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Gift of the Gab Australia is the world school debating champ for the fourth straight time. Why does Australia perform so well? Ari Sharp, spokesman for the Debaters Association of Victoria, attributes it to "the comprehensiveness of the training and the fact that Australian students are as bright as they get. Many come from families where they are exposed to different ideas". The Age, 31 July 2006 From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..


Study Centre to Target Anti-Americanism in Australia IF a new US studies centre, to be set up at a leading Australian university, succumbs to anti-Americanism, its funding could be pulled. "We would not seek to see the centre becoming the plaything of any prejudice," said Michael Baume, a former politician and diplomat who will help select a university home for the centre. The Australian-Higher Education, 26 July 2006 From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..


Western Australia Launches New Career Development Centre Western Australia's Department of Education and Training has opened a new Career Development Centre. The centre caters to all Western Australians seeking learning experiences, a career change, or a new job. The centre combines the former Training Info Centre, TAFEWA Admissions Centre and Overseas Qualifications Unit. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..


Chem Trails From Undesignated Blog on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Why Raul Castro Could End Up a Reformer The Cuban dictator's brother has long been known as Fidel's enforcer. But at 75, he is also less rigid and confrontational, and may have little choice but to open the island's economy. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Social Networking Website Leads To Discovery Of 2,000 Pot Plants. The Sherburne Sheriff’s Department destroyed more than 2,000 marijuana plants as a result of an investigation that rose out of information gathered from a social networking Web site.The departments drug task force gathered enough information off the Web site to execute a warrant after a juvenile girl indicated there was pot growing at her house. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Amazing basketball shot This kid couldn't be luckier. Turned a horrible attempt into one of the best shots I've ever seen! From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


KDE 3.5.4 is released KDE Project ships fourth translation and service release for leading Free Software desktop. KDE 3.5.4 features translations in 65 languages, enhanced removable device support and improvements in the HTML rendering engine (KHTML). There are also speed optimisations in Konsole and Kate. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Will Ferrell: Jon Stewart "single-handedly saving our democracy" Will Ferrell opened up his interview on the Daily Show last night (7/31) by declaring that Jon Stewart "works his ass off...single-handedly saving our democracy." I couldn't agree more. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Life After Earth: Imagining Survival Beyond This Terra Firma The article looks at 'bio-vaults', be they in the frozen north or on the moon, which might allow the human race to continue on after a globally catastrophic event. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


20.1-inch HD DVD Laptop Released Starting at an astronomical price of $2,800, the 20-inch Acer Aspire 9800 lets you take your HD DVD anywhere, as long as you can lift 17.2 lbs. Not for the weak of heart, wallet, or back, the Aspire 9800 has a Core Duo T2600, 2GB of RAM, Geforce Go 7600 graphics card, 240GB hard drive and an HD DVD drive. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Tax imposed to fund Spanish-American War in 1898 finally ends The Spanish-American War has been over for more than 100 years, and now so is the tax imposed back in 1898 to help fund it. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


How to create a Ruby extension in C in under 5 minutes Many coders will reach a situation where developing a C extension makes sense, whether for doing 'heavy lifting', diving into assembly language, interfacing with other C code, etc. Luckily, developing a basic Ruby extension in C is easy. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


MIT's Fab Tree Hab - growing houses instead of building them The basic framework of the house would be created using a gardening method known as pleaching, in which young trees are woven together into a shape such as an archway, lattice, or screen and then maintain that form over the years. As the framework matured, the home grower would weave a dense layer of protective vines onto the exterior walls. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Street Fighter II-Hyper Fighting for The Xbox 360 Arcade Is Offically Out! The Wait is over hope on Xbox Live Marketplace to play one of the great Arcade games for the Xbox 360! From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Matt and Trey: C'mon Jews...show them who really runs Hollywood South Park's war against Scientology isn't over yet. Comedy Central's fired the latest shot, with an ad imploring Hollywood's Jewish community to show Scientologists who's really in charge, with an ad in Daily Variety on Tuesday. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Meebo Launches MeeboMe Palo Alto based Meebo is a Sequoia backed web chat company that allows users to access popular instant messaging services on a web page instead of using downloaded software. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


The Daily Show gets Left Behind Take one part The Daily Show, stir in one part violent religous video game Left Behind: Eternal Forces, and roll it all up with a nice portion of This Week in God's Rob Corddry. The results: a delicous, snarky treat comparing "murder-simulator" Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with, uh, saving-simulator (?) Left Behind. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


The McGwire Situation: next year's tough call for the hall of fame Canseco, Caminiti, McGwire...all on the 2007 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot...the first two: no way, the third..."Either way, it won't be an ordinary vote, and might not be again for a long time. "It'll be interesting," Madden said, "to see if 75% of us are willing to overlook this steroids thing."" From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


The Web's New News Thing Looking to spot the next MySpace? Consider Digg.com, a "social news" site caught up just now in a scrappy battle with AOL. "Social news," you ask? From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


An Astronomical Identity Crisis As children, everyone is taught the traditional order of the nine planets in the solar system. However, as we learn more about our neighboring planets– and space in general– this may have to be changed. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


MySpace, Friendster, Facebook, banned from schools? MySpace, Friendster, Facebook, Bebo and other social networking sites would be banned from schools and libraries in the U.S., if a bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Will Wright reveals Spore to head to home consoles Will Wright's ambitious plans for Spore include developing the game for next generation home consoles (including Nintendo's Wii) From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


ESPN charging ISPs to carry ESPN360 As broadband becomes commonplace in most homes across America, television networks have boosted their online video offerings and made paid content available for free in many cases. ESPN is taking a different approach to ESPN360, its online video offering, charging Internet service providers (subscription required) for the right to carry the service From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Nintendo admits manufacturing flaws for DS Lite Nintendo is making customers aware of the issue and offering replacements to those who have damaged units. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


PS3 Interface video from Youtube Two videos that show the PS3 and the Xbox 360's interfaces. Both are from Youtube. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Man faces jail time for writing a curse word on a check The parking fine was $10. But the comment Robert Militzer added to the check could land him in jail for 30 days. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Transform Your Ubuntu's Look This article will detail how to mold the Ubuntu Gnome desktop into anything you want it to be From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Introducing Yodel Anecdotal: The Yahoo! Corporate Blog Get behind the scenes at Yahoo! by checking out Yodel Anecdotal, Yahoo's very own corporate blog. They’ll cover emerging trends, profile interesting Yahoos, spotlight beloved users, sprinkle in some videos, podcasts and photo essays. The first post has a video tour of the Yahoo! campus. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Play Snake With Windows It makes the snake out of square windows that you have open, and you direct it over your desktop. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Mom uses Technology to PWN Teens. Teenagers who toilet-papered and damaged a home now face felony vandalism charges because of a mother's extraordinary sleuthing. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Apple patches 26 security flaws Of the patched security holes, 17 could expose the user to an arbitrary code execution. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Hijacking a Macbook in 60 Seconds or Less "We're not picking specifically on Macs here, but if you watch those 'Get a Mac' commercials enough, it eventually makes you want to stab one of those users in the eye with a lit cigarette or something," Maynor said. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


"How I yearn for an adults-only airline" "Which brings me to the Big Idea buried deep in this rant. As the airline industry fragments, with the likes of Ryanair chasing budget-conscious passengers, while newcomers such as MaxJet aim at the corporate traveller, there must be an opening for a carrier that offers a child-free service." From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Israeli Airstrikes Resuming "Israel said it would resume air strikes after a 48-hour partial halt. The Israeli security cabinet on Tuesday unanimously approved widening Israel's ground offensive in Lebanon. [...] Mr Olmert said it was not in Israel's interest to declare an immediate ceasefire." From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Interview With The People Working To Save Your Digital Media Rights This is an interview with members of DefectiveByDesign, the Free Software Foundation anti-DRM campaign that sent HazMat suited protesters to Apple stores. DefectiveByDesign is targeting Big Media, unhelpful manufacturers and content distributors in an effort to save your fair use rights in the face of restrictive laws and DRM. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Her Teeth Are Purple and the Sun Will Kill Her -- It's a Medical Mystery "Can you imagine what life would be like if you could only come out at night? If ultraviolet rays — even from a light bulb — could be dangerous, perhaps fatal? Kasey Knauff, 5, of Bellefonte, Pa., faces this reality. Her strange symptoms began the day she was born: April 10, 2001. " From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


The Worst Economics Article Ever A writer for "L Magazine" thinks it is egregious that the grocery store brings you food from around the world rather than just selling stuff from local farmers. She further demands to know why strawberries sold in New York must be shipped all the way from California, apparently forgetting that consumers don't have 3,000-mile tongues. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Report: Oklahoma dismisses starting QB Bomar Oklahoma starting quarterback Rhett Bomar will not play for the Sooners this season following an investigation by the team, according to a television report. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Las Vegas hosts two hacker conferences The middle-aged G-men who wear crisp suits and consort with teenage hackers sporting purple hair can make the two conferences that will converge in Las Vegas this week look like a scene from a science-fiction movie. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Border agents let fake IDs go through Undercover investigators entered the United States using fake documents repeatedly this year — including some cases in which Homeland Security Department agents didn't ask for identification. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


MacRumors: WWDC Keynote Info? XServe, Mac Pro + Displays, MacBook Pro? MacRumors posts on page 2 some (unconfirmed, but promising) tidbits about how Monday's WWDC keynote may go down. What to expect? Mac Pros and Displays, XServes, MacBook Pro updates, and of course Leopard, with some kind of really mysterious and cool "3D" effect. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


Life After Earth: Imagining Survival Beyond Terra Firma The Alliance to Rescue Civilization differs from other so-called doomsday projects. It envisions a lunar base where, in the event of global catastrophe, humans could carry on, protecting DNA samples of life on Earth and maintaining a bank of human knowledge. From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


How To Prevent Windows XP Users From Writing To USB Drives USB drives are extremely handy tools, but in some instances it might not be a good idea to allow users to write onto these devices from their PCs. Here is how "Users of Windows XP with service pack 2 installed can disable writing to USB devices." From on August 2, 2006 at 7:08 p.m..


SC: 02/08 Botnet sends out 8 million 'Phishing' emails A single botnet is being used at the moment to bombard UK firms with millions of Phishing emails; a botnet represents an agglomeration of compromised PCs which can be instructed to carry out malicious activity without the knowledge of their owners ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 p.m..


Diggnation: The Flash Banner Game Ever since I heard that Kevin and Alex admit to playing those annoying flash banner ad games, I figured there should be slightly less annoying Diggnation banner ad. So I whipped up this one as soon as I could. It even has a bonus monkey shooting game for Alex ;) Don't forget to hit up Johnny Johnny for a SHOTS boost! From digg on August 2, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon. Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon's initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort to mislead the commission and the public rather than a reflection of the fog of events on that day, according to sources involved in the debate. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


President Bush Stumbles While Getting Off Air Force One. In this combination photo, President Bush reacts as he stumbles while walking off Air Force One after returning to Andrews Air Force Base on Monday. While he didn't top Gerald Ford's memorable tumble, The expression on Bush's face in each photo are priceless! From digg on August 2, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Tired of prying eyes at work? My boss recently decided that we'd be more productive if we adopted an open floor plan, which includes having all monitors facing outwards so he can keep a constant eye on what we're working on. In order to continue reading digg in peace, I whipped up a little proxy app which I thought some of you might find useful. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Study reveals how continents can break apart A paper co-authored by CSIRO's Professor Klaus Regenauer-Lieb and published in Nature reveals new information on the strength of continents and how they can split apart. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Bloggers to Microsoft: Take your time with Vista Given that the next version of Windows is more than two years late, you'd expect that people would be calling for Microsoft to get its act together and release it soon as possible. Not so. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Windows Live Spaces Launches!! Tonight at 9 pm PST Microsoft will announce the launch of Windows Live Spaces, a blogging and social networking site on the Live.com platform. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


EA Drops Bombshell: Wii Games "No More Than $49.99" EA dropped the news during a conference call "...we have ramped up [game] production for the Wii and DS Lite' following significant excitement over the Nintendo-created consoles at E3. Wii games won't cost more than US$49.99 at launch." If Wii games were to cost the same as HD games on the 360/PS3 then their advantage could be eliminated! From digg on August 2, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Mel Gibson's full apology; wants to meet with Jewish leaders "I'm not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing." From digg on August 2, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


'Obesity vaccine' shows success In what could become a new weapon in the battle of the bulge, scientists have reported initial success with an experimental vaccine for obesity. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Robot Worn On Your Body Can Increase Your Strength An exoskeleton that can be worn by a human is a new type of robot under development at Tsukuba University. It's called Hybrid Assistive Limb, HAL for short, and anyone who wears it has potential to lift up to 10-times the weight they normally could. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Bubblicious - Wiki.com sells for almost $3 million You heard that right. The owner of adware.com (among others) has now snapped up wiki.com. Bubble 2.0? From digg on August 2, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Javascript Showdown: Speeds of Opera 9, IE6, and Firefox 1.5 How fast is your favorite browser's Javascript engine? After creating a Javascript benchmark tool and testing Opera 9.0, MSIE 6.0, and Firefox 1.5, you might be surprised to see which one came out on top...way on top. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


SC: 02/08 Apple issue security update for Mac OSX Apple Computer has issued patches for a number of vulnerabilities in its Mac OS X operating system that could pose as backdoors for hackers or malicious users; a recommended security release - Security Update 2006-004 - the fourth such update this year has been issued ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on August 2, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Ten Best NBA Free-agent Signings The top 10 NBA free agent signings of all-time. From on August 2, 2006 at 6:33 a.m..


Ballmer Analyzes Microsoft's 'One Big' Vista Mistake "We made an upfront decision that was, I'll say, incredibly strategic and brilliant and wise -- and was not implementable. We tried to incubate too many new 'innovations' and integrate them simultaneously. We'll never again do a Windows update this big." From on August 2, 2006 at 6:33 a.m..


Put your laptop to sleep The Dapper Drake release of Ubuntu Linux includes the new gnome-power-manager package, which enables ACPI sleep much like the system-tray power applet in Windows. Finally, sleep "just works" in Linux. From on August 2, 2006 at 6:33 a.m..


FCC fines lead to self-censorship by networks "Recent FCC actions have created confusion in the television industry about what is acceptable and what is not. Since most fines take years to investigate, TV producers aren't often sure what will be found indecent and what will not. Why, for instance, was the Martin Scorcese's documentary The Blues fined in one market but not in others?" From on August 2, 2006 at 6:33 a.m..


Big 3 automakers see sharp decline in sales U.S. automakers experienced a moribund July as sales plummeted from a year ago, when heavy discounts spurred a near record month for the auto industry. From on August 2, 2006 at 6:33 a.m..


OpenID: an actually distributed identity system This is a decentralized identity system, not attached to a particular company. An OpenID identity is a URL. You can have multiple identities in the same way you can have multiple URLs. OpenID provides a way to prove that you own a URL (identity). It does this without sharing passwords or email addresses, or any profile exchange component at all. The profile is your identity URL. Recipients of your identity can then learn more about you from any public, semantically interesting documents linked thereunder (FOAF, RSS, Atom, vCARD, etc.). From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Patent on Internet Based Education Support System and Methods Blackboard says the US patent office has issued it a patent for technology used for Internet based education support systems and methods, and has taken legal action against another online learning company. There is concern that the patent could threaten open source initiatives like Moodle and Sakai, and also schools using blogs or wikis for courses. Blackboard said its patent has been granted in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore and is pending elsewhere. The Inquirer, 1 August 2006 From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Maker to Manufacturer to Market Grant Recipients Annouced The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the three recipients of its Maker to Manufacturer to Market (MMM) grants. The grants allow designers and craftspeople to make a prototype, manufacture their product, and package the work for commercial markets. The recipients are Forlana Design, Greg Healey and Print Ink. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Making Every Drop Count: Water Recycling Would you drink a glass of treated effluent? That question has become part of a heated national debate about water recycling, as people try to find solutions to the lack of water supplies brought about by climate change and a growing population. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Is Google News Obsolete? New products from startups and entrepeneurs are advancing news aggregation beyond what Google News offers. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Lego Mindstorms NXT Launches Today! On Aug 1, 2006, the next generation of Lego Mindstorms is now available for sale in North America. Mindstorms NXT is a robotics toolset that allows you to build and program robots for various purposes. It combines the power of the Lego technic building system and an all new intuitive software environment powered by National Instruments LabVIEW. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Terminator Gives British Prime Minister Blair iPod After Visit... "Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, handed Blair an all-new 60GB black video iPod as a souvenir of the trip yesterday...The music player was pre-loaded with 160 songs about California." Unknown if Blair said, "I'll be back".... From digg on August 2, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


$25 million Creation Museum being built in Kentucky Like most natural history museums, this one has exhibits showing dinosaurs roaming the earth. Except here, the giant reptiles share the forest with Adam and Eve. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


HD DVD Ahead of Blu-Ray, by a nose "The unfortunate cropping of the Blu-ray image, coupled with more noticeable compression artifacts and an overall darker cast, can't compete with the more consistently pleasing presentation of the HD DVD." From digg on August 2, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


The Onion: Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self WASHINGTON, DC—In a decisive 1–0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Novell bans proprietary Linux modules In a change of heart, Novell has ceased distributing proprietary software modules such as 3D video drivers that plug into the Linux kernel. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) is an international and interdisciplinary journal for the publication of original research concerning natural hazards. NHESS encompasses: The evolution of natural systems towards extreme conditions and the detection of precursors of such evolution; The monitoring of rare events and the integration of measures for the understanding of spatial and temporal characteristics of rare natural phenomena; The development of new techniques for the reduction of damage to human settlements and the impact of rare events on man-made structures; The impact on From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) is an international journal for the publication of original research in hydrology, placed within a holistic Earth System Science context. In particular, HESS encourages and supports fundamental and applied research that seeks to understand the interactions between water, earth, ecosystems and man. A multi-disciplinary approach is encouraged that enables a broadening of the hydrologic perspective, and the advancement of hydrologic science through the integration with other cognate sciences, and the cross-fertilization across disciplinary boundaries.EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Geophysical Research Abstracts (GRA) Geophysical Research Abstracts (GRA) is an international, interdisciplinary journal for the publication of collections of short summaries (abstracts) of up-to-date research in the Earth, planetary and space sciences in separate issues. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


eEarth (eE) eEarth (eE) uses an open access interactive format to publish short, topical papers in all disciplines of the Earth Sciences. Its scope ranges from processes in the deep interior of the Earth and the terrestrial planets; magmatism, metamorphism and volcanism; the creation, deformation and destruction of lithosphere; fluids, fluxes, and reservoirs of mineral and energy resources; surface processes such as erosion, transport, deposition of sediments and resulting geomorphology; and the response of the Earth to climate change. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Teacher Librarian Innovation Award for Media Literacy Enhancement This national award recognises and honours outstanding Australian teacher librarians who demonstrate a high level of achievement in the award criteria, making a positive impact on media literacy within the school. This award carries cash prizes from EnhanceTV, for use in the library. Winner: $ 1000; Two Highly Commended prizes: $500 each. Call for nominations: applications close 16 October 2006 From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Social Geography Social Geography provides a forum for contributions that combine a strong theoretical orientation with praxis-related matters of concern. It focuses on the interrelation of society, practice and space and its implications for everyday life, social and environmental policy or economic practice. The journal intends to enhance and to accelerate communication amongst scientists working in social geography, including Human Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, Architecture, Ecology, Cultural Studies, History, Politics, Philosophy, or Linguistics. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Ocean Science (OS) Ocean Science (OS) is a new international and free to web scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications and review papers on all aspects of ocean science, experimental, theoretical and laboratory. The primary objective is to publish a very high quality scientific journal with free web based access for researchers and other interested people throughout the world. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (NPG) Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (NPG) is an international, interdisciplinary journal for the publication of original research furthering knowledge on nonlinear processes in all branches of Earth, planetary and solar system sciences. The editors encourage submissions that apply nonlinear analysis methods to both models and data. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Tools for School Tools for School is a blog run by Deon Metelski, an educator, technologist, consultant  and founder of MySchoodle, who strives to inform the community and help others with technologies that may be unfamiliar or too "techie". The goal of this blog is to provide information and sharing to help develop educational technology practices and provide tools to achieve those goals. Open-source software is used considerably in his work and the hope of spreading the use of open-source if it is easy to use. His motto is simple, effective and meaningful. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Dan's Mathcast -- My Math Podcast "dansmathcast is math knowledgefor the masses, from a real math nut.each show has features, a textbookchapter, and challenge problems!" From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


C# Tutorials Good C# tutorials covering a wide range of topics From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


Digital Dividends for the Poor: ICT for Poverty Reduction in Asia This publication on ICT for Poverty Reduction in Asia is part of the Global Knowledge Partnership's overall effort to increase the availability of information and knowledge on the potential, use and value of ICT in development. The focus is on Asia because it is home to about 75% of the world's poor and also because it is a region that is dynamic in terms of ICT experimentation and development. From Recent Items on August 2, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


7-31-06 Colbert Report results in Wikipedia crash. Last night on his show the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert did a bit on wiki and encouraged his users to post erronerous info about elephants. Later last night wiki's servers crashed. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..


LSD Testing On The British Military (VIDEO) A crew of British military men were each given LSD-25 (Acid) while on the field. Here is what happened, From digg on August 2, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..


Video: Apple Torture: Macbook vs Drywall Screws The Apple and Invisible Shield fanboys have collected a bunch of screws loosened from their noggins, and used them to test the gadget protecting stickers. The unnamed Macbook owner drags his precious over a bed of spindly drywall screws over and over and over again. Make it stop! Somehow, the laptop emerges unscathed From digg on August 2, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..


THE TOP 100 GAMES OF THE 21st CENTURY There are many lists, but the one that really counts is the list of top sellers across an entire console generation. Next-Gen.Biz has ranked the top 100 games of the PlayStation 2 / Xbox / GameCube generation based wholly on unit sales. Analysis includes revenues, average review scores, commentary, spin-offs and more. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 3:15 a.m..


Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of high quality studies investigating the Earth's atmosphere and the underlying chemical and physical processes. It covers the altitude range from the land and ocean surface up to the turbopause, including the troposphere, stratosphere and mesosphere. The main subject areas comprise atmospheric modelling, field measurements, remote sensing, and laboratory studies of gases, aerosols, clouds and precipitation, isotopes, radiation, dynamics, biosphere interactions From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 3:14 a.m..


Climate of the Past Climate of the Past is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications and review papers on the climate history of the Earth. The main subject areas are: reconstructions of past climate based on instrumental and historical data as well as proxy data from marine and terrestrial (including ice) archives; development and validation of new proxies, improvements of the precision and accuracy of proxy data; theoretical and empirical studies of processes in and feedback mechanisms between all climate system components in relat From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 3:14 a.m..


Biogeosciences (BG) Biogeosciences (BG) is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications and review papers on all aspects of the interactions between the biological, chemical and physical processes in terrestrial or extraterrestrial life with the geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. The objective of the journal is to cut across the boundaries of established sciences and achieve an interdisciplinary view of these interactions. Experimental, conceptual and modelling approaches are welcome. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 3:14 a.m..


Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions (ASTRA) Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions (ASTRA) is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of high quality original research on all fields of Astrophysics and Space Sciences and related technology: Astrophysics; Cosmic Rays and Gamma Astronomy; Interstellar Matter; Heliospheric Physics; Solar and Stellar Physics; Planets, Comets, Asteroids and Dust; Extrasolar Planets; Magnetospheric Physics; Scientific Instrumentation. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 3:14 a.m..


See how a stupid "audiophile" wastes $485 This is a KNOB to control the volume of your stereo, nothing more. However, to "audiophiles" it is a $485 "performance upgrade." From the product listing: "The sound becomes much more open and free flowing with a nice improvement in resolution. Dynamics are better and overall naturalness is improved." From a freaking KNOB!!!!??? From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Free book: The Easiest Linux Guide You’ll Ever Read The author Scott Morris says: "After several months of writing and revising, I have made available the Easiest Linux Guide You’ll Ever Read. It is a book geared towards people who are competent with using Windows, who have never attempted to use Linux but are interested in giving it a try." From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


What would you do with Eight Treadmills? Awesome music video made by four guys using eight treadmills. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Top iTunes Add-Ons There's no disputing that iTunes boasts an excellent feature set right out of the installation package. However, if you really plan to stretch its powers to the max, you may want to think about downloading a few third-party applications. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Programming is Hard: Let's work to make it a little easier Great idea. Lots of nice snippets, including shell scripts and optimizations. In their words "Programming is Hard is a public repository for links and code snippets. Easily build up your personal collection of code snippets or links, categorize them with tags / keywords, and share them with the world (or not, you can keep them private!)" From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


The Milky Way Over Utah (Awesome Photo) This battle between heaven and Earth was captured dramatically over a rock formation at Capitol Reef National Park Utah, USA. Dark dust, millions of stars, and bright glowing red gas highlight the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, which lies on average thousands of light years behind Earth's mountains. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Chinese county massacres 50,000 dogs Due to three people dieing from rabies, a county in southwestern China has killed as many as 50,000 dogs in a government campaign. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Google content blocker (humorous) why see anything but ads? From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Firefox Exploit Exposed by Hackers Hackers have found to exploit a hole in the open-source Firefox browser that enables them to monitor people's activity on the Internet. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Build a Cheap and Fast RAID 5 NAS What's not to love? You lose one disk, throw in another and your data rocks on! This is the RAID 5 dream. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..


Advances in Radio Science (ARS) Advances in Radio Science (ARS) - Kleinheubacher Berichte is an international, interdisciplinary journal for fast publication of collections of short, but self-contained, as well as of individual refereed, communications in radio science and engineering, published by the U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V. on the web with the option of a publication on paper (print-on-demand) and on CD-ROM. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Advances in Geosciences Advances in Geosciences is an international, interdisciplinary journal for fast publication of collections of short, but self-contained communications in the Earth, planetary and solar system sciences, published in separate volumes by the European Geosciences Union on the web with the option of a publication on paper (print-on-demand) and on CD-ROM. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Annales Geophysicae Annales Geophysicae is an international, multi- and inter- disciplinary scientific journal for the publication of original articles and of short communications (Letters) for the sciences of the Sun-Earth system, including the science of Space Weather, the Solar-Terrestrial plasma physics, and the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, as specified in one or more of the following fields: Solar Corona and Heliosphere; Magnetosphere and Space Plasma Physics; Ionosphere and Aeronomy; Middle and Upper Atmosphere; Lower Atmosphere and Climate; Oceans and Air-Sea-Ice interactions. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


OpenAcademic: bringing education to all OpenAcademic aims to support learners, teachers, and institutions. It enables users to: create an intranet, blog or podcast; manage the school website, and all the club websites; create a private workspace; share files; communicate with parents; build a safe social networking environment within the school community; manage a class. It also: gives students the tools to build portfolios that cross academic years and curricular disciplines; supports teacher professional development. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Copernicus Online Open Access Journals Copernicus is a publisher of science and fine arts literature since 1990. Included are: Advances in Geosciences (ADGEO), Advances in Radio Science (ARS), Annales Geophysicae (ANGEO), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) & Discussions (ACPD), Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions (ASTRA), Biogeosciences (BG) & Discussions (BGD), Climate of the Past (CP) & Discussions (CPD), eEarth (eE) & Discussions (eED), Geophysical Research Abstracts (GRA), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) & Discussions (HESSD), Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), Nonlinear Processes in Geo From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


2010 National Broadband Targets - Maintaining Australia's Competitiveness IIA released Australia's first ever national broadband targets for 2010 at a special lunch in Melbourne at which ACCC Chairman, Graeme Samuel AO, delivered the keynote address. 31 July 2006 From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


What's Mainstream? Conventional and Unconventional Learning in Logan What's working and what isn't in the world of education? Jenni Connor reports the views of dozens of students and educators in conventional and unconventional settings in Logan on the outskirts of Brisbane. An intriguing insight into what is really happening in our schools and beyond. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Languages other than English Languages other than English, an information site about the teaching and learning of languages in government and community languages schools in Western Australia. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Google Scholar A broad search for scholarly literature. Users can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. From EdNA Online on August 2, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) FDC is an international development think tank. It is unique in its purpose and focus, its independent regional identity and its integration of action research and policy development. Its long-term aims are to: mobilise support for development cooperation; ensure sustainable development policies and practices in the Asia Pacific region; promote individual, community and private sector initiative; reduce poverty and disadvantage From Recent Items on August 2, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Can Your Programming Language Do This? Joel Spolsky discusses the importance and usefulness of thinking in terms of anonymous functions as arguments. From digg on August 2, 2006 at 12:02 a.m..


Senate reports tax cheating by super rich out of control... According to an article to appear in Tuesday's New York Times, a new Senate report on high-level tax schemes will reveal that "so many super-rich Americans evade taxes using offshore accounts that law enforcement cannot control the growing misconduct. The report estimates that tax cheating now costs the government up to 7 cents per dollar. From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


Solar-Powered Sun Bricks The Solar-Powered Sun Bricks use solar panels to charge during the day, when the night comes they turn on automatically a LED array to make the place they are put an easier to follow path even in complete darkness. From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


The TV Deal the NBA Wishes It Had Not Made Brothers Ozzie and Dan Silna, co-owners of the long-forgotten ABA team, the Spirits of St. Louis make $24 million a year and haven't had a team in 30 years. From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


CNN, Cartoon Network content added to iTunes Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Apple Computer today announced that hit programming from CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon Network is now available for purchase and download on the iTunes Music Store. From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


Top 10 Most Anticipated PC Games After much talk about PC gaming being dead with the arrival of powerful next-get consoles, here’s a list of games that prove PC gaming isn’t dead at all, there more reason for optimism for a PC gamer that for any console owner. From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


Abundant Power from Universal Geothermal Energy An MIT chemical engineer explains why new technologies could finally make "heat mining" practical nearly anywhere on earth. From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


GP2X Linux-based handheld gaming unit: Retro Heaven Yea, this dual-core, RISC-based portable media device has a hardware MPEG decoder for smooth playback of most any video file you throw at it, but the magic is in its abilities as a retro computer emulation platform. From C64 and Atari 800 to Amiga and Atari ST to 1,100 MAME titles - it's all possible. Over 30 systems emulated and for cheap! From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


3 out of 4 women now prefer a plasma tv to a diamond... THANK YOU GOD i think 100 out of 100 men agree with this From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


Taiwanese Kung Fu SWAT Don't mess with the Kung Fu fighting Taiwanese SWAT team From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


IBM Shows Sustained 207 Teraflops Performance on Blue Gene/L with Qbox App Twice a year, the supercomputer market and the IT industry at large, gets a sense of the massive amount of performance in supercomputers thanks to the Top 500 rankings. This ranking of supers, which are based on the Linpack Fortran benchmark test. From on August 1, 2006 at 11:38 p.m..


EDUCAUSE Live! EDUCAUSE Live! is a series of free, hour-long interactive Web seminars on critical information technology topics in higher education. Each seminar is delivered live using online audio and video/image presentation technology, allowing the user to interact directly with the host and guests through their Web browser. Seminars can be accessed afterward in the EDUCAUSE Live! archives, where there are recordings of all past seminars. From EdNA Online on August 1, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


Can You See Me Now? Can You See Me Now? is a chase game played online and on the streets. Players are dropped at random locations into a virtual map of the Banff Centre. Tracked by satellites, Blast Theory&apos;s runners appear online next to your player. The runners use handheld computers showing the positions of online players to guide them in the chase. Use your arrow keys to flee down the virtual streets, send messages and exchange tactics with other online players. An audio stream from Blast Theory&apos;s walkie talkies lets you eavesdrop on your pursuers: getting lost and out of breath on the real streets.< From EdNA Online on August 1, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


First International iPED Conference 2006: Pedagogic Research and Academic Identities iPed is the Inquiring Pedagogical research network at Coventry University, launched in 2005 to foster a community of Pedagogic research scholars. The inaugural conference will bring together practice-based scholars, academic developers, and HE managers and administrators to consider a variety of emerging pedagogic projects, approaches, and theories. The conference will focus on the following themes: Emergent Pedagogies (including E-Learning); Pedagogical Experiences and Pedagogical Evaluation; Academic Writing Research From EdNA Online on August 1, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference Focused on the theme “Spurring Innovation and Marshalling Resources,” the program offers a variety of ways to gather information, engage with peers in the higher education IT community, and hear from national and international figures in the field—including preconference seminars; track sessions; poster sessions; small group meetings; and corporate exhibits, presentations, and workshops. From EdNA Online on August 1, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


Creating a Successful Learning Culture: Connecting Learners, Communities, and Information This 2007 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting will explore our fundamental assumptions about what, where, and how we educate. It will focus on the ways institutions can enhance student learning, going beyond specific examples of innovation to the processes and practices that enable systemic progress toward more effective learning. Many sessions will deal with the ways in which information technology has changed learner habits and expectations. Connecting and collaborating are key trends in today’s information-rich environment, both for learners as well as for faculty and IT professio From EdNA Online on August 1, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


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