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Eating on a Saturday night
I've been doing a fairly good job of eating at lots of yummy places while here in Paris. Obviously I've been doing a fairly crappy job of documenting those meals, mostly out of sheer laziness. But last night we decided to eat in for a change, and to soften the repeated blows my wallet has taken during this trip. To turn the documentation tide, I present a photo of what we had for dinner on Saturday night. For our shopping, we decided we'd head to La Grande Epicerie Paris, the amazing food market at The Bon Marché -- one of Paris' grand department stores. We start From
megnut on April 17, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..
For the French speakers
Here's one for my foodie French-speaking soon-to-be-or-already-are-in-France friends: Les 100 meilleurs bistrots à moins de 30 €. Note: The link points to ones in Paris, see the sidebar for those outside the Île-de-France. For the non-French speakers out there, it's a list of "The 100 best 30 € and under bistros." I've been to two on the Paris list so far this visit: L'Ami Marcel (which was mentioned in the April 2005 Gourmet article "The Bistro Boom"); and L'Epi Dupin. Both were very good and I'd recommend either for a lovely From
megnut on April 17, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..
Writing for the web
So if you offered a course on writing for the web that was, naturally, delivered over the web, would it be reasonable to have this final grading scale: A grade of C for any student who knows how to use the tools of blogging, who can name their purposes and values, and who can point out the elements of an active blogging community. A grade of B for any student who accomplishes the goals for a grade of C and who posts regularly in a way that will likely, in time, lead to the... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on April 17, 2005 at 6:52 p.m..
April in Paris indeed
This picture of me smelling the lilacs near the Notre-Dame may be my favorite so far of the whole trip. The were just wonderful, and lilacs are one of my favorite flowers in the whole world. I'm so happy they're blooming now. From
megnut on April 17, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
In the middle of difficulty
From the new quotation archive of
Zaadz, a set of ideas about
how ideas work, including these: An idea is a feat of association. (Robert Frost) Ideas run wild without discussion. (Serge Kahili King) Ideas are fatal to caste. (E. M. Forster) The best ideas are common property. (Seneca) An idea is salvation by imagination. (Frank... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on April 17, 2005 at 5:50 p.m..
The guest writer
Maria Melendez read her poetry on campus tonight, and she was careful about the political content -- she had no intention of skipping her political poems, but wanted to draw the audience carefully toward that content rather than scare us away. I take that as a small sign of our common habit of prefering only what we are comfortable with. The status quo is a heavy weight upon our backs, yet life is, or should be, change and motion. From
Weblogs in Higher Education on April 17, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..
Dog Rap: HTTP in tha House
More frivolity (blog tip of the hat to
Kottke) for
HTTP in tha House. You submit a URL, and the web site extracts the text, combines them into 16 lines, uses a rhyming dictionary, and pops out a series of random rap-like lyrics. Real word use? minimal. Fun and randomness? priceless. Here is the new CDB rap.... HTTP in tha House lyrics by: http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/alan/ From
cogdogblog on April 17, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..
Dreamweaver's UI idiocy
I just downloaded Dreamweaver 2004 (v7) and to my amazement, in order to change the default extension from .htm to .html you have to edit an XML file, just as in v6. The Preferences dialog box shows you the current extension but doesn't let you edit it there. Oh no. Go root around in XML. I like Dreamweaver at lot, but what the hell are they thinking over at Macromedia? [Technorati tag: dreamweaver]... From
Joho the Blog on April 17, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..
IM a Friend
Feature Creep“Those of you who read this site via RSS/Atom/LiveJournal syndication may have missed our latest site feature, ‘IM to a friend’.As of this last Friday, there's a tiny AIM icon next to the title of each entry. When it's clicked on, most AIM clients should give you a new message window containing the URL of the entry you'd like to share with a friend. After you enter their screen name and se From
The Shifted Librarian on April 17, 2005 at 12:54 p.m..
Working Draft: Compound Document Use Cases and Requirements
2005-04-04: The Compound Document Formats Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Compound Document by Reference Use Cases and Requirements Version 1.0. A compound document combines multiple formats, such as XHTML, SVG, XForms, MathML and SMIL. This draft introduces compounding by a reference like img, object, link, src and XLink. Compounding by inclusion is planned for a later phase. Visit the Compound Document home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
Last Call: XQuery, XPath and XSLT
2005-04-04: The XML Query Working Group and the XSL Working Group released twelve Working Drafts for the XQuery, XPath and XSLT languages. Seven are in last call through 13 May. Important for databases, search engines and object repositories, XML Query can perform searches, queries and joins over collections of documents. XSLT transforms documents into different markup or formats. Both XQuery and XSLT 2 use XPath expressions and operate on XPath Data Model instances. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
Working Draft: SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)
2005-04-06: The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group has released a third Working Draft of SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL). The sXBL language defines the presentation and interactive behavior of elements outside the SVG namespace. The group welcomes comments and seeks feedback on three issues outlined in the status section. Visit the SVG home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
Representing Classes As Property Values on the Semantic Web
2005-04-11: The OEP Task Force of the Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group released Representing Classes As Property Values on the Semantic Web as a Working Group Note. The note presents the direct approach for representing classes as property values in the full OWL Web Ontology Language and RDF Schema, mechanisms for OWL DL and OWL Lite, and considerations for users. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
Working Draft: Web Services Addressing WSDL Binding
2005-04-13: The Web Services Addressing Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of Web Services Addressing 1.0 - WSDL Binding. The document defines how the properties in Web Services Addressing 1.0 - Core are described in the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). Web Services Addressing provides transport-neutral mechanisms and is designed to work with both WSDL versions 1.1 and 2.0. Read about Web services. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
Last Call: SVG Tiny Version 1.2
2005-04-15: The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group has released a Last Call Working Draft of the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification. The SVG language delivers vector graphics, text, and images to the Web in XML. The draft is a complete language specification and is implementable on devices large and small, from cellphones and PDAs to desktop and laptop computers. Comments are welcome through 20 May. SVG Full 1.2, published as a placeholder today, will become a superset of SVG 1.2 Tiny. Visit the SVG home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
W3C Track Featured at WWW2005
2005-04-12: The W3C Track chaired by Marie-Claire Forgue runs from 11-13 May at the Fourteenth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2005) in Chiba, Japan. W3C Members and Team present three days of content on W3C technologies and achievements. Conference attendees are also invited to Developers Day presentations on 14 May. Read the press release. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
From time-shifting to media-shifting
It's great to be able to time-shift media, but more and more lately I wish I could media-shift as well. Consider this
fifty-minute interview1 with Jim Gray, on MSDN's Channel 9. Why haven't I watched it yet? Not because I lack interest, or time, but because the content isn't available in a format that suits the kind of time I have. In this case, the format would be audio, and the kind of time would be walking-, jogging-, or driving-time. ... From
Jon's Radio on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
More media-shifting
In response to yesterday's item about media-shifting, Jason Burton reports that he uses a free tool called
Sermonex, written by Chris Lundie, to extract audio tracks from
Channel 9 videos. ... From
Jon's Radio on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
The grassroots grid?
Simon Willison's item about
Greasemonkey etiquette has grown an interesting comment thread. As community sites generate more and more data that people increasingly want to mine, questions of load distribution will continue to arise.
Ryan Tomayko writes: It would be interesting to see if we could create some kind of caching-proxy-mesh for community tools like delicious. Being able to support various types of caching int From
Jon's Radio on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
Software as a service: have it your way
Last week I mentioned Greasemonkey, a Firefox extension that enables scripts to run in the context of web pages. Since then I've written a few of my own Greasemonkey scripts. The first, which I've shown in a
screencast, is a next-generation
LibraryLookup. Originally you had to click a bookmarklet in order to jump from an Amazon page to a book's record in your local library. Now, if the book is available in the From
Jon's Radio on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
InfoWorld SOA Executive Forum: Defining the SOA Platform
Phil Windley has posted an
excellent preamble to the "Services and Contracts" session he'll be leading at our upcoming
SOA Forum. This is exactly the model I'll be using as well, for my sessions on "Defining the SOA Platform" and "Building Applications on an SOA Platform." Like Phil, I plan to lay out a set of questions in advance, refine them in conversations both public and private, and then invite my panelists to respond to the questions. ... From
Jon's Radio on April 17, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
TrendWatch Special Report Finds 120,000+ Workstations in Use by U.S. Studios
Report presents a detailed 160-page report on U.S. workstation installed base by market and platform for the visual effects/dynamic media and pro video U.S. markets. Based on original TrendWatch research conducted with a wide range of U.S. studios and facilities, the "Workstation Report" outlines the estimated number of workstations in use by type and size of studio/facility. The report also discusses workstation trends by market/segment and what these trends mean for hardware suppliers, software suppliers, studios/facilities and educators. [PRWEB Apr 13, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Free Webinar To Help Architects Reduce Skyrocketing Risk Costs
RedVector.com, the leading provider of online continuing education for design and construction professionals, will present a free Webcast: Risk Management for the Design Professional at 11 a.m. EST, Thursday, May 5th. [PRWEB Apr 13, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Local Mom Offers Hope, Support, and Guidance about Autism to Parents
Looking for someone who can relate to life as a parent of a child with autism? In Autism: Heartfelt Thoughts from Mothers, nearly 100 mothers from all over the United States and moms from Finland, Australia, Belgium, Canada and The Netherlands, share their honest, most heartfelt thoughts regarding what it is really like to raise a child with autism. [PRWEB Apr 13, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
MTI College Becomes a Member of Top Colleges Website
Top-Colleges.com, a Salt Lake City education marketing company, announces a new marketing partnership with MTI College of Business and Technology, a specialized career college located in Houston, Texas. Top-Colleges provides additional web presences for over 150 career colleges, technical schools and online colleges nationwide. Visit MTI College on Top-Colleges at http://www.top-colleges.com/s/mti.php?source=prw-s-pd-mti. [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Eyewitness to "Doctors from Hell" Tells of Nazi Experiments on Humans
The youngest court reporter at the Nuremberg war crimes trials becomes a human rights activist and still travels around the country to talk about the Holocaust at 80 years of age. Her book about the Nazi doctors' trial will be released soon. [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Rescue Rick Springs into Yard Safety
Richard "Rescue Rick the Grass Cut Man" Mudrinich springs into yard safety for another season. Rescue Rick (sm) is a "caped crusader" working tirelessly to prevent lawn mower accidents and to promote yard safety. [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
New Book Helps Parents and Youth Connect
"Now more than any other time in history parents must develop and sustain healthy, productive communication with their children" Takiya K. Akbar [PRWEB Apr 15, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Rider Biomechanics: Technical Development for Dressage and Equestrian Sports
Stephen M. Apatow, Biomechanics Specialist, Director of Research and Development for the Sports Medicine and Science Institute has expanded a specialized program for the elite dancer in Classical Ballet Training into Olympic Development Programs. The guideline "Rider Biomechanics: Technical Development for Dressage" was compiled for the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Instructor Training Program. [PRWEB Apr 15, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Winning Writers Selected as One of the "101 Best Web Sites for Writers"
Winning Writers is proud to announce it has been selected as one of the "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" for 2005 by Writer's Digest. Winning Writers is today's leading source for poetry contest information. It guides poets to quality contests and away from exploitative 'vanity contests'. Learn more at winningwriters.com. [PRWEB Apr 15, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Celebrate the Hoskins' Family Academic Achievement
Celebrate with us the the graduation from Vanderbilt's Law school, the University of Miami Medical School, and University of North Florida; three (3) of twelve (12) home schooled childern. Five (5) previously graduated from Florida International University. Three (3) are still in college. The academic achievements of the Hoskins Family, is cause for celebration. [PRWEB Apr 16, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Impact of Brain Injury Often Overlooked in Driver's Ed
Remember the infomercial, "The Brain is a Terrible Thing to Waste"? We've taught our youth that drugs fry, alcohol numbs, but do they know what happens to the brain shattered on impact at high speeds? Novelist Joy Lee Rutter suggests driver's education teach teens the devastating results of a TBI (traumatic brain injury). 'A Flamboyant Disarray of Dreams' is a novel with a twist; Author Joy Lee Rutter offers a subtle cram course in brain injury, but asks, "Why not add the horror of TBI to school curriculum?" [PRWEB Apr 16, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..
Monitoring Onset and Progression of Alzheimer's & Dementia with Handwriting
The Hand Behind the Word: Handwriting Analysis JAQS Style (LLX Press 2005, ISBN 0971710732, $16.95) introduces the abbreviated JAQS Style handwriting sample format for research, business and education. Author and handwriting expert Jerral Sapienza is also a caregiver educator and author of the caregiving classic, Urgent Whispers: Care of the Dying (LLX Press 2002, ISBN 0971710708, $14.95). Sapienza's research interests include the controversial use of handwriting as an early monitoring tool for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other dementia. [PRWEB Apr 16, 2005] From
PR Web on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
upcoming conference at Stanford
The Stanford Center for Internet and Society is hosting a conference on April 30, reviewing the cyberlaw day in the Supreme Court. Sign up
here. Here's their announcement.On March 29, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases that together will greatly determine how government can and will regulate the Internet in the future, and the impact that the public interest will have on the development of cyberlaw over the next decade. In MGM v. Grokster, the Court will decide whether copyright holders can veto consu From
Lessig Blog on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
no, i have no tickets
But the event at the New York Public Library with Jeff Tweedy, Steven Johnson, and me on Thursday, 4/7, will be webcast. Click the image above to go to the extremely cool setup at
Wilcoworld.net. From
Lessig Blog on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
from the continuing-disappointment-that-is-the-NYTIMES department
So there's a view about the file-sharing debate held by most people who don't know anything about the debate. It is a view the recording industry likes most people to hold. It is a view far from anything anyone interesting is saying. The view - call it the uninformed stereotype (US) view - goes something like this: that there are just two sides to this debate, those who favor "piracy" and those who don't. Supporters of Grokster are people who favor piracy, and who are against artists. On Thursday, at the
NYPL, I had the extrao From
Lessig Blog on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
my mistake
I screwed up an update on the last entry, and seem to have lost the comments, which I hadn't read after the first few. I apologize, and will see if there's a way to recover. From
Lessig Blog on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
from the new-found-respect-for-OECD-analysis department
The OECD has released a fantastic
new report on "Digital Broadband Content." I saw a draft a while ago, but it was embargoed at the time, and then, delayed in its release by those who didn't like its very balanced message. Unlike those pressing the "
US view," there's lots in this document that advances the debate quite well. Some bits I would disagree with, and other bits, quibble with, but this is precisely the stuff this debate needs. One issue that the doc From
Lessig Blog on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
Nominations open for National Literacy and Numeracy Week Awards
The National Literacy and Numeracy Week (NLNW) Awards for Schools recognise the outstanding work being carried out by schools and school communities to improve the literacy and numeracy outcomes of their students. Nominations are now open for all Australian schools to share in a record prize pool of $345,000. Information about the Awards for Schools and also the Minister's Awards for outstanding work carried out by individuals in the the wider community is available from the NLNW website. From
EdNA Online on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
Seminar - Develop a Competitive Edge in Learning
This is the first in a series of three education.au national seminars for educational leaders involved in technology and learning through the use of the Internet. The keynote speaker for the Melbourne seminar is David Snowden, Director of the Cynefin Centre for Organisational Complexity, UK. David Snowden has been one of the leading figures in the movement towards integration of humanistic approaches to knowledge management. The seminar will be held in Melbourne, 22 April from 9.00 am – 1.00 pm. From
EdNA Online on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
CBCA Shortlist Now Available
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards shortlist for 2005 is now available. The short listed books reflect a broadening of cultural contexts with writers and illustrators exploring historical and contemporary events to find the common core of humanity at the centre of different cultures. The winners will be announced on Friday 19th August during Children's Book Week celebrations. This year the theme for Book Week is 'Reading Rocks!' From
EdNA Online on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
Official Launch of New Language Centre
The National Centre for Language Training at the University of New South Wales has been officially opened. The Centre will offer language courses that are specifically targeted to the needs of individual Australian businesses. Potential clients include: Australian exporting firms, government departments and the tourism and hospitality sectors. From
EdNA Online on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
Offshore Education and Training Discussion Paper Available
The discussion paper, 'A National Quality Strategy for Australian Transnational Education and Training', outlines current quality assurance mechanisms, and presents a range of policy proposals and communication strategies for consideration. Stakeholders from all education and training sectors including providers, students, State and Territory Governments, industry associations and quality assurance agencies, are invited to respond to the paper by Friday 20 May 2005. From
EdNA Online on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
Additional Funding for Quality Teaching
The Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme (AGQTP) will benefit from an extra $139 million to be provided in the 2005-06 Australian Government Budget. The AGQTP is the Government's flagship initiative for improving the quality of school teaching and school leadership in Australia. It provides funding for high quality professional development for school teachers and also funds important national initiatives such as the Boys Education Lighthouse Initiative. From
EdNA Online on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
New Physical Activity Program for Kids
Primary school children will be encouraged to become more physically active as part of the Australian Government's new Active After-school Communities Program (AASC) launched recently at Alice Springs YMCA . The new program is the major component of the Australian Government's Building a Healthy Active Australia package aimed at addressing the growing crisis in childhood obesity and inactivity. From
EdNA Online on April 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..
Photos: Up, up and away
The AirScooter II, a personal aircraft that can hover or fly at 55 knots, is the latest invention from Elwood "Woody" Norris. From
CNET News.com on April 17, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..
Microsoft DRM hack revived?
Blog: Some of the independent programmers who recently created a back door into Apple Computer's iTunes music store have now turned... From
CNET News.com on April 17, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..
Tax Wealth's Avoidance of Combat
Wherein the author didactically submits his answer to the age-old question: "How much should the government pay you for threatening you with the draft?" From
kuro5hin.org on April 17, 2005 at 9:45 a.m..
Our Blog is Hip
So says The Village Voice, which included our ongoing discussion in its Education Supplement's
Brief Guide to Blogodemia. According to writer Geeta Dayal:"Impossibly hip NYU prof (he doubles as the keyboardist in the latest incarnation of Psychic TV!) and Frontline media personality Rushkoff sounds off on George W. Bush, cybercultural trends, culture jamming, the Renaissance, and scores of other unlikely topics."Well thanks, Geeta. It's nice to be called " From
rushkoff.blog on April 17, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..
Marathon giveaways
How to tell the people on the plane who are coming into Boston to run in the Marathon: 1. They have big LCD watches 2. They carry their running shoes on board because they're afraid of checking them through. 3. They are built like whippets.... From
Joho the Blog on April 16, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..
