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Gadget Lab: Boozing on the Sly
A wearable beer bladder aids sneaky sippers. Plus: The Motorola Q smartphone... Maglite's superbright rechargeable flashlight. In Gadget Lab. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..

AT&T: Wired News Is a 'Scofflaw'
In a combative court filing, the telecommunications giant accuses Wired News of stealing trade secrets and violating a court order by "leaking" evidence of alleged illegal internet surveillance to the public. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Online photos put hazing in the spotlight again
Despite antihazing policies, enforcement and awareness have lagged, some say. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 13, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Words of wisdom for 2006 grads
This year's commencement speakers stressed the importance of new beginnings, individuality, and taking risks. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 13, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..

Rants 'n' Raves: Luddites Unite
Readers question technological advance, promote debate and are passionate about simple cell phones. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 5:46 p.m..

Webbys Gets Its Groove Back
The Onion editors, Prince and Arianna Huffington rub elbows at the 10th annual Webbys, a glitzy affair brimming with optimism for the future. By Michael D. O'Niell. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..

Family Plans Boost Mobile Growth
Over 80 percent of teens subscribe to mobile family plans, while many entry-level handsets are purchased online. From ClickZ Stats on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Kevin Flanders - O Canada! Canadians and Open Source - Directions Magazine
Interesting post on Canadian contributions to open source GIS (geographical information service) software. It pleases me to see Canadians as involved promoting open source in that field as in our own. And it is interesting to see the speculation at the end of the article regarding the reason Canada - and not, say, the United States - has taken the lead here. [Link] [Tags: Canada, United State From OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Jochen Robes - Microlearning 2006 - www.weiterbildungsblog.de
Coverage, in German, of the Microlearning conference (the Google English translation is reasonably coherent) included here mostly because it's not every day one gets called the Rousseau of the internet age. Of course someone else in the crowd grumbled, OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Lisa Jokivirta - What Went Wrong with AllLearn? - University Business
Interesting. "Oxford, Yale and Stanford closed their joint not-for-profit online venture, AllLearn (Alliance for Lifelong Learning) citing insufficient enrollments and funding as the primary reasons... 'the cost of offering top-quality enrichment courses at affordable prices was not sustainable over time.'" Another one bites the dust. Anyhow, this article is a detailed analysis, worth a visit. [Link] [Tags: Quality] [OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Alan Levine - Knock Knock Flickr - Cogdogblog
So typical. A small company (Flickr) is bought by a large company (Yahoo!) and becomes coarse, unreasonable and insensitive (btw, if you browse Flickr, there is a lot of 'non-photo' content that has been uploaded). This sort of problem is the big question mark I see in hosted services - and hence, a lot of the approaches that typify what people think of as Web 2.0. [Link] [Tags: Web 2.0, OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Tony Karrer - What is Rapid eLearning? - eLearning Technology
Discussion of what the author feels is the "take-over" of the term 'rapid e-learning' and advocacy (I guess) for the alternative approach, now to be called Reference Hybrids. A related post, Blowing Up ADDIE, may shed some light on where the author is headed - I would read it as, he sees the new approach as a way of organizing learning reasources, while the other side' sees it as a new way of producing resources. [OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Judy Breck - Text Mentoring is Here - Or At Least at Buckinghamshire - Golden Swamp
A new term for you: "text mentoring." Which is being "able to message teachers from home with revision queries and get a text answer." [Link] [Tags: Mentors and Mentoring] [Comment] From OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Platypus Matt - Can you hear this sound? - Kairos
The teen-age ringtone phenomenon has captured the interest of readers (and unsolicited advertisers). Still, it's pretty funny. If you want to hear (or not hear, as the case may me) the ringtone, here's the MP3. And don't ask me where to get it as a ringtone, I have no idea. Oh, and do I hear it, you ask? Nope. Nothing. [Link] [Tags: Marketing] [OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Doug Belshaw - Google Earth Overlays for History Teaching - teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk
This, of course, is a natural: overlaying historical maps (such as a World War I map) over Google Maps to assist history teaching. [Link] [Tags: Google] [Comment] From OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Christian Long - PodTech Goes the Scoble! and Why it Matters! - think:lab
I never really followed Robert Scoble's blog after the first few weeks. It was an interesting experiment, though, and Christian Long captures the end of his term with eloquence and in a way that makes it directly relevant to me. Because, isn't this what I have been saying recently? "If we do not soon begin to realize that the learner ultimately decides what learning environments they will join, that engagement is not about force-feeding and innovation is not about tightly wrapped up corporate policies and that when you have talent in your ranks you better provide them the most dynami From OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Nancy White - Open Peer Review of Scientific Articles - Full Circle Online Interaction Blog
I know I said there would be no newsletter today. And with a full-day set of flights from Vienna to Moncton, that would normally be the case. But today's newsletter began life somewhere over the mid-Atlantic, and Lufthansa's onboard wireless (as well as a 4.5 hour battery life on my laptop) allowed me to linger over this issue as the clouds drifted by. The service has been quite acceptable, if a little expensive. And now I'm somewhere over Quebec and ready to send this puppy out just before we land. After all - I could not resist the opportunity to send my first airliner-based n From OLDaily on June 13, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..

Stabler Cars Could Save 10,000
Automobile crash research organization says stability technology could save 10,000 lives. Plus: Yahoo is hit by an e-mail worm.... Japanese chip makers join to produce tiny circuitry.... and more. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 2:46 p.m..

Wrigley Field Dugouts Go Wireless
The legendary home of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first major league ballpark to use wireless handsets to communicate between the dugout and the bullpen. Purists may be appalled, but the boys in marketing are thrilled. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..

Eight Web Usability 'Don'ts'
Web usability has improved drastically in the last few years, but old problems persist. Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger identify eight stubborn usability issues in this excerpt from their book Prioritizing Web Usability. In Webmonkey. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..

The Coolest Kitchen Accessories
Throwing together a meal at home will not only help keep the waistline trim but can also improve your kids' grades. Forbes highlights some cool gadgets to tempt you into the kitchen. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Sex in Games: It's a Turn On
Gamers are getting off on the sexy stuff in games these days, but what excites one may not do it for another. Bonnie Ruberg reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Judging Apple Sweatshop Charge
Apple iPods are assembled in sweatshop conditions in China, according to a newspaper report. But are they? Commentary by Leander Kahney. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Porn Webmasters Bush-Whacked?
As the administration launches a new obscenity prosecution, webmasters debate the defendability of extreme content. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Scoring with XXX Games
No more "poke the doll." The lusty crowd at the first-ever Sex in Videogames conference see a future where adult video games are creative, inspired and, most of all, profitable. Annalee Newitz reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on June 13, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Mayor to Give More Control to 331 New York City Schools
Nearly 25 percent of the city's public schools would be given more control over key decisions if they agreed to meet performance standards. From New York Times: Education on June 13, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

U.S. Gives Charter Schools a Big Push in New Orleans
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced that $24 million in federal aid had been awarded to Louisiana for the development of charter schools. From New York Times: Education on June 13, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..