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Hamelin
Estuve viendo la recién estrenada Hamelin, la obra de Juan Mayorga que representa la compañÃa Animalario en el teatro La AbadÃa de Madrid. Lo único que sabÃa de antemano es que la obra trataba sobre la pederastia, un tema tan terrible y delicado que me hacÃa temer que el texto pudiera despeñarse en cualquier momento hacia la moralina. Pero pronto comprobé que era un temor infundado. Unos actores tremendos (todos) y un texto inteligentÃsimo y brillante hacen que se despliegue ante el espectador, con una absoluta (...) From
martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on May 15, 2005 at 10:55 p.m..
Johnson on reasons to write
Of course he might have been mistaken, but Samuel Johnson left out the practice writing people commonly do in school from his list of reasons to write: The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.
# If he was wrong, then he should have added this sort of thing: " . . . or to prove to others that you have studied, or to build... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on May 15, 2005 at 10:52 p.m..
Studebaker stories
This week's radio essay, on a recent trip to the Studebaker National Museum. Most people within the sound of my voice have a Studebaker story. These stories may be rock-solid fact, or they may shine under three or four glossy coats of nostalgia, but even four decades after the company's demise Studebaker remains an essential part of our region's history and culture. So if you live within fifty miles of the company's old factory complex in downtown South Bend, you... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on May 15, 2005 at 9:51 p.m..
NYT on Blogging! No Really! Blogging!
So when I finally come across
something that depicts blogging as a bit more than journaling, I have to share, right? But as I discovered, blogging is no longer for amateurs or the faint of heart. Blogging - if it's done well - has evolved into an all-consuming art. So there all you blogging is journaling knuckleheads. This ain't no "Dear Diary" junk. Serious bloggers, I realized, aggressively report a pet issue, updating their sites throughout the day. They scavenge the From
weblogged News on May 15, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..
"Computer, end program"
With those words, Star Trek: Enterprise and the Star Trek franchise as a whole, came to an abrupt conclusion. After watching the series finale, "These Are The Voyages," I couldn't help thinking that Berman and Braga designed this episode to be more of a tribute toward themselves, rather than their fans. After all, the episode chronologically takes place in Star Trek: The Next Generation's seventh season, aka 1993 - the glory days where it seemed the final frontier of the franchise seemed limitless. They even revisited that tried and true hackneyed plot device - the holodeck. Sadly, t From
silentblue | Quantified on May 15, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..
6 things not to do at a Japanese restaurant
We saw a young couple beside us actually do these things when I took Silverlotus to the Yamato Japanese Restaurant in Yorkville for her birthday: Don't give strange cheapskate drink requests, like "iced tea with a teeny, teeny, tiny bit of cranberry juice in it." Don't ask the waitress if you can have the teppan fried rice without the rice ("And give me twice the vegetables instead.") Don't pretend you're rich by idly inquiring about the kobe beef special, find out it costs $75, and then change your order to the teriyaki special. Don't suddenly announce to the waitress From
silentblue | Quantified on May 15, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..
Samuel Johnson on human progress
From a collection of quotations by Samuel Johnson, this note on the role each of us should play in the creation of knowledge as well as joy: It is the duty of every man to endeavour that something may be added by his industry to the hereditary aggregate of knowledge and happiness. To add much can indeed be the lot of few, but to add something, however little, every one may hope. Rambler
Weblogs in Higher Education on May 15, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..
Open Source Software Tools For Windows PCs
If the word "Open Source" makes you think only of Linux computers and geeky programming languages, it's time to update yourself. Open Source software is now available for every category of productivity, research and programming you can think of and...... From
Robin Good's Latest News on May 15, 2005 at 4:28 p.m..
NEASIST Day Has Begun!
My panel day with Megan Fox and Michael Stephens is starting. We’re going to talk about all kinds of new web tools (blogs, RSS, wikis, IM, bookmarklets, Flickr, and oh-so-much-more), so it should be exciting. The NEASIST folks are recording it for future podcast – w00t!I’m on Trillian right now, even if my status doesn’t show it, so feel free to IM us a question (I am: AIM - cybrarygal; MSN -
spambait@theshiftedlibrarian.com; Yahoo - jennamomster).NEASIST Flickr photos & From
The Shifted Librarian on May 15, 2005 at 4:26 p.m..
The Soundtrack of Your Life
I Can't Live Without My Darling iPod“As I write this, I am listening to one of my many mood-sensitive playlists from the iPod library on my computer. I'm not one of the hip, trendy twenty- (or even thirty-) somethings you see gyrating wildly in the TV ads; I am a busy 43-year-old stay-at-home mother of three active boys. I am not alone in my obsession. Everywhere you look you will find us, "soccer moms" ferrying our kids to sports practices and games and From
The Shifted Librarian on May 15, 2005 at 4:26 p.m..
Blogs on The Daily Show!
Hurry and turn on The Daily Show – Jon Stewart is talking about the 24–hour news channels covering blogs! Catch the repeat tonight and tomorrow. :-)“By reading the blogs on TV, the 24–hour news networks have combined the visual pizazz of a text file with the deep insight of a 90–second cable segment.”“When I want hard-hitting news, I turn to CNN. Who turns to Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.”“Kudos to MSNBC for using the power of blogs to finally give voice to the already voiced.”The Shifted Librarian on May 15, 2005 at 4:26 p.m..
But that Would Have Killed the Music Industry, Right?
Quoted“ ‘We propose to acquire the rights to digitally duplicate and store THE BEST of every record company's difficult-to-move Quality Catalog Items [Q.C.I.], store them in a central processing location, and have them accessible by phone or cable TV, directly patchable into the user's home taping appliances, with the option of direct digital-to-digital transfer to F-1….All accounting for royalty payments, billing to the From
The Shifted Librarian on May 15, 2005 at 4:26 p.m..
THE Search Box
Polishing the Turd: the Dangers of Redesigning the OPAC "I'll skip over the part about our website (we're able to fix that pretty easily) and write about what they recommended for the catalog. The first screen they gave us was a redesigned search form. An interesting dialogue came out of that: Usability Expert: Ok, so this is the search form... Librarian(s): So... is this the simple search form or the advanced search? From
The Shifted Librarian on May 15, 2005 at 4:26 p.m..
Cross browser SVG
Firefox 1.0+ builds now have SVG enabled by default. To test it out I changed an SVG animation I created 2 years ago. It is a 3D animation of a cube morphing into an icosahedron. It works in Firefox 1.0+ and in Internet Explorer with the Adobe SVG Plugin. Sadly Opera 8, which has some SVG support, shows nothing at all. From
Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on May 15, 2005 at 4:26 p.m..
Sets in Javascript
Laurens created a nice hack in Javascript, that allows you to write: var typeInSet = nodeType in set(2, 3, 4, 7, 8); I have never even used the in operator in Javascript for anything else than loops like for (prop in obj). From
Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on May 15, 2005 at 4:26 p.m..
Last Call: Content Selection for Device Independence (DISelect) 1.0
2005-05-02: The Device Independence Working Group released a Last Call Working Draft of Content Selection for Device Independence (DISelect) 1.0. DISelect supports the creation of Web sites that can be used from diverse devices. This document provides selection between versions of materials using only modest processing power. Comments are welcome through 3 June. Visit the device independence home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
W3C Seminar: Multimodal Web Applications for Embedded Systems
2005-05-02: As part of the European IST Programme's MWeb project, a Multimodal Web Applications for Embedded Systems seminar will be held in Toulouse, France on 21 June. W3C Members and Team will demonstrate innovative multimodal Web applications related to new environments such as mobile devices, automotive telematics and ambient intelligence. Please register. The seminar is free and open to the public. Visit the multimodal interaction home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
XML Key Management (XKMS) Is a W3C Proposed Recommendation
2005-05-03: W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of the XML Key Management Specification (XKMS 2.0) and its Bindings to Proposed Recommendation. The documents specify protocols for distributing and registering public keys for use with the XML Signature and XML Encryption W3C Recommendations. Comments are welcome through 3 June. Visit the XKMS home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Note: Describing Media Content of Binary Data in XML
2005-05-04: The XML Protocol Working Group and the Web Services Description Working Group have completed Describing Media Content of Binary Data in XML and published the document as a Working Group Note. The note specifies how to indicate the content-type associated with binary element content in an XML document and to specify, in XML Schema, the expected content-type(s) associated with binary element content. Use of these attributes is expected to improve the handling and description of binary data in Web services messages. Visit the Web services home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Working Drafts: Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS)
2005-05-10: The Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group released three First Public Working Drafts: SKOS Core Guide, SKOS Core Vocabulary Specification, and a Quick Guide to Publishing a Thesaurus on the Semantic Web. The drafts explain how to express classification schemes, thesauruses, subject heading lists, taxonomies, terminologies, glossaries and other types of controlled vocabulary in RDF. Previous SKOS work was supported by the European project SWAD-Europe. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
XML 1.1 and XML Schema Processors
2005-05-11: The XML Schema Working Group has published Processing XML 1.1 Documents With XML Schema 1.0 Processors as a Working Group Note. Developed to encourage adoption of internationalized XML, the note presents a strategy for users, specifications and processors until XML Schema addresses this issue normatively. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Working Drafts: Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 2.0
2005-05-11: The Web Services Description Working Group has published Working Drafts of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0: the first complete draft of the Primer, updates to Part 1: Core Language and Part 2: Adjuncts and a First Public Working Draft of the SOAP 1.1 Binding. An XML language, WSDL describes network services and is used to document distributed systems and automate communication between applications. Read about Web services. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
W3C Launches Mobile Web Initiative
2005-05-11: The World Wide Web Consortium today launched the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) to make Web access from a mobile device as simple, easy, and convenient as Web access from a desktop device. "MWI recognizes the mobile device as a first class participant of the Web," said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. W3C thanks MWI Founding Sponsors France Telecom, HP, MobileAware, Segala M Test, Vodafone and Volantis. Read about MWI, how to sponsor MWI and the testimonials and press release. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Are smart networks always a dumb idea?
The flurry of recent discussion about a couple of buzzterms -- enterprise service bus (ESB) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) -- is nicely summed up by
Phil Wainewright. Not being knee-deep in the politics of all this, I'll just watch from the sidelines as people wrangle about what "open" and "proprietary" might mean in these contexts. But there's a piece of the discussion I'd like to lift out and examine, and it comes from a Microsoft Indigo guy, Rich Turner: To m From
Jon's Radio on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Footpaths and schemas
I'm sure there are dozens of versions of this story, but I heard it from Larry Wall, the father of Perl, and it goes like this. Instead of laying down sidewalks, the builders of a new university campus waited for footpaths to emerge on the lawns. Then they paved the footpaths. Perl's design was informed by this idea of structure emerging from use, but that was an unusual case. We typically lay down the sidewalks first, and when footpaths emerge we profess surprise or try to ignore them. ... Of course it's easy to criticize inf From
Jon's Radio on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Service as a science
Chad Dickerson has
collected links to items about our SOA forum last week, and I've
tagged them. If you're coming to the New York version of the event next week, you might want to have a look at this stuff and let us know (via email, blog, or
this comment link) how we can best focus the sessions to meet your need From
Jon's Radio on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Greasemonkeying around
I've tacked on another minute of video to the
simple single sign-on screencast, in order to demonstrate Johannes la Poutré's
Password Composer. I struggled a bit with how to present this to a general audience. Clearly Firefox is required, but Greasemonkey is optional: one version requires it, another runs as a standalone Firefox extension. In the end I decided to show the Greasemonkey version but omit the installation of Greasemonkey From
Jon's Radio on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Screencasts around the Net
Screencasting is a medium that can deliver order-of-magnitude improvements over conventional documentation and training. If people aren't "getting it," maybe it's time to stop blaming them and start telling stories they can't forget or misunderstand. [Full story at
InfoWorld.com] ... From
Jon's Radio on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Envisioning information
The title of this entry is also the title of one of my favorite books, Edward Tufte's
Envisioning Information. For me, it's a constant reminder of how software should, but mostly doesn't, make information come alive. The other day, Paul Kedrosky put up a
Flash visualization and asked: Why can I not do this sort of From
Jon's Radio on May 15, 2005 at 4:25 p.m..
Today's Graduates Don't Have A Clue, Says Leadership Expert
"Most leaders are getting the wrong results or the right results in the wrong way, simply because they haven't a clue about what leadership really entails," says Filson who as founder and president of The Filson Leadership Group, Inc. He has worked with thousands of leaders worldwide for the past 21 years. "I see leaders getting the wrong results at the end of the careers, during the middle of their careers and, like the graduates, at the start of their careers." [PRWEB May 12, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
"Draw" Your Children away from Video Games
Drawing Software that teaches children how to draw on the computer. The software features two cartoon characters (Sketch and Smudge) who draw pictures, step by step, so that the user can follow along. [PRWEB May 12, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Mandarin Library Automation, Inc. Announces Release of Mandarin Oasis
Mandarin Library Automation, Inc. has announced the release of Mandarin Oasis, a centralized, Web-based library management software system that allows access to library resources through any workstation with a Web browser, anywhere at anytime. Oasis offers complete automation functions from a single screen, including cataloging, circulation, searching, reports, and inventory. The simple and intuitive interface is easy to learn, and the appearance and features can be tailored for each library. [PRWEB May 12, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Lisol Launches Pathways Schools Management System into UK Market
Lisol a Cardiff based software developer has launched its Pathways School Management solution into the UK market after tremendous success with secondary schools in Wales. Pathways reduces wasted clerical administration time and frees up teaching time helping staff gain a better work life balance. [PRWEB May 13, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
National Congress of Vietnamese Americans Prepares Tomorrow's Leaders Today
A program of the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans (NCVA), the Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference (VAYLC) provides a forum for young professionals to network and build relationships to lead and strengthen the Vietnamese American community in the nonprofit, government and business sectors. [PRWEB May 13, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Unique Community Event on Sunday 15 May
Diverse knitters with a common thread. Knitters of all ages, male and female, pulled together at the KNITATHON for the Carnegie Rudolf Steiner Pre-School. [PRWEB May 13, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
New Website with Information about Georgia Launched
A new website, http://www.thegeorgiasite.com, was launched to provide information and history about the state of Georgia to people browsing the internet. It also has links to dozens of sites related to Georgia and its major cities. [PRWEB May 13, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Dr. Clifton Davis to Speak at Medgar Evers College
The College is pleased to announce that Dr. Clifton Davis will speak at the Presidential Lecture Series, on Wednesday, May 15th. The event will take place at 12:00 noon in Founders Auditorium at 1650 Bedford Avenue. There will be a second address by Dr. Davis at 6:00 pm. [PRWEB May 14, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Teenage Academic Presents Mathematical Theory
Fourteen-year old Ivan Cherevko, the world youngest environmental scientist, will present his theory concerning mathematical modeling of environmental processes May 18th, reports Ukrainian Pedagogic Academy's Psychology Institute, Giftedness Laboratory [PRWEB May 14, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Expanding Borders in Education: Courses in Montessori Education
In 1950, the International Montessori Center was founded by Dr. Maria Montessori with the goal of promoting knowledge of the world of children. This center continues this tradition today by providing courses to those individuals who are interested in continuing this effective method globally. Students come from all continents to study the Montessori method at its roots. [PRWEB May 15, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
ManagementParadise.com : Ultimate Educational Resource for Management Students
I won't be telling you 101 reasons why you should regularly use this website, but if you are a management student scroll through it once and you will understand why it really is a paradise. Have u ever given up trying to think what your project topic really means, felt frustrated trying to find related reference material out of the million google results, felt petrified a day before submission cause you haven't found anything actually relevant to the topic ?? Well you wouldn't have if you would have known about this site earlier. [PRWEB May 15, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Books and Bookmarks
Children's Author Kelly Jones is coming to Santa Cruz on May 21 & 22 to tell stories and involve children in a community art project [PRWEB May 15, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Travel Tips Featured on New Web Site About State of Hawaii
A new Web site, http://www.thehawaiiweb.com, has information about Hawaii, including free tips for tourists who want to travel economically. The site also highlights Hawaiian history and other interesting facts about Hawaii. [PRWEB May 15, 2005] From
PR Web on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
a question for jay
So here's a genuine question about journalistic ethics that I've gotten different feedback about: Imagine: (1) that a regular reporter at a major publication writes an article that with some length, but in passing, describes X, (2) that the report is factually and fundamentally wrong, (3) that X complains to the reporter, and publication about the mistakes, but (4) no correction follows, (5) then the reporter asks to write an "in depth report" about X, (6) and the publication authorizes it. Given 1-4, is 5 or 6: (a) common (b) unremarkable (c) odd (d) b From
Lessig Blog on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Advice taken
We read; we've discussed; we've lost sleep; we've decided.... From
Lessig Blog on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
And a HUGE victory for the Stanford CIS
So it's Saturday morning here in Australia, and I'm reading my email in reverse order. First the fantastic news about PublicKnowledge. Now this: The Stanford Center for Internet and Society has
won an important case about anonymous speech. An anonymous participant in an online chat posted comments critical of Ampex and its chairman. They sued for defamation. The poster sued under the California anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute. Ampex tried to dismiss and run away. The Court of Appeals rul From
Lessig Blog on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
is there a pdf way?
So imagine you've got a PDF document. The document will go through different versions. You want to make sure the reader is reading the current version. Is there a way to make a PDF version aware? So if you open it on a machine connected to the net, it can either update itself, or warn you that the version you're reading is out of date? From
Lessig Blog on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
Open Content Licensing
Roger Clarke's got a useful "Proposal for Open Content License for Research Paper (Pr)ePrints" that has some nice things to say about Creative Commons licenses.... From
Lessig Blog on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
OpenRAW
So there's this pattern of maturity in a technology -- from proprietary to "open" -- as players in the industry resolve they can't bet their future on trusting one particular player. And so it is happening in the digital camera industry, as users and developers demand an
OpenRAW standard. From
Lessig Blog on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
OECD (on) Games
The OECD "Working Party on the Information Economy" has gotten very good at being insightful about network issues. Their latest report about "Digital Broadband Content: The online computer and video gaming industry" is
here. From
Lessig Blog on May 15, 2005 at 4:24 p.m..
LAMS Open Source Software Now Available
Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) is now available as open source software. In a ceremony at Macquarie University, a LAMS launch CD with the system, documentation and case studies was presented, and is now available as a free download. From
EdNA Online on May 15, 2005 at 4:23 p.m..
A Picture of Australia's Children
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's report, 'A Picture of Australia's Children', shows that Australia's children are on the whole very healthy, with families and the community playing an important role in their overall wellbeing. The report covers a holistic range of measures of health and wellbeing, including information on elements of family structure, education and early learning, socioeconomic status, social cohesion, health status and infant mortality. The full report is available from the AIHW website. From
EdNA Online on May 15, 2005 at 4:23 p.m..
Government Examines Fair Use of Copyright Material
The Government has commenced a review on options for including new exceptions in the Copyright Act 1968 and has released an issues paper on the topic. The review will examine whether an exception or specific exceptions to copyright based on principles of fair use should be adopted to make copyright law more flexible and relevant in the digital age. The issues paper notes any new exception to copyright would have to meet Australia's obligations under international copyright treaties. The issues paper may be downloaded from the Attorney-General's Department website. From
EdNA Online on May 15, 2005 at 4:23 p.m..
Budget Information 2005 for Education Science and Training
The 2005-06 Budget provides a record $89.6 billion over the next four years for the Education, Science and Training Portfolio. Funding in 2005-06 will total more than $20.9 billion, an increase of $2.4 billion over the amount available in the previous year. From
EdNA Online on May 15, 2005 at 4:23 p.m..
ACER to Explore Options for an Australian Certificate of Education
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has been selected to develop options for an Australian Certificate of Education. The study, to be led by Professor Geoff Masters, CEO of ACER, will analyse and report on: existing arrangements for the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education in all Australian states and territories; overseas examples of Senior Secondary Certificate of Education systems; the International Baccalaureate Programme; and examine the use of general aptitude tests in senior secondary schools. From
EdNA Online on May 15, 2005 at 4:23 p.m..
LearnScope - New Website Up and Running
The website for the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework's (2005 Framework) LearnScope Project has been re-vamped and relaunched. LearnScope focuses on professional development for the vocational education and training (VET) system and provides funding to enhance professional development skills in e-learning and e-business. The re-vamped site continues to provide State and Territory LearnScope information. It also includes important links to LearnScope projects, the 2005 Networks Community Forum and more. From
EdNA Online on May 15, 2005 at 4:23 p.m..
Xbox buzz runs the gamut
Gamers are chatting up a storm about Microsoft's new game console, but the feedback ranges from blown away to not impressed. From
CNET News.com on May 15, 2005 at 4:23 p.m..
Lamest Star Wars tie-in ever
Back of the Frosted Flakes box (click for large image) Jedi Spoon next to Jedi Google Tchochke for size comparison [Technorati tag: starwars]... From
Joho the Blog on May 15, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..
The Joy of New Learning
This week I set myself the task of learning something new. In my case it was a crash course in using ActionScript and XML in Flash to create a menu bar. I didn't start out with that particular goal in mind, I just knew that I wanted to try something new and stretch my abilities a little bit. Even after teaching Flash for a few years there is an awful lot I don't know about that program, so when I was presented with a work assignment to create a design for a new micro-site I thought it would... From
Brain Frieze on May 15, 2005 at 1:58 p.m..
Metaphors in Interaction Design
For a fascinating and in-depth look at how metaphors are useful, or not, in the design process, you can't do much better than spending a little time with
Dan Saffer's master's thesis on the topic. (Link to PDF file.) As you'd expect in a thesis, his points are carefully crafted, but his writing is easy to follow and he includes some fascinating examples of how metaphors can be... From
Brain Frieze on May 15, 2005 at 1:58 p.m..
How They Change Your Mind
Disinfo has just released a visual companion volume to my book Coercion, called
How They Change Your Mind by Martin Howard. I'm humbled and honored that something I wrote could inspire such an effort. Here's the preface I wrote for it. These are challenging times for conscious people. More challenging than I usually allow myself to believe.I originally wrote Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say as a primer t From
rushkoff.blog on May 15, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..
No Real Debate for Real ID - Kim Zetter, Wired
Hundreds of civil liberties groups, immigrant support groups and government associations oppose the Real ID Act, a piece of legislation that critics say would produce a de facto national ID card, cost states millions of dollars and punish undocumented imm From
Techno-News Blog on May 15, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..
Sun, Microsoft Get Closer - Clint Boulton, Internet News
Sun Microsystems and Microsoft are working on new specifications that would allow Web single sign-on between their operating systems. The companies, whose goal is to help Windows and Java work together, have also inked a licensing deal to allow Windows t From
Techno-News Blog on May 15, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..
On leaving the blogosphere
In a post paying tribute to a chess blogger who's thinking about abandoning his blog,
Dennis Monokroussos gives three reasons for blogging: Maintaining an interesting blog takes effort, and if it's not (a) a labor of love, (b) income-producing, or (c) seeming to make a difference (however the blogger defines that for him/herself), then it's difficult to justify taking the time and effort... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on May 15, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..
IBM's service
I sent in my Thinkpad on Tuesday, in a box IBM shipped to me, and it came back to me on Thursday with a new motherboard. That's damn fast service. Thanks, IBM.... From
Joho the Blog on May 15, 2005 at 2:46 a.m..
Golden rules of military blogging
Jean-Paul Borda, blogging from Afghanistan, has posted his "golden rules of milblogging." As always with this type of advice, it's actually more like "How to blog like me" than a set of eternal rules, although "Don't tell readers about military plans" probably holds pretty well across all types of milbloggers. And much of it transposes nicely for us civbloggers. Of course, I already seem to have violated rule 11: "Don't just put references to other milblogs in your milblog as a substitute for writing. Do you think the readers are that stupid? They'll figure out that you hav From
Joho the Blog on May 15, 2005 at 2:46 a.m..