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Twenty Valentine's Days
Today is the twentieth time that my beautiful wife and I have celebrated Valentine's Day together. Whew! Where did all those years go? I knew almost immediately that my wife and I were destined to be together. Maybe it wasn't exactly love at first sight, but it was certainly close to to it. Our first date--a blind date set up by a client of mine who was a friend of my wife's--went amazingly well. We talked and talked and talked, and seemed to be on the same... From Brain Frieze on February 14, 2005 at 10:55 p.m..

Web of Ideas: Netty Friends
I'm leading another discussion at the Berkman Center this Wednesday. This time the topic is: Netty Friends There's no doubt that we're forming relationships over the Internet that feel something like friendship. But are they different enough from real-world friendships that they need their own term? How are they different? Are they better or worse? Is there a version of Gresham's Law at work here: Inferior Net-based relationships are driving out good real-world ones? Are there gender-based differences? Come to an open discussion this Wednesday... It's open to all. 6-7: From Joho the Blog on February 14, 2005 at 10:48 p.m..

Her field of dreams came true
After high school, Alicia spent years working in the fields. But one day she realized she wanted more. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on February 14, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Changing school with the season
America's one million migrant students are moving out of the shadows. But how many schools can meet their needs? From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on February 14, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Blogging and Benefiting
The latest issue of Education Update from ASCD has the above titled article as a feature. It takes somewhat of a different tact in that it presents blogs as a teacher support tool, which, of course, it can be. Blogs, or Web logs, are increasingly popular among teachers seeking support and advice on managing their classrooms more effectively. Topics discussed in blogs range from perspectives on education policy and curriculum issues to effective classroom management tip From weblogged News on February 14, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Teaching Students to Swim in the Online Sea.
INFORMATION literacy seems to be a phrase whose time has come. Last month, the Educational Testing Service announced that it had developed a test to measure students' ability to evaluate online material. That suggested an official recognition that the millions... From Teaching and Developing Online. on February 14, 2005 at 8:55 p.m..

How to stop Junk E-mail.
Today, however, we meekly assume that the recipient of e-mail must bear the costs. It is nominally free, of course, but it arrives in polluted form. Cleaning out the stuff once it reaches our in-box, or our Internet service provider's,... From Teaching and Developing Online. on February 14, 2005 at 8:55 p.m..

The Hybrid Challenge
Developing a hybrid course involves more than simply uploading online articles into Blackboard or WebCT and slapping together a discussion board. To be effective, hybrid models must be carefully planned and structured. Here's what instructors must keep in mind, and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on February 14, 2005 at 8:55 p.m..

cultural divide in IM: presence vs. communication (danah boyd)
Hypotheses: There is a cultural divide between different groups of users of IM, namely the always-on’rs and the just-came-to-chat folks. The divide is due to a recognition of IM as a presence tool vs. just seeing it as a communication... From Corante: Social Software on February 14, 2005 at 8:50 p.m..

Haunting specificity
It took awhile to figure out who writes the blog called 'if' ... but I noticed that the author, Raymon Montalbetti, linked to a post of mine and so I wandered around the site. The posts are often a combination of a quotation or two, with links, and a very brief, fragmentary, and suggestive few phrases about what the writer makes of the quoted material. See, for example, this... From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 14, 2005 at 7:52 p.m..

Applications for 'Podcasting'
The other day I drove from Chicago to Denver, about a thousand miles in one day. And was I ever glad to have an iPod full of music to keep my mind occupied. I also downloaded a couple of podcasts of public radio shows (which helped break the tedium of 14 hours of music!).Podcasting is already pretty simple for the consumer, and as this new form of online publishing matures I'm sure we'll get even better solutions. (I've been using Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 14, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Link Wiki (David Weinberger)
Alex Primo at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and his research group have released a prototype of Co-Links. It allows readers to add links to any word on a page. A single word may have... From Corante: Social Software on February 14, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

Co-Links
Alex Primo at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and his research group have released a prototype of Co-Links. It allows readers to add links to any word on a page. A single word may have multiple links. The user can either go to one of the linked pages or see metadata about it. It's a cool idea. You can try it here.. It's available as open source software. [Technorati tags: colink hypertext]... From Joho the Blog on February 14, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

"Beta" Software Definition Blurs
The stages of software release used to be fairly simple. "Alpha" software was early code, generally tested internally. In the second stage of development, "beta" software was code that was mostly functional, but might be lacking final details and might... From Indiana IT on February 14, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

Google and Wikimedia to Team Up?
Here's a report that search giant Google has offered to host some of Wikimedia's site. There's not much detail yet, and the announcement at the Wikimedia developers site indicates only that a meeting between Google and Wikimedia Foundation representatives is planned for March.Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 14, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Flash Technology Converges On Smartphones: Nokia+Macromedia
Macromedia and Nokia announced an agreement to integrate Macromedia Flash technology into Nokia's Series 60 Platform for mobile devices, including smart phones. The companies said that the Series 60 will become a reference platform for Macromedia's mobile Flash technology, and... From Kolabora.com on February 14, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Bloglines Fix
Turns out the reason Bloglines wasn't fetching my feed was that my server host was blocking their IP. Seems to be fixed now, but I'm not sure. If you're reading this in Bloglines, there's about a week's worth of posts on my actual blog that you might want to check out. (Actually going to a blog? What a concept!) From weblogged News on February 14, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Rijmkroniek van Holland (366-1305)
http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/Rijmkroniek Ook bij het ING, de Rijmkroniek van Holland. De diplomatische transcripties met paleografisch commentaar behoren bij de papieren uitgave door J.W.J. Burgers, die op de site kan worden besteld. De verschillende handschriften en drukken waarin fragmenten van deze tekst zijn overgeleverd zijn alle getranscribeerd. De transcriptie is gebeurd volgens de normen van het TEI. Bovendien zijn digitale afbeeldingen van alle pagina's van de bronnen beschikbaar. Belangstellenden kunnen de TEI-bestanden voor nadere studie downloaden. Alle bronnen From CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on February 14, 2005 at 5:01 p.m..

NPR celebrates Juniata prof teaching with comics
National Public Radio broadcast a story this morning about a Juniata College biology professor who creates comic books, Jay Hosler.... From MANE IT Network on February 14, 2005 at 4:59 p.m..

Play Ball Online With the Washington Nationals
If you like baseball, especially a particularly literate approach to the one-time American sports pastime, then the Washington Post has a treat for you. Columnist Thomas Boswell, who writes more lyrically about the sports than anyone in the business, will begin The BozReport, chronicling the arrival of the National League Washington Nationals to the nation's capital with a weekly column that will be available only From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 14, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Axalto, Orange, Intel enable full speed USB SIM for high bandwidth services
Dutch microprocessor card solutions provider Axalto’s solution is to allow deployment of high bandwidth applications secured and interacting with the SIM card. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on February 14, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

Nokia licenses Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync protocol
Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia to provide wireless access to Exchange Server 2003 data, including wireless e-mail, calendar and contacts in future mobile devices. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on February 14, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

Microsoft launches solution to deploy telecoms services
Telecoms companies including BT are deploying the server-based solution Microsoft Connected Services Framework, which provides a platform for creating, aggregating and managing converged services. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on February 14, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

Northern Ireland Housing Executive awards BT €44m contract
British telco BT is to implement and support a new IT infrastructure for regional housing authority Northern Ireland Housing Executive. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on February 14, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

HP launches enterprise anti-virus solution
Technology solutions provider HP’s Virus Throttle software detects abnormal, virus-like behaviour and slows down the number of different connections an infected machine can make until an administrator takes action. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on February 14, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

Futurice launches photo-sharing website
Helsinki-based company Futurice has launched a service that enables the user to send photos from the mobile phone or digital camera, share them with friends, chat and order prints. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on February 14, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

Telefónica selects Sun's Java ES solution
IP service provider Telefónica is to use Sun's Java Development Studio as the development environment for the EAI (enterprise application integration) platform. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on February 14, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

Sony Ericsson unveils UMTS/EDGE PC card
UK-based handset maker Sony Ericsson’s delivers broadband performance with data rates of up to 384 kbps on 3G UMTS networks or up to 247 kbps when on the GSM/EDGE/GPRS networks. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on February 14, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

Nokia, Macromedia enter licensing deal
Nokia’s Series 60 is to become a reference platform for Macromedia's mobile Flash technology, and Macromedia will implement new versions of its mobile Flash technology on the smart phone platform. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on February 14, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..

David Weinberger’s Blog: My Comment on Metadata and Creativity
In keeping with my plan to make this my "Comment Week," this morning I visited a great blog, "Knowledge Jolt with Jack" (by Jack Vinson). There I found a link to an intriguing Feb. 8 posting by David Weinberger. I left this comment there... From Contentious Weblog on February 14, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Innovate - Live webcasts - February - 2005
Innovate-Live webcasts offer an opportunity to synchronously interact with the authors of the articles in the February/March 2005 issue of Innovate (http://www.innovateonline.info). These webcasts are produced as a public service by our partner, ULiveandLearn. If you wish to participate in... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 14, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..

A bloggy valentine
In response to Rebecca's call for bloggy Valentine sonnets How do I blog thee? Let Me count the odious ways. As a producer of sweat Thou compares to a summer's day. I blog thee a fool, a villain, a back door spammer, a stool pigeon turned crack whore. You are so shreddible, A vampire twice-bitten, a journalist non-credible, an eater of kittens. Yes, each hateful word, suspect or ratty Does, my love, boost you at technorati. Rebecca gives double points if you podcast it, but that would require making the thing scan, so never mind.... From Joho the Blog on February 14, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Amazing ipod numbers
From a new report Pew survey: We just got the results of the survey we took between January 13 and February 9 and for the first time asked a question to find out how many American adults have iPods or MP3 players. The answer is 11% — or more than 22 million of those who are age 18 and older. It's safe to say that there are several million more MP3 players owned in the teen world, but we did not survey teens in this poll. Holy cow.... From Joho the Blog on February 14, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Lying: Mark Twain Puts us Straight
Summary: Mark Twain long ago tweaked that which should be tweaked again. Our blindness to our own hypocrisy. That is, because we do not apply our critical facilities enough -it is, after all, rather inconvenient to do so--we escape the inconvenient reminder of our own tendency to lie, lie and then lie some more. In order to come to this disturbing awareness we have to distinguish between the verbal lie, "I did not chop down the cherry tree", which would have been Washington's untruth, had he told it, and the "lie" of silent assertion.  [Mark Twain i From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on February 14, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Koufax Awards
The Koufax Awards, named for the lefty pitcher, is letting us vote for our favorite lefty blogs. Lots of categories. [Thanks to W. David Stephenson, nominated in the Best Single Issue Blog category, for the link.]... From Joho the Blog on February 14, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Mmm mmm maple
Living again in New England, I've rediscovered my love for maple syrup (specifically of course, Vermont maple syrup!) and have been using maple products on everything possible in nearly every meal. The other day I picked up The Official Vermont Maple Cookbook (second edition) to help feed (literally!) my maple passion. It contains such yummy items as "Maple Pudding Cake", "Vermont Maple Chicken" (which sounds like something my mom used to make when I was little, a maple syrup chicken that was second only to mac and cheese in the list of favorite dinners), and something called "Maple Dream From megnut on February 14, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Archiving the Avant-Garde
Works of digital and Internet art, performance, installation, conceptual, and other variable media art represent some of the most compelling and significant artistic creations of our time. These works constitute a history of alternative artistic practice, but because of their ephemeral, technical, or otherwise variable natures, they also present significant obstacles to accurate documentation, access, and preservation. Without strategies for preservation many of these vital works-- and possibly whole genres such From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on February 14, 2005 at 2:00 p.m..

A very human sort of art
I hadn't planned on taking up chess again -- I played in junior high school and a bit of high school, and then one game every decade or so after that. But now I see that it is a way to spend time with my eldest daughter -- she's caught the chess bug and has been playing a lot over the last few months. And that brings me into a new realm of blogging, as a reader, as I mentioned the other day. It's a good reminder to dive into a new region of blogging once in awhile -- it's good to recall... From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 14, 2005 at 1:53 p.m..

2005 Symposium on Free Culture and the Digital Library - October 14, 2005 - Emory University School ...
2005 Symposium on Free Culture and the Digital Library - October 14, 2005 - Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia. This event will include featured speakers Lawrence Lessig (Stanford), Siva Vaidhyanathan (NYU), Clifford Lynch (CNI), and others. The symposium proceedings will be peer-reviewed and subsequently published From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 14, 2005 at 1:49 p.m..

Blogfolios
I have been impress with the work carried out by the eLearning team at UBC. Brian's post about Blogfolios is a good one with some interesting comments. I particularly like this quote: "Looking at the first generation of ePortfolio tools... From ERADC Blog on February 14, 2005 at 12:54 p.m..

Article Alert: Apple: Video's future is Tiger, QuickTime 7, H.26
"As of this month there are over 120 companies that have announced over 200 specific products that will read, write, distribute or in some way work with H.264," Frank Casanova, Apple's director of QuickTime product marketing, told MacCentral. Casanova points to companies like British Telecom, Intel, Motorola, Samsung and DirecTV as examples of companies that have chosen H.264 as the future for their industries." Read More From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on February 14, 2005 at 11:59 a.m..

Discussion forum
Just a quick thank you to all of you who participated in the ERADC discussion forum. Some interesting thoughts and ideas were posted. Unfortunately this is being shut down as well due to the volume of spam. To be honest... From ERADC Blog on February 14, 2005 at 11:53 a.m..

Digital Knitwear
This brightened up my Monday morning. Heard news of it over the weekend, but the rather brilliant Natalie 'Bawdy Nan' Steed has been doing some knitting. And her rather brilliant husband Jeremy has been doing some packaging. And they've invented... From Monkeymagic on February 14, 2005 at 11:52 a.m..

IM viruses: The next big threat? Serious attacks are coming, and most enterprises are unprepared - Cathleen Moore, InfoWorld
IM viruses and worms have been grabbing headlines over the past few months; this week alone saw virus issues plague popular IM systems from both Microsoft (Profile, Products, Articles) and AOL. In the Microsoft MSN Messenger case, malicious code that cou From Techno-News Blog on February 14, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Google may host encyclopedia project - Matt Hines, CNET News
Wiki Media Foundation, the group behind the Wikipedia online encyclopedia project, said Friday that search giant Google has volunteered to host some of its content on company servers. In a notice posted to the nonprofit organization's Web site, the group From Techno-News Blog on February 14, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

The Unassociated Press - AARON WEISS, New York Times
You may, in the course of reading this article, spot a factual error that made it to press. A certain bit of grammar may makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased. But by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send an e-mail message or a From Techno-News Blog on February 14, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

iBill not paying their customers going on 4 months
iBill's purpose in business is to provide an easy-to-use, secure means of accepting online payments. Most web-fronted business are happy to let iBill skim a little off the top to avoid the hassle of handling payments themselves. Lately, they've been skimming it all. From kuro5hin.org on February 14, 2005 at 11:45 a.m..

Awesome News Visualizer
10 X 10: Now this is just too cool. 10 X 10 is a Flash-based news visualization service that scans the latest RSS feeds from major news outlets every hour, evaluates the keywords in each feed, then builds a grid of 10 pixel by 10 pixel images culled from news sources. Rolling your mouse over the quilt of images provides a pop-up that lists the news story as well as the selected key word. The images change hourly and are archived so you can go back in time for an overview of the keys news... From Brain Frieze on February 14, 2005 at 10:55 a.m..

Trackback spam
Unfortunately I have to remove trackback from this blog due to the volume of spam. It just seems to be an endless tide which I am unable to stop. In the next couple of weeks I will be switching over... From ERADC Blog on February 14, 2005 at 10:54 a.m..

Adelanto: Congreso de e-learning & e-training para Empresas
El próximo 18 al 20 de Mayo de 2005, en el Complejo Hotel de La Cañada (Córdoba, Argentina) se llevará a cabo el Congreso de e-learning & e-training para Empresas. ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on February 14, 2005 at 10:50 a.m..

E-learning corporativo: proveedores en acción
Cada año nos trae nuevos mensajes de la Sociedad de la Información, y en el año 2004 pudimos advertir lo rápido que cambian las cosas en lo referido al aprendizaje permanente en las empresas; quizá de... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on February 14, 2005 at 10:50 a.m..

False Alarms in Tsunami Warnings
An early tsunami warning system has been in place for 26 Pacific nations since 1965. Problem is, it has a track record of false alarms, undermining public confidence in the alerts and costing millions of dollars in business disruption. From Wired News on February 14, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Never Say Die: Live Forever
A famed computer scientist and inventor adheres to a strict health regimen so he'll live long enough for humanity achieve immortality. Ray Kurzweil predicts humans will make that goal in no more than 20 years. From Wired News on February 14, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

U.N. Seeks Clone Ban Compromise
Attempting to find an alternative to a complete ban on human cloning, U.N. diplomats meet this week to draft a treaty that would allow governments to adopt their own laws. From Wired News on February 14, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

U.S. Drones Checking on Iran
Surveillance drones are being flown over Iran by the United States, according to a report by The Washington Post. UFO sightings flood in, but U.S.-trained Iranian military officers say they recognize the tactics. From Wired News on February 14, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Brute Force for Brain Teasers
Puzzle contests are becoming less a solitary pursuit and more a group-think challenge. Is it fair? That depends. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on February 14, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Stars Take a Shine to Apple
Celebrities are a fixture in Apple's Los Angeles retail stores. Apple forbids sales associates from talking to the press, but a couple of associates have broken ranks to dish some Tinseltown dirt. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on February 14, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Altered HIV Attacks Mice Tumors
Researchers use gene therapy to wrap HIV in another virus and send it on a mission to kill cancer cells. It apparently works. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on February 14, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Referéndum Constitución Europea
Ante la pregunta que se nos plantea a los españoles en el referéndum del próximo domingo ¿Aprueba usted el Tratado por el que se establece una Constitución para Europa?, confieso que estoy en blanco, y que seguramente esa será el... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 14, 2005 at 9:51 a.m..

Darwin Day Celebration
A group of scientists started the non-profit Darwin Day Celebration seeking to make February 12th, the birthday of Charles Darwin, an international celebration of science, verifiable knowledge, reason and humanity. They are working on to organize massive celebrations during the "big year" of 2009, when the Darwin legacy will be 200 years old, but in the meantime they have a directory of events you can attend on or around February 12th every year, and they can register your own event, too. Considering the recent intelligent design trends, will you celebrate Darwin and Evolution? From kuro5hin.org on February 14, 2005 at 9:45 a.m..

Teaching Students to Swim in the Online Sea
Wiring schools is of little use unless students know how to find useful information in the oceans of sludge on the Web. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

More Academic Backlash for Harvard Chief
An essay by three top university presidents criticized the suggestion by Lawrence H. Summers that biology may help explain why more men than women excel in science. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Catholic Schools Find Status Is Diminished
The closing of 22 Catholic Schools in Brooklyn and Queens signaled the declining status of an institution that emerged from immigrant ghettos a century and a half ago. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

New Web Site for Academics Roils Education Journalism
A new online publication, insidehighered.com, hopes to become the first significant competition in higher education publishing since Lingua Franca folded in 2001. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

State Dept. Relaxes Visa Rules for Some Scientists and Students
The State Department has extended the amount of time many students and scientists can remain in the country before renewing their security clearances. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

New U.S. Secretary Showing Flexibility on 'No Child' Act
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has shown a willingness to work with officials on some aspects of President Bush's signature education law. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

California students tracked by RFID chips
A California elementary school and middle school have deployed a technological system for tracking truants, based on Radio Frequency Identification ( RFID chips ) added to mandatory identification badges and supported by a local company . Students and some teachers have protested the strategy as an invasion of privacy. The system consists of a photo ID card affixed to a lanyard and worn a From NITLE Tech News on February 14, 2005 at 7:57 a.m..

Video Game Lineup
Inspired by 1Up's The Essential 50 Archives, I want to take a look at my own list of what I think are the most important and/or influential video games in my life. I'm hoping others will add theirs as well. K5 needs FP badly! From kuro5hin.org on February 14, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Inside Google Maps
A web developer analyzes the mechanisms behind Google's just-deployed Maps service.... From MANE IT Network on February 14, 2005 at 2:58 a.m..

A philanthropic dilemma
There is a dissonance between two camps of modern liberal ideology, both of which have had a deep influence on my thinking. On the one hand there is the green ideology that advocates buying locally produced products or growing your own and the general reduction of energy usage. On the other there is the drop the debt coalition that is attempting to help the developing world drag itself up and become a richer place. This article is my attempt to resolve their influence on my own beliefs, with regards to philanthropy. From kuro5hin.org on February 14, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Intranet Mentoring Programme
I like to think that we know a fair bit about intranets. Not just the usability, information architecture or even IT aspects, but intranets as a whole. Our interest has always been all the elements that go into making an... From Column Two on February 13, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..