Tuesday, February 19, 2008
ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom At middle/high school level ... I just wish teachers would catch up with online, subscription tools. At the public library we often encounter the same misunderstanding that database resources aren't "books" or periodicals" even when in full text with complete citations. Digital Literacy Is Knowing How We Store What We Know. It is irresponsible for educational institutions not to teach new knowledge technologies such as Wikipedia." I've seen a lot of cases where people summarily dismiss any use of Wikipedia.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:24:54 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
An insidious computer virus recently discovered on digital photo frames has been identified as a powerful new Trojan Horse from China that collects passwords for online games -- and its designers might have larger targets in mind.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:58:40 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
That of course means big increases in incremental advertising revenues for the Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant. Though Google's primary revenue driver remains online advertising, the company has never separated out its mobile revenues from those of traditional computer-based browsers.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:44:55 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
How does the delay work? Exactly as the AP and the EFF have claimed: TCP reset packets. These are generated from Comcast's network management hardware and tell the uploading computer that some sort of error has developed in the connection and that it needs to start over.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:39:34 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
This is a HUGE victory for those of us who believe you're supposed to share knowledge not give it to publishers to horde. Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences adopted a policy this evening that requires faculty members to allow the university to make their scholarly articles available free online.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:36:22 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
[ECP] Educational CyberPlayGround NetHappenings News -- Have documents the world needs to see? We protect your identity while maximizing political impact << Wikileaks have web sites around the world and are looking for editors. They are concentrating on transparency of institutions and governments, especially anything that has political consequences.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:44:24 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
so many more college courses
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:36:55 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
Hallmark Slaughter House sends this down cows meat to the school lunch programs. Mad Cow Disease. Animal Cruelty.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:03:41 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Friday, February 15, 2008
The 87-page Consolidated Indigenous Shadow Report, which has been prepared with testimony from a number of individuals, covers issues such as: environmental racism, border injustices, the destruction of sacred places, violence against women, and most tellingly, the “overwhelming disparities in income, life expectancy, poverty and unemployment” in what can only be described as a system of Apartheid and forced assimilation “where Indigenous people are warehoused in poverty and neglect, their only option being to abandon their lands, families, languages and cultures to search for a better life.” Also learn about the Shadow Wolves.
Friday, February 15, 2008 11:26:16 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
Jesus Loves You But Everyone Else Thinks You're and A$$hole copyright 2007 TJR & Kathy Barrett from CD "Another Roll of the Dice"
Friday, February 15, 2008 10:50:01 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Thursday, February 14, 2008
1000 SEARCH ENGINES & The Invisible Web - THE HIDDEN NET - Specialized Search Engines
Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:24:49 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
Karen Ellis - Educational CyberPlayGround involved with this grammy winning documentary. Standing in the Shadows of Motown WebQuest - Find All the Funk Brothers - Carla Benson and Al Slutsky.
Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:03:25 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Indie Musician AdvocateMarking CD Baby's first decade, founder Derek Sivers and his company continue their ascent. HOW TO MAKE IT IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS - HOW TO LEGALLY SELL DOWNLOADS OF COVER SONGS
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:25:20 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
2008 Blues 50th Grammy Award Winners
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:49:49 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
Philadelphia International Records, William Powell, The O'Jays Last July, Goldwasser filed suit. A few days later, Asbury finally admitted that PIR owed the sisters over $400,000. But Goldwasser enlisted an accountant, who discovered that Powell's estate was actually owed more than $1 million.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:39:23 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
The first known recording of Ginsberg reading the poem was thought to be March 18, 1956, at a notorious performance in Berkeley, Calif. Until now. Also read and hear Howl 2 Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Howl, Reed College, Cordley Coit
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:51:33 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
 Tuesday, February 12, 2008
NetHappenings - story telling: media consolidation, Outfoxed examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:04:09 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
K-12 Newsletter A fowl prank closed a Philadelphia high school today, canceling classes for 3,600 students.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:38:28 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
Whales, Mr. Splashy Pants, japanese fisheries whaling ship
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:33:49 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
We are now accepting applications for the Native American Astronomy Immersion Experience (NAAIE). This is a five day observation experience open to any Native undergraduate interested in astronomy and/or physics.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:15:47 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
An anti-indigenous propagand film that claims there are no traditional Indigenous cultures left in the world. Total Crap!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:41:08 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
At the International Technology Education Association National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, Morgan will present during the Program Excellence General Session. The session will take place on Feb. 21, 2008, at 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:21:30 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
In a reference to his American ancestry, Obama writes "while one of my great-great-grandfathers, Christopher Columbus Clark, had been a decorated Union soldier, his wife's mother was rumored to have been a second cousin of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy."
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:37:13 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [0]  | 
Stanley Ann Dunham, Obama's mother and a strong-willed, unconventional member of the Mercer Island High School graduating class of 1960.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:12:22 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Disclaimer  |  Comments [2]  |