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Aid Lets Small Colleges Ask, Why Pay Ivy Retail?
Squeezed by competition from state and elite institutions, private liberal arts colleges are routinely offering merit aid to students. From New York Times: Education on December 31, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Where's the veef?
My son Nathan and I were today discussing how we Bostonians abbreviate street names. We call Commonwealth Avenue "Comm Ave" and Massachusetts Avenue becomes "Mass Ave." We noticed that many of the local three-syllable streets have meaningful nouns for their first syllable. So, we could call Washington St. "Wash," Chestnut Hill Avenue "Chest" and Beacon Street "Beak." Yes, technically Beacon only has two syllables, but we want to be able to say we live near the intersection of Wash and Beak, and not far from Chest and Beak. Despite the Boston passion for abbreviations, we tend not to shorten "V From Joho the Blog on December 31, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

MAKE: Blog: The MAKEbot
The MAKEbot is an AIM/iChat client you can add to your buddy list to get the latest news from MAKE magazine.... For example type "search ipod" and receive back links to the 5 latest posts/stories that deal with the iPod. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 31, 2005 at 2:49 p.m..

Writely Post to Blog...
I have been playing around a bit with Writely. Writely is a web based word processing application that allows for multiple collaborators. It has a nice WYSISYG interface that allows you to add images. It also allows you to save your document in a number of formats including Microsoft Word and PDF formats.Ă‚Â You can also post directly from Writely to your weblog. You can also send email messages to Writely for further editing...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 31, 2005 at 2:49 p.m..

The railroading of Peter Quinn and the Microsoft Lobby
Tad Adelstein lays out Microsoft's political influence — the raw type that has dollar signs and zeroes — in a specu-factual sort of way. Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff make appearances. I still want to know who prompted the investigation of Peter Quinn, the Microsoft CIO who pushed for the state to use only apps that support open standards. Quinn was investigated for taking junkets, charges that were subsequently found to be baseless. Quinn nevertheless resigned a couple of days ago. Since the Globe trumpeted the charges, and then piccolo-ed Quinn's exculpation, I'd thi From Joho the Blog on December 31, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Teacher Man - Practical Theory
Teacher Man - Practical Theory: "Quick show of hands... did every teacher out there get a copy of Teacher Man for Kwanzmaskah?" From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on December 31, 2005 at 2:50 a.m..

Bloggers aim to increase stature in '06 elections - Associated Press
Minnesota's robust political blogging community aims to play a large role in the watershed 2006 elections. Some blog experts are even predicting the online interactive diaries could overshadow traditional media in next year's election. Several new blogs From Techno-News Blog on December 31, 2005 at 2:49 a.m..

Microsoft will decide the DVD format wars: Hasta La Vista Blu-Ray - Nick Farrell, the Inquirer
Pundits taking bets on which next-generation high-definition DVD format will win acceptance - Blu-ray and HD-DVD - now think that it will be Microsoft that will decide. According to the EE Times, the Vole is using its operating-system clout to bundle HD- From Techno-News Blog on December 31, 2005 at 2:49 a.m..

U.S still open to cyber attack, says report - John E. Dunn, Techworld
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has failed to meet a wide range of its promises, a house committee has claimed. Prepared for the Democrat-leaning House Committee on Homeland Security, the report names 33 promises dating back to 2002 it says have From Techno-News Blog on December 31, 2005 at 2:49 a.m..

U. of Michigan Becomes 10th College to Join Boycott of Coke
The university is boycotting the company because of concerns arising from accusations about its treatment of workers in bottling plants in Colombia and environmental problems in India. From New York Times: Education on December 31, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Weld's Role at College Still Troubles Some in G.O.P.
Several Republican Party leaders said that they were troubled by new revelations about William F. Weld's 10 months as chief executive of Decker College. From New York Times: Education on December 31, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..