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The Hot Jobs of 2005
According to the Christian-Science Monitor, the hot jobs for graduates this year include lithium battery engineers, anyone with skills in the energy field, accountants, network security specialists, and.......plumbers. Now there's a job that's probably safe from out-sourcing. Then again, maybe not. "Hello sir, thank you for calling Plumbers Are Us. How may I be of service to you on this... From Brain Frieze on May 21, 2005 at 9:49 p.m..

Globe editorial: Good until that last drop
The Boston Globe has an editorial today that gets past the usual MSM condescension towards blogs...right up until the last paragraph. Because The Globe — owned by the NY "Behind The" Times — after a few days locks its content away safe from the prying eyes of the populace, here's the editorial in its entirety: Virtual virtues 'Blog" has A strikingly uninspiring sound, as if it were a cousin of blah-blah-blah — a heavy stream of words without much sparkle. But blogs are lighting up the Internet, and the field is getting crowded. One definition of blog, short for webl From Joho the Blog on May 21, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

Tag This? (Ross Mayfield)
Feedster is introducing a Tag This widget that blog authors can include in their posts for readers to anonymously tag posts. A volunteer manual way of building a database. After you enter a tag, you get to see the list... From Corante: Social Software on May 21, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

CSTD Panel on the Future of Learning
Zuerst habe ich einen kurzen Reisebericht von Helge Schneider in der Frankfurter Rundschau gelesen ("Ich fliege schon seit zwanzig Jahren nicht mehr - wegen dem 11. September"; leider nicht online), dann habe ich mir den aufrechten Schotten George Galloway angehÃ¶rt,... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 21, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Quicktime without the cruft
Applehas turned the default download of Quicktime into a full download of iTunes. If you want to get Quicktime and only Quicktime, go here. (And when you install it, carefully check the default MIME types Quicktime takes over.)... From Joho the Blog on May 21, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

Lessons from the Cutting Edge: RSS Advertising -Pamela Parker, Clickz
It seems everyone's talking about advertising in RSS. It's no wonder. Consumer adoption is growing. Publishers are increasingly willing to publish RSS feeds. Yet no one's figured out exactly how to pay for those feeds, much less make money on them. Thankf From Techno-News Blog on May 21, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Study: Blogs haven't displaced media - Ellen Wulfhorst, Reuters
Web logs, or blogs, may be a powerful new force in U.S. politics but they have not displaced traditional media in terms of information and influence, a study revealed on Monday. Charting the discussion of issues during the 2004 presidential campaign, the From Techno-News Blog on May 21, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Government says Wi-Fi networks not secure - Reuters
A hacker on a park bench could log onto dozens of U.S. government computer networks thanks to slipshod security standards at many agencies, according to a congressional report released on Tuesday. The report by the Government Accountability Office found From Techno-News Blog on May 21, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Blogging Championships
How cool is this? Kids in Singapore are being (gulp) ENCOURAGED to blog! Nine junior colleges and 43 secondary schools will slug it out online in the Inter-school Blogging Championship organised by SingTel and the Ministry of Education (MOE). Five student leaders from each school will help sustain and moderate the blogs from next month till August, during which their schoolmates are free to post messages on the blogs via the Internet or mobile phones. They can win more than $15,000 in cash and 3G mobile phones. From weblogged News on May 21, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Feds Widen LexisNexis Probe
The FBI and Secret Service carry out searches in California and Minnesota trying to find the hackers who stole information from the large database company. From Wired News on May 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Bush Blasts Human Clone Research
President Bush condemns South Korean scientists for using human embryos in stem-cell research, and vows to veto any legislative attempt to loosen restrictions on human cloning in the United States. From Wired News on May 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Games Migrate to Mobile Phones
Forget Xbox 2 and PlayStation 3. A gaming revolution could be coming to the small screen you already have in your pocket. Lore SjÃ¶berg reports from Los Angeles. From Wired News on May 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Horse Clones May Save Bloodlines
What's a breeder to do with a famous steed that can't be a stud? Cloning could be the answer to passing on prized DNA, but the horse-racing industry insists on natural methods. From Wired News on May 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Games Inspire Otherworldly Art
A jury combs through more than 100 submissions to find the best artwork drawn from video games. The final collection is stunning, but odd. Lore SjÃ¶berg reports from Los Angeles. From Wired News on May 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Want a Coke With That Railgun?
Popular entertainment is awash in advertising, but one big segment is relatively untapped. For now. Daniel Terdiman reports from Los Angeles. From Wired News on May 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Gear and Fragging in Los Angeles
Was the big games conference all sound and fury, signifying nothing? Lore SjÃ¶berg wraps it up from Los Angeles. From Wired News on May 21, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Enterprise search still a technology conversation
Peter Van Dijck has written a blog entry looking at the state of enterprise search, and how well key features such as "best bets" are implemented in commercial search tools. To quote: In short, best bets (where an editor can... From Column Two on May 21, 2005 at 9:46 a.m..

Closed School in Jersey City Gets Reprieve, but at a Price
Officials of the shuttered and financially troubled Cornerstone School in Jersey City said Friday that they had a plan to allow it to finish the school year. From New York Times: Education on May 21, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Saturday, May 21, 2005
Two questions, to which if you have an answer, will earn you my lifelong appreciation.How does one remove a toothpaste stain from a shirt, without having to wash the shirt in a washing machine? From RHPT.com on May 21, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

AKMA's good stuff
There's just a whole bunch o' goodness over at AKMA's these days, including comments on why anyone would take the Star Wars twaddle seriously, a way not to take Star Wars seriously, a discussion of the difference between narratives and narrative theology, and a new drawing by Pippa. What a terrific blog. [Technorati tag: akma]... From Joho the Blog on May 21, 2005 at 4:48 a.m..

The NY Times world of pain
I just heard (!) that the Times is going to start charging $50/year to read its op-ed columnists. (That will also get you access to their archives.) I feel their pain, even as I think it's the wrong decision. The Times is watching its value erode. Electronic distribution is only going to become a bigger part of the picture, its readership is exulting in the exposes of the failures of the MSM to provide full and accurate coverage — the real story about the Newsweek brouhaha is why we are so eager to hear about ways the MSM is failing... From Joho the Blog on May 21, 2005 at 4:48 a.m..

Singapore Sponsors Inter-School Blogging Championship
It's interesting enough to note that Singapore's Ministry of Education is sponsoring a national, inter-school blogging championship aimed at junior school and secondary students. It's fairly new to see a governmental education body supporting something like blogging, to this extent.... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on May 21, 2005 at 3:55 a.m..

Study blogs in grad school
Jeff Jarvis implies that he'll be cementing blogging into the graduate J-school curriculum at CUNY: : I got a chance to write the new media curriculum for the new City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, collaborating on it with Dean Stephen Shepard (former editor-in-chief of Business Week), Merrill Brown, Judy Watson of CUNY, and more faculty there. I will continue to work with CUNY as the school launches and I can't wait until fall 2006, when the school... From Weblogs in Higher Education on May 21, 2005 at 3:51 a.m..

Honorable Mention, From Lord Vader Himself
If you've been around the blogosphere, you've likely come across "The Darthside: Memoirs of a Monster." This clever blog is written in the first person form of Darth Vader himself, a character in the hyper-popular Star Wars series. The blog attracted the attention of Slashdot, then eventually G4 did a spot on "Attack of the Show". Hilarious, and at times poignant, today may very well be the final entry in the blog, as the Darth One goes to bring his son before the Emperor (which, being in the omniscient role of the reader, we know what will happen). In a surprise twist for K5'er From kuro5hin.org on May 21, 2005 at 3:45 a.m..

Free cappucinos in the cafÃ©
Well, it's been quite a week, and many of you will already know why. I haven't posted anything here about receiving the 3M Teaching Fellowship because it just seemed ... unseemly. If you don't know what this is about, just... From Rick's CafÃ© Canadien on May 21, 2005 at 12:46 a.m..