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Asia's Deadly Waves
NY Times has an interactive which explains how and why the Asian tsunami was created (see the right-hand side column). The height of the waves in Banda Aceh is simply mind-boggling. I went into a daze after watching the before-and-after pictures of the devastation. From elearningpost on January 2, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

How Did Animals Escape Tsunami?
This is bizarre: "Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found." From elearningpost on January 2, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

Mobile phones: 20 years old in the UK
Just missed the birthday party by a couple of days. The first mobile phone call in the UK was on January 1st 1985. When the first consumer mobile phones were launched they were "the size of a briefcase, cost about £2,000 and had a battery life of little more than 20 minutes". So they've seen my Sony Ericsson P900 then. From David Davies: Edtech on January 2, 2005 at 10:46 p.m..

The Evolution of Events Through The Use Digital Media: Corante EventLab
We all have major events in our lives. They are personal, professional and the ones that make us feel part of society on local, national and global levels. EventLab is about how the world's rapid changes are leading us to... From Kolabora.com on January 2, 2005 at 9:54 p.m..

More about China, and about 'About'
EastSouthWestNorth is becoming one of my favorite blog reads. (Makes me feel guilty about abandoning Chinese study years ago, though post-50 guilt is easy to live with). Almost daily there's a provocative analysis. On occasion he (she?) hints at breathtaking conclusions, as in this consideration of the need for, and impossibility, of bureaucratic reform in the PRC: ... the point is made that there is a huge bureaucratic problem on top of the purel From homoLudens III on January 2, 2005 at 9:46 p.m..

Google libraries: Litwin on money
Rory Litwin of the California Research Bureau, CA State Library, offers a critique of the Google-library digitization project. Litwin focuses on the implications of commercialization. (via LibraryBob)... From MANE IT Network on January 2, 2005 at 8:58 p.m..

Pew data on blogs in 2004
Impressive numbers. The short PDF (ugh) is worth a read, including a description of average blog users (young broadband-using, rich, educated male internet veterans) and a nice description of RSS. From homoLudens III on January 2, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

Disorder of the Dutch empire
I'm not sure what the full significance of this EastSouthWestNorth entry is, but Nico will enjoy reading it and remembering his own time in empire's service. From homoLudens III on January 2, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

Edu-nap-torrent
When does an activity become educational? Is there something you have to do to turn an activity into one with educational value? I'm not sure. If education is the same as learning then I feel as though I'm learning all the time, although I never usually think of it like that. But it wasn't always like that. As a kid I was more interested in learning about things outside of school than within. Learning about things in school was boring but the things that interested me outside, well, that wasn't learing, that was fun. The educational context of school wasn't that att From David Davies: Edtech on January 2, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

Alert: I’ve Upgraded My Webfeed
If you subscribe to the CONTENTIOUS webfeed and want to be able to receive episodes my occasional audio show (podcast) via that feed, here's an important update: You'll need to switch your subscription to my new feed. The address for my new feed is: http://blog.contentious.com/feed/rss2. Here is a brief explanation, and instructions on what to do... From Contentious Weblog on January 2, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

ccPublisher 1.0 - for power users and techies only
But I am sure that it will be only a matter of time (sooner rather than later) before this tool becomes something for everybody. My bet is that it will be incorporated invisibly into blogging tools (much like BitTorrent is currently being incorporated into podcasting tools) so that you won't even know that you are using ccPublisher or its APIs.From ccPublisher 1.0.: QUOTEAfter six busy months, I'm very pleased to announce the release of ccPublisher 1.0. ccPublisher 1.0 is a feature c From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 2, 2005 at 7:52 p.m..

On Reading and Teaching
One of the books I've been reading over the break is a computer software instruction guide. That probably sounds boring to most folks, but to me it's a pleasure read because most of what I read I read analytically and critically -- as a writer, I'm always analyzing an author's... From PEDABLOGUE on January 2, 2005 at 7:51 p.m..

New Contact Information
If you need to reach me by e-mail, please don't try my Mercury News address, which no longer works. Send e-mail to "grassroots at gillmor.com" -- thanks. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 2, 2005 at 7:46 p.m..

Cory Doctorow's masterful anti-DRM rant
Best Anti DRM rant of 2005 so far! From Boing Boing: Cory responds to Wired Editor on DRM.: QUOTEIf I were in Chris's seat, I would be sure that every single review of a DRM device carried the following notice: WARNING: THIS DEVICE'S FEATURES ARE SUBJECT TO REVOCATION WITHOUT NOTICE, ACCORDING TO TERMS SET OUT IN SECRET NEGOTIATIONS. YOUR INVESTMENT IS CONTINGENT ON THE GOODWILL OF THE WORLD'S MOST PARANOID, TECHNOPHOBIC ENTERTAINMENT EXECS. THIS DEVICE AND DEV From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 2, 2005 at 6:51 p.m..

Full Tsunami Video Footage, Pictures, Clips And TV News Stories
After seven days from when the tsunami started hitting the poor northern tip of Sumatra, hundreds of video clips, TV news stories and thousand of images have stood as the only direct witnesses to such a tragic event. tsunami wave hitting China coasts - 2002 This is meant to be a comprehensive clearinghouse to the visual content coming from all accessible online resources, amateur and professional, and covering the December 26 Asian tsunami. This is a simple, annotated mini-guide to access all of the videos, news clips and images made available in the last 7 days on the Internet. All... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on January 2, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..

Lean Clients, Plump Clients, and Chubby Clients for Learning Management Systems
As I mentioned in a previous post the SUNY Learning Network currently uses a home-grown learning management system built on top of Lotus Notes. And while there is a web interface to the system, many of the current users are quite attached to their fat client. This may sound quaintly… From e-Literate on January 2, 2005 at 4:59 p.m..

bombs over vienna (PanemEtCircenses)
Welcome to 20[05] the year Austria celebrates and commemorates what happened 60, 50, 10 years ago. There is of course an official initiative and website on Austria 2005. Well, I fear that it will be a mostly political event that will be made operational for the government and the leading party. Writing that, 05 remembers me of the Austrian resistance during WWII: 0 stands for O From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 2, 2005 at 4:47 p.m..

Is het tijd voor een moratorium op metadata?
http://www.computer.org/multimedia/mu2004/promo1.pdf Dick Bulterman doet een oproep voor een moratorium op metadata. Metadata voor tekst 'has gone from tedious to insignificant' in de afgelopen tien jaar; en voor niet-tekstuele media is de definitie van metadata veel te foutgevoelig en arbeidsintensief. Automatisch aangemaakte metadata (bijvoorbeeld door digitale camera's) is meestal niet te vertrouwen (want worden op het moment van bewerking van een afbeelding vaak automatisch overgenomen uit een bronbestand). Bulterman's artikel is skeptisch over de mogelijkheden van he From CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on January 2, 2005 at 4:00 p.m..

Some SUNY Trivia
Here are some interesting facts about my new employer: The total number of students, 413,000 is pretty close to the total poplulation of the European country Luxembourg, making SUNY the largest state university system in the country. That 413,000-person student body includes 40 percent of all New York State high… From e-Literate on January 2, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..

The BitTorrent Effect
Wired 13.01: The BitTorrent Effect Wired has a great article about BitTorrent and its creator, Bram Cohen. Last night I read this and began to think in terms of how this technology could be used in education. For example, last spring our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students put on a production of The Wizard of Oz. One of our parents did a nice job of taping the production and then created a DVD. Copies were made and sold and such. Am thinking now of going over to school this afternoon and putting the whole thing up as a torrent.... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 2, 2005 at 1:50 p.m..

Italics and saxophones
Steve Johnson writes about a friend who lost a Rhodes Scholarship because of his use of italics. (I may be overstating a little.) It reminds me of my friend who had applied for a faculty position and was waiting to be interviewed at the annual American Philosophical Association meeting. His application was full of his scholarly accomplisments and achievements, the articles he had published, the dissertation he had labored over to support his bold thesis about Nietzsche, and just a few lines about his personal interests. He was waiting in the hallway as the current interviewee departed, and hea From Joho the Blog on January 2, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

A Final Newspaper Column, and My Thanks
(This is also my final Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury News.) Wow, what a ride. I moved to Silicon Valley a little over 10 years ago. I've been constantly amazed by what has happened here since then -- a furious rush of innovation and change. I'm not smart or wise enough to predict in any detail what will happen in the next decade. But I'm certain that, as always, it'll be interesting, because innovation and change From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 2, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

Modern Drunkard
Modern Drunkard claims to be mainly serious with the goal of returning "drinking to the glorious Rat Pack/Jackie Gleason Era." It celebrates the fun of drinking and rails against what it thinks of as Puritanical forces of repression (including MADD). The latest, and perhaps last, printed issue was published last August. [Thanks to my brother Andy, who is not any sort of drunkard, for the link.] And with this post, I am now the record holder for the shortest cognitive-emotional distance. Yes! But, heck, it's a blog. We're supposed to have short cognitive-emotional spans.... From Joho the Blog on January 2, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

A Bit of Edu Torrents?
I've got some back of the cranium wonderings about educational uses of BitTorrent -- if this has not yet crossed your scope, check out the January 2005 Wired article The BitTorrent Effect (no, the article does not star Ashton Kutcher as BT creator Bram Cohen): BitTorrent lets users quickly upload and download enormous amounts of data, files that are hundreds or thousands of times bigger than a From cogdogblog on January 2, 2005 at 12:46 p.m..

New wave of malware through wmv files
PC World reports on a new mob of spyware, adware, and other general malware sneaking onto machines through files in Windows Media format, via Kazaa and other p2p clients. Check out this awful screenshot for a sample.... From MANE IT Network on January 2, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

Great Start to the Blog New Year
This comment left by Anne Blocker, Director of the National Learning Laboratory is a great example of what's great about Weblogs. Considering it was the absolute first thing I read online in 2005, it hopefully augers a great blog year upcoming. Her comment has left me thinking a great deal about how technology offers different value to different learners. I'm such a visual learner that perhaps the iPod may not be a tool I use often. But for Anne, obviously, the iPod play From weblogged News on January 2, 2005 at 9:48 a.m..

High-speed wireless network lives up to claims - Gary Krakow, MSNBC
What the world needs now is a good, cheap wireless broadband connection to the Internet. I From Techno-News Blog on January 2, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Thought powers computer - TOM PAULSON, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Tristan Lundemo, a 19-year-old man from Seabeck with severe epilepsy, is one of the world's leading players in the highly specialized sport of brainwave Pong. Scientists working in this field tend to use technical terms like "brain-computer interface" From Techno-News Blog on January 2, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

What Will the PC of 2005 Look Like? - Martyn Williams and Tom Krazit, IDG News Service
Consumers thinking about buying a new computer in 2005 might be better off putting off their purchase until 2006. With few major changes in PC hardware or software due over the next year, the PC of 2005 is likely to look awfully similar to the PC of t From Techno-News Blog on January 2, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

ONLINE LEARNING AND TIME-ON-TASK: IMPACT OF PROCTORED VS. UN-PROCTORED TESTING - Gregory S. Wellman and Henryk Marcinkiewicz, JALN
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of proctored versus un-proctored testing on practice time and learning for a self-study, online course in medical terminology. Participants included 120 college students in a pharmacy curriculum. Su From Online Learning Update on January 2, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Assessing Portalness - Bert DeSimone, Campus Technology
Campuses are continuing to expand their offerings of online services. In the past it was the core administrative systems. When most course management systems were initially implemented, they were isolated from the traditional enterprise administrative From Online Learning Update on January 2, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Report Examines Foreign Markets for Higher Ed eLearning
The education consulting firm Hezel Associates released a preliminary report detailing foreign market opportunities for US higher education institutes. The preliminary report examines markets in Asia, Latin America, and Europe, and a more detailed rep From Online Learning Update on January 2, 2005 at 8:49 a.m..

Licensed Relationship Coach Empowers Others Through Introspective Coaching
Using her new website, Mailey Rohner seeks to guide people to connect to the power within them to realize their inner peace, inner freedom and to attain their dreams in the world. [PRWEB Dec 28, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:29 a.m..

Primal Waters Releases Annual Top Ten Stress News Stories of 2004
Primal Waters has published its annual countdown of the top ten stress related news stories of 2004. The selections range from the unexpected dangers of a spat with your spouse to the surprising effects of stress on unborn children! The company follows each year's research findings then compiles the annual list in December, adding suggestions on how individuals, as well as companies, can use this research to increase their productivity and wellbeing for 2005 and beyond. [PRWEB Dec 28, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:29 a.m..

New Book on Drug Use Seeks Addiction Treatment Reform
The release of "Losing the Beer Goggles: And Seeing the Truth for the First Time" aimed to educate people on the state of drugs in our society. [PRWEB Dec 28, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:29 a.m..

Quiet as it's Kept: Beyond 9-11 and the 2004 U.S Presidential Vote Count; New eBook, and Free eBook Release
We can begin a New, and more desirable, Era, competent, confident and courageous, beyond 9-11 and the 2004 US Presidential Vote Count. We, citizens of America, and this world, have the opportunity and challenge to not only begin a new year, but most importantly, we can do our best to begin a new and more desirable era, with a change of priorities in our thinking, actions and behavior, and relationships. The only way this can possibly happen is individually, one by one. As some anonymous person said: "Trouble ain't nothin' but an opportunity wit' work clothes on." - There is anot From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Teen Drug Use Continues to Decline
National survey shows most illicit drug use among teens down another seven percent but prescription painkillers still a major concern. [PRWEB Dec 28, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Exam Directory: New Website for IT Certification Exam Information Launched
Exam Directory.com (27 Dec, 2004). A new web site for providing relevant and reliable information for IT professionals, who aspire for different certification exams, has been launched today. [PRWEB Dec 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Perspector 3D-enabled PowerPoint Predicts the Past
More and more presenters are realizing that bullet point filled PowerPoint slides have a negative effect on their audiences. They are therefore looking for ways to liven up their visuals and to support their messages with interesting and meaningful images. The Perspector 3D add-in will help boring PowerPoint presentations to become a thing of the past. [PRWEB Dec 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Teacher, 90, Achieves Lifelong Dream - Publishing Memoir of Her Life as 'Miss Teach'
Retired teacher of children with disabilities celebrates her 90th birthday and the publication of "Miss Teach: A Memoir Handwritten with Love." Good human interest story. [PRWEB Dec 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Co-Creating World Peace Effort With Oprah
World Peace & Harmony Begins With One Person...You. What does this simple statement really mean? Is it possible that World Peace really does begin with each of us as individuals? Is it really possible that World Peace is not up to our leaders, politicians and those holding the riches of our world? Yes. [PRWEB Dec 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

America's "Best Business Opportunity" is Real Estate Investing
The "best business opportunity" is real estate investing, says author, keynote speaker and seminar director, Dr. Phil Speer. [PRWEB Dec 29, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

7 Steps to Make an Achievable Goals List for 2005
Step by step technique to set up your New Years Resolutions in a such effective way that before you know it you've achieved them. [PRWEB Dec 30, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Denver Mother Encourages Literacy with Free Books to Community
Desiree Baker and Usborne Books recently partnered with Westminster Hills Elementary in Westminster, Colorado in order to complete a reading incentive program, entitled 'Reach For The Stars'. Roughly 38 students read 15 to 30 minutes a day for three weeks, raising over $1100 in sponsor donations. This enabled the students to choose $700 in free books for themselves and over $300 in free books and other educational goodies for their school. [PRWEB Dec 30, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Creativity Software Meets Creativity Book: The Power of Words to Innovate Bring Together IdeaFisher Software and the Accidental Genius Book in January Giveaway
IdeaFisher, the creativity Software joins author Mark Levy's famed book Accidental Genius to provide a 1-2 punch of creative spark. The book, described by business guru Tom Peters as "Extraordinary", shares the Associative Thinking Process with IdeaFisher Software, the patented application used by IdeaFisher to help creatives from Apple to 3M and Nike advertising giant Wieden & Kennedy create award-winning products, services and marketing. IdeaFisher is offering free copies of the book with every IdeaFisher purchase through January 30, 2005. [PRWEB Dec 30, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Leading Hypnotic Expert Educates Cincinnati For Success
Millions of people will begin their New Years with resolutions to lose weight, stop smoking, begin exercising, or many other types of self-improvement resolutions, almost all of which will be broken within the first two months. William Molitor, a local Hypnotist at Tri-State Hypnosis Center, will help change all that by offering free seminars to anyone who is serious about achieving their New Years Resolution. [PRWEB Dec 31, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

INFINIUM Architectural Walls Announces Breakthrough in Office Privacy
Independent testing of the new INFINIUM Architectural Wall System achieves superior acoustical privacy with all of the advantages of movable wall and partitions in office interior design. [PRWEB Dec 31, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Mindflow Learning Releases a 2nd Edition of Gateway to Sanskrit, a two-volume DVD set.
Begin Sanskrit learning by using the real Sanskrit alphabet. Recognize the letters and Sanskrit words in minutes by seeing and hearing the Devanagari (script) presented in a logical and intuitive fashion. This two-volume DVD is titled "Gateway to Sanskrit," second edition. [PRWEB Dec 31, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

North Carolina Fox Affiliate to Pre-empt the January 3rd Broadcast of its Own National Network Reality Show, "Who's Your Daddy" and Air Independently Produced "'I Have Roots and Branches'...Personal Reflections on Adoption" (winner of a 2004 Film Advisory BoardAward of Excellence) in its Place!
A local North Carolina Fox station has just boycotted its own network airing of the soon-to-air reality adoption show "Who's Your Daddy". After being inundated with e-mail and negative reaction to promotions of the upcoming reality television show that appears to distastefully portray the reunion of an adoptee with her biological father for prize money, the station single-handedly elected not to air the network production. Instead, after previewing a film independently produced and directed by attorney and adoptive mother Flory G. Herman, "'I Have Roots and Branches'... Persona From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Stopping Alcohol and Drug Abuse: An American Resolution
Although teen drug use declining, alcohol-related traffic fatalities show the need for continued fight end drug addiction. [PRWEB Dec 31, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Dental Office Marketing: Marketing Firm Now Offers Pay-for-Performance Dental Office Marketing Program
In a recent interview Dr. Ninh Nguyen explains why passive dental office marketing programs and untrained office personnel can dramatically affect a dental practice's growth potential. He argues that to be effective in this day and age a dental office marketing program requires not only tested marketing materials, but a well trained office staff. A pay-for-performance dental office marketing consultant, he starts with the assertion that the measure of any program's success lies in tracking and controlling cost of acquisition. [PRWEB Dec 31, 2004] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

New Specific Therapy Courses for 2005
Burntwood Hypnotherapy launches new courses in 2005 for those wishing to use Hypnosis techniques but not become full practitioners. [PRWEB Jan 1, 2005] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Jewish Organization Issues a Study Showing 63% of the Population of a U.S. City Could Not Recognize What the Word "Auschwitz" is in Reference to
Coming on the heels of the December 2, 2004 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) televised poll which revealed that nearly half of Britons had never heard of the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz, a Jewish organization in Florida has released a study demonstrating 63% of a typical United States city could not identify the infamous Polish concentration camp. [PRWEB Jan 1, 2005] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Multimedia Software for English Language Learning
Made in Switzerland, by a Brit, for the World. The launch of a promising new software program for non-native speakers wishing to pass English exams. [PRWEB Jan 2, 2005] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

The Simplest Way to Learn Music Ever Invented - Free Software
The fantastic MusicWheels® software, is now available free of charge for 90 days to anyone interested in learning, teaching or creating music. This has got to be the simplest method ever invented and should appeal to millions of people who want to learn music but find the traditional methods too complex. Now you really can learn music fast. [PRWEB Jan 2, 2005] From PR Web on January 2, 2005 at 7:28 a.m..

Tsunami
I've heard from my brother, who is building a house in Phuket. He's fine, and his house is still there. Can't say the same for the waterfront, or the tourists that were going for a pleasant morning swim. An old friend of mine is from Sri Lanka, and his wife is ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 2, 2005 at 7:27 a.m..

NetNewsWire 2.0 beta 10 does enclosures!
Haven't tested it out, but the latest NetNewsWire beta now supports downloading enclosures (even automagically into iTunes). It didn't trigger on all of the old enclosures in my 300-odd feeds (I shudder to think about all of the bandwidth sucked up if I have to download all enclosures in all ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 2, 2005 at 7:27 a.m..

MacOSX Diagnostics
Brian's XServe is acting up, and we're trying to figure out wtf went wrong, and trying to work with his IT folks that are managing the box for him. In our quest for answers, I came across these resources (which have been dutifully bookmarked, delicioused, and added to my DevonThinkPE cache). ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 2, 2005 at 7:27 a.m..

Kiddie Records Weekly
Thanks to a link from BoingBoing, I saw Kiddie Records Weekly. That's just awesome! They're taking a bunch of old vinyl albums of kid's shows from the 1940s and 50s and releasing 1 each week for the entire year 2005 - free for download. I'd found Gerald McBoingBoing a while back ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 2, 2005 at 7:27 a.m..

LokiTorrent fights MPAA legal attack
The Web site, a hub of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer network, has virtually put out the hat to finance a legal fund. From CNET News.com on January 2, 2005 at 7:27 a.m..

Year in Review: Cell phones explode
Global cellular markets boomed. U.S. data services went through the roof. And handsets literally blew up. From CNET News.com on January 2, 2005 at 7:27 a.m..

A new iMac for under $500?
The annual exercise of the Mac faithful--guessing what Apple will release at MacWorld--has prompted rumors of a lower-priced desktop. From CNET News.com on January 2, 2005 at 7:27 a.m..

Year in review: Browser wars, part 2
Left for dead on browser battlefield, Firefox lived to fight Microsoft, while AOL prepped two new browsers. From CNET News.com on January 2, 2005 at 7:27 a.m..

Exchange That Funky Gift Card
If a plastic card that gives you credit for something you don't want isn't your idea of a great gift, you can put it up for sale or swap. From Wired News on January 2, 2005 at 4:45 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog
The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog News and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts. Kind of a grass roots effort to disseminate information about the disaster, relief efforts, missing persons reports and on the ground reports...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 2, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

And the Beat Goes On
Larry Lessig has started off the new year with an excellent article in the January, 2005 issue of Wired: They're Not Worthy:Why extend the copyright on works that no longer have commercial value? From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 2, 2005 at 1:56 a.m..

Listen: The First Contentious Audio Show
All right, I've finally done it. I've created the very first audio edition of CONTENTIOUS -- my own podcast, finally. In this show I explain why I love podcasting but dislike the term "podcast..." From Contentious Weblog on January 2, 2005 at 12:55 a.m..

Vacation by vintage
Before I left work for the holidays, my very generous manager bestowed on me a bottle of Segura Viudas Brut Reserva Heredad Cava Sparkling Wine. I haven't tried it yet, but it comes in a nice bottle that is shaped somewhat like a cartoon stick of mutton. It has become somewhat of a tradition to go to Silverlotus's parents for Christmas turkey dinner. To mix things up a little, I brought along my bottle of 2002 Jackson-Triggs Proprietors' Reserve Chardonnay. Last year we had Australian wine, but this is Ontario, and we make great wine too. New Year's Eve was uneventful - we From silentblue | Quantified on January 2, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

Flickr Images from South Asia
Flickr: Sarvodaya's Photos I was looking on Flickr this evening for images posted from the tsunami areas in South Asia. I did a couple of searches of Flickr tags and under the tag tsunami I found some images posted from a user called Sarvodaya. Turns out that Sarvodaya is a development group in Sri Lanka. Since Wednesday the organization has posted over 215 images on their Flickr site and have created a weblog with updates and pleas for donations. In addition I found a Flickr group called Hands to S. E. Asia and there found a listing of more... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 2, 2005 at 12:50 a.m..

Week in Review > Postings From the Edge: A Catastrophe Strikes, and the Cyberworld Responds" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/weekinreview/02blog.html?ex=1262322000&en=6d233db45276c28e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland">The New York Times > Week in Review > Postings From the Edge: A Catastrophe Strikes, and the Cyberworld Responds AFTER an earthquake in the Indian Ocean sent tsunamis smashing into coastal Asia and East Africa, much of the initial information about what had happened came from the World Wide Web, especially from the personal journals called weblogs, or blogs. Here are excerpts From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 1, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..

Fighting DRM
Cory Doctorow responds to digital rights management advocate Chris Anderson from Wired Magazine: DRM isn't protection from piracy. DRM is protection from competition. From owrede_log on January 1, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..