the Augusta Chronicle says that a hydrodemolition robot is going to restore seven bridges in ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Equal rights for CIOs A new study shows that companies will get the most bang for the buck from information technology when they treat it like any other part of their business. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. RedEnvelope seals bid for IPO The online gifts company gets ready to launch a share offering on the Nasdaq, a sign that the tide may be turning on Wall Street for Internet retailers. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Defense Dept. backs next-generation Net The U.S. Department of Defense says it plans to support the next-generation Internet, known as Internet Protocol version 6, in as little as five years. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Veritas stung by Microsoft support snafu Now you see it, now you don't From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. UK To Hold Public Enquiry On Spam feepcreature writes "Is something going to be done about email spam at last? In the UK, the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group is to hold a public enquiry ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. MIPS introduces new chip architecture From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Italian police shut down piracy ring Raids on a huge software piracy ring result in the arrest of 181 people and in the recovery of almost $140 million in copied products from Microsoft, Adobe Systems and others. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Targeted teachers Civil war wreaks havoc on schools in Colombia - one of the deadliest places on the planet to teach. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Head Start's cloudy future Head Start faces its most serious challenge to date in recently-introduced legislation. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Backlash brews over rising cost of college College tuition at public universities is racing far ahead of inflation, and one congressman aims to do something about it. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Sea rescues and barbecues are part of this floating curriculum Students training to become merchant mariners got an unexpected lesson in sea rescue. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. What's new News briefs from the world of education. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Defense Department looks to next-gen Net The U.S. Department of Defense says it plans to support the next-generation Internet, known as Internet Protocol version 6, in as little as five years. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. HP sets up separate Linux unit The new unit will house Hewlett-Packard's business interests in the open-source operating system, CNET News.com has learned. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. XML and Unicode: Mix with care The character set that lets computers write in every language from Czech to Chinese could make Web browsers tongue-tied, two standards groups warn. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Best Legal Statement of the Month The "obligatory legal" statemnent in the footer at Healther Champ's blog, harrumph! scared me enough.... From cogdogblog on June 16, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. That Tricky Word, "Design" Peter Merholz talks about dismissing the word &#187;Design&#171; in the marketing language of his company Adaptive Path:What's wrong with "design"? Well, there's nothing wrong with the practice, but plenty wrong with the word's associations. [...] Design, with a capital D, ought to stretch beyond tactics, and into strategy. Design methods are brilliantly suited to figuring out WHAT to make, not just HOW to make it.[peterme.com] From owrede_log on June 16, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. PeopleSoft shows J.D. Edwards the money Adds cash to bid From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. SCO Terminates IBM's Unix License AKAImBatman writes "SCO has terminated IBM's license to use Unix code. SCO is filing for an injunction that will require IBM to cease all sale of AIX as well ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Chinese Manned Space Flight Set For Autumn brandido writes "According to an article at Space.com, "Chinese space officials remain on schedule for the first piloted flight of that nation's Shenzhou ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Untitled I just got a call from the chair of our journalism panel at BloggerCon, and he got a yes from his fourth panelist, so one of the key events is now set to announce. I've asked him to write up a two-page introduction for the site and the mail list and we're going to move on to the education panel, politics panel and technology panel. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. AT&T targets Web hosting castaways The company is launching a plan for attracting business customers displaced when other carriers cut back their Web hosting services. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. SCO cancels IBM Unix license The company says it has revoked Big Blue's license to sell its version of Unix, called AIX, and requested that a judge permanently block IBM's Unix business. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. ARM updates chip instructions The Cambridge, England-based chip designer unveils an update to its Thumb set of processor instructions, hoping to help cell phones run faster and consume less energy. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. SAP, eBay team up to unload excess goods Customers of the German software giant can sell their used inventory on the auction site--an increasingly popular tactic among companies that seek to empty their shelves during the downturn. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. W3C needs you If you want to do something for web standards, and if you have the time and technical know-how, you can help the W3C improve its free, essential CSS and markup validation services. Here's how. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. Worth your time Truly engaging websites. Beautiful redesigns. CSS mini-tabs. Great reads on the use of weblogs for marketing and PR; design basics, from fonts and color to white space and alignment; how fonts really work in Mac OS X. Desktop backgrounds. Swedish pop bands. And so much more. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. More IE5/Mac perspectives Tantek, father of the Tasman rendering engine, tells how he learned his product was dead. Eric Meyer explains the benefits of innovations IE5/Mac introduced, all of which helped the cause of web standards, and most of which found their way into the browser you probably use, no matter which browser or platform you favor. Interestingly, after announcing that IE5/Mac has no future, Microsoft will release an upgraded version later today. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. Conspiracy theory Dave Winer puts the death of IE5/Mac into context, concluding it took Bill Gates ten years to erase the web as a threat. The timing of recent events bears out Dave's thesis, at least as far as Microsoft's INTENTIONS are concerned. A blow by blow analysis of who did and said what when. Were standards-oriented Microsoft developers dupes? Did the company tolerate their actions because implementing standards pacified the developer community? What happens next? Do consumers have a choice? From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. Buggedzilla A zeldman.com rendering bug in some versions of Mozilla has been reported: It's Bugzilla Bug 209217, and Mozilla Quality Assurance engineers are on the case. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. ALA 158: Accesskeys - unlocking hidden navigation In Issue No. 158 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: All your favorite applications have shortcut keys. So can your site, thanks to the XHTML accesskey attribute. Accesskeys make sites more accessible for people who cannot use a mouse. Unfortunately, almost no designer uses accesskeys, because, unless they view source, most visitors can't tell that you've put these nifty navigational shortcuts to work on your site. Stuart Robertson unlocks the secret of providing visible accesskey shortcuts. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. Mobile Cameras and the Nature of Snapshots I'm taking a picture of the workshop folks, and they're taking pictures of me. We're all doing it with camera-phones.... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 16, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. Steve Jobs And Jeff Bezos Meet The Segway deadwood writes "Ever wanted to know what Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos really thought about the Segway the first time he saw it? At the Harvard Business School ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. people having an effect As reported in Michael Geist's great Internet Law News service: >CANADA TO SCRAP COPYRIGHT EXTENSIONS ON UNPUBLISHED WORKS >Decima's Canadian New Media reports that the Canadian >government plans to drop controversial provisions from a >bill that would have extended the term of copyright for >unpublished works by deceased authors. Dubbed the Lucy Maud >Montgomery Copyright Term Extension Act, members of a >committee considering the bill noted that they had been >flooded with calls and emails of people concerned with the >copyright exten From Lessig Blog on June 16, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. U.S. Market Internet Penetration Some places in the U.S. are more connected than others, as research reveals the markets with the highest Internet penetration. From CyberAtlas on June 16, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Nokia secures browser-accessible VPNs The maker of telecommunications gear moves into browser-based virtual private networks with new products that let companies offer secure Web browser access to internal networks. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Sony preps new Clie handhelds The gadgets, which feature the latest version of the Palm OS, built-in cameras and digital audio players, will be released in early July, the company confirms. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Office revamp to get a going-over The software giant plans to "refresh" the beta version of Office 2003, which could delay the final release, and tries out a new PowerPoint add-on. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. SAP, eBay team up to unload excess goods Customers of the German software giant can sell their used inventory on the auction site--an increasingly popular tactic among companies seeking to empty their shelves during the downturn. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Match.com to play the field From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. In the June 9 issue of The Seattle Times, Mike Cas ... In the June 9 issue of The Seattle Times, Mike Cassidy puffs ebrary for its policy of providing open access to literature. Ebrary provides free online access for reading, but charges for copying or printing, falling far short of true open access but still leagues ahead of most other commercial providers. From FOS News on June 16, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. In today's issue of The Scientist, Catherine Zando ... In today's issue of The Scientist, Catherine Zandonella reports that the University of California will launch open-access journals, starting this fall, using the tools and framework of its eScholarship Repository. Excerpt: "In a trend that could permanently alter the nature of scholarly publishing, several top research universities are setting up electronic superarchives to store and share their researchers' data. Some universities see these "institutional repositories" s From FOS News on June 16, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. RSS as Killer Educational App It's good to see more and more people thinking about the use of RSS in an educational setting...whenever I start picturing the way it could enhance communication here I get seriously impatient to start work on building it right away. Frankly, as I have said many times before, I think the potential is enormous. But there are some issues that need to be resolved, the primary one being the best way to deliver the content to teacher/student desktops. I'm sure there are many more well versed than I that could speak to what that might look like. I would think the easiest way would be to c From weblogged News on June 16, 2003 at 3:47 p.m.. Truck Stops Get Wireless Internet Makarand writes "According to SFGate.com, a company called IdleAire Technologies are building high-tech truck stops to provide drivers with air-conditioning, ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Derek Delivers ...on his promise to follow up on the conversation we've been having about the First Amendment and fair use, post-Eldred [PDF]. He's also delivering more than 15,000 hits to the Weblogs at Harvard Law site. It's very likely that someone is messing with us. But I st From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on June 16, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Microsoft pushes embedded OSes From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. New Wi-Fi lands in home LAN gear Gear maker Belkin starts offering updates in order to mesh its wireless home networking range with the newly approved 802.11g standard, one of the first companies to do so for customers. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. CA unveils antivirus, antispam product From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. In the June 4 Content Management Focus, Sandra Hig ... In the June 4 Content Management Focus, Sandra Higgison shows why articles prepared with content management systems are often invisible to standard search engines. Skip to the second half of the article. (Thanks to Search Day.) From FOS News on June 16, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. More on the GPO compromise....Miriam Drake reviews ... More on the GPO compromise....Miriam Drake reviews the controversy and its resolution in the June 16 Information Today. From FOS News on June 16, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. The Council of Europe is considering a proposal re ... The Council of Europe is considering a proposal requiring online media to offer a "right of reply" to anyone criticized by one of their authors. The requirement would not be limited to professional online media, but would extend to all online media, including chat rooms, discussion lists, and blogs. Declan McCullagh blasts the idea in his June 16 column, pointing out the obvious burden on blogs and online discussions, but also reminding us that From FOS News on June 16, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. We need to know about "killer apps" George and David commented on a well written article by Mary Harrsch discussing educational uses of RSS. The article promotes RSS as "the next killer app for education." They both mention that RSS is not new and not really an application in and of itself. Comment: Perhaps. But for many educat From carvingCode on June 16, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. CASE - An overview of CMS Benefits Quote: "Ask Bryan McNulty, Bates College's director of college relations, what he likes about the content management system Bates uses to manage its Web site, and he ticks off a handful of benefits." From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Invaders welcome Just a private joke for one of my readers. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. jill/txt: untidy reactions Quote: "I was eighteen the last time I was single. My girlfriends are all neatly coupled off now, but their reactions to my recently acquired single status speak volumes of what might lie underneath the clean surfaces of their lives."Comment: Just been thinking about surfaces and untidiness.&nbsp; That's all. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Convergence of Biology and Computers? Pankaj Arora asks: "This summer I am working on both Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology research projects at the Mayo Clinic Rochester. Being an MIS major ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. May 2003 Internet Usage Stats The average Internet activity — both at work and at home — in May for surfers in the U.S., UK, and Australia, as reported by Nielsen//NetRatings Inc. From CyberAtlas on June 16, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. U.S. CeBit seeks business elite Unlike sister show CeBit Hannover, which boasts hundreds of thousands of attendees, CeBit America is aiming at a much smaller number of corporate executives. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Canon unveils budget printers From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Apple exec to give Macworld keynote From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. PeopleSoft adds CRM software product From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. 50 Metric Tons of Learning The main Iraq Educational Repair contract was awarded on April 17, 2003 to the tune of $62.7M -- with options for two one-year extensions which could raise the value to as much as $157M. It is formally referred to as the Revitalization of Iraqi Schools and Stabilization of Education (RISE) program, and the recipient was a for-profit, woman-owned business named Creative Associates International, Inc. From Transnational Education on June 16, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. History Education Reviews From Educational Researcher some new reviews by Terrie Epstein of books on History Education.... From Education Librarian on June 16, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. JournURL: More BBS/Blog Fusion &#187;Another entry in the fusion of the BBS and Blog patterns, JournURL, an attempt to create a CCMS (that'd be Community Content Management System to you and me.) The focus here is improving on the model of simple comments for supporting real discussions in weblogs: "Robust threaded and linear discussion that encourages extended conversations and debate. No simplistic comment system here, folks. No anonymous spam."&#171;As I've said in the past, blog comment systems generally suc From owrede_log on June 16, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Badges? Badges? Who needs all these stinking badges? They sit at the bottom of the screen, those little graphics pointing to organizational affiliations and support providers. Sometimes in badge form, sometimes as hot links. I don't "need" them, but they represent reliably thoughtful assistance. While still in "review the year" mode, I realized how much Bryan Bell and Erin Clerico have done for me, BAWP and many others&nbsp;in the last two years. I went back to that -- From homoLudens III on June 16, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. elearnspace blog: RSS - Next Killer Application for education Quote: "RSS: The Next Killer App For Education...I'm not sure why new technologies are always labelled as "next killer applications" - in particular in a case were RSS isn't really an application - it's a protocol...an XML format. Aggregators, on the other hand, are applications. Still, if you are new to RSS and it's features, this article details it well from an educational perspective - including benfits and applications."Comment: I'm with George on this one.&nbsp; It&ap From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Massive growth in Linux is 'historic inevitability' IDC paints bright future for Penguinistas From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. As funky as they wanna be... It's geniunely puzzling why Winer goes through such effort to tear down the hard work done by others. Lately Dave's... From Syndication News from Bill Kearney on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Linux Network Administrator's Guide, 2nd Edition Dan Clough writes "I read this book to improve my knowledge of Linux networking, and in that regard it was a huge success! It was also an enjoyable and ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Syllable's Kristian Van Der Vliet Interview Andreas Louca writes "OSNews.com has a nice interview with Syllable's Project Leader, Kristian Van Der Vliet. Syllable is one of the teams that raised off the ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Untitled He continues: "Anyone in a space that MS wants to occupy, which is to say every space that involves a user and technology, does not have time to dick around." From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Unfunded Mandates... NPR : States Face Challenges with Federal Education Act This NPR report discusses the mandates of the "No Child Left Behind" act, and the funding burden it is placing on states. States say the No Child Left Behind Act, which... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 16, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. Special Libraries Association Keeps Its Name From ResourceShelf on June 16, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. Worth your time Truly engaging websites. Beautiful redesigns. CSS mini-tabs. Great reads on the use of weblogs for marketing and PR; design basics, from fonts and color to white space and alignment; how fonts really work in Mac OS X. Desktop backgrounds. Swedish pop bands. And so much more. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. More IE5/Mac perspectives Tantek, father of the Tasman rendering engine, tells how he learned his product was dead. Eric Meyer explains the benefits of innovations IE5/Mac introduced, all of which helped the cause of web standards, and most of which found their way into the browser you probably use, no matter which browser or platform you favor. Interestingly, after announcing that IE5/Mac has no future, Microsoft will release an upgraded version later today. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. Conspiracy theory Dave Winer puts the death of IE5/Mac into context, concluding it took Bill Gates ten years to erase the web as a threat. The timing of recent events bears out Dave's thesis, at least as far as Microsoft's INTENTIONS are concerned. A blow by blow analysis of who did and said what when. Were standards-oriented Microsoft developers dupes? Did the company tolerate their actions because implementing standards pacified the developer community? What happens next? Do consumers have a choice? From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. Buggedzilla A zeldman.com rendering bug in some versions of Mozilla has been reported: It's Bugzilla Bug 209217, and Mozilla Quality Assurance engineers are on the case. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 16, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. New from T.H.E. Journal From Carol Beckett, Ines Marquez-Chisholm & Keith Wetzel, the feature article "Preparing Technology-Competent Teachers". And from Lynn Feist, a nice... From Education Librarian on June 16, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. Students teaching with blogs Jill Walker: &#187;One thing I've really liked in the student weblogs I've been grading is that there are a lot of posts that are really useful. It's so different from exams where only the examiners are ever going to see all the work students have done. For instance, a colour blind student teaches other students and readers how to design sites that can be read by colour blind people (you'll have more colour blind readers than readers using Opera or Netscape or ne From owrede_log on June 16, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. JournURL: More BBS/Blog Fusion &#187;Another entry in the fusion of the BBS and Blog patterns, JournURL, an attempt to create a CCMS (that'd be Community Content Management System to you and me.) The focus here is improving on the model of simple comments for supporting real discussions in weblogs: "Robust threaded and linear discussion that encourages extended conversations and debate. No simplistic comment system here, folks. No anonymous spam."&#171;As I've said in the past, blog comment systems generally suc From owrede_log on June 16, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. Apple's Net-Sharing Smarts Overcome Apple's WiFi Woes So a bunch of us sit down in a WiFi-equipped conference room to talk about software, community and other such... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on June 16, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. McGee's Musings - Structuring time for reflection Quote: "Excellent material on the challenges of building in the necessary time for reflection to power organizational learning and change. One interesting aspect to this line of thought is that reflection has to become an explicit process for it to work at the operating pace of today's economy"Comment: I imagine Seb will be interested in this.&nbsp;&nbsp;I think that structured reflection in learning is important.&nbsp; It feels self-evident to say so. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Invisible Adjunct: Graduate School Culture The Invisible Adjunct has a bunch of interesting postings including this one on graduate school culture.&nbsp; Read the link to Barita too, and Caveat Lector.&nbsp; A good number of posts about the "imposter" syndrome.&nbsp; It sounds scary, but it does highlight a critical thing to consider in graduate school, i.e. the culture and atmosphere of a department.&nbsp; Do they From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. AKMA: Flesh and Blood Quote: "I'd go further than David in resisting the premise that individuals are real-er than communities; I'm ready, for the time being at least, to argue that an asocial individual isn't fully human."Comment:An interesting piece to read in conjunction with Dave Roger's from earlier&nbsp;(this is a different David). From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Network cards and dodgy Win 2003 drivers Security Haphazard From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Labour site defaced 'These things happen' From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Nokia launches mass market smartphone Not just for skateboarders, poseurs any more? From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. TCP/IP Connection Cutting On Linux Firewalls Chris Lowth writes "Network security administrators sometimes need to be able to abort TCP/IP connections routed over their firewalls on demand. This would ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Untitled DaveNet: NY Times Archive, Weblogs and RSS. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Untitled Pat Rock (via email) on MS's not-funky RSS. "It's probably a safe bet that their newsfeed isn't funky because AFAIK they haven't written a news aggregator. When the next version of Outlook Express comes out and has a news aggregator built in, that's when we'll see the Funk." To which I responded, Pat you understand how it works. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Untitled Mark Hurst sends a pointer to MIT's The Tech, which boasts a searchable archive dating back to 1881. That's pretty good. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Untitled Federal Computer Week: DOD moving to IPv6. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Making CRM Accessible Is your e-commerce site easily accessible to all your customers? Jack Aaronson discusses how to make customer interactions easy to understand for people with visual or aural impairments. From E-Commerce Guide on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. DealTime Lowers Minimum Bid DealTime on Monday lowered its minimum bid in an effort to entice more small and medium-sized retailers to try its shopping search engine. From E-Commerce Guide on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. PeopleSoft adds CRM software product From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards amend deal The new plan between the two business software makers calls for a combination cash/stock merger, instead of an all-stock deal. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Semantic Technologies in E-Commerce From Semantic World on June 16, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. The Numbers Behind Digital Music Business 2.0 has an infographic that explains the breakdown of "how labels and artists divvy up your MP3 dollar:" The MP3 Economy "The biggest chunk of your dollar goes to the online music provider. This explains why sites like Rhapsody can offer promotional discounts: When you buy a song for 49 cents, the site sacrifices its profit but the label still gets paid.... The Artist's Cut: Twelve percent is averag From The Shifted Librarian on June 16, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. jill/txt: students teaching with blogs Quote: "One thing I've really liked in the student weblogs I've been grading is that there are a lot of posts that are really useful. It's so different from exams where only the examiners are ever going to see all the work students have done. For instance, a colour blind student teaches other students and readers how to design sites that can be read by colour blind people."Comment: Weblogs in learning in action.&nbsp; Neat.&nbsp; Also some nice explanations about what works and what doesn't. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. "No Dashes Or Spaces" Hall of Shame Quote: "But I've observed one technique that has been nearly universal: the practice of refusing to allow spaces or dashes in credit card number entry fields "Comment: It is astonishing.&nbsp; A good number of our internal applications suffer from this too, more often with social security numbers, not credit cards though. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Time's Shadow - Waking up to yourself Dave Rogers is always gently provocative. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. The BloggerCon 2003 Weblog: Educators Using Weblogs Quote: "Now I want to balance that with a couple of educators who have successfully created a network of weblogs in a school, school district, college, university. I'm looking for people who support people who use weblogs, in a context that is not about weblogs, if possible"Comment: Some good pointers in the comments. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. ongoing · Antibiotic Days / Web Wizardry of Yore Quote: "I suppose there's not too much of that low-hanging fruit left, but there was a time when being a Web Guy was like being Gandalf the wizard and James Herriot the country vet all rolled into one."Comment:Another weblog I always enjoy reading.&nbsp; There's still lots of neat things to do, but it does feel like harder work sometimes.&nbsp; Not always though.&nbsp; There's always something that's fairly easy for you to do that, by sharing, you help others who just don't have that particular skill. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Seagate dips toe in notebook HDD market Reg Kit Watch Plus new 'disposable' Canon BubbleJets From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. 181(!) Italians charged in €100m bootleg software raids And another 10,300 under investigation From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. BT sacks 200 in porn clampdown Enough From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Nokia launches mass market smartphone Not just for skateboarders, poseurs any more? From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Europe To Force Right of Reply On Internet Communication David Buck writes "Today, the Council of Europe (an influential quasi-governmental body that drafts conventions and treaties) is to finalize a proposal that ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Opera in the Park tonight Tonight at 8:00 p.m. is the second (and last) free Met Opera in Central Park this season. Additional performances are still to come in the other boroughs and CT, with NJ performances upcoming in August. Tonight on the Great Lawn in Central Park (just south of the 86th Street transverse), the Met will perform Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with Edoardo M&uuml;ller conducting; Elizabeth Futral (Lucia), Frank Lopardo (Edgardo), Bruno Caproni From megnut on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Ito into the commons Joi Ito has joined the Creative Commons board. One clearly bright spot just got brighter. From Lessig Blog on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. from the nicely said department Evan Hunt has a long-ish post about ways to understand environmentalism, both for tangible and intangible resources. As he writes, protecting the commons is about making sure that in the future "you won't have to be rich to breathe fresh air" -- or work for a major studio to be free to build upon our past with film. I love work that pulls together different fields into a common frame. This does it nicely. From Lessig Blog on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Why Europe still doesn't get the Internet CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh cautions that a proposal being considered by the Council of Europe would impose impossibly bureaucratic controls on Internet users. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards amend deal The new plan between the two business software makers speeds up the merger process and calls for a combination cash/stock merger, instead of an all-stock deal. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Yahoo gets green and mean From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Search engine pioneer Overture prepares for new chapter From ResourceShelf on June 16, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. Not for the Brittany Spears Audience New from ALA Graphics (and recently a topic on MetaFilter), an "@ your library" sign for schools/libraries. A great... From Education Librarian on June 16, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. Appreciation: Truer Words Just because of the mood I'm in this morning, and just because I was talking with a friend about his site, I want to say that I always appreciate Seth Dillingham's writing too.&nbsp; He's generous, smart,&nbsp;and articulate. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. Nokia 6600 handset to offer SMIL, 3GPP multimedia Intros glow-in-the-dark 3100 phone too From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Three LindowsOS PCs Reviewed Eugenia writes "Not one, but three LindowsOS-based PCs (in the value range of $199 USD) were reviewed online by WashingtonPost. A TigerDirect PC, the ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. GameCube ISOs Released? Mister.de writes "An online piracy group called "StarCube" has made ISO's of games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker available for download on the net. ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled Correction from Neil McIntosh at the Guardian, which is not publicly funded. He says. "We're owned by an independent organisation, the Scott Trust, whose aim is: "To secure the financial and editorial independence of the Guardian in perpetuity; as a quality national newspaper without party affiliation; remaining faithful to its liberal tradition; as a profit-seeking enterprise managed in an efficient and cost-effective manner." From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Gold Farming in UO Interesting pair of posts over at Julian Dibbell's playmoney site, devoted to the economics of Ultima Online on gold farming, the art of exploiting economic bugs to generate a surplus of gold pieces, and then auctioning them on eBay :And as there is justice even in imaginary worlds, their hubris once again seems to have brought them down. In the last few weeks OSI has been raining hell- From Corante: Social Software on June 16, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. Betsy Fresh on Devine Here the autobiographical paragraph from a book proposal Betsy Devine is circulating: Betsy Devine has parlayed a master's degree in engineering from Princeton into a high-powered 30-year sabbatical. She is the C++ programming genius behind "Funny Bits From Your Talking Chips," whose free shareware version delighted Mac users worldwide and whose $25 version has sold exactly one copy. Her enormous collection of jokes, barely tapped by this book, is founded on years of nerd symbiosis in Princeton, Cambridge, and on the World Wide Web. Other distinctions include making microwave popcorn in E From Joho the Blog on June 16, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. The Globe on Blogs The Boston Globe today runs an article by Hiawatha Bray in the Business Section on the Weblogs Business Strategy conference last week: Consider: Every business needs to know what its employees know. Companies are crammed with experts on various topics whose knowledge goes to waste &#8212; because nobody knows what they know. Now give these workers an internal corporate blog, and encourage them to use it. Let them natter away on every topic that intrigues them. Harvest and index the results. You've mapped your workers' brains. With a few keystrokes, a manager can find out who&apos From Joho the Blog on June 16, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. Marc's Vision Marc Canter explains the vision behind Broadband Mechanics. This is from the end of his essay: The idea is that all of us together can equal what Microsoft is working on HYPHEN which they call Longhorn. It's possible that an inter-connecting world of micro-content servers and RSS aware tools can create a distributed, open source, web services based People's Mesh. Longhorn and Apple's iLife will be the litmus we will compare our 'People's Mesh to. The goal would be to equal their functionality, but have it free and open for us all to use. You can see part of... From Joho the Blog on June 16, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. Code The Web Socket: Frontpage vs CMS/Weblog Software Quote: "Jerry Pournelle asks the question once again: "...will someone tell me precisely what are the advantages (to me) of blogging software over what I am doing now with FrontPage?""Comment: Al provides a concise overview of what a low-end CMS gives you.&nbsp; I do enjoy reading Al's writing. He's a generous, funny writer. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. HK firm builds portable Dreamcast Cool, but illegal From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. BT! and !Yahoo! in! BB! marriage! AOL target for new access/content venture From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Bad raps for non-hacks Show up bureacrats at your peril From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Boeing Moves Towards New Planes maliabu writes "Boeing has named its new plane DreamLiner with plans for its future, which is set to fly in 2008. It'll be interesting to see how ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Massive WWDC Rumor Roundup An anonymous reader writes "MacRumors.com posted a massive rumor roundup of all the major rumors surrounding Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference which ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Untitled The Harvard Crimson archive goes back to 1900. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Untitled News.Com interviews Darl McBride, CEO of SCO, on his lawsuit against IBM. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Broadcom unveils network security chips The chipmaker plans to announce on Monday a new family of all-in-one processors that the company hopes will drive down costs for security-enhanced network communications. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. xrefer is adding over 76,000 audio MP3 files to it ... xrefer is adding over 76,000 audio MP3 files to its online reference service, xreferplus. The spoken-word files are being added to aid researchers in the pronunciation of medical, scientific and technical terminology, as well English-language words in general From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 16, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. Power Searching with the Pros - 2-day workshops to ... Power Searching with the Pros - 2-day workshops to be held by Mary Ellen Bates, Chris Sherman and Elizabeth Swan from June 30 to July 11 in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Canberra Australia From Peter Scott&apos;s Library Blog on June 16, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. Blogging NECC "Sarah" is did some great onsite blogging for Xplana over the weekend and "Tim" has set up a site for the same type of thing for those attending NECC. What a great idea if we could get a dozen or so "reporters" to post session notes relevant to Web logs in the classroom. I think we've collected over a dozen people who will be sitting down with Intel and chatting during the conference. If you're going to NECC, you use Web logs with your students, and you haven't checked in yet, you can --> From weblogged News on June 16, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. Microsoft's Latest Anti-Linux Move IDG: Linux Version of Acquired Antivirus Product Doomed. Users and resellers of RAV AntiVirus, especially popular on Linux platforms, are... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on June 16, 2003 at 8:46 a.m.. NTT DoCoMo touts longer lasting 3G phones About time From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Child porn-lite users to wriggle free from court hook Case disposal From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. When will your phone become a TV? Nokia peeks at DVB From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Preparing Technology-Competent Teachers - E. Carol Beckett, Ines Marquez-Chisholm, and Keith Wetzel, THE Journal Nationally, a large number of graduates from colleges of education feel ill-prepared to integrate technology into their curriculum (Beckett et al. 2001; Congressional Office of Technology Assessment 1995). Although students graduating from the College of Education at Arizona State University West (ASUW) have taken a course on teaching with technology, they did not feel prepared to implement what they learned in their own classrooms (Wetzel et al. From Educational Technology on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Suit defends Head Start advocates? online rights - Corey Murray, eSchool News An advocacy group for the National Head Start Program filed a lawsuit June 12 accusing the Bush administration of violating the free-speech rights of local Head Start staff members and their stakeholders by trying to stifle an electronic campaign to save the program in its current format. From Educational Technology on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. The Realities of Web-Based Training - Jennifer Minotti & Paul Giguere, THE Journal Web-based training (wbt) - the use of the World Wide Web for training purposes that can be delivered anytime, anywhere to anyone with access to an Internet-enabled computer - has become a term both loaded with possibilities and mired down in misconceptions. From Online Learning Update on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Distance Education And Online Learning Act Of 2003 Distance Education And Online Learning Act Of 2003 (Introduced In U.S. Senate) Published on on Jun 16, 2003: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding distance education, and for other purposes.... DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS- An agency or ass... From Online Learning Update on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Damn and blast and no herring for me. I'm meant to be in Helsinki today. The Grand Leader called a meeting of the Social Software Cabal, and naturally... From Ben Hammersley.com on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Why Europe still doesn't get the Internet CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh cautions that a proposal being considered by the Council of Europe would impose impossibly bureaucratic controls on Internet users. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Why SCO decided to take IBM to court SCO CEO Darl McBride explains the motivation behind the company's controversial lawsuit against Big Blue and its implications for the future of open source. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Vision Series: Intensive care for medical data The Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act may be a headache for the health care industry, but it could provide IT companies with a partial cure for their prolonged business slump. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Towards an Information Society for All 3 - Virtual ... Towards an Information Society for All 3 - Virtual Services for Real People builds on the two successful British Council conferences held in 2001 in Bologna, and in 2002 in Berlin, where practitioners and policy makers from around Europe met to consider the present state of development of the emerging Information Society across Europe - Paris, 26-27 September 2003 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 16, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Papers from e(X)literature - Preservation, Archivi ... Papers from e(X)literature - Preservation, Archiving and Dissemination of Electronic Literature - a conference co-sponsored by Electronic Literature Organization and the Digital Cultures Project, are now available online From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 16, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. American Geophysical Union (AGU) has added a per-u ... American Geophysical Union (AGU) has added a per-user subscription rate and, for qualifying institutions, a very low annual access fee for journals to which they have not subscribed recently. These options allow an institution to have site-wide access at rates that may be more compatible with its budget or perceived need From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 16, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. SAP signs eBay for auction front-end Inventory dumper From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. How to get a 3G handset for nothing Your step-by-step guide to upgrading your mobile From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. WLAN sales go gangbusters Leader of the Pack From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. MPs hold public inquiry into spam Curse From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. What does consolidation mean for the customers? Errr.... From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Netscape Pays $100,000 To Settle Privacy Issue crazyhorse44 writes ""The New York Attorney General's office said on Friday Netscape would pay $100,000 as part of a settlement of complaints about a feature ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Virtual learning - AZURE DOMSCHKE, Northwest Indiana Times A new virtual reality device at Valparaiso University allows engineering students to visualize concepts usually just taught on paper. VU recently purchased the $50,000 VisBox, an 8-foot by 6-foot display, which involves a system of digital projectors and a screen. From Techno-News Blog on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Nanotube Transistors Make Memory - Technology Review Researchers from the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology in Korea and the Chonbuk National University in Korea have laid the groundwork for making nonvolatile computer memory out of carbon nanotubes. Nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that can be smaller than a nanometer across, or about the width of a row of 10 hydrogen atoms. From Techno-News Blog on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Can E-Mail Be Saved? - Technology Review Barry Shein is founder, president and CEO of the company that launched the first commercial dial-up Internet service. Dave Crocker authored or contributed to most of the technical standards that makes Internet mail possible. In a special http://technologyreview. From Techno-News Blog on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Untitled Greenspun: "Imagine a wedding held at a waterslide park." From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Going the distance for degree - Marie C. Franklin, Boston Globe Distance learning is an increasingly popular option in higher education. According to US News, there are 246 online graduate degree programs available in business, education, engineering, library science, and public health. Eric Schutz, 32, a project leader at Nova BiomedicalCorp. From Online Learning Update on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Untitled Adam Curry: "My brain is krunching!" From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. 'Nano' Suddenly a Gigantic Label Nanotechnology used to mean building tiny machines. Now many fields, including study of the Earth, are considered 'nano.' Is the renaming frenzy just a grab for money? By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Will Clark Dodge the Draft? A grass-roots group hopes to use the Internet to convince retired Gen. Wesley Clark to run for president. But some pundits say the Draft Clark online movement faces an uphill battle. By Brian McWilliams. From Wired News on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Robot Vacs Are in the House New models of robot vacuum cleaners are sure signs that the household robot field is finally taking off. The industry is confident that in just 20 years, chores will be a thing of the past. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. The New Pet Craze: Robovacs Humans are hard-wired to love their pets, even robot dogs like Sony's Aibo. It appears robot vacuums tap into the same instincts and people are falling in love. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. MS Mac Browser: Fuhgeddaboutit Internet Explorer 5 will be the last Microsoft browser developed for Macintosh computer systems. A company rep says Mac users should have better luck with Apple's Safari Web-browser. From Wired News on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Monks Praise the Inkjet Deal Selling discounted printing supplies is helping the brothers' bottom line. A group of rural Wisconsin monks has jumped on the imaging and printing bandwagon to finance the costs of running the monastery. From Wired News on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. CEO Dumping Stock? Check Online A new system will put insider-trading information on an SEC website, making the public privy to the same movement of shares that corporate honchos have. And, those major trades by company insiders will have to be reported within two days instead of 40. From Wired News on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. NTL promises to improve email service Fingers crossed From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Elpida samples 256Mb mobile SDRAM Big power saving From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Orange seeks trialists for next smartphone But is it a Tanager? From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Congress aims SODA at DoJ snooping Give us just a little bit more From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Linux in Europe The State of things From The Register on June 16, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. University of Wisconsin Wins FutureTruck Competition carambola5 writes "No, this isn't a dupe from a year ago. The University of Wisconsin-Madison team has taken the FutureTruck title for the second year in a ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. Distance Education and Online Learning Act of 2003 (Introduced in Senate) From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Classrooms filled with returning adults From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Maine school gives students own laptops From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Cyber students meet first at graduation From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. District planning for online school From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Classes are no longer confined within walls From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Michigan Virtual High School Offers Apex Learning's Online Learning Products for Fourth Consecutive Year From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. The 5th Annual VRD Digital Reference Conference From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Struggling online training firm sells out From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. GPO [Government Printing Office] goes Amazon route From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 16, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Some Good Python Tools and Sample Code Here is a code sample that shows what you can do with the wxPython GUI toolkit: a three-pane RSS news aggregator mocked up by Sam Ruby. It fetches an OPML file with a list of blogs. Despite being a pretty complex demo, the code (wx3pa.py) is fairly straightforward. It also requires rssparser.py. From Ed Tech Dev on June 16, 2003 at 4:46 a.m.. Happy 25th Birthday to the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) From ResourceShelf on June 16, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Updates: Metropolitan Area Designations based on Census 2000 From ResourceShelf on June 16, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Design Timeline Communication Arts' Timeline of Design. 40 years of graphic images.... From Internet Time Blog on June 16, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Resources, Reports, Tool From ResourceShelf on June 16, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. Intranet seminars (Brisbane, Sydney) I've just finalised the dates for my next round of seminars and workshops, with some in Brisbane, and another in Sydney. Details as follows: Intranet Peers in GovernmentWednesday & Thursday, 20 & 21 August 2003Bardon Centre, BrisbaneThis two-day facilitated forum... From Column Two on June 16, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Communication missing from KM's core strategies Jerry Ash (kwork.org) has written about the need for communication in KM strategies. To quote: After a two-year review of literature written by the best thinkers in the Knowledge Management (KM) field, I kept thinking something important was missing. There... From Column Two on June 16, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Government reports on content management? I'm currently working on a project for the NSW Office of Information Technology, doing a whole-of-NSW-Government review of content management. This will look at who has what, why they have it, and what their experiences have been. All very interesting.... From Column Two on June 16, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Content management seminar (Brisbane) While in Brisbane, I'll also be presenting one of our content management seminars, details as follows: Choosing the Right Content Management SystemFriday, 22 August 2003Bardon Centre, BrisbaneThis one-day seminar provides a vendor-neutral introduction to selecting a content management system (CMS)... From Column Two on June 16, 2003 at 2:47 a.m.. Black Box in Speeder's Car Helped Conviction sessamoid writes "This article in Newhouse News tells the story of a man who was recently convicted of two counts of manslaughter and vehicular homicide each, ... From Slashdot on June 16, 2003 at 2:46 a.m.. You Have The Most Interesting Away Messages This is not a technical post, sorry to disappoint you. If you keep up with the sites I read on a daily basis (the links) then you're up to speed on most things (except for the steroids industry). I spent... From Tim Swanson on June 16, 2003 at 1:47 a.m.. Untitled Happy Father's Day, Dad! :-) From The Shifted Librarian on June 16, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. Music To My Ears So here's the thing about downloading digital music legally - I've finally found a service that I'm willing to subscribe to and use on an everyday basis. It's by no means perfect - not even close - but it's the first one that I'm willing to pay for past the free trial. I had already looked at Rhapsody and rejected it, but the service earned a second view with the announcement of $.079 downloads (in addition to the subscription fee). In addition, they're running a special right now that cuts in half the cost of a From The Shifted Librarian on June 16, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. Waiting For My Check.... CD Price-Fixing Suit Ruling "As the AP reported Friday, if you filed a claim before March 3, 2003 online or otherwise you'll be getting a gift in the mail from those monopolistic music companies in the form of a check for about $13!" [Slashdot] From The Shifted Librarian on June 16, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. Can Pupils Learn in One Sticky Month What They Didn't in 9? It's mid-June and some New York City students are starting to shudder at the prospect of summer school: a sweaty month of math, reading and writing drills that many view as tedious. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Ivy Envy If you want to make yourself the world's first global university and New York University does start with your economics department and try a Yankees-like acquisition of talent. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Woman Arrested in Princeton Bomb Threat A woman from Long Branch, N.J., was arrested yesterday after she called in a bomb threat from an academic building at Princeton University, two days after calling in a similar threat on another New Jersey campus, the police said. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Joys of Country Vacation Outlast a Single Summer Young Kyliek Luke was hoping he could get a repeat of the experience he had last year with the Fresh Air Fund. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Commencement Speeches America's debate over the Iraq war continued at colleges and universities this spring, as commencement speakers weighed in with reflections on the conflict. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Dreams, Deferred Even when armed with drive and determination, the city's recent college graduates are struggling in the hunt for jobs. From New York Times: Education on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Broadcom unveils network security chips The chipmaker plans to announce on Monday a new family of all-in-one processors that the company hopes will drive down costs for security-enhanced network communications. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Seagate to unveil notebook drives The hard-drive maker will introduce on Monday a new line of drives for notebook PCs, a move that marks the company's return to the mobile market. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. IBM cooks chips to new recipe By streamlining its custom chip-building program, IBM aims to save customers time and money--and maybe squeeze out more profits for itself. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. The wireless industry's killer "b" Experts at strategy+business examine the myths and realities surrounding the emergence of yet another buzzword, m-business. From CNET News.com on June 16, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Untitled Steve Gillmor thinks RSS should be all over Steve Ballmer's radar. BTW, I absolutely don't agree that the most powerful application of RSS is to flow it through mail readers. Then it's just email (why not send the bits around by email if that's how you're g From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled Steve's brother Dan is on an island in Helsinki harbor. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled Thanks: "We use the same format as that used by weblogs.com." From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled Two years ago today: "A bit of philosophy. What happens when someone dies. People are kind to memory of the person. What a waste. The person you're being kind to is dead. Be kind to people who are alive. Blow their minds. See what comes back." From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Don Quixote Guys and gals -- think about it this way -- wouldn't it be great if every blogging tool did Trackback the same way? Wouldn't it be great if every blogging tool supported the same API? Sure it would. And if they don't, who does that help? The big guys. And who loses? The little guys, and the users. The bad news for today's big guys is that they often b From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Windmills "Silence, friend Sancho," replied Don Quixote. "The fortunes of war more than any other are liable to frequent fluctuations. Moreover I think, and it is the truth, that the same sage Freston who carried off my study and books, has turned these giants into mills in order to rob me of the glory of vanquishing them, such is the enmity he bears me. But in the end his wicked arts will avail but little against my good sword." From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled Microsoft Download Center has an RSS feed. It's very not funky. Bravo! From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled Steve Gillmor's latest piece is on the "Allchin tax." From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled Jason Wellnitz is blogging the campaign from Iowa. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled The Florida Dept of Law Enforcement supports RSS. Their intentions are good, but the feed is pretty funky. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled 5/24/98: "It's even better if it has a funky beat, because that puts the smile on your face right away. The funkiness is the smile. Get it?" From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled I want funky in the music I dance to. I don't want funky from a cop, tax collector or doctor. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled Funky isn't necessarily good or bad. Imho, the content of a feed is the place to be funky. The structure of the feed is a place to be boring. Predictable. Innovate in what you say, be uninnovative in how you deliver it. Most of the time people only hear half of Postel's exhort, be liberal in what you accept (btw XML's philosophy departs from this, rightly). I'm talking about the other half. Be conservative in what you generate. I go one step further. Be conservative in what we generate. It works b From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled Janet Kolodzy: "Why have journalistic values when no one believes the media anyway?" From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled SJ Merc: "The latest version of ReplayTV's digital video recorder is notable for the features it lacks." From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled MusicDonkey has an RSS feed. From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled What's the story on MoreStuff4Less.Com? From Scripting News on June 16, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Weta Prepares to Render LOTR: ROTK Dee Arsmith writes "Peter Jackson's special-effects company Weta Digital has just taken delivery of 588 IBM blade servers, each with two 2.8 gigahertz Intel ... From Slashdot on June 15, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]