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Baseball 2.0
So we went to see the Cubs play the Phillies last night to witness what can only be described as an out of body finish that would break even the most hardened Cubs fan's heart. It was Tess and Tucker's first "real" big league game, and they had a great time between eating pizza, french fries, Italian ice, popcorn, peanuts, cotton candy and god knows what else and getting their caricatures drawn in Cub ca From weblogged News on August 4, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

The political power of cross references
From Philipp Blom's Enlightening the World about the 18th Century French Encyclopedia: The article on cannabalism is cross-referenced to "Eucharist, communion." (p. 154) [Technorati tags: taxonomy EverythingIsMiscellaneous]... From Joho the Blog on August 4, 2005 at 5:49 p.m..

Help for Blog Depression
At last, some help for those of us who experience occasional, temporary blog depression marked by "loss of interest in the Internet, feelings of sadness, disappointment, anger, self loathing, hopelessness and dimentia, and passive aggressive moaning and a steady lengthening of the interval between posts..." Nicely done. From weblogged News on August 4, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Feed Digest Mash Up
(via the ever prolific Alan Levine) The nice thing with Feed Digest is that it lets you rip and mix a few feeds together and then gives you some code to throw it all on a Web page pretty easily. Here's my blogjotsflickr content all in one place just for kicks. A little rough on the eyes, but you get the point. Useful if your students have blogs along with furl or del.icio.us or weblogged News on August 4, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Current TV
By now, many of us have had a chance to see the medium known as Current TV. And yes, it's disappointing. What was once envisioned as a bottom-up alternative to the propaganda-rich conglomerate network news, has instead emerged as a kind of MTV-News, without the news. Call it too 90's, too hip, too marketed, or too stylish, but the real crime here is not what Current TV is or does, but rather the opportunity that was missed. I was lucky enough to be among the many media/Internet thinkers invited to some of the first brainstorming sessions for the project. rushkoff.blog on August 4, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

For Retailers, It's Already Xmas
Repeat customers will be targeted with a barrage of incentives to spend more this holiday season. From ClickZ Stats on August 4, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

AECT Orlando ‘05: Conference RSS Newsfeeds
Now this is interesting. AECT is jumping into RSS feeds for the upcoming national conference in a big way. This is a nice way of previewing and selecting the sessions for participants. Orlando ‘05: Conference RSS Newsfeeds From Martindale Matrix on August 4, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

OPML Editor
Dave Winer has released his latest project: OPML Editor. I like writing in outlines, but OPML Editor remains a typical Winerish tool: powerful for users that want to dig a scripting tool on steroids - but utterly useless for "normal" users that expect a tool without dead ends and a somewhat standard compliant graphical user interface. While Dave Winer has an unmatched sense for future trends in web publishing - he seems to have no interest whatsoever in providing usable software. From owrede_log on August 4, 2005 at 4:47 p.m..

New Tools: Blogs, Podcasts and Virtual Classrooms
Readers will recall that I featured Bob Sprankle and his class in these pages back in May. Now they've hit the big time, being headlined in this New York Times article. To me, this is the essence of education: "I want to give these kids the tools to say, 'Hey, my voice is important in this world,' This blog helps me do that." Others, though, see value only in testing. "'If interactivity becomes the fundamental basis of the educational process, how do we judge merit?' asked Robbie McClintock From OLDaily on August 4, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

OpenLaszlo
I spent about an hour this morning touring this site, and my time was well rewarded. Laszlo is a rich and yet intuitive scripting language that allows website authors to create attractive and interactive websites using remote data (such as XML or database contents). If you are involved in course or resource design, do take a look at this application. Laszlo is open source, with compiled versions for Windows, Linux and Apple. Via Jeremy Hunsinger. By Various Authors, August 4, 2005 [OLDaily on August 4, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

Merger Mania In and Around eLearning
Most edtech pundits (and not just Elliott Masie) have been predicting convergence in the industry. With three mergers in the space of a few days a new wave is upon us. The significance is captured in this question: "Are we finally getting to the point where educational content is merging with collaboration technologies which is merging with learner management infrastructure?" By Ben Watson, Learning Circuits Blog, August 3, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on August 4, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

The Laptop Institute 2005: In Retrospect
Sharon Peters offers the edublog Musings with little fanfare. While I spotted the blog via its post on critical thinking readers will want also to look at the extensive notes taken from the recent Laptop Institute conference. Go to the main page and scroll down for multiple listings. By Sharon Peters, Musings, July 20, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on August 4, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

EdNA Groups or the Open Network
Leigh Blackall takes on EdNA Groups, writing, "Its better if we use more global and reliable services I think... EdNA Moodle groups is diluting the impact that individuals could be having on the global conversation. Its keeping many in Australian education disengaged from the world beyond EdNA." I can get into EdNA Groups, but every time I go to read something, I'm prompted for an 'invitation key' that I don't have. I agree with Blackall: "The valuable time of teachers and educationalists would be better spent engaged with the open Network, learning the popular tools and un From OLDaily on August 4, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

Court Deals Blow to Dating-Service Spammer
It doesn't surprise me that spammers sued to prohibit spam filtering. I am a bit surprised that these spammers lost their lawsuit, even though their success would have rendered all university email addresses unusable. By Declan McCullagh, CNet News.com, August 3, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on August 4, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

Encyclopedias and voice
I'm reading Philipp Blom's Enlightening the World about the 18th Century French Encyclopedia put together by Diderot and D'Alembert, an amazing project. The passages from the Encyclopedia highlight one of the things I miss about Wikipedia: Style. The Encyclopedia entries are frequently witty, lively, highly-styled. Wikipedia's commitment to a neutral point of view tends to drive style out of the articles so they talk in a matter-of-fact, affectless, voiceless tone of voice. I guess that's the price we pay for Wikipedia's approximation of neutrality. Blom's bo From Joho the Blog on August 4, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..

Citation Machine -- The Landmark Project
Citation Machine is an interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers in modeling the proper use of information property.... David indicates that he plans on making the code available so that schools can host the Citation Machine on their own servers if they like... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on August 4, 2005 at 1:49 p.m..

The Power of the Blog
This article by David Secko in The Scientist provides an overview of blogging by scientists; the article includes a sampling of science blogs and sketches some possibilities, and the need, for more blogging in science. "Few scientists have caught on to the Internet's power of posting, commenting, and debating - where are the rest?") ___JH From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on August 4, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..

Gizmo here - Skype gone
On Sunday I decided to switch my DSL provider. After I entered their online form, I recieved their confirmation on Monday. On Wednesday morning I got their package with a brand new DSL/WLAN modem/router and all login data required. Setting it up was a snap. Everything worked out of the box. I also recieved Internet telephone numbers, so that I can call VoIP (e.g. SIP phones) from my standard phone. After all: That was very quick serivce. Well done. The whole switch (and some discussion with a knowledged friend) also provided me with some insight about why I should prefer owrede_log on August 4, 2005 at 1:46 p.m..

Friedman Column...
Calling All Luddites - New York Times The world is moving to an Internet-based platform for commerce, education, innovation and entertainment. Wealth and productivity will go to those countries or companies that get more of their innovators, educators, students, workers and suppliers connected to this platform via computers, phones and P.D.A.'s. Friedman has a great column today about how the US is falling behind in the technologies and access to technologies that are key in driving the wealth and productivity of our economy...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on August 4, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Points to think about as you plan your marketing
Points to think about as you plan your marketing. RSS poses not so simple problems for online ads. This article really hits a number of key points right on the head. Not only does this Deborah Branscum seem to truly understand the mechanics behind RSS, but she also sees the inherent problems with current attempts at attaching advertising to it as well. Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 4, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

Accessibility: More than technology, more than Section 508.
Accessibility: More than technology, more than Section 508. This is an article with pretty wide scope. It addresses all of the problems in design, information technology, and assistive technology that get in the way of online learning. For example, talking about "learning styles" (a theory I personally am very skeptical about), the authors found: "We had originally assumed that extroverted students would report preferring Internet courses, citing the chat and discussion boards as great places to interact. However, we found instead that most of the extraverts did NOT prefer onl From Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 4, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

Cognitive fitness: The next craze?
"Cognitive fitness": The next craze? Here's a trend for you. But consider what one researcher ponders in the article: "She wonders whether workbooks that ask adults to do pages of math problems to get their brains in gear might be unnecessarily torturing people in their twilight years." Brain Workouts May Tone Memory. Keeping your gray matter in great shape won't prevent age-related cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's. But proponents of 'cognitive fitness' say mental exercises c From Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 4, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

m-Learning PDA platforms
m-Learning platform: Microsoft Windows Mobile dominates PDA shipments. If you are a developer interested in m-Learning on PDAs, the operating system figures in this article will likely be of more interest to you than the number of units shipped. It's Microsoft, RIM, and then Palm in last place. PDA Shipments Hit Record Levels (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Depending on which analyst group one credits, recent PDA shipments are destined for the re From Bill Brandon: eLearning on August 4, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

"Murder Simulators" East/West
Murder Simulators East, or "Your actions were dishonorable, therefore I must dismember you" Last month, on a muggy Wednesday afternoon, a machete-wielding 19 year old teenager charged into a crowded Taipei internet café and hacked another boy to death for having killed his online character in the popular "Blade-&-Sword" video game. In February, a 41 year old Shanghai man murdered a 26 year old fellow gamer he claimed "stole" his cyber sword (reportedly worth a whopping $870US in the "real world") in the "Legends of Mir 3" gaming world. The murderer, Qiu Chengwei, was reportedly laughed From kuro5hin.org on August 4, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

RSS Mashups...
These include our staff bulletin, the public web page, a Flickr photo gallery, a multi-author classroom notes site, book recommendations from our library, and a weblog to power our reader board.... With a tool like FeedDigest, I can mix them into one RSS feed that will give me a chronological look at the weblog activity at Lewis, all in one place... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on August 4, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

Larks' Tongues in ASCII
A swell job for a web developer. That new Flash video smell. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on August 4, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

Yakob Smirnoff Memorial Barbecue
IE7 and standards. Google and prior art. New York then and now. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on August 4, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

Technorati's State of Blogs report
Dave Sifry has been posting data Technorati has gathered about the size and nature of the blogosphere, at least the big chunk of it Technorati knows about. The latest post (3 of 5...here are 1 and 2) is about tagging. Very interesting. E.g., almost a third of posts use tags or categories. (Technorati counts categories as tags.) (Disclosure: I'm an advisor to Technorati.) [Technorati tags: technorati blogosphere]... From Joho the Blog on August 4, 2005 at 11:46 a.m..

The Case for the Legalization of Marijuana
Sixty thousand people are behind bars today for marijuana offenses.  This is costing taxpayers $1.2 billion per year (Thomas).  Is it really worth it?  Marijuana should be legalized in the United States for all to grow, distribute, purchase, and use, because marijuana prohibition causes far more damage than marijuana itself. Those in favor of prohibition would have you believe that marijuana destroys people's lives.  They would tell you that innocent little Johnny would have been successful, but then he smoked some weed and his life was ruined.  This is far from From kuro5hin.org on August 4, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

RFID Data Handling Upgraded - Renee Boucher Ferguson, eWeek
Despite warnings of a shake-up in the RFID industry that will result in vendor consolidations, software developers continue to emerge with products that improve the way RFID data can be processed and used. TrueDemand Software Inc., a Los Gatos, Calif., c From Techno-News Blog on August 4, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

EFF probes printer watermarks - Joris Evers, CNET News
Color laser printers print hidden data that lets law enforcement agencies tell which printer was used and when, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF on Thursday sent a freedom of information act request to the U.S. Secret Service in an From Techno-News Blog on August 4, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Sleeper wireless technology may wake up later this year - E. Schwartz, Infoworld Blog
By next year people may be saying x marks the spot or at least xMax does, to hear the inventor, Joe Bobie tell it. It is a broadband, wireless broadcast technology that could make even Wi-Max look anemic in terms of coverage. I suggest you go to the http From Techno-News Blog on August 4, 2005 at 7:46 a.m..

Astronaut Pulls Off Shuttle Fix
The two pieces of dangling filler on Discovery are removed, while astronauts admire the shuttle's belly -- and the view. From Wired News on August 4, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

New Diet Trick: Induce Bad Memory
Researchers fool people into thinking they dislike strawberry ice cream, but they can't combat the lure of chocolate chip cookies. The technique, however, may help dieters curb their cravings. From Wired News on August 4, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

God Games Seek Souls, Not Profit
In contrast to a secular industry that they say chases only money, religious video-game developers find their motivation elsewhere. John Gartner reports from Portland, Oregon. From Wired News on August 4, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

The Blogs of War
On the 21st-century battlefield, the campfire glow comes from a laptop. It's a real-time window on life behind the lines -- and suddenly the Pentagon is on the defensive. By John Hockenberry from Wired magazine. From Wired News on August 4, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Child Mummy Wows Egyptologists
Scientists get their most detailed look ever at a 2,000-year-old mummy. They share their findings at a 'virtual unwrapping' in Silicon Valley. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on August 4, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Bridging the Google Ad Gap
Search engines became the darlings of internet advertising thanks to pay-per-click programs, but those snag only 5 percent of web surfers' online time. Here's a proposal to grab the other 95 percent of the market. Commentary by Adam Penenberg. From Wired News on August 4, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Brain Workouts May Tone Memory
Keeping your gray matter in great shape won't prevent age-related cognitive disorders like Alzheimer's. But proponents of 'cognitive fitness' say mental exercises can reduce the likelihood of such diseases. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on August 4, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Cloning the Best in Show
Will canine clones be welcome in the rarefied world of dog shows? By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on August 4, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Christians Code Heavenly Games
Wholesome startups reveal a multitude of scripture-inspired video games where players rack up points with moral behavior and acts of random kindness. John Gartner reports from Portland, Oregon. PLUS: God Games Seek Souls, Not Profit From Wired News on August 4, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..

Diagnosis
During an information architecture on an enterprise Social Software solution Sebastian Fiedler happen to conceive of those tools as diagnostic instruments. An interesting point although it only makes sense if you understand it as a starting point for building a virtual company. The latter means in general that you have to start a change process. The usage of social software tools for diagnostic purposes is nonetheless a great idea. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on August 4, 2005 at 5:45 a.m..

Evaluating Websites for Accessibility with Firefox
From the intro to the article: Patrick H. Lauke outlines how Mozilla Firefox can be used in conjunction with the Web Developer Toolbar to carry out a preliminary accessibility review From Curb Cut Learning on August 4, 2005 at 3:46 a.m..

Recent trends in enterprise search
Stephen Arnold has written an article on the recent trends in enterprise search. To quote: Search within an enterprise is a different problem, and often does not work as well as employees want. Enterprise search follows a different path that... From Column Two on August 4, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Harvard Agrees to Settlement in Complaint Over Investments
Harvard University has agreed to pay $26.5 million to settle a civil complaint about investments that a professor and a former staff member made. From New York Times: Education on August 4, 2005 at 1:45 a.m..

Before you Register
By Thomas Nixon - distance learning may seem like the perfect solution for a busy adult juggling multiple commitments. But buyer beware.... From Adult/Continuing Education on August 3, 2005 at 11:46 p.m..

Feed Digest : Mix, convert, and syndicate RSS and Atom feeds
I just started using Feed Digest to put my recent blog posts on my home page. Neat. I think Feed Digest (formerly RSS digest) is similar to Alan Levine’s RSS to javascript tool. I guess if FD goes out of business, or starts charging fees, I will look into Alan’s option. Feed Digest will also [...] From Martindale Matrix on August 3, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..