Edu_RSS ~ June 23, 2003

Most recent update: June 23, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: PVR, TiVo and Ad Blockers (Note, I'm not discussing 'copyright' infringement in this post). For those of you that follow the spat with the MPAA and various other entertainment studios on one side and others like ReplayTV and TiVo on the other, I have a... From Tim Swanson on June 23, 2003 at 10:47 p.m.. WhichBooks Are Good to Read? Whichbook "a neat little flash app that permits you to select on a sliding scale up to four different features of a novel and then recommends a list of prospective reading to you. (Plain-text available here). (via sixdifferentways)." [MetaFilter] Interesting application that would be even more interesting integrated From The Shifted Librarian on June 23, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. Blogging Blog Stats "Dave Sifry says Technorati's now keeping tabs on more than 400,000 blogs: 'We hit 100,000 back on March 5, and 200,000 on April 6.' Andrew Acker on that news: 'At this rate, there will be more than 6 million blogs by the end of the year.' Phil Wolff: 'I expect Technorati's growth to From The Shifted Librarian on June 23, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. High-tech San Jose Library Gets Some Press, but Will Probably Face Censorship Issue Books Block Wi-fi at San Jose Library "Given that San Jose's new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library is in Silicon Valley, one would expect it to have the latest in high technology, and it does. The $178 million building will have voice-over-IP-capable phones, a fiber-optic Internet backbone, 4,000 data ports and tablet PCs to loan to visitors. But one hot technology is conspicuous by its absence: wi-fi.... ...information technology fro From The Shifted Librarian on June 23, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. Chip Firm Hit By 45-Year-Old Patent JPMH writes "The Register is reporting that a Taiwanese chip foundry is being sued over two chemistry patents, one over 45 years old. The patents at issue were ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. IBM workstation portends server change Big Blue is set to announce a new dual-processor Unix workstation on Tuesday that could foreshadow a faster server as well. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Department of Defense Pulls Report of Web Site Information Access--United StatesSource: FCWDOD IG [Department of Defense, Inspector General] Pulls Report off Web SiteFrom the article, At the request of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the Defense Department inspector general's office recen From ResourceShelf on June 23, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. Publishers Mergers: A Consumer-Based Approach to Antitrust Analysis Professional Reading ShelfScholarly PublishingSource: ARLNew, White Paper, Publishers Mergers: A Consumer-Based Approach to Antitrust Analysis From ResourceShelf on June 23, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. Second Life Launches Second Life, a new multiplayer online world from Linden Labs, has launched. Second Life is unusual in that it hews closer to the Habitat/LambdaMOO tradition of "social world with activities" rather than the UO tradition of "game with social features." Most of the PR is of the "mo' better faster" variety, touting imporved versions of existing capabilities -- "infinite" customizability and so on -- but the two novel features are a new streaming codec meant to send textures in real time, in order to ensure that players can build elab From elearningpost on June 23, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. (When) Will Linux Pass Apple On The Desktop? EisPick writes "A column posted today on Slate ponders projections that Linux PCs will pass Apple in desktop market share next year. Will Linux do to OS X what ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Apple unleashes Panther The Mac maker plans to charge existing users that want to upgrade to the new operating system, as it has done with the original Mac OS X and with updates 10.1 and 10.2. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Few carriers pushing "push to talk" Just as Nextel and two other carriers expand their services for the cell phone walkie-talkie feature, a new study predicts turbulent times for the technology. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Nullsoft founder may stay put at AOL Weeks after hinting at a desire to leave AOL, Winamp maven Frankel seems to have made peace with the online giant--at least for the time being. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. A post from Blogpost A post from my new phone using Blogpost.---This post was made with a trial version of BlogPlanet, a photo blog client for mobile phones. For more information visit www.blogplanet.net.... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 23, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. Unboxed sequences About a month ago I wrote about XPath 2.0 Sequences. This weekend I read a primer about the language J which has lists that work similarly to the XPath sequences. What's interesting about J is that when you apply a function to a sequence, f.e. 1,2,3 + 2, the function is applied to each item in the sequence, and the results are collected in a new sequence, giving 3,4,5. … From Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on June 23, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. Intel's Madison to come in four flavors It's all in the cache From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Innovative Uses for a Computer Classroom? flard asks: "I will be teaching a Freshman English class at a medium sized public university, in a computer classroom for next semester. Every student has ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Click Here What is hypertext? It's one of those things that make the web so wonderful, but how many of us have stared into the various, intricate patterns in the rich tapestry of hypertext and pondered them? We've certainly come a long way from the 'click here' days of old. The term hypertext was coined by Ted Nelson in 1965, according to the World Wide Web Consortium. The W3C org describes hypertext as, "Hypertext is text which is not constrained to be linear. Hypertext is text which contains links to other texts." Simple, huh? Well, at least on the surface. From kuro5hin.org on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Broadband homes want faster, reliable Net Households upgrading to high-speed Net access are basing their decisions on practical necessities rather than a desire for splashy graphics and streaming videos, a new study shows. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. A virtual glass ceiling in 'EverQuest'? A new economics study finds female characters are valued significantly less than their male counterparts in the online fantasy game. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Manugistics names new president From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. I Bought A Petition And All I Got Was This Erotic Picture Well, largely because of peer-pressure, and the need to feel both warm and special, I filled out all of the forms necessary to display this pleasing-to-the-eye picture. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do: This work is... From Tim Swanson on June 23, 2003 at 7:47 p.m.. Anne Featured on Intel What a great writeup at the Intel Odyssey site on "Anne"'s efforts to bring Web logs to her students. One of the coolest things for me is to finally see what Anne looks like. It's really intruiging to me when I meet and see some of the people who I've been lucky enough to interact with through their Websites. That's another reason why I'm looking forward to Monday nights Intel sponsored get together or edu-bloggers at NECC. The Intel site From weblogged News on June 23, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Supreme Court backs library porn filters Librarians haven't been this sexy since Casanova From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Top 500 Supercomputers Ranked Shadow Wrought writes "The Register is reporting on (alternate ZDNet article) the latest list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world. Top of the list is ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. SAP nabs top spot in supply-chain niche From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Software makers Geac, Comshare to merge From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Start-up launches low-cost Linux PCs Linare, a company that integrates computers and software, is selling systems costing $199 with its own version of Linux. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Microsoft shuffles enterprise group The software giant announces a reorganization for its division focusing on back-end business systems, a move analysts see as a routine step to clarify business strategy. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. RSS and Education: The Current Hype This link is to the main blog page because the permalinks are returning page errors. But if you click right away you should see the author's discussion of a paper which, for unrelated reasons, I can't link to yet. I agree with the author in the sense that RSS is a promising technology still looking for the killer application. It will come, because as the author notes, weblogs are maven enablers. What that means is that they create a class of people and sites who act as essential clearing houses on a given subject. People start sending them links. Now the author writes that teachers d From OLDaily on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Philadelphia Schools Scaling Back Corporate Role The first sentence says it all: "Private enterprise was supposed to save Philadelphia's public schools. But after just a year, the district's unprecedented experiment in school privatization is looking considerably less corporate." You'd think there was a lesson in this wouldn't you. But no: read the rest of the article and what you see is (mostly) explanation of why the private management of schools is a trend that will continue. By AP, CNN, June 20, 2003 [Refer][< From OLDaily on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Classification 1.8 From the announcement: "The CanCore guidelines document for last of the Learning Object Metadata element groups. This element group is also one of the most flexible in the LOM, as it is able to accommodate a wide variety of classification schemes, including hierarchical subject classifications used in libraries and websites like Yahoo." Related to this, CanCore has also released a system for using the Dewey Decimal system within the classification element of learning object metadata (LOM). This link is to a page on which these and other documents appear as links. By Various Authors, CanCore, From OLDaily on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Semantic and Syntactic Interoperability for Learning Object Metadata Book chapter in with the author, one of the principle architects of CanCore, looks at learning object metadata (LOM) and compares CanCore's with other application profiling efforts. According tot he author, CanCore provides what has been called "semantic interoperability," as compared to by what is known as "syntactic" or "technical interoperability." By Norm Friesen, CanCore, June 23, 2003 [Refer][ From OLDaily on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. The Corporate Blog Is Catching On The blogsphere is abuzz with this report from the New York Times touting the advent of corporate blogs. As I have remarked previously in this space, there is room for concern as the essence of corporate communications is a form of sanctioned, depersonalized presence - just the oppositie of what a blog should be. Corporation can do what they want in the space, of course, but the requirements posed by corporate participation in a space twnd to spill over into the private and personal arena. First into the fray are the lawyers, offering advice that will no doubt be urged for all bloggers, not jus From OLDaily on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. 3G and 4G, Cellular Technology Versus WiFi A few weeks ago I discussed 3G cellular technology and how it is finally coming to the market. A recent article at News.com mentions an interview with Nobuharu Ono, the CEO at NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile phone service provider.... From Tim Swanson on June 23, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. Digital world is crazier and more of it than we think Friend Laurie writes: "It's really post modern when you get spam trying to sell spam-killer software." From homoLudens III on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. The Chronicle: Michigan Affirmative Action decision Quote: "The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the use of affirmative action in college admissions in two cases involving the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, but struck down the mechanics of Michigan's undergraduate admissions policy"Comment: This is on the Chronicle's free section (unlike a lot of their content these days). A pretty good article. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Veritas goes virtual with server software Jareva's OpForce returns From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Business Software Needs A Revolution An anonymous reader writes "According to a Businessweek Online article, today's high-end business software is bloated, buggy, and too expensive - no surprise ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Dutch PC maker takes Dell to court Tulip Computers is accusing the computing giant of infringing on its patent for a motherboard design. The Netherlands-based company is seeking unspecified royalties. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. All the presidents' books A peek into the eclectic mix of what college presidents are reading this summer. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Can Johnny read yet? Searching for encouragement in the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading test scores. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Life lessons from a photography teacher's darkroom Howard Wallach is one of the most successful high school photography teachers in the country. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Library Filters OK'd, First Amendment Loses AP: Court OKs Anti-Porn Filters in Libraries. The 6-3 ruling reinstates a law that told libraries to install filters or... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 23, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. Apple Dumps Motorola for IBM, not Intel As was clear after leaks last week, Apple is betting its future on IBM's advanced PowerPC chip, not moving to... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on June 23, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. EU backs biometric passports At Uncle Sam's behest From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Veritas goes virtual with server software Jareva's OpForce returns From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. RedHat Plans Open Source Java sthiyaga writes "According to a ComputerWire article, RedHat is in discussions with Sun about launching an open source version of the Java platform. 'There's ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Mmm-commerce - How Sweet Can It Be? Not your everyday mom-and-pop sweet shop, Dylan's Candy Bar, a new click-and-mortar candy store being opened by Dylan Lauren, will include a unique new service that will allow visitors send out candy coupons over wireless phones that are redeemable for candy and merchandise in real-world stores. From E-Commerce Guide on June 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Developing The Digital Photo Market While most consumers download and print their images, few are concerned with archiving and storage. From CyberAtlas on June 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Apple's new toys The world and his mistress (ok, so Neil and Dan) will be going on about the Apple announcements. Me, I'm... From Ben Hammersley.com on June 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. preparing ed researchers notes from David Labaree, &#8220;Peculiar Prolems of Preparing Educational Researchers&#8221;, Ed Rschr, 33 (4) pp13-22 Great article on the cultural diferences between teachers and researchers. Try to be bi-cultural rather than bridge the cultures. Says ed research may be the... From IDT Matrix on June 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. knowledge vs. information &#8220;Technology and pedagogy: why don&#8217;t we see the promised revolution?&#8221;. Gavriel Salomon in Ed Tech March-April 2002 p. 73 Information is discrete; knowledge is arranged in networks with meaningful connections between the nodes. information can be transmitted as is; knowledge... From IDT Matrix on June 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. Round-up of Links About SCOTUS Decision to Censor Library Internet Access Not too much new to report about the SCOTUS censorship decision yet, but here are more links from around the web. Some librarians are reporting calls from companies selling filtering software already. Oy. Read the opinion itself at the SCOTUS site&nbsp;or at FindLaw News.com: Supreme Court Backs Library Net Filters N From The Shifted Librarian on June 23, 2003 at 4:46 p.m.. Apple launches 2GHz, 64-bit Power Mac G5 Update And 3GHz in 12 months' time From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. New G5 Power Macs "Fastest Desktop In The World" In the hardware part of his keynote address at WWDC, Jobs officially introduced the G5-based computers previously leaked on the Apple store. From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Symantec rolls out new security software The company integrates recently acquired intrusion-detection technologies with an aim at detecting and confusing digital trespassers before they can do damage. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Jobs unveils new Power Macs Speaking at Apple Computer's annual developer conference, CEO Steve Jobs says the company's most profitable product line is getting a much-needed upgrade. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Vivato nabs $44.5 million From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. eBay adds UPS shipping tools The online auctioneer expands a partnership with United Parcel Service that lets customers calculate shipping costs and track shipments directly through eBay's site. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Microsoft wants more PDAs in hot spots The software giant teams with the largest U.S. hot spot providers to encourage more people to use Pocket PCs for wireless Net access at coffee shops and other locales. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. RSS and Education: The Current Hype Eric Baumgartner discusses the Harrsch article and reflects on how he sees weblogs and rss being used in education. The cool thing about being a maven is that, once you've established your rep and your readership, your readers start sending... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 23, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. Guess who's reinstalling Windows? The local PC store has performed every conceivable test on my broken computer. With a new new motherboard and new new RAM, it works fine...except if they put in my 120MB hard drive where Windows XP lives. They cloned that drive to another and still get blue screens of death. Hence, my installation of XP is corrupt, possibly caused by the faulty memory they'd installed originally. So, this afternoon I get my PC back with a new mobo and RAM, and with a reformatted drive with XP installed. And so, for at least the 4th time in the past ten... From Joho the Blog on June 23, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. Apple recodes OS X Finder for 'user-centric' computing Some features revived from OS 9, other borrowed from Win XP From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. Jaguar is Over Steve Jobs announced the end of Jaguar, and the newness of Panther, today at his WWDC keynote address. Panther is to be available as a preview release now, and ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. Joe's Action Research "Joe" is blazing the trail with a presentation of his preliminary action research at the Teacher's Network Policy Institute&lt;/u. "The most compelling parts of the presentation were the video clips of one of my students discussing how his weblog changed his attitude towards writing (the importance of a real audience, a sense of ownership of his writing space)." Joe will soon post his presentation powerpoint version online. His policy recommendations will focus on access, equity issues, and professional developm From Edublog News on June 23, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. The Leaky Cauldron "hp" The Leaky Cauldron, a weblog created by a team of Harry Potter fans. In case you're not up to snuff on your Harry Potter facts, the Leaky Cauldron is a pub in London that serves as the portal to cross from Muggle (non-magical people) into Wizard World. Tapping the right brick in the wall behind the Leaky Cauldron pub reveals the archway into Diagon Alley, marketplace to the wizards. We just received our pre-ordered From Edublog News on June 23, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. Bid On eBay To Speed Up Your Commute malfunct writes "The traffic in the greater Seattle area is atrocious, and the State Government has been working hard to find a way to solve the issue. In the ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Piracy Deterrence and Education Act Introduced Bootsy Collins writes "Last Thursday in the U.S. Congress, H.R. 2517 was quietly introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee. The bill, authored ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. fights among friends "What you don't understand, Lessig, is that your bullshit 'open' or 'free' types will never -- NEVER -- be able to compete with corporate organization. Squabbles-about-egos-pretending-to-be-about-the-merits can never be quashed. There is no one to say 'enough, let's move on.' So every great idea that your type creates, we'll just wait, watch, and then take. Always." Aaron has been trying to prove this skeptic wrong. See his plea and proposal here. I know from email early on that Dave too has the d From Lessig Blog on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Cutesy Domain Names Making Online Fraud Easier Best Buy's bogus e-mail fiasco is just the latest in classic online shell game: 'On the Internet, No One Knows Who You Are,' say experts. Small businesses can learn from the mistakes of the Big Boys: One URL is plenty. From E-Commerce Guide on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. A fresh start? A road map for a new format, to be used for weblog syndication, archiving, and editing. I support this 100%. (309 words) From dive into mark on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Childrens Internet Protection Act Internet Filtering--United StatesU.S. Supreme Court Upholds Childrens Internet Protection ActFrom the article, A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography fi From ResourceShelf on June 23, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. OpenURL Standard Trial Implementation Launched OpenURLSource: NISOOpenURL Standard Trial Implementation LaunchedFrom the announcement, The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services standard (version 1.0) for a trial use peri From ResourceShelf on June 23, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. Document DeliverySource Document DeliverySource: Information Today NewsBreaksChanges in Document Delivery at Infotrieve and The British LibraryMarydee Ojala writes, "Two major document delivery sources announced changes to their delivery systems during the Special Libraries A From ResourceShelf on June 23, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. Resources, Reports, Tool Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text DocumentsUnited StatesSource: U.S. CensusFast Facts, The Fourth Of July From ResourceShelf on June 23, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. More on NLM standardized DTD's....Robin Peek descr ... More on NLM standardized DTD's....Robin Peek describes the new standards in the June 23 Information Today. Her conclusion: "Hopefully other standard setting organizations will take a good long look at this new proposed standard and will elect to partner with NLM to make it a standard that matters." From FOS News on June 23, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. More on the Supreme Court Forcing Libraries to Censor Chatter about the Supreme Court's decision to force libraries to censor their internet access is beginning to gather steam on the WEB4LIB mailing list&nbsp;(you can follow it via the archive). Andrew Mutch sent this response to the list: "I'm loathe to think how the CIPA decision will fall out in t From The Shifted Librarian on June 23, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. EduResources Portal--Now Open I began the EduResources Weblog in November of 2002 as a way to track my reading, ideas, and explorations about online instructional resources. At the same time I was working on collecting and organizing information for an EduResources Portal. This undertaking was part of a nine month sabbatical. I returned to work at Eastern Oregon University this June 2003, but the explorations continue. The Weblog is designed to range widely across issues related to online instructional resources; the Portal is a gateway to those resources. The Weblog and the Portal are intended to work in parallel. My g From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on June 23, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. One in five US firms have sacked workers for email abuse The email of the species is deadlier etc. From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Mac OS X Unleashed (2nd Edition) emmastory writes "Mac OS X Unleashed is not a pocket guide. It's more of a massive tome than anything else - at over 1500 pages, it's probably the heaviest ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. Fair Use, Post-Eldred Via LawMeme: A Hidden Hope for Fair Use [Evan P. Schultz, Legal Times]. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on June 23, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. J.D. Edwards users oppose Oracle A poll shows that J.D. Edwards customers back a merger with PeopleSoft but fear that they will have fewer options if Oracle's takeover bid for PeopleSoft succeeds. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Wireless at NECC 2003... Wireless at NECC NECC is planning on having wireless access available just about everywhere at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. For those of you with wireless equipped laptops and handhelds, 802.11b wireless Internet access should be readily available... From Edweblogs: NECC 2003 on June 23, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. AP: Effort to Equip Libraries With Internet Filters Is Allowed "A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters. "The blocking technology, intended to keep smut from children, does not violate the First Amendment even though it shuts off some legitimate, informational Web sites, the court held." From Weblogs At Harvard on June 23, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. Supreme Court Forces Libraries To Censor Court OKs Anti-Porn Filers in Libraries "A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters. The blocking technology, intended to keep smut from children, does not violate the First Amendment even though it shuts off some legitimate, informational Web sites, the court held. The court said because libraries can disable the filters for any patrons w From The Shifted Librarian on June 23, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. Pocket PC makers line up to support Windows Mobile 2003 Reg Kit Watch JVC iO PDA to offer Ogg Vorbis support From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. US Supreme Court Upholds CIPA TheMatt writes "The US Supreme Court today has upheld CIPA, the law that required public schools and libraries to put internet filters on computers or lose ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Building Longer-Lived Fuel-Cell Stacks An anonymous reader writes "Ballard Power Systems tells Wired that they have built a hydrogen fuel-cell stack that runs uninterrupted for 20,000 hours ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. The Long Run "The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996** to... become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. It has been nearly 10,000 years since the end of the last ice age and the beginnings of civilization. Progress lately is often measured on a 'faster/cheaper' scale. The Long Now Foundation seeks to promote 'slower/better' thinking and to foster creativity in the framework of the next 10,000 years..." "** The Long Now Foundation uses five digit dates, the extra zero is to solve the deca-millennium bug which will come into effect in about 8,000 years." From kuro5hin.org on June 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Something Profoundly Disappointing ...already here. The scoop, via Seth Finkelstein: "A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters. The blocking technology, intended to keep smut from children, does not violate the First Amendment even though it shuts off some legitimate, informational websites, the court held. The court said because libraries can disable the fil From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on June 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Sybase's embedded database XML friendly From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. The June 19 Economist profiles LOCKSS ("Lots Of Co ... The June 19 Economist profiles LOCKSS ("Lots Of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe") in an anonymous story, Storing E-Text for Centuries (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: "Despite its complexities, LOCKSS, which is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Sun Microsystems and others, has shown that it works. A prototype version was installed at some 80 libraries worldwide to test the concept under real conditions. Lots of t From Joho the Blog on June 23, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. Searle and Symbolic Bits Ed Nixon, referring to a blog posting of mine about a fallacy in Ray Kurzweil's thinking about selves, points to John Searle's reply to Kurzweil's Age of Spiritual Machines. Ed comments further here. Searle, of the famous Chinese Room thought experiment (Kurzweil's response is here), hammers away (successfully, from my point of view) on the fact that computer programs are symbolic; the ones and zeros that are Deep Blue calculating a chess move are only about chess because we have so invested them with meaning. This is the real difference between atoms and bits.... From Joho the Blog on June 23, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. Blogtracker Interface zu weblogs.com. Alternative From des Blogrolling. Software/Dienst wird in den Browser integriert. Der Entwickler... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on June 23, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. Multimedia Staatspreis Austria Bin als Jury-Mitglied eingeladen die einreichungen zum diesj&auml;hrigen Multimedia-Staatspreis zu evaluieren - 4 Tage lang in ... From thomas n. burg | randg&#228;nge on June 23, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. CMS Strategic Planning - University of Florida We are getting WebCT Vista pitched to us right now. It would very hard for our faculty to make the switch, so I don't imagine anything happening anytime soon, i.e. the next year or two. But then, what do I know? From Serious Instructional Technology on June 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Java Assistance and Blackboard Building Blocks I'm intending to be at the Blackboard Building Blocks Conference in DC at the end of July. In preparation for that and for actually doing more work with Java, I'm interested in finding a good introductory Java book. I did a little Java programming about 7 or 8 years ago, so my experience is pretty thin, although my general programming skills are pretty good. I'm not really an object-oriented programmer though. My stuff tends to be functional. In other words, the text should also cover some elements of OO programming.I'd appreciate pointers. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. 3/6/02 -- The Blueberry Story -- Education Week Quote: "Since then, I have visited hundreds of schools. I have learned that a school is not a business. Schools are unable to control the quality of their raw material, they are dependent upon the vagaries of politics for a reliable revenue stream, and they are constantly mauled by a howling horde of disparate, competing customer groups that would send the best CEO screaming into the night" From Serious Instructional Technology on June 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. SharpReader RSS Aggregator SharpReader has started respecting my browser preference - I probably had to do a restart to make it happen. Either way I'm pleased and may not need to run Internet Explorer again for a while. I'm now using Firebird. I do miss the WYSIWYG editor in Manila though. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Good Experience - The Most Important User Experience Method Quote: "Changing the organization is the most difficult and most important part of user experience work" From Serious Instructional Technology on June 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Intel launches 3.2GHz - h'ware sites launch reviews Reg Review Roundup Fastest x86 CPU yet, but Athlon cheaper From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Homebrew Rackmount Watercooling Airspirit writes "For those of you who believe that bigger is always better and have multiple computers in your house, this system may be a way to keep them ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Maxtor touts 300GB hard drive The hard-drive maker says it has begun shipping the new 300GB device as part of a $399 Hard Drive Retail Kit for upgrading desktop PCs. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. EAI Journal : Active Information Models for Data Transformation From Semantic World on June 23, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. A President for Bloggers From Miles at TinyApps.org: "He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over all space, without lessening their density at any point, and like the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being, incapable of confinem From Joho the Blog on June 23, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. Nisenholtz (NYT Digital): Blogs will have growing impact Dies gilt nat&uuml;rlich auch innerhalb der Unternehmensmauern! [...]I believe that blogs complement more mainstream sources...... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on June 23, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. Rss-Spam Das finde ich interessant. Erstmals hab ich Werbung via Rss-Feed erhalten. Der vermeintliche Standard -Text ist ein Advert... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on June 23, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. GoToMyPC - pcAnywhere anders Moment mal, besonders was den Zugriff auf Filesysteme und nicht-webf&auml;hige Applikationen angeht eine feine Sache, noch etwa... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on June 23, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. PowerBlog Alternativer Blog-Desktop-Client&nbsp;zu iBlog , City-Desk &nbsp;und Radio . Es ist was dran an den Desktop-Varianten, v.a... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on June 23, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. AT&T, CheckFree, and electronic bill presentment Harry Tuttle failed to come to my rescue, so I wound up transferring payee data from my bank's old bill-payment system to the new one. The cloud's silver lining is bill presentment, which the old system didn't support but the new one does. The first of my payees to indicate support for bill presentment was AT&amp;T. ... From Jon's Radio on June 23, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. Weblogs at Harvard Law Quote: "One might ask what business such a medium has in an academic institution.But to ask such a question is to miss the point. As the format suggests, weblogs are constantly works in progress. They are, moreover, a place to post one's ideas and opinions without the restrictions"Comment: One of a number of weblog-related items in the latest Technology Source, which I hadn't caught yet. Thanks to Alterego. From Serious Instructional Technology on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Lik-Sang founder speaks out on Nintendo court case 'Settle the question once and for all... From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Fortnight worm exploits antique Windows vuln This should not be happening From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. House bill would cast FBI as copyright Pinkertons P2P hackmeister Berman pulls out all the stops From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Wireless deregulation lobby arrives in UK Getting Coase with the Capitalists From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Microsoft appeals French piracy fine $19m at stake From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Intel powers more TOP500 supercomputers But NEC is still the daddy From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Microsoft Rolls Out Pocket PC 2003 An anonymous reader writes "Monday, June 23 was a big day for Microsoft's mobile devices software strategy. The company: (1) rolled out Pocket PC 2003 (and ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Castronova on Female Discount in Avatar Auctions Edward Castronova, the man almost singlehandedly responsible for making game economics a comparative discipline, is at it again, this time with the melliflously titled The Price of 'Man' and 'Woman': A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthethic World, concerning the lower price, in real world dollars, that female UO avatars fetch at auction:Female avatars tend to be concentrated in highly sexualized Human and Elven races, with very few being present among such aesthetically-c From Corante: Social Software on June 23, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. Mark Carey Explains Globealive I've been watching Globealive for a bit now -- its a search engine that returns links to people instead of sites. I largely discounted it because GlobeAlive on its own is one of those "It'll work if everyone does it" ideas which will never fly as a standalone site. My interest has been renewed, however, by seeing Mark Carey of Web Dawn explain how GlobeAlive should work with weblogs:On it's own, GlobeAlive doesn't have the user- or expert-bas From Corante: Social Software on June 23, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. Two more on Flash Crowds Two from cheesebikini: "Matrix" Mobs Take Japan, pictures from a flash crowd all dressed as Agent Smith from the Matrix Reloaded, as well as photos from the NYC flash crowd of earlier in the week. From Corante: Social Software on June 23, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. TSMC accused of violating 45-year-old chemistry patent Sues chemist From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. P4 3.2GHz Reviews Nathan writes "The Intel 3.2GHz Pentium4 has passed its NDA with reviews coming out over the net, including this one at MBReview, This one at HardAvenue, This ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. NYT On Online Reputations prostoalex writes "New York Times analyzes the importance of online postings for the company images and product success/failure rates. Intuit's TurboTax DRM ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. At Muslim Prom, It's a Girls-Only Night An all-girl Muslim prom in California embraces the American tradition while being true to a Muslim identity. From New York Times: Education on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Ideas blatantly following those of others Jim Hughes suggests spam filtering using readability statistics (it's a Perl Module, by the way, Jim - lingua:: something, I... From Ben Hammersley.com on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Vision Series: The high cost of national security Government agencies are working furiously to strengthen homeland security systems as a matter of life and death. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Vision Series 4 Vision Series 4 table of contents. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. The Crisis in Canada's School Libraries - a report ... The Crisis in Canada's School Libraries - a report written by Dr. Ken Haycock for The Association of Canadian Publishers, June 2003 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 23, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. National Library of Australia News - June 2003 Vol ... National Library of Australia News - June 2003 Volume XIII Number 9 now available online From Peter Scott&apos;s Library Blog on June 23, 2003 at 8:47 a.m.. OpenOffice for the Mac goes gold Suite news From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Microsoft rebrands Pocket PC as Windows Mobile Chucks in a handful of enhanced features for good measure From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Incas Used Binary? Abhijeet Chavan writes "An article in the Independent reports that a leading scholar believes the Incas may have used a form of binary code 500 years before ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Bill would let FBI probe file-sharing - David Becker, MSNBC A bill introduced in Congress on Thursday would put federal agents in the business of investigating and prosecuting copyright violations, including online swapping of copyrighted works. HR-2517, The Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2003, i From Techno-News Blog on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. New Online Portfolios Available For Students, Teachers And Residents - Distance-Educator Minnesota State Colleges and Universities today launched a groundbreaking tool that will enable students, teachers and jobseekers throughout the state to create their own Internet-based portfolios and showcase their achievements. The new eFolio From Online Learning Update on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Online Bioterrorism Training Course to Train Clinical Laboratories How to Respond to Public Health Threat The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) introduced the first online, bioterrorism education program for clinical laboratory professionals today at a meeting of the World Health Organization. Boston-based Acadient, in collaboration From Online Learning Update on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Setting the rules for ISPs and spammers CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says a case that pits EarthLink against an independent film producer may decide what Internet providers can legally do to fight spammers. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Highs and lows of CeBit America 1.0 reporter's notebook&nbsp;CeBit's U.S. incarnation starts not with a bang but a whimper: Attendance falls short of expectations, and some exhibitors doubt they'll return. Others, though, give a thumbs-up. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Behind Oracle's unwelcome bid for PeopleSoft Is it serious or is it just a ploy? Wharton experts examine why Oracle's Larry Ellison has decided that now's the right time for his company's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. DLnet: Digital Libraries Network - a new network f ... DLnet: Digital Libraries Network - a new network for health librarians. It brings together librarians interested in training and promotion, to share experiences and ideas in a virtual community. It provides a support network, of materials, templates and tools, as well as an online know-how resource From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 23, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Internet tools for the advanced searcher - Speaker ... Internet tools for the advanced searcher - Speaker: Phil Bradley - 2 July, 2003 - London - This one day course reviews searching techniques both with and without search engines and covers more specialised areas such as mailing lists, newsgroups, intelligent search agents, finding people and images and offers additional hints and tips for better and quicker searching From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 23, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Essential law for information professionals - 23 S ... Essential law for information professionals - 23 September 2003, London - This workshop is designed to give participants a broad overview of the wide range of areas of the law that are likely to be encountered by information professionals, or that are likely to have a significant impact on their work From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 23, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. The Television and Radio Index for Learning and Te ... The Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT) now contains over 12,000 records that have been enhanced by the BUFVC. Enhancements include improved programme descriptions, additional keywords, bibliographies and weblinks, including links across to the BUFVC's AV database HERMES. TRILT is available to users in UK FE and HE with Athens accounts, and BUFVC members through assigned password From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on June 23, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. AMD Athlon 64 4300+ to ship Q3 2004 Leaked roadmaps From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Win a copy of 'Red Hat Linux 9 for Dummies' Site offer Signed by Jon 'maddog' Hall, no less From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. ATI launches Radeon IGP 9100 chipsets RS300 and RS300M From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. C&W claims IBM price gouging 'significant levels of overcharging' From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. SCO staff join Linux protests My other placard's funny From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Digging For Truth Online Is Up To You An anonymous reader writes "Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released the second annual report on obstacles to the free flow of information online. Vint ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Future of Campus Computing? - Matt Villano, University Business So many tablets, so little time. Read Decisions, Decisions to see what tablet PC might best fit the needs of your university.Rutledge Ellis-Behnke at MIT uses his tablet to help with lectures; with a special accessory, he transposes the dis From Techno-News Blog on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Educator sees great potential in online learning - Honolulu Star Bulletin Steve Baxendale directs the PRELStar program at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning - Is online education ever an ideal solution, or is it just a good alternative when logistics make face-to-face classroom time impractical? I hesitate to From Educational Technology on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Some S. Florida high schoolers taking phys ed -- by computer - Scott Travis, Sun-Sentinal With a high school schedule loaded with magnet and advanced placement classes, Lynda Figueredo had no time for physical education class. Another student, Jenna Heyman, dislikes team sports. She feels self-conscious about exercising in a group sett From Educational Technology on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. GWU Plans To Educate Saudi Royals Long-Distance - Amy Argetsinger, Washington Post George Washington University is creating special correspondence courses to enroll about half a dozen college-age members of the Saudi royal family who are wary of traveling to the United States in a climate of terrorism fears, school officials sai From Online Learning Update on June 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. HomestarRunner Hits a Homer The weekly antics of a bunch of Flash characters at HomestarRunner.com are drawing a growing audience. The brothers who created Homestar, Strong Bad and The Cheat share their quirky humor and infamous voices. Hear them in this Wired News interview. By Kari L. Dean. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Driving Under the Influence Consumers are installing all kinds of distractions in their dashboards -- like DVDs, video games and satellite TV. The practice is not only illegal in most states, it's going to kill people, safety officials say. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Dems to Vie for Online Votes An online primary election this week will give Democratic presidential contenders a chance to distinguish themselves in a crowded field -- and perhaps get more clout for fund raising. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Hydrogen Is No Gas, Yet Shortages and snafus are hurting the nascent hydrogen industry, but they could create an opportunity to develop more environmentally friendly fuel sources. By Mark Baard. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. VeriSign Dodges Fraud Messes For domain theives, it's a piece of cake to hoodwink VeriSign into transferring ownership of sites, as Al-Jazeera found in March. But while many businesses are suffering from the scam, VeriSign is getting off scotch free from the mess. By Christopher Null. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. High-Performance Artist Of all the cars ever manufactured, the East German Trabant may get the least respect. Liz Cohen has big plans for her 1987 Trabant. She is building a real-life Transformer: a Trabant that, at the touch of a button, morphs into the soul mate of a '73 Chevy El Camino. From Wired magazine. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. New Potter Book Sets Web Record Amazon ships more than a million copies of book five in the Harry Potter series for release-date delivery. The largest distribution day of a single item in e-commerce history had only a few glitches -- books making it out to a lucky few a day early. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. E-911 Calls Not Easy to Pinpoint Callers who make emergency calls from cellular phones are difficult to locate. Some communities are upgrading equipment so call centers can capture the longitude and latitude of the caller, but budget and technical hurdles make it a slow process. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Best Offer: Amazon Software Tech Jeff Bezos wants his company to offer mini-Amazons to companies needing a successful Web commerce tool. The technology that runs the popular shopping site may be its most valuable product offering. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Oracle's PeopleSoft Bid May Fly U.S. antitrust enforcers would likely approve Oracle's hostile takeover of rival PeopleSoft, according to antitrust experts. But the company may have to divest one of its software products if it wants to proceed. From Wired News on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Mobile operators unveil Simpay M-payments platform From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. From the Booby Hatch Kids today have no respect for their elders From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Oh no! there's two of them. My Dad is stalking himself: Now I know that it not that rare a surname, but it is not common,... From Ben Hammersley.com on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Oh no! there's two of them. My Dad is stalking himself: ow I know that it not that rare a surname but it is not common,... From Ben Hammersley.com on June 23, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Java Desktop <-> Python Desktop My java knowledge is hurting my learning of wxPython. A wxFrame is an application window (like JFrame in Java). A wxWindow however, is what you use to create custom controls (like JComponent in Java). A wxPanel is what you use to group controls (like JPanel in From Ed Tech Dev on June 23, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. Penguin on the Desktop Political sense From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. Branded pigeons invade Wimbledon LogoWatch Fowl in your face From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. Nano-technology - more investor folly? Under the microscope From The Register on June 23, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. Human-Computer Interaction: A Review of the Research on its Affective and Social Aspects From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. New online portfolios available for students, teachers and residents through Minnesota State Colleges and Universities From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Schools offer online facilities programs From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. BOV mandates Internet-based diversity course From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Delta's home-schooling boom From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m.. Linux Router Project Dead An anonymous reader submits: "The Linux Router Project is no more. This single-floppy distro was a great tool for building a number of simple super-low-cost ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Untitled Don Park: "Although I agree with Dave on the issue of funky RSS, I think he is misusing the word funky." From Scripting News on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. "Going Away to College? New Weblog Gives College Students and Parents the Latest News and Information on College Safety College students across the US are more likely to be the victim of many different crimes than others not in school. A new weblog, www.collegeSafeBlog.com, has college and campus safety information, tips, news and links to college safety products. [PRWEB Jun 23, 2003] From PR Web on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. New P4, Itanium from Intel Intel on Monday will come out with a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 and will discuss a new version of its upcoming Madison chip optimized for dual-processor servers and workstations. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Dell to pump up printer line The PC seller plans to add a budget hybrid printer and two other models to its printer line, as part of its effort to wrest market share from leader Hewlett-Packard. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Microsoft unleashes new handheld OS Aiming to play up its Windows heritage, the company on Monday will unveil a new version of its handheld OS that boasts the new Windows Mobile name, but only a few new features. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. IBM, Intel chew up supercomputer list Big Blue hounds No. 1 HP by increasing the number of its systems on the list from 131 to 158. Meanwhile, the number of systems based on Intel processors jumps from 56 to 119. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Veritas gets in utility game The software company launches a product to manage server computer resources, moving beyond its roots in the storage field and into the utility computing arena. From CNET News.com on June 23, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Value of cyber learning a mystery From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Musharraf's visit to fortify Pak-French ties: envoy From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. As Graduates Look for Work, the Engineer Is Standing Tall From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. The Online Directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves (Yet Another) Big Increase in Federal Education Spending From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on June 23, 2003 at 3:47 a.m.. Educational SourceForge (again) Some are mentioning this article in CITE again about developing an "educational sourceforge" and identifying people who can act as liaisons between K-12 teachers and open source developers. I had some comments about it earlier. From Ed Tech Dev on June 23, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. Open Source Software in Engineering Education "Using Open-Source Software in Electrical Engineering Courses" is a conference paper by Richardson, and "Free/Open Source Software: An alternative for engineering students" (PDF) is another paper by Pires & Rogers that describes SciLab, an open source alternative to Matlab, and other Scientific Applications on Linux. Python's From Ed Tech Dev on June 23, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. Conceptual-Based Tests of Physics Understanding Unlike a typical class test, these tests are designed to assess qualitative understanding of concepts, as described in further detail in the book Classroom Assessment Techniques by Angelo & Cross. Here are some online sources for such tests in physics: DIRECT is a test of understanding electric circuits, described in the article "Students' Understanding of Direct Current Resistive Electrical Circuits" (PDF) by Engelhart & From Ed Tech Dev on June 23, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. Middle of the night cough medicine ramble I have a bad cold, up in the middle of the night coughing, taking medicine, checking email, reading the aggregator, etc. I just read a post by Don Park that got me cheering. Yes, finally someone is willing to say publicly that they understand what I'm saying about funky RSS. I've heard lots of people say it privately, and I've seen people who could make a difference, like Tim Bray, take what I think are cheap shots, for whatever purpose; over this issue. Read Don's post, and you'll From Scripting News on June 23, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. What am I supposed to learn from this? My ISP told me my online store crashed last week because an .htaccess file in my home directory got the server wrapped up in knots. How odd. The file had been there for months. And that hardly explains why the site went down the next... From Internet Time Blog on June 23, 2003 at 3:45 a.m.. Trading a Pawn for a Scholarship to College They gazed intensely from behind a glass wall. One gripped a football. Two glanced down at magazines. One wrung her hands. From New York Times: Education on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. New Federal Law May Leave Many Rural Teachers Behind The law, which says teachers must have a separate college degree in the field of each course they teach, is forcing rural teachers to consider returning to school. From New York Times: Education on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. Farmingdale Campus Gets a $133 Million Upgrade The change reflects the school's evolution from a two-year agricultural school to a four-year high-tech and bioscience university. From New York Times: Education on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. SUNY Tuition Will Rise, but How Much? The trustees of the State University of New York are scheduled to meet, but students should not expect to find out how much tuition will rise this fall. From New York Times: Education on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 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. From New York Times: Education on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. In brief, angry grass edition Oh, all kinds of stuff. (270 words) From dive into mark on June 23, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. Building A Homemade Chess Supercomputer nado writes "There's a new article on Chessbase.com which has GM John Nunn showing you his chess-orientated PC upgrade to a double Xeon system, with some Fritz ... From Slashdot on June 23, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Joe Luft:Action Research Update Joe Luft has posted information about his action research presentation. One of the highlights of my year on leave from Portland Schools was having the opportunity to meet Joe and to spend a day in his classroom. Yesterday, I presented... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 22, 2003 at 11:47 p.m.. American Women: Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for Study of U.S. Women's History & Culture I'm reposting this information from the Resource Shelf weblog. The Gateway is part of the American Memory resource at the Library of Congress. JH ____ New: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the U.S.. Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text DocumentsWomen--United StatesSource: The Library of CongressNew, American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United StatesFrom From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on June 22, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]