Diebold's Solution To E-Voting Problems: Don't Touch! Remember last week, when Diebold insisted that it would have a total fix in place for the problems they faced in the recent Maryland election? Yeah, well... it appears that isn't going so well. The state ran a daylong test, and found plenty of problems still to overcome. (via TechDirt) From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
OutBrain : Beyond RSS RSS is great, mostly if you are a software. It is a protocol that allows software to check for updates on information source and highlight the new updates. It is so great that in fact its already changed the way that many of us consuming information. I, for example, do not visits sites anymore for news reading- if you don't have RSS you do not exis From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Antiriddle: The Hardest Riddle on the Net - CHAPTER 2 The long-anticipated release of the second phase of the Antiriddle has finally been released to the general public. The Antiriddle is the current self-proclaimed hardest riddle on the net and caused a lot of activity when the first chapter was posted. Enjoy it and get to solving! Please, *NO SPOILERS* in this thread. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Smaller search engines declare war on Google "Google's strategy has shifted from trying to get you to information on the Web to trying to capture more and more of your time," says Doug Leeds, Ask.com vice-president for product management. "We are focused solely on getting people to their information faster." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Compare cable and satellite providers WhiteFence has several offers for inexpensive cable television service. You can compare and connect to a cable television provider quickly and easily using WhiteFence. Once you enter your address to the left, you will be able to compare cheap cable prices side-by-side. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Video of Archer Shooting Arrow...Disappearing "INSIDE" another Arrow (Skip ahead to 2 min 53 sec) The Slow Motion Sequence shows the Arror actually Entering another Arrow. Way More Impressive than Splitting an Arrow because if you didn't know any better, you would think the Archer missed the Target completely since it disapappers inside the Arrow already on the Target. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..
Making Money Using Amazon Web Services With PHP And SOAP Everyone, but everyone, knows what Amazon.com is - it's the largest online store on the planet, selling everything from baby clothes to the new Volkswagen Beetle. It's been around since the beginning of the Web and offers one of the friendliest shopping experiences online. So now let's make some money with them! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Will the eBook finally replace paper? Four major hurdles have restricted the electronic book market: construction, cost, content and culture. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
U.S. Population: 300,000,000 | The Nation Grows By 1 Every 11 Seconds It had taken more than half a century for the U.S. to grow from 100 million to 200 million people, finally crossing the threshold in November 1967. Now, nearly 40 years later, the nation is on the brink of reaching 300 million. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
CNN Turns to Event Marketing to Strut Its Brand CNN is seeking to bring its brand to life beyond the TV, PC and cellphone screens by forming a division devoted to event marketing. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Hidden rooms on the rise ON a recent Saturday morning Cami Beghou, 13, pushed the right side of the tall, white bookcase that is built into one of the powder-pink walls in her bedroom. The bookcase, holding rows of books, a stuffed dachshund and a volleyball, silently swung outward, revealing a tiny, well-lighted room. Containing a desk, a chair and a laptop computer From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Starbucks Wants to Open 40,000 New Stores It might seem there's already a Starbucks at every corner, but the international coffee conglomerate is far from satisfied. Chief Executive Jim Donald said Thursday morning that Starbucks Corp. has increased its goal by 10,000 to open 40,000 stores worldwide, which would more than triple the current number of stores. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
9-Volt Lights: reuse your batteries as candles Here's a cool way to use those useless 9 volt batteries you have cluttering up your junk drawer: Richard Lawson's 9Vo(l)tive lights. Turning any 9V battery into a small candle-like light that can be placed anywhere, they're a clever and eye-pleasing use of the chunky batteries. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
LucasArts Blasts "Next-Gen" Games LucasArts developer Chris Williams has expressed his disappointment with "the number of next-generation games that are really current-generation games with better graphics." Whether LucasArts can deliver will be seen late next year, in Indiana Jones, and then later in the all-new Star Wars title. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
2000 fps video of an anti tank missile launch The sheer power of this anti tank missile is visibile through this amazing slow motion video sequence recorded by Redstone Arsenal using ... all » the Photron ultima APX color high speed video camera. in addition to the spectacular ring of fire, the guide wire can clearly be seen unwinding from the rear of the projectile. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
web 2.0 color palette Miles Burke grabbed primary or logo colours from some of the big names in 2.0 land, and placed no less than 70 colours into one scrumptious Photoshop Colour Palette file, for your downloading pleasure (2kb zip file). He's also got a JPG version of it. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
CBS Evening News Parades 'Gay Cabal' Conspiracy Theory (Video) Couric's evening news had a segment featuring the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins claiming gay GOP operatives had a "network" that covered up Foley's behavior just because he was also gay. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Chris Farley Goes Absolutely Batshit Insane! This has to be the funniest clip on the internet! From an SNL skit where unsuspecting taste testers are told that the drink they are enjoying isn't as advertised. Check out Chris Farley's reaction! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Geek Girl of the Month Geekiest Moment: Probably walking into a tattoo shop and telling the guy that I want the Ravenclaw symbol tattooed on my back! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Battlefield 2142 Demo Hits Bittorrent!! Seems after only a few hours, someone nice uploaded their copy of the demo. Get it while its hot. Demo goes live for everyone in the next day or so. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
IGN posts a scathing editorial concerning next-gen costs IGN Editor Doug Perry has written a wonderfully satirical piece about the (possible) future costs of console gaming. Definitely a must read for all those that are livid about the recent EA Marketplace content and anyone who fears the word "consumables". From digg on October 5, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Why (most) medium sized free software projects are doomed (or, IBM said no) The world is blessed with hundreds of free software projects: from small (and priceless) utilities (like “ls”!), to complex, graphical programs (like Firefox, OOo and the GIMP). But who gets the funding? From digg on October 5, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Religious Right Comic for Kids Says Evolution is Racist "Don't you know that evolution is basically a racist concept?" says one kid, "Some evolutionists still teach that white people evolved from "negroes" - who evolved from apes - Meaning white people are more evolved." Who writes this stuff? From digg on October 5, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Car running on water This inventor was later killed in 1998 obviously? b/c certain people didnt want the invention to go mainstream. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
U.S. Government Caught Red-Handed Releasing Staged Al-Qaeda Videos Revelations that the US government had been in possession of footage released on Sunday depicting alleged Al-Qaeda hijackers and Osama Bin Laden since 2001 and evidence that the footage itself was filmed by security agencies, went unquestioned by the media - who blindly towed the official line that the tape was released by Al-Qaeda. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..
Remains of ancient reptile are found Researchers on Thursday announced the discovery of the remains of a short-necked plesiosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile the size of a bus, that they believe is the first complete skeleton ever found. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Swears in the Source Code We all know programmers swear a lot. Google recently released the Google Code search, which searches through open source tarballs and zips, and tries to find the number of occurences of a specific query. Guess what this guy was looking for... From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
The Mutual Fund Scam Many financial planners sing about the virtues of mutual funds. They will tell you mutual funds are great long-term investments with high returns and very low risk. In reality, the only thing mutual funds are good for is lining the pockets of people who sell and run them. Before you invest in a mutual fund, consider the following. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
British Find No Evidence Of Arms Traffic From Iran Since late August, British commandos in the deserts of far southeastern Iraq have been testing one of the most serious charges leveled by the U.S. against Iran: that Iran is secretly supplying weapons, funding and training for attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq. There's just one thing. They have yet to see or hear anything of the sort happening.. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Too much Digg? Get more work done with Blossom for OS X! Ever wonder where all the hours go? Blossom tracks how much time you spend on each app, web site, or document, and visualizes the data as a beautiful blossoming plant. Meet your goals and see your virtual plant blossom! Vote for the Blossom concept at http://mydreamapp.com/vote/ and see your productivity blossom! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Rumors of Serenity 2's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Joss Whedon asks, "Isn't there any ACTUAL news to get wrong?" From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Windows Vista only marginally impacts GPU power consumption Windows Vista's new Aero graphical user interface requires a fair amount of graphics horsepower to drive its fancy 3D effects, but how does it affect graphics card power consumption? The folks at The Tech Report have run some tests to find out, and the answer may surprise you. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Seven Hard Drives in an Apple MacPro (+ Photos) ean-François is back and has established a new record with 7HDs installed in a MacPro: 6 SATA HDs set as a RAID 0, and 1 PATA HD hosting the system From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Miracles You’ll See In The Next Fifty Years (printed in Feb, 1950) This is a pretty fun article that does a pretty mediocre job of predicting the future. Must have been those damn labor-unions that held everything back. My favorite prediction is that used underwear will be recycled into candy. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
An Old Letter Casts Doubts on Iran’s Goal for Uranium A forgotten letter in which the founder of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, cited a need for nuclear weapons has stoked a debate over whether to negotiate with the West and raised questions about Iran’s nuclear intentions today. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..
Wii production exceeding expectations According to UBS, 2 million Wii consoles were completed in Q3 (July-September) to support Nintendo's upcoming Q406 global console launch, beginning November 19th in North America. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Hastert Tells Conservative He’ll Resign If It Helps GOP J. Dennis Hastert, told a leading conservative Wednesday that he would resign as the top congressional leader if it would help the Republican Party stave off defeat in November.“He said if he thought that resigning would be helpful to the Republicans maintaining the majority, he would do it. But he did not think it would be helpful." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Vista's Virtual Kill Switch Microsoft denies that Microsoft Software Protection is a "kill switch" for Vista, even giving it a Q&A in its mock interview announcing the program. Technically, they're right, perhaps. Switching a PC into a degraded functionality where all you can do is browse the Internet doesn't kill it; but it's arguably a near-death experience. (Via ZDNet) From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Fonts, Logos, and Templates to Spruce up your Film or DVD A collection of resources for your films and DVDs including fonts that look like the credits on a movie poster. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Competitio.us: track your competitors online A web startup teams to keep track of their competitors, you start by creating a project like “Ajax startpages” or whatever field you are interested in. You then add competitors by URL. Competitio.us hits the web and brings back each company’s blog, recent blog posts, related blog posts from off site and detailed traffic data from Alexa. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Sexual Consent the best sex scene i have ever seen From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
"Truth Predictor" Software? Google Boss Tells Politicians to Beware Imagine being able to check instantly whether or not statements made by politicians were correct. "One of my messages to them (politicians) is to think about having every one of your voters online all the time, then inputting 'is this true or false.' We (at Google) are not in charge of truth but we might be able to give a probability," From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Why Is There a War on Drugs? So it seems pretty clear that logically and legally, conducting a war on a vice is misguided, but what about the other issues? What about all the damage illegal drugs do to our communities? What about all those children who would fall prey to nasty drug pushers was it not for those ever-popular "this-is-your-brain-on-drugs" commercials? From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
Pop vs Soda Submit whether you say Pop, Soda, Coke, or other, and see where else in the US they are said From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
5 Reasons Why the PS3 Is Worth Buying Enough with the negatives, here's 5 things that'll make the PS3 a great console. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..
SC: 05/10 Skype users should upgrade to version 2.5.0.146 If you use the popular Voice and Instant Messaging systems 'Skype' you should download a revised version; Skype can check the status using the command [Help][Check for Update] and then it will show you what updates are required ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on October 5, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
RSS Bandit RSS bandit is an open source RSS/Atom aggregator (also known as an RSS Reader) for Windows 2000, XP or 2003 desktop. It requires the .NET Framework. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Schooling in Western Australia This WA government website for parents provides links to brochures and information which explain the importance of the early years of education and how you can help a child in their learning. Brochure topics include: starting kindergarten, starting pre-primary school; choosing the right pre-primary program; the early years of schooling and what your child will learn; tips on learning through play; tips for starting school. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..
Conservative - "homosexuals more likely to abuse children" Amid the scandal surrounding former Rep. Mark Foley, Family Research Council (FRC) president Tony Perkins has promoted the falsehood that gay men are more likely than straight men to sexually abuse children. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Protesting fashion ban, Gaultier uses GINORMOUS model on catwalk Clearly more of a size 20 than the controversial model Size 0, this voluptuous woman proved big is beautiful as she strutted down the runway at Gaultier's 30th anniversary show yesterday during fashion week in Paris. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Fox Blames Voters in Florida for Foley 'they should have known better' In deflecting blame from House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) for apparently failing to properly address inappropriate emails allegedly sent by former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) to an underage male congressional page, Bill Kristol said that "the voters in Florida" shared the blame for Foley. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Riot at Columbia University Columbia Students rioted over a guest speaker's inflammatory remarks. Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minutemen (the vigilante border patrol), gave a speech at Columbia University Wednesday night. Students rushed the stage, and it eventually erupted into an old-fashioned mob scene. Link includes a blow-by-blow and video of the chaos. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Classic Ruben's Tube Experiment - AKA Dancing Fire Watch the Ruben's Tube Experiment in action as this guy pushes some music through the tube. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
One boob == 963,000 FCC complaints rs has compiled a surprising set of statistics on the practice, drawn from the FCC's own quarterly reports. They show a generally low level of complaints punctuated by massive—but occasional—spikes, most of which are fueled by "family-friendly" activist groups like the Parents Television Council ("Because our children are watching"). From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
LOST Returns Triumphantly - Season Three Episode One Recap with Pictures TheTailsection.com's DocArzt weighs in on the season premiere of LOST. Was it all it was expected to be? From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..
Dealing with the Digg Effect Traffic can be addictive, and it is exciting to see the hits pile up. But many websites have trouble dealing with the Digg effect and stop responding due to the heavy traffic influx. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Ten Reasons You Will Not Recognize America in Ten Years A sobering summary of policies and cultural changes that will make America unrecognizable from the land of freedom and prosperity we were taught that it was. News and insight every concerned person should be aware of, from the Patriot Act to the end of Habeas Corpus. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Hand-holding couples may be protected from pain and stress, a study shows "“It is a lot more intimate to hold hands nowadays than to kiss,” said Joel Kershner, 23. Because of that, he said, reaching for someone’s hand these days has more potential for rejection than leaning in for a smooch at a party where alcohol is flowing." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
A spoonful of bacteria could help to fend off HIV YOGURT may soon be enlisted in the battle against AIDS. Lactobacillus, a harmless bacterium that helps turn milk into yogurt, has been engineered to make HIV-fighting microbicides. Eating yogurt containing these bacteria could provide a way for women to fend off HIV if no other means are available. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Iraq's al Qaeda leader killed: Arabiya TV Iraq's al Qaeda leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been killed, Al Arabiya television reported on Thursday. It gave no further details. Masri, an Egyptian who is also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, assumed the leadership of al Qaeda in Iraq after Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in June. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Pajamas Media, Instapundit Facilitate Outing Of Foley Victim Some of the most highly-trafficked right-wing bloggers are linking to an obscure website which has outed one of Mark Foley's victims. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Official Trailer for Frank Miller's '300' Hits! Warner Bros. Pictures has launched the official trailer for director Zack Snyder's 300 at Apple, where you can watch the clip in various QuickTime formats. The film, opening March 9, brings Miller's acclaimed graphic novel to life by combining live action with virtual backgrounds that capture his distinct vision of this ancient historic tale. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Marijuana's Key Ingredient Might Fight Alzheimer's The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping of malformed proteins that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's than any currently approved drugs prescribed for the treatment of the disease. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Get 10 Frostys with a $1 donation at Wendy's In time for Halloween they are offering 10 Frosty's for a dollar donation. W00T for Wendy's! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
US Interior Dept. Computers used for Shopping, Sex & Gambling Web sites Interior Department employees aren't just using their computers to oversee parks and wildlife, an investigation found. They're spending thousands of hours a week visiting shopping, sex and gambling Web sites. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..
Muslim Police Officer Refuses To Guard Israeli Embassy Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan police commissioner, last night ordered an urgent review of a policy that allows officers to refuse certain duties on moral grounds after a decision to excuse a Muslim policeman from guarding the Israeli embassy in London. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
John Walsh Rebuts Conservative Anti-Gay Smears Walsh: "I think in the 21st century, people have a right to keep their sexuality, you know, to themselves. But, you know, making overt advances to 16-year-old boys from a 52-year-old man is nothing about gay. It’s about pedophilia." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Google Search Cloud (for Webmasters) The following Perl program parses an Apache HTTP server access_log in extended format and collects all referers [sic] which might be generated by a search action on Google. The query your visitors used are extracted and grouped per web page and status code. Then the program generates a valid HTML 4.01 strict webpage that shows those queries as a c From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Why do some age well while others don't The question is why some age well and others do not, often heading along a path that ends up in a medical condition known as frailty. Now, though, scientists are surprised to find that, in many cases, a single factor — undetected cardiovascular disease — is often a major reason people become frail. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Olberman gets the word out on O'Reilly's inaccuracies: Are They Deliberate? Keith is the first reporter I have seen cover this story today on cable news. A 24 hour news cycle shouldn't mean it takes 24 hours to report. Of course when we have to wait for Keith to come on, it does mean that. Was O'Reilly deliberately attempting to mis-lead viewers that Republican Mark Foley is a Democrat? Video here... From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
A pistol about the size of a postage stamp Swiss watch making meets COLT Python. Don't be deceived, this little pistol can kill. It is easy to hide, won't show on most airport screenings, and is untraceable. Put close to the temple and fired - it will kill in an instant. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
General Motor's integrated, retractable Flex-Fit bike rack GM's Flex-Fit system consists of an integrated bike rack that covertly hides within the rear bumper of your automobile, and at the presumed press of a button, the system pulls a stunt akin to those found in highly touted spy films, sliding out from beneath the vehicle in order to holster the bike and expose a secondary license plate. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Www.ackiest sites on the net Some of the funniest unintentially named websites you can find on the net. When combined without spaces as a domain name, they are read totally differently.eg: IT must have seemed a good idea to name a website after the well-known phrase ?The pen is mightier than the sword.? which turned out to be: www.penismightier.com From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Bloodhound Gang - Ralph Wiggum Bloodhound Gang song using nothing but Ralph Wiggum quotes. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
K-Fed to Get $10 Million After Split "Britney was leaving Kevin but then got pregnant again," said a frustrated family friend. If he and wife Britney Spears ever split, he stands to get $10 million - millions more than has been reported. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
YouTube releases new feature called QuickList YouTube just went down for a few hours for a feature upgrade - when it came back up a few minutes ago, the most obvious new feature is Quicklists. By clicking the "+" button on any thumbnail or the Quicklist bar under any video, you can instantly add it to your list. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..
Most Flirtatious Avatar? How long did it take before you can move you eyes OFF the avatar and actually start reading the blog? [Flash required] From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Court Says Warrantless Wiretap Program Can Continue The government can continue to use its warrantless domestic wiretap program pending the Justice Department's appeal of a federal judge's ruling outlawing the program, an Appeals Court in Cincinnati ruled on Wednesday. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Ghostly UPS Boeing 767 Taking Off Amazing over exposure of the plane's roller coaster-like path as it ascends into the skies. This is definitely my new wallpaper. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Top 7 Things To Know To Begin Running "It's not as difficult as you might think to get started on a running program - even if you haven't been physically active. If you start off the right way, you will soon discover for yourself the mental and physical benefits of running." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..
Gamestop manager: "There is no way the PS3 launch is going to go well." EBGamestop's big yearly show is over, and boy were managers left in a tizzy afterward. I've had the chance to talk to a few managers I trust on condition on anonymity, and their words don't inspire confidence about the system launches coming up. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Full South Park WoW Episode...you bastards! If you guys missed out on Wednesday's South Park, you should be ashamed! It was one of the funniest episodes I have seen in a long time. Get it before it goes down! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Chappelle's- President Black Bush Dave plays President Bush From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Beer drinkers beware: 4 percent of U.S. hops crop burns Federal investigators were set Tuesday to begin an investigation into a fire that ruined about 4 percent of America's yield of hops, used as flavoring in the brewing of beer and ale. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Eminent Domain Protester Canario Held In Gitmo Style Lauren Canario, Free State Project member noted for protesting against REAL ID and most recently, the eminent domain taking of Mrs. Kelo's New London, CT home, is being treated inhumanely in Connecticut's high-security York Correctional Institution. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Foley Scandal In 10 Minutes - As Only Keith Olbermann Can Do David Shuster just reported that sources on Capital Hill are telling him Hastert is done as Speaker. They are saying he will not hold the position in the next week. Following that, Keith gives a rundown on the timeline in the Foley scandal. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
10 Seeeeeriously Cool Workplaces Here’s some serious eye candy from 10 different innovative, well-designed workplaces. Including Pixar, Red Bull London and Google. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Drink Simulator This game simulates increased levels of intoxication when trying to open a door with a key. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Hate the dock? Vote to replace it! I love OS X in all in it's glorious shininess, but one aspect that could be done a lot better is the dock. Check out the proposed productivity app and spiritual better of the dock. Like what you see? Vote for it at: http://mydreamapp.com/vote/ it's currently in danger of being eliminated, help save this great app! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
Buy an Xbox 360, Get Gears of War or Viva Piñata for Free This what we call a great deal! Amazon has announced a new promo for the month of October that will get a buyer of an Xbox 360 a free copy of Gears of War or Viva Piñata. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..
'Dark Crystal' Sequel Gives Henson's Puppet Epic A Second Chance "The Dark Crystal" is preparing to rise up again. And this time it has technology on its side, along with one of the hottest action directors in all of geekdom - highly stylized Russian director Genndy Tartakovsky. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
U.S. Pushes Russia in WTO Talks to Close Allofmp3.com Top U.S. trade official says: Russia should shut down a pirate music Web site that is robbing U.S. recording companies of sales if it wants to become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Associated Press - Dennis Hastert is a Democrat Josh Marshall earlier this morning discovered the AP labeling Foley a Democrat. BradBlog posted the graphic later on, but missed another problem. Dennis Hastert is now a Democrat too. Yes ladies and gentleman–our liberal media working for you! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Al Qaeda Letter Says Prolonging The Iraq War 'Is In Our Interest' A newly translated letter from al-Qaeda's leadership to their Iraq organization shows the Bush administration's "stay the course" Iraq strategy is exactly what al Qaeda wants. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
US 'invents' software to track press A GROUP of US universities, backed with Homeland Security Department cash, is developing software that could let a government monitor negative opinions of the United States or its leaders. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
A 1992 PowerBook Ad Featuring a Leaner, more Youthful Steve Wozniak Wow, what a difference 14 years makes. Check the comments to access the URLs for the rest of the ad From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Gears of War Hands On Review A member from the site got a chance to sit down with GoW at a pre-screening event of the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Check out his encounter with multiplayer, frame rate issue, controler settings, graphics and more. Nice review. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..
Plans Unveiled for State-Financed Stem Cell Work in California The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine issued a plan today for how it would spend the $3 billion assigned by the state’s voters to finance stem cell research. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Intel May Be Edging Toward Antitrust Showdown in Europe European officials involved in an antitrust probe of Intel have presented their argument for pursuing charges to a panel "devil's advocates," an action that moves the chip maker one step closer to possible legal action. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
The Oil Conspiracy Is the Bush administration manipulating oil prices to win elections? From digg on October 5, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
Lenders Gone Wild! Never before have so many people owed so much $$ Wall Street is at an all-time top; apparently investors are as fearless, or as clueless... as consumers. That no one seems to register any fear is remarkable - given the catastrophic consequences of any misstep. Never before has there been so much debt...and never before have so many complicated, contradictory debt-backed investments been stretch From digg on October 5, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
MS Office UI Manager Discusses How They Made Changes Using Eye-Tracking Microsoft Office UI manager discusses what methods they used in changing the user interface, which eventually lead to their ribbon UI design. Using eye-tracking, a special monitor that tracks where you eyes focus on the most, they discovered the "hot spots" in Microsoft Office, and used that to better design the UI for greater functionality. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..
800 police officers suspended in Baghdad for helping death squads An entire police brigade in Baghdad has been suspended and its commander placed under arrest on charges of aiding sectarian death squads that have carried out mass kidnappings. "It was realized that removing them from Baghdad would, in fact, enhance security." said U.S. General Calwell. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
MIT Sketching Wish this was available in school during physics classes. Simple amazing! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..
Your grandkids, children will be able to teleport Beaming people in Star Trek fashion is still in the realms of science fiction but physicists in Denmark have teleported information from light to matter. Sounds like my fax machine with scanning fax feature... From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:24 a.m..
Star Trek upgrades holographic material Star Trek In Trouble, its every man/women for themselves - NSFW From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:24 a.m..
How to Make Your Own Jet Engine A step by step guide to making your own jet-engine from a car turbo-charger. Please be careful... From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:24 a.m..
Nintendo Wii up close: Photo gallery Nintendo Australia recently gave CNET.com.au a chance to have an early sneak peek at the upcoming Wii. Here's what they saw. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:24 a.m..
The Nintendo Wii is NOT the Game Cube. A response to the Miyamoto claim that the Wii is a GameCube From digg on October 5, 2006 at 10:24 a.m..
Teen Mothers Smoking to Avoid Painful Childbirth? Pregnant teenagers are taking up smoking in the hope of having smaller babies so that childbirth is less painful, a Government minister warned. Labour's public health minister Caroline Flint made the extraordinary claim after discussions with health professionals and young mothers. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Microsoft likely to ship Vista on time: analyst Goldman Sachs analyst Rick Sherlund sent a note to clients saying that Microsoft may be ready to send the final test version of its much-anticipated Windows upgrade later this week or next week, indicating that Vista will be available for business customers in November and retail PCs by late January. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Skype's Venice Project Revealed Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom are preparing to unveil their latest venture to the public—a video Web site that combines professionally produced TV and video with the interactive tools of the Web. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Space Image of the Day: Antarctic Ozone Hole This image from September 29, 2006, shows the ozone concentration in the stratosphere above the South Pole observed by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on NASA's Aura satellite. Greens and yellows show areas with the highest ozone amounts, while blues and purples show where ozone amounts are lowest. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..
Viper takes on a Ferrari and suffers a horrific crash Chase: Ferrari vs Dodge Viper at Deadman's road. After a short race, Viper runs off the road in a horor accident. Goes straght off the cliff. Goes 100 feet down From digg on October 5, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..
Skype for Linux 1.3 official public release After about a year of wait since last release, Skype released new version of its breakthrough product for Linux platform. ALSA support (don't laugh) and overall cleanup, contact list quick filter and many many more small visual and usability improvements make it a great update for Linux users. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
Apple: How to design appropriate icons for your OS X apps "Icon genres help communicate what you can do with an application before you open it. Applications are classified by role—user applications, software utilities, and so on—and each category, or genre, has its own icon style." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
Drinking Tea Soothes Stress, Researchers Say Published in the international journal Psychopharmacology, the study found that people who drank tea were able to de-stress more quickly than those who drank a tea substitute. Following a stressful event, tea-drinkers also had lower levels of cortisol in their blood when compared with a control group who drank placebo tea. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
Hubble spots planets whipping around their stars in less than 24h The Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a crop of 16 possible planets circling stars near the bustling centre of the Milky Way. Five are whipping around their stars in less than a day, giving them the shortest “year” on record. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
Intel Takeover of NVIDIA Imminent? NVIDIA shares climbed more than 8 percent on Wednesday amid speculation the graphics chipmaker could be acquired by Intel Corp. "There is speculation that Intel will make an acquisition announcement tonight," said Bill Lefkowitz, options strategist at brokerage firm vFinance Investments in New York. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
Rocket Monopoly Approved: Boeing-Lockheed Likely to Increase Costs U.S. antitrust authorities yesterday approved a plan by Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. to merge their government rocket businesses, creating a monopoly in a multibillion-dollar market that the Federal Trade Commission acknowledged will probably lead to higher prices and lower quality. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
"The Grand Design": Physicist Hawking's New Book "The Grand Design," which is expected to be released in the fall of 2008, will be co-authored by Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist and author who collaborated with Hawking on "A Briefer History of Time" which was published last year From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
George Lucas: Let's Get Small "We don't want to make movies. We're about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is concerned, we've moved away from the feature film thing, because it's too expensive and it's too risky. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
New JISC website The JISC have refreshed their website, introducing RSS goodness and greatly increasing the ability to find information about programmes, projects and services, such as OSS Watch. Their RSS feed of funding opportunities is likely to be especially well subscribed. Unfortunately the RSS is write only, and the new JISC website appears to make no use of the many From StuartYeates's blog on October 5, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..
AT&T DSL: No More Contracts......Finally In a move that's good for consumers everywhere, AT&T has refreshed its DSL pricing and removed the 12-month contracts that used to be standard in order to get the service. Ars has confirmed that it is indeed now possible to sign up for month-to-month DSL service from the telco, From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
Jon Stewart Takes A Look At 'Tolerable Cruelty' Jon Stewart had a hilarious look last night at the new detainee bill and exactly what it means. John Oliver later joined in to give a glimpse of what life was like 900 years ago, before there was such a thing as habeus corpeus. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
Google launches literacy project to link resources Google Inc. unveiled on Wednesday a Web site dedicated to literacy, pulling together its books, video, mapping and blogging services to help teachers and educational organizations share reading resources. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
Time For A Silver Bullet MySpace is booming in popularity; Facebook is gracing the headlines again; Bebo is growing incredibly; Tribe relaunched; Cyworld, Hive7 and SecondLife are nothing short of a phenomenon; LinkedIn is becoming 'People Search'; ITToolbox relaunched with a host of social networking features; Friendster is now refueling itself to enter the market again. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
WinZip Serial Number Algorithm Found on NEW Google CodeSearch!! Just by searching for "keygen", "serial", "name", and some well known cracker groups you can come by the keygen sources (how serial numbers are generated) to some very popular programs. I found WinZip, Photoshop, mIRC, and a few others. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..
How Do Airplanes Avoid Each Other? TCAS System Explained From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Foley Admits : He is Gay By finally acknowledging after years of evasion that he is gay, Mark Foley has altered the debate among conservatives and gays over his overtures to male pages in Congress. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Introducing SlideShare: Power Point + YouTube SlideShare is a new service launching this morning that lets users upload PowerPoint or Open Office presentationi files and share them online through a You Tube-like interface. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 4:32 a.m..
Personal Hygiene This site provides links to information about personal hygiene and good grooming routines and ideas. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Personal hygiene This site offers information about personal hygiene focussing on students doing Physical Education. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
ACE's role in developing Australia's human capital: a meta-analysis This document reports on a project which investigated Adult and Community Education's (ACE's) capacity to make a greater contribution to the National Reform Agenda's (NRA's) human capital development outcome, and increase the number of skilled workers in Australia. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Hygiene Providing information on the causes of food poisoning and food safety this website gives tips for best practice with kitchen, and personal hygiene including hand washing. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Personal hygiene Keeping our bodies clean is an important part of keeping good health and helps people to feel good about themselves. This site by Child and Youth health gives young people tips about personal grooming. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
e-publications@Bond e-publications@Bond is a repository of research and scholarly output of researchers at Bond University. The service is offered by the University Library. Faculty, researchers, and students associated with Bond University are invited to deposit digital materials for long-term preservation and world-wide electronic accessibility. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Swinburne Research Bank Swinburne Research Bank is a digital archive of Swinburne's research output. Swinburne staff and students can deposit their research into Swinburne Research Bank so that it is centrally stored and managed, so that the content is easily discoverable online by their peers anywhere in the global research community. The records of Swinburne Research Bank contents are available on the web to be searched by anyone using the Internet. Where permitted, a link to the full-text publication or to the research output is available for viewing and download. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Research Online Research Online is an open access digital archive promoting the scholarly output of the University of Wollongong, Australia. It utilises Proquest's Digital Commons to highlight and promote University of Wollongong scholarship and research output of various types, including refereed journal articles and conference papers. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Sustainable Data from Digital Fieldwork Many academic disciplines depend on analysis of primary data captured during fieldwork. Increasingly, researchers today are using digital methods for the whole life cycle of their primary data, from capture to organisation, submission to a repository or archive, and later access and dissemination in publications, teaching resources and conference presentations. This conference and workshop will showcase a number of projects that have been developing innovative and sustainable ways of managing such data. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..
Tech Gadgets Banned in the USA - WTF!!!! There's no doubt about it: foreign technology can whet your appetite. Super-lightweight laptops from Japan, feature-packed smartphones from Europe, and shiny, gotta-get-it devices designed in India, but a few of the items that currently reside on tech's cutting edge. But chances are you will never see those gadgets on store shelves here in the U.S. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Security Camera Catches Bride Cheating With The Best Man During the reception the bride steps outside with the best man, only to have the groom follow. This is pretty funny if you're not the groom! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Conan O'Brien on Sports Action Team Sports Action Team is a Chicago based comedy sports show on late night NBC. It's the most underappreciated comedy on network television. It's really funny stuff. This is a clip they did with Conan O'Brien. Really funny. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
del.icio.us Plans To Become A Social Network del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter revealed to Read/WriteWeb that del.icio.us aims to add features that "help people connect with others within the system, either to people they already know or discovering new people and communities based on interest." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Moral Orel Gets Addicted to Crack Episode 3 "Charity" from Adult Swim's awesome claymation spoof. "Crack...poor people smoke it, it must be good." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
FBI searches 2 spinach packing companies "Agents from the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration used warrants to search a Natural Selection Foods LLC plant in San Juan Bautista and a Growers Express plant in Salinas to determine whether they followed food safety procedures. Federal health officials said early in their investigation that deliberate contamination was not suspected." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
The Axis of Diesel Mercedes, GM, even Honda, is betting on a new breed of green diesels. The goal? To leave hybrids in the dust. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 3:32 a.m..
Revolutionary new Desktop app concept for OS X (AMAZING screens!) An amazing idea by Cameron Westland at MDA: Realistic seasons, weather conditions, daytime or night, moon phases etc. make your desktop resemble your real life environments. Fully customizable. Check out the beautiful concept artwork! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Top 100 weird sites from Yahoo Browse through all 100 weird websites listed by Yahoo UK. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Quotes for Techs and Programmers All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. (1925 IBM Maintenence Manual) From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Three Hot Safari 3.0 Tricks Are Producing Leopard Lust Here are three reasons why some Mac users want Leopard NOW! Safari 3.0 extends the browsing experience in fun, useful ways. Not only tabs, but also simple page searching and text forms are improved over anything else now available to web surfers. The article has three short screencasts as well as text descriptions. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
All In One USB PCLinuxOS MiniMe.zip This site has done a simple remaster of PCLinuxOS MiniMe made specifically for USB flash memory sticks. Also included in the remastered zip is a custom one button syslinux installer that allows you to make the USB drive bootable via Windows XP through a simple one button menu. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Aide Says He Warned Hastert Of Foley 2 Years Ago A senior congressional aide said Wednesday that he alerted the House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office in 2004 about worrisome conduct by former Rep. Mark Foley with teenage pages -- the earliest known alert to the GOP leadership. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
GOOGLE Debuts * CODE SEARCH ENGINE * IT JUST WENT LIVE From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Fox News AGAIN misrepresents Foley Reid: Did DEMS ignore Foley e-mails to preserve seat? From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Amie Street Takes Innovative Music Model Into Beta DRM-free music marketplace Amie Street is announcing its beta launch this morning. We wrote about the company’s alpha launch and interesting demand-driven pricing model here in July. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Top 13 Haunted Houses Across America You want to be haunted this Halloween, try one of these top Haunted Houses. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Why Are Saudis Approving Cheaper Oil? Short term, the kingdom fears economic disruption from price spikes. Long term, though, it seeks to manage the market with boosted capacity From digg on October 5, 2006 at 2:32 a.m..
Is MacZOT Running Out of Ideas? When MacZOT first launched earlier this year everyone was excited. Cheap and nice Mac software. However, it seems that recently MacZOT has run out of ideas. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Movie of Optimus Prime Transforming - A Must See The title says it all! From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Open source software radio - Flex-Radio SDR-1000 "This is an amateur HF 100 watt transceiver that is completely software driven. The software and updates are all free. There are NO controls on the box itself except a power switch. Users are encouraged to write their own software to control the radio as it is open source and in fact many do." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 1:32 a.m..
Is Obama Getting Serious About '08? The Illinois Democrat may be more serious about '08 than you think From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Monty Python HALO A truly hilarious video. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Apple fesses up to Stock Backdating, CFO resigns Apple said late Thursday that stock options granted on 15 dates between 1997 and 2002 were apparently backdated, and though CEO Steve Jobs was aware of favorable grants, he didn't benefit personally and "was unaware of the accounting implications." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Colbert Welcomes Henry Kissinger Back to the White House Colbert dedicated his word last night to the Woodward revelation that Kissinger is back in the White House. Colbert wants to bring back the Nixon team. He says that will cause the Iraq war to end in the best way possible, "Impeachment." From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Tutorial on Good Lisp Programming Style by Peter Norvig An outstanding tutorial on Lisp programming style by Peter Norvig and Kent Pitman. The material is easy to relate to other higher-order languages. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Can U.S. Handle 300,000,000 ? U.S. population growth is a sign of either impending calamity or enduring vitality—depending on your point of view. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Iran opens nuke plant to foreign tourists Iran's hard-line president has ordered nuclear facilities opened to foreign tourists to prove that the nation's disputed atomic program is peaceful, state-run television reported on Wednesday."After an order by the president ... foreign tourists can visit Iran's nuclear facilities," the head of Iran's tourism division said. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Wii Ethernet Kit Coming Nintendo revealed to CVG today that it will release an Ethernet Kit for Wii, which allows users to connect the console to a standard internet router without wireless support. It's undoubtedly good news after concerns that the lack of an Ethernet port on the Wii meant that the console could only connect to the internet via wireless link-up. From digg on October 5, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..
Windows Vista has new Reduced Functionality Mode Windows Vista will ship with anti-piracy technology that will lock down the OS if it has not been activated within 30 days of first-use, Microsoft announced today. If the OS is not activated, Windows will switch to a reduced functionality mode that will cripple the OS. This is the latest move by Microsoft against piracy. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
F-14 blows up after going supersonic Watch a F-14 blow up after going supersonic. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Ultrafast star escapes black hole Galactic nuclei are the cores of galaxies, groups of thousands to millions of stars that are held together by gravity. As stars in the nucleus are so close together, interactions readily occur. If ultraheavy black holes are also involved, stars can be slung out of the galaxy at speeds of more than one thousand kilometres per second. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
First 12 Minutes of Season Premiere of Battlestar Galactica is Online NOW! From the link, underneath the webisodes, click "Battlestar Galactica: Watch a Full Episode & More" then scroll down and select "First Look" From digg on October 4, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Ping Your Blog Automatically, Using This Perl Script The following Perl program pings your blog to several online update services. This can be scripted to run routinely (e.g. cron job). From digg on October 4, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Huge Bush statue to be jailed in SF anti-Bush rally Activists in San Francisco have been working late into the night this week, building a 40-foot statue of the president. It's not idolatry. They plan to jail his likeness for war crimes Thursday at Justin Herman Plaza as part of a nationwide round of protests calling on Bush to step down. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Batman Begins ... Again This guy got pictures of the Batmobile just hanging outside of his hotel in Los Angeles. Sure enough inside the hotel were a bunch of Warner Bros movie props. Is this the making of a new Batman movie? From digg on October 4, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
The Daily Show is as substantive as the "real" news The Daily Show is much funnier than traditional newscasts, but a new study from Indiana University says it has the same amount of meat on its bones when it comes to coverage of the news. The brand of news coverage Jon Stewart and the rest of The Daily Show's staff brings to the airwaves is just as substantive as traditional news programs. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Research Analyst: YouTube Headed for a Big Crash YouTube has grown dramatically over the last couple of years by providing users the ability to post and share videos to a worldwide audience. YouTube is the third most viewed site on the Internet after MySpace and Yahoo. But, given the prevalence of content on the site that violates copyright, YouTube might be in store for big problems. From digg on October 4, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference 2006 With its theme of "Smarter, Safer", this year's conference will develop issues relating to continued road safety advances, priorities for road safety research and development and best practice in road safety research, policing and education. The aim is to investigate how emerging technologies, and innovative education and enforcement practices can be applied to deliver improved road safety for all road users. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Health care in Sudan: Red Cross international project Since early 2003, over 2 million people have been left homeless because of ongoing an conflict in Sudan. About 200,000 Sudanese refugees have sought shelter and relief across the border in Chad. The Red Cross aims to raise money for much needed medical equipment and supplies for health care clinics. This site includes information on action that people can take to help and fact sheets describing the conflict and how to set up a refugee camp. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
School socio-economic density and its effect on school performance The objective of this project was to examine whether the density of students from low SES backgrounds within a school is a very strong predictor of average school performance even though the socio-economic status background of an individual student is a poor predictor of performance of that student. In addition to SES density, individual and/or school-level data is available for other student background characteristics (both at the individual and aggregated school level) such as sex, indigenous background and language background together with, for some states/territories, individual level SES From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Vocational colleges compete with unis for degrees Private colleges are rushing to upgrade their status so they can offer bachelor's and master's degrees, pitting them against universities. Higher education providers - private institutions that offer degree courses - are taking advantage of the Federal Government's offer of student loans for full-fee paying students. Sydney Morning Herald, 5 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Aboriginal Education and Training Strategy 2006 - 2008 (NSW) The NSW Aboriginal Education and Training Strategy 2006-2008 is a comprehensive response to the NSW Aboriginal Education Review. The Strategy incorporates actions to build on other successful inititaives that are already in place to strengthen the learning outcomes of Aboriginal students. The Strategy has been designed to focus the work of schools, colleges, regions, TAFE Institutes and state office directorates towards achieving the goal that by 2012, Aboriginal student outcomes will match or better outcomes of the broader student population. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Australian Water Association : 3rd Education Conference The Australian Water Association in conjunction with the Water Education Network are planning the 3rd Water Education conference at the Gold Coast in 2008. Education is now recognised across the water sector as a key component and tool for sustainable water management. Delegates will include a broad range of professionals who work in or with the water sector. Delegates will represent community organisations, government agencies, water organisations, local government, not-for-profit organisations, non-government associations, private consultancies, industry and the formal education sector (scho From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
VET SA Teaching and Learning This website provides Vocational Education and Training (VET) practitioners and students with an online space, using Moodle, to interact and engage in learning. The site's intent is to support e-learning activities in the VET sector in South Australia (SA). Education and training organisations in SA may apply for their own online classroom. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Google launches literacy portal Search engine Google has launched a portal to connect literacy organisations around the world. The Literacy Project enables teachers, organisations, and those interested in literacy to use the internet to search for and share literacy information. The new online service was announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. BBC News, 4 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Australian and New Zealand Humour, Health and Education Conference The program has been planned around the theme of: Laughter, Wellness and Engagement: Connecting the Comedy Dots. The organising committee welcomes the submission of abstracts, CDRoms and tapes on a wide variety of topics in humour, health and education. Papers can include oral presentations, performance papers, image papers, posters and other types of presentations. Priority will be given to scholarly research into the nature, uses and effects of humour, but other types of presentations will also be considered. From EdNA Online on October 4, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
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