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The National Academies Press--Free Online Books
This posting is a followup to the previous posting about the Computer Science book from the National Academies Press (NAP). NAP is a valuable resource for free online books of academic value, books that can be used for instruction and for research. The online inventory includes more than 3000 books on subjects ranging from Agriculture to Urban Development. "The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Scienc From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on January 1, 2005 at 8:47 p.m..

Online Activists Mobilize After Tsunami
It is not just SMS and blogs that are being mobilized by online activists and concerned citizens in the aftermath of the devastating tsunami disaster in southern Asia. See: my earlier posting on this site other resources on this site recent articles on the Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 1, 2005 at 7:53 p.m..

Computer Science: Reflections on the Field, Reflections from the Field
This online book is from the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. Copies of the book and of individual chapters are also available for purchase from the National Academies Press. "Just a decade ago, the Internet was the domain of specialists and technology aficionados, requiring knowledge of file systems, format compatibilities, and operating system commands. Even the more user-friendly systems such as e-mail and net news principally served relatively small communities of technically savvy people. Until recently, the Internet, the World Wide Web, From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on January 1, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

They played Bach. Bach lost. (Yeah, it's an old joke.)
Susan Crawford did not have a good time at a Bach concert yesterday. I wouldn't mention it except she writes about it so amusingly. I'm reminded of a conversation my friend Joe Mahoney had with another friend of mine, Tim Anderson. According to Joe, who is an amazing musician, it went like this: Joe: Can you imagine? Bach had to write a cantata every week! Tim: Not only that. He had to write a Bach cantata. (Joe has a great post from November about the joy of growing up with a son and his son Quentin's manic performance in "Cinderella."... From Joho the Blog on January 1, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

They played Bach. Bach lost. (Yeah, it's an old joke.)
Susan Crawford did not have a good time at a Bach concert yesterday. I wouldn't mention it except she writes about it so amusingly. I'm reminded of a conversation my friend Joe Mahoney had with another friend of mine, Tim Anderson. According to Joe, who is an amazing musician, it went like this: Joe: Can you imagine? Bach had to write a cantata every week! Tim: Not only that. He had to write a Bach cantata. (Joe has a great post from November about the joy of growing up with a son and his son Quentin's manic performacne in "Cinderella."... From Joho the Blog on January 1, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Dan's new home
Dan Gillmor is off on his journey. His new blog is here. This should be fascinating to watch...... From Joho the Blog on January 1, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Tragedia en Argentina
Argentina ha comenzado el año de luto. Un incendio en una discoteca durante la madrugada del jueves ha causado 174 muertos y más de 700 heridos, en lo que La Nación Line ha calificado como La peor tragedia no natural... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 1, 2005 at 3:53 p.m..

Mappr! and Flickr
Mappr! is an interactive environment for exploring place, based on the photos people take and tag on Flickr. Right now the data used by Mappr is based on the tags that people add to the images they post on Flickr. For example, if I take a picture of my son playing in a local park and add information such as park location and city and state, the folks at Mappr can use that information to place that image appropriately on a map. Flickr already takes advantage of the EXIF meta data associated with each picture. It isn't to hard... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 1, 2005 at 3:50 p.m..

New Year, New Gig
Happy New Year to all. May this one be an improvement on the one we've just ended. As many of you know, I've left the Mercury News to work on a project to help citizen journalism. I've started a new blog where we can discuss that topic in some depth. I'll post here as well periodically, though the future of this blog is not entirely clear right now. I'm incredibly grateful to you for your support, or at least your readership and involvement in a normally valuable conversation here. We haven't always agreed, but we&apo From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 1, 2005 at 3:47 p.m..

Technorati recoge los propósitos para el 2005
En New Year's Resolutions 2005 Technorati recoge los propósitos de los bloggers para el nuevo año: Can you believe that 2004 is over already? Time for some new year's resolutions. What do you want out of 2005? Check out the... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 1, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..

Home-Shoring: Like-Minded Networked Homeworkers May Be Next Powerful Online Interconnected Workforce
"The Guardian earlier this week published an interesting article about a Scottish entrepreneur who hopes to persuade major UK companies that offshoring jobs overseas is not the only way to save money. Michael Wolff Michael Wolff is convinced that companies... From Kolabora.com on January 1, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..

Before and after satellite photos
Banda Aceh before Banda Aceh after More at DigitalGlobe.... From Joho the Blog on January 1, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Spammers New Year's Resolution: Stick Their URLs in Any Hole They Can Find
It's mid morning the first day of 2005, relaxing peacefully in our hideaway cabin ion Strawberry, a warm fire is in the stove, and the sky out the window is heavy with clouds-- and it looks like spam is failing from the sky, in big ugly clumps. Yup, on a quick check of email this morning, I have notification from some of our web sites that allow (honest) people to submit relevant information, spam infested gunk just where it makes no sense. These are forms that do not post anything to a web page, will not enhance the rank of their target sites in anyway, just plain stupid effor From cogdogblog on January 1, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Forced compassion
From Reuters: CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush, under pressure over the pace and scale of American aid to Asian tsunami victims, abruptly raised the U.S. contribution to $350 million on Friday, 10 times the amount pledged just two days ago. Good. That's up a lot from the ludicrous $4M we offered five days ago, the boost to a shameful $15M, and the upping of that to the merely disgraceful $35M. It's still not nearly enough from a country that claims to be the world's economic, military and moral leader; before the election, Congress allotted $13.6 billion to rebuild sta From Joho the Blog on January 1, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Viruses Crowd Internet in 2004 - Tim Gray, Internet News
It was a banner year for virus writers, hackers and spammers, as worms and phishing attacks rocketed to new levels and security concerns headed mainstream. This year, a teenage German boy was allegedly responsible for more than half of all computer v From Techno-News Blog on January 1, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Windows NT 4.0 Support Ends New Year's Eve - Sean Michael Kerner, Internet News
When the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, Microsoft will say so long to publicly supporting Windows NT Server 4.0. With the new year, the company will bring to an end an 11-year history of the NT brand that was its first entreé into the enter From Techno-News Blog on January 1, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Cyber crime booms in 2004 - Mark Ward, BBC News
The last 12 months have seen a dramatic growth in almost every security threat that plague Windows PCs. The count of known viruses broke the 100,000 barrier and the number of new viruses grew by more than 50%. Similarly phishing attempts, in which c From Techno-News Blog on January 1, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Framingham State puts paperless classes to test - Peter Schworm, Boston Globe
Arriving at his Tuesday morning English class at Framingham State College, Joe LaFauci consulted his syllabus for the day's assignment. But instead of digging through his backpack for a crumpled course outline, he logged onto the class Web page on his From Online Learning Update on January 1, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Online Education: Innovative & Personal - Brent Muirhead, ITDL
Distance education has demonstrated remarkable growth in student enrollment in the for-profit higher education institutions. Currently, the University of Phoenix has grown to become the largest private university in the United States with over 227,000 From Online Learning Update on January 1, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Is online learning right for you? - Nettie Hartsock, Streaming Media IQ
In the past six years, online education for both professional adults and new learners has grown as an increasingly popular and viable alternative to gathering degrees and certifications previously only offered on-site via campus or workplace training From Online Learning Update on January 1, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Good Piece on Folksonomies (Clay Shirky)
Good piece by Adam Mathesm, <a href=”http://www.adammathes.com/academic/computer-mediated-communication/folksonomies.html”Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata: Perhaps the most important strength of a folksonomy is that it directly reflects the vocabulary of users. In an information retrieval system, there are at... From Corante: Social Software on January 1, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Ready, Set, Break the Ice!
Need an icebreaker for a class that starts in 15 minutes? No problem. While printing a class set of bingo cards, read the bingo icebreaker instructions... and you're ready for class!... From Adult/Continuing Education on January 1, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

One Boy's Journey Out of Autism's Grasp
An 8-year-old boy's continuing journey to break free of the grip of autism reflects a struggle that more than 150,000 American children have faced in the past decade. From New York Times: Education on January 1, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

College Prep Help That Goes With You
If you are looking for a way to encourage a teenager to prepare for the SAT or the ACT, Kaplan has one answer: software that runs on hand-held computers and cellphones. From New York Times: Education on January 1, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

College Recruiters Lure Students With New Online Tools
Frustrated by the failure of e-mail solicitations, admission directors are looking for new ways to incorporate the Internet into their marketing plans. From New York Times: Education on January 1, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

State-Backed Candidate Ends Bid for Ramapo College Post
State Senator Joseph Doria has abandoned his quest to become president of Ramapo College, ending a clash that had pitted the school against Democratic officials. From New York Times: Education on January 1, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Montana Universities Must Offer Health Insurance to Gay Employees' Partners
The majority in the Montana Supreme Court's 4-to-3 decision said the ruling had nothing to do with the rights of gay couples to marry. From New York Times: Education on January 1, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

The Seller of the Goose That Laid a Golden Egg
After a long career in the liquor business, Sidney Frank has turned to giving away his fortune, making a $100 million gift to Brown University, the largest in its history. From New York Times: Education on January 1, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Installing a Virtual Honeywall using VMware
The Honeywall CDROM makes the implementation of a GenII Honeynet Gateway easier. Furthermore, if it is installed on a virtual machine, it will also include the many advantages that a virtual machine environment offers. This paper therefore, explains how to go about configuring VMware to deploy a Honeywall. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on January 1, 2005 at 1:56 a.m..

Happy New Year!
Wishing a happy and healthy 2005 to all! Steve This message reflects the opinions of the author, and not necessarily those of EDUCAUSE or its members. From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 1, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..