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The Origin of Darwin
A new Darwin exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York comes at a time when the scientist's theories are enjoying a heightened state of controversy. By Jeff Howe from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Google Users: I Can Quit Anytime
As Google's share of online searches continues to grow, competing engines ramp up incentives and new features to persuade people to switch. But even expert seekers find it's hard to kick their Google habit. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Message in a Spray Can
A visit to the Ninth Ward shows how modern communications failed the poorest residents of New Orleans during Katrina. In some ways, it's failing them even now. Commentary by Jennifer Granick. This column is available as a . From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Sky Dayton Gets Mobile
High rates, low tech -- when it comes to cell phones, the United States is the third world. The trend surfer who started EarthLink wants to sell you a fully loaded device from the wiredest place on the planet. By Frank Rose from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Space Hawks Chase Death Rays
The race to militarize space is as urgent as ever. This week, lobbyists from the fledgling commercial space industry are all over Washington looking for grants. By John Lasker. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

You Can Play With Your Food
So many delightful marketing ploys in the grocery aisles try to lure us into putting packages in our shopping carts -- here are a few more favorites for your delectation. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg. This column is available as a . From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Grocery Checkout, Italian Style
Supermarkets adopt portable scanners that let shoppers total their purchases themselves -- and foil Italian elbow queens who have mastered cutting in line. By Nicole Martinelli. This story is available as a . From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Rants 'n' Raves: Love and Snacks
Love and money embrace on Valentine's day, informative snacks lack a market outside of comedic consumption and Moore's law may be starting to wheeze suspiciously... all in today's Rants 'n' Raves. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

David Jaffe on Gods and Guitars
The acclaimed director of God of War talks about design, his favorite games of the year and the future of the business. By Chris Kohler. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Deep Sea 3D Takes IMAX Underwater
The new IMAX movie Deep Sea 3D submerges audiences in Neptune's realm in eye-popping 3-D -- and none of it's done with CGI. Xeni Jardin reports from the Los Angeles premiere. Plus: Stereo-Vision Camera Dives Deep From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Garage Geniuses Go Prime Time
Wacky ideas are what makes this nation great, and now a new generation of inventors compete in ABC's geek battle royale, American Inventor. Be awed and amazed at their quirky gadgets in the online photo gallery. By James Lee from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

RFID: Sign of the (End) Times?
Christian millennialists have seen the apocalypse augured in everything from Social Security numbers to movable type. A new book warns that that the long-dreaded "mark of the beast" could be an RFID chip. For real this time. By Mark Baard. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Brokeback Bunnies
The first gay cowboy bunny film is 30-seconds long. Plus: A puppet interviews the creators of Goat comic strip. Political video games fight the dictatorship of entertainment. In Table of Malcontents. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

James Bond Is a Fake
Who comes to mind first when you hear the word "spy"? James Bond, of course, and that's an insult to spies the world over. The tech gadgetry we associate with 007 turns him into a mere cartoon. It's time for George Smiley to come in from the cold. Commentary by Tony Long. This column is available as a . From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

MP3 Player an Angel Would Love
Remember Charlie's Angels? Remember the speakerphone the Angels used to talk to Charlie? This new music cube from the Sharper Image might ring some old bells. In Listening Post. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Photo Gallery: Geneva Motor Show
Bruce Gain reports daily from the Swiss convention as car companies show off their latest fashions. Check out photos from the show with frequent updates. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Looking for Pirates on the Inside
Justice Department officials are investigating possible price fixing by the online music industry. At stake, billions of dollars in profit. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Rants 'n' Raves: Space Hawks
A few readers take issue with our recent article on the industrialization of space in today's Rants 'n' Raves. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Webmonkey Mailbox: Flickr Mashups
In last week's round-up of the 10 best Flickr mashups, we failed to mention a few choice websites. Our readers point out the extent of our neglect. In Webmonkey. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Green Cars Make Clean Getaways
From 0 to 60 mph in less than 5 seconds, a new breed of electric vehicles kick it into high gear, clocking performance that challenges gas-guzzlers. By Michael Spinelli from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

No Flush: Let the Yellow Mellow
Cheered on by the green building movement, waterless urinals conserve water by going with the flow. And they're catching on from North America to the South Pole. By Jenny Cutraro. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Joshua Davis, Art Punk
They call him the Jackson Pollock of the internet age. He calls them a few choice four-letter words. But everyone wants a piece of artist Joshua Davis, the bad boy of web design. . By Scott Kirsner from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Brand Doesn't Pull Its Punches
The riveting documentary film, Our Brand Is Crisis, chronicles the adventures of the American political advisors who stage-managed Bolivia's 2002 election. What's the effect on democracy, asks the film, when ad execs hawk politicians the same way Nike sells sneakers? By Jason Silverman. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Waxy Fights for Right to Parody
A blogger resists pressure to remove videos lampooning Bill Cosby from his site. The Cosby legal team is bearing down, but Andy Baio says it's discrimination against amateur web creators -- mainstream shows (The Simpsons, Mad Mag, SNL) have parodied Cosby over the years. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Serving Up Porn in HD Over IP
Entice TV offers full-length, high-definition adult features over your broadband connection. Who knew adult content could look this good? Commentary by Regina Lynn. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

FCC Probes Caller-ID Fakers
Caller-ID spoofing services let users appear to be dialing from any phone number they choose. Now federal investigators are trying to get the real names of anonymous callers. By Kevin Poulsen. From Wired News on March 3, 2006 at 7:46 p.m..

Ain't it Cool Strikes Again
Ain't it Cool News has once again made my day - and month - with this great review. TESTAMENT #3DC VertigoIn the first two issues of this series, Douglas Rushkoff was simply telling parallel stories set in both Biblical times and the near future. In this issue, though, something happened I expected to be a long time off yet: the ancient gods who have been observing our cast of subcultural insurgents begin to directly interfere in events, to startling affect. We also get a retelling of one From rushkoff.blog on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

On Education: School Drama Coach Owns a Little Bit of Oscar Night
John Fredricksen taught the director of "Capote," Bennett Miller, and the film's screenwriter, Dan Futterman, in Mamaroneck, N.Y., in 1984. From New York Times: Education on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Jordan Plans to Start Its Own New England-Style Prep School
Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts is helping to establish the Middle East's first coeducational boarding school, at the request of King Abdullah II. From New York Times: Education on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Stanford Shrinking Football Stadium to Boost Ticket Sales
The university hopes its $95 million project to reduce seating from 85,000 to 50,000 will make people buy season tickets to be sure they can attend the games they want. From New York Times: Education on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Online Colleges Receive a Boost From Congress
Colleges will no longer be required to deliver at least half their courses on a campus to qualify for federal student aid. From New York Times: Education on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Agreement Is Reached for Students From Somalia
The agreement is intended to improve educational opportunities for Somali children enrolled in schools in Springfield, Mass. From New York Times: Education on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Less is more
A suggestion from Avi Charkham: When I learn at work I need posts of no more than 20-30 lines. I want a quick in/quick out situation where I can snap up a bit of information and go on. It would help if long posts would be split, not randomly but according to some logical structure. The way [...] From Internet Time Blog on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

U.K. Internet Connectivity, December 2005
U.K. Internet subscribers continue to shift to broadband from dialup connections. From ClickZ Stats on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Internet Users Lined Up for Video
Yahoo! leads Google in potential market share for video content offerings. From ClickZ Stats on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Dropout rates high, but fixes under way
High school dropouts are getting more attention as studies show how alarming the problem is. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Jim McGee - A Reading List for Aspiring Knowledge Workers - McGee's Musings
OK, this is probably a pretty good list, but I would approach a reading list for knowledge workers very differently. For example, knowledge workers should be familiar with Hume's Treatise of Human Nature, Wittgenstein's On Certainty and Polanyi's Personal Knowledge. Throw in some Feyerabend and Lakatos to taste. Add Minsky's Society of Mind. Ronald Giere's Understanding Scientific Reasoning. Blend with Kenneth Clark's Civilisation and Patrick Watson's Struggle for Democracy. Mix in William Gibson's Neuromancer, John Varley's Steel Beach, and Ursula From OLDaily on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Sebastian Fiedler - What Constitutes Personal Learning Environments? - Seblogging
Seb Fiedler summarizes some of the recent discussion around personal leaning environments. Good, recent, set of links. He writes, "I treat personal learning environments more as a psychological perspective. What forms my 'personal learning environment' at a given point in time, and for a particular purpose or goal (that drives a learning project), is largely determined by the range of resources that I am able to perceive, locate, link to, access, manage, and so forth." This item and the next via Mark Oeh From OLDaily on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Erick Schonfeld - The Next Net 25 - Cnn
Many of these 'next 25' companies will be familiar to OLDaily readers. There is certainly a trend happening, which this story captures. "The Next Net is deeply collaborative: People from across the planet can work together on the same task, and products or tools can be rapidly tweaked and improved by the collective wisdom of the entire online world. The new era is also creating a realm of endless mix and match: Anyone with a browser can access vast stores of information, mash it up, and serve it in new ways, to a few people or a few hundred million." What this article misses, though, From OLDaily on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Harold Jarche - Moving to WordPress
Harold Jarche is moving to a new blogging system that is tantramar to the truth! (OK, that was a joke just for Canadians). [Link] [Tags: Canada, Web Logs] [Comment] From OLDaily on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

James Farmer - The Blackboard Beyond Initiative - Incorporated Subversion
James Farmer (and he's not alone) is less than impressed with this week's endorsement of e-learning 2.0 by Blackboard. OK, I agree, the corporate track record is not good. And maybe the 2.0 thing is buzzword bingo. On the other hand, though, maybe the right push at this point of time will see the words result in product. And that would be a good thing. I think we can do a lot of good if we try to help and nudge Blackboard in the right direction, and that includes nodding positively when they say the right things. And we owe it to the many staff and students who use Blackboard to at l From OLDaily on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Jay Cross - Business Performance and Webwork - Internet Time
Jay Cross points to this useful paper by E&ampY's Rod Boothby, The Next Wave in Productivity Tools - Web Office. It correctly points to the idea that "The only way out of an overload of push email and information overload is to turn to pull technologies you access when and how you choose. Don't get pushed around!" Well there's that push versus pull thing again. Cross writes, "It's comforting to know that I'm not the o From OLDaily on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Various authors - Bering Strait School District
Today is my last day in Alaska - I catch the red-eye tonight - and I leave with a new appreciation and affection for this northern state. My thanks to everyone at ASTE who made me feel so welcome, to John Concilus and the rest of you from BSSD who are doing great things in the wilderness, to Ted and Sonny and Matt and Art and Diana (who is living her dream), to Naruo Ohno (who I last saw on a mountain glacier), to the good people at the OLDaily on March 3, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Harold Jarche - Bloggers' Rules
Well, I don't know, is this what readers want? I'm not posting fiction, well written or otherwise, I can tell you that. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on March 2, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..

Jeremy Hiebert - Classrooms as Studios -- Personal Doing Environments - HeadsPaceJ
I agree with this: "In an educational mindset, we might think the learning itself is the important thing, but really we're talking about doing, with learning as something that happens in the process of pursuing meaningful goals." Which is why it is unfortunate, as the author points out, that the tools that enable doing are blocked. "You've got a motivated, innovative teacher who wants to let kids focus on the stuff that matters to them... but is finding it at odds with the goals of the system." [Link] [Tags: OLDaily on March 2, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..

Jay Cross - Less is More - Internet Time
I'm just doing some odds and ends, and I'm referring to this post just to get some work done. ;) Seriously, I have thought a lot about what sort of length works for these posts, which is why I settled at about eight lines. I find it significant that most readers are content with my summary (or totally unrelated expression of opinion), though I would always provide a link to the longer work. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on March 2, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..

Miguel Guhlin - Editing Student Writing - Mousing Around
Of course studesnts should be able to publish their mistakes - I mean, after all, I publish mine! Frequently! [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on March 2, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..

Miguel Guhlin - Brief Guide to Starting with Linux - Mousing Around
Useful guide on how to get started with Linux, and sometimes it works the way it should (your mileage may vary). I have in particular had problems with the non-standard Linux applications, like Java and Real Player, so I would be pleased to see that installation become as simple as described in this article. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on March 2, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..

Rob Wall - Read-Blend-Write Web - StigmergicWeb
Good overview of the history of the idea of mixing, merging and otherwise mangling RSS feeds in education. [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on March 2, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..

Terry Anderson - When Push Comes to Pull - Virtual Canuck
Hm. If I were ever allowed (I'm not), I would host my own information technology roundtable. Fame would not be a requirement, just a demonstrated engagement in new learning technologies. It would be genuinely international and it would include as many women as men. It's not hard to get such a group together, you just have to want to do it, and be blind to a certain demographic's persistent self-promotion. Oh, and I'd invite Terry Anderson, because he is certainly astute enough. Anyhow, it's nice to see the (demographically challenged) current group of "intellegensia" f From OLDaily on March 2, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..

Stephen Downes - Denali - Stephen's Web
When I walked on the ice of Denali My fingers froze But if I do not walk on the sacred ground My heart does [Link] [Tags: ] [Comment] From OLDaily on March 2, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..