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Arthur and more
Sorry about the downtime. Dan was trying to fix the comments to make it so I could easily delete bad posts, but it broke the whole thing. I just put back the old one. So we should be fine, and so should our friend, spammer bozhang. I am getting better at editing him out - it's just a matter of whether he can post viruses, etc., that threaten my server and get me in trouble. I'll deal with it. Your news and reward for continued visitation: 1) I'm doing a new column in the FREE magazine, Arthur From rushkoff.blog on February 5, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

DC-Education Application Profile
http://dublincore.org/educationwiki/ DC_2dEducation_20Application_20Profile Possibly of interest to some of you metadata mavens out there is this wiki where you can find ongoing work of the Dublin Core Education Working Group, including this early draft of an application profile of Dublin Core to apply to educational materials. It's not exactly 'knock your socks off' kind of stuff but then let's hope metadata never is considered such. Clearly an improvement ove From EdTechPost on February 5, 2005 at 9:51 p.m..

Internet Sparks Outpouring of Instant Donations - Jerry Markon and Leef Smith, Washington Post
Faced with searing images of suffering and grief in South Asia, Americans are finding an instantaneous way to reach out to tsunami victims: on their home computers. As never before, people are turning to the Internet to donate money, the latest step From Techno-News Blog on February 5, 2005 at 9:49 p.m..

Disk drives to stop shrinking - Michael Kanellos, CNET News
For hard-drive makers, getting small is becoming a passing fad. While consumers have gone bonkers for music players and other sleek devices sporting tiny hard drives, disk drive companies say there's little room, and even less desire, for further red From Techno-News Blog on February 5, 2005 at 9:49 p.m..

Intel's new mobile chips equal to high-end Pentium 4 - Tom Krazit, IDG News Service
With the release of its Sonoma technology Wednesday, notebook PCs based on the most powerful version of Intel's Centrino mobile technology now perform just as well as desktop PCs with Intel's fastest Pentium 4 processors, an Intel executive said duri From Techno-News Blog on February 5, 2005 at 9:49 p.m..

Trusting errors
It's interesting to me that The Guardian's article article about the soldier kidnapped in Iraq - the one who turns out to be a GI Joe action figure - refers readers to its blog for the details of the correction. Why the blog? Perhaps because the blog lets the Guardian talk in a less guarded, more human voice. If the correction were noted in the usual way, could the Guardian have written "Sick as they are, such hoaxes have happened before...," for example? It makes sense to me: Fallibility is the mark of humanity, and, oddly, it's one of the... From Joho the Blog on February 5, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

Italian TV blog
Marco Montemagno has a show on Sk TG 24 (Sky's all news channel) about the Internet blogging. He writes that it's the first time in Italy that a news channel has: Run a blog Made videos of the show freely available (via Coral CDN p2p and blogtorrent) Made the audio available via podcasting (Feedburner enclosure) "Asked users to send material, participating in the news creation, so that we'll try to realize a sort of "Gillmor grassroots jornalism" principle." Sounds very cool. Good luck, Marco!... From Joho the Blog on February 5, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

Transom: best practices for digital sound
Transom offers many resources on digitally recording sound. They include information and guides on technique and hardware, along with a platform for uploading and sharing audio files. This should be useful for anyone working with audio, including those compsoing multimedia... From MANE IT Network on February 5, 2005 at 8:57 p.m..

Teaching computers to read no simple task - Michael Hill, Associated Press
Among the handiest villains in science fiction are Computers That Know Too Much. Think of the dream-weaving despots of "The Matrix" or murderous HAL in "2001: A Space Odyssey." But in reality, even the most super supercomputer lacks the reasoning capa From Techno-News Blog on February 5, 2005 at 8:49 p.m..

Microsoft: Slow going for desktop search in Windows - Matt Hines, CNET News
Microsoft has no immediate plans to integrate new desktop search tools into its Windows operating system, according to an executive with the software maker. Speaking on a conference panel at the Harvard Business School's 2005 Cyberposium event Saturda From Techno-News Blog on February 5, 2005 at 8:49 p.m..

Microsoft kicks off search effort - Stefanie Olsen, CNET News
Microsoft on Monday replaced Yahoo's search technology with its own homespun software and will kick off a huge advertising campaign to supplant Google in consumers' hearts. As expected, MSN, a unit of the software giant, has taken its Web search tech From Techno-News Blog on February 5, 2005 at 8:49 p.m..

Server Outage - Blog down Feb 2-Feb 4
My sincere apologies for the loss of feeds the past three days. A catastrophic server crash required an entire re-build of the server hosting this blog. We are now back up and running. -ray From Techno-News Blog on February 5, 2005 at 8:49 p.m..

Los papeles del caso Watergate
El Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center de la Universidad de Texas acaba de abrir al público el acceso a parte de los documentos del caso Watergate: El sitio web The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers recoge el índice de materiales... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 5, 2005 at 6:51 p.m..

Take the car
Another year, another planned fare hike for the TTC. What really bugs people about these prices is how they now have to pay more to stand at a bonechilling bustop waiting for a late bus, which invariably is crowded and filthy. Here's my two tokens: most people take the TTC because they have no other choice. The management is not trying hard enough to get people to take it by free will. Their advertising slogan mocks me every time I get on a subway car: "TTC saves hassle, time, and the environment." One out of three ain't bad, but it's time to work on the first two. Figure a way From silentblue | Quantified on February 5, 2005 at 5:46 p.m..

Podcast test (again)
I just updated my Word Press installation to version 1.22 and it killed the WP 1.2 enclosures hack. Or at least it wounded it: my SQL database still had the extra tables, as I discovered after much trial and error (sometimes it's good to assume you're wrong, and sometimes it ... From Gardner Writes on February 5, 2005 at 3:00 p.m..

The big spam unit
I have complicated multi-tiered spam filtering technique I use, the result of which is that I have a folder called "suspect" that I manually check to make sure there's nothing in there for me. These days, with pitchers and catchers reporting in less than two weeks and football shortly disappearing until fall, baseball has been on my mind. Too much on my mind in fact, because I've been clicking on emails about "the Big Unit" in my suspect spam folder. Needless to say, they are not about Randy Johnson. From megnut on February 5, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Team Osprey Redefines Training
Improving the way that training development is integrated into the life cycle of a weapons platform is a much needed acquisition reform. Training is, unfortunately, often the first subprogram to be suggested when program managers look to reduce costs. From an organizational perspective, training managers are rarely at a level ... From ADL News on February 5, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center's online exhibit of the Woodward and Bernstein Watergate ...
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center's online exhibit of the Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers provides a small sample of the materials found in the collection. A full description of all the Woodward and Bernstein papers available at the Ransom Center is provided in the online finding aid From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 5, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

SPC Reusable Learning Objects
St. Petersburg College educational technologies reusable learning object site. From eLearnopedia on February 5, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..

Improving Retention in Distance Learning Classes
This paper provides possible solutions to the problem of retention and offers suggestions for improvement in the entire field of distance education. From eLearnopedia on February 5, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..

Interactive Guide to Using Copyrighted Media
Baruch Computing and Technology Center (BCTC) and Kognito Solutions LLS free interactive guide to help faculty determine appropriate copyright guidelines From eLearnopedia on February 5, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..

Dairy Cows Breathe Easier
A long-awaited study attempts to clear the air about just how much dairy cows contribute to air pollution. But the California Air Resources Board says more research is needed. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on February 5, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Newly Desirable: Dormfront Property
For some families, a child in boarding school is an occasion to move. There. From New York Times: Education on February 5, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Professor Is Assailed by Legislature and Vandals
Colorado lawmakers Wednesday denounced an embattled professor whose scheduled appearance at an upstate New York college was canceled amid protests over his writings. From New York Times: Education on February 5, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Teachers Protest the Methods of a Regional Superintendent
More than 400 New York City teachers lashed out on Thursday at a Queens superintendent over mandates they said had restricted their ability to teach. From New York Times: Education on February 5, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Harvard Seeks to Advance Opportunities for Women
The president of Harvard University announced initiatives to improve the status of women on the faculty, including a commitment to create a senior recruiting post. From New York Times: Education on February 5, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Administration Seeks to End Loan Program
The Bush administration wants to reduce guaranteed aid to banks and to end a popular loan program in an effort to help poor students receive larger college grants. From New York Times: Education on February 5, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

School? Bloomberg Says Yes. Stadium? Silver's Still Thinking.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that the city would build a school in a Lower Manhattan neighborhood represented by Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the State Assembly. From New York Times: Education on February 5, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Low Threshold Applications
This web site is a repository of Low Threshold Applications (LTAs) that have been developed and are acknowledged here as potential resources to enhance the teaching and learning process. From eLearnopedia on February 5, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Podcasting Tools
This site is a comprehensive podcasting resource detailing everything you need to know about Podcasting. From eLearnopedia on February 5, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Association of Online K-12 Schools Newsletter
The goal for this newsletter is to provide members with Association news, upcoming events and to showcase new developments in online K-12 education. From eLearnopedia on February 5, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

edugadget
edugadget, plain talking technology reviews for teachers, is edited by Steve Brooks, a secondary teacher. From eLearnopedia on February 5, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

[ Why Macs? ]
From a mailing list: "Apple has posted a great new video on their website titled "Why Mac for Science." that speaks to the many advantages Macs have in Scientific fields. The video interviews many in both academia and industry and... From futureStep | net.tech, academia, society & culture on February 5, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

Event Management Software: Organize and Coordinate Everything Via Your Computer
Online events and web conferences are often spin-offs or extensions of physical ones. Offline more than online, the organizations and logistics of an event requires adequate resources and the ability to coordinate multiple simultaneous tracks. If your next online conference... From Kolabora.com on February 5, 2005 at 12:52 a.m..

Don't defend mistakes, correct and move on
Amen! From Blog Business World - Marketing, Public Relations, Search Engine Optimization.: QUOTEDon't defend the mistake. Correct it before it's too late, before your small business goes down the tubes. Your ego will survive, and so will your business. UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 4, 2005 at 11:51 p.m..