Banned books week begins today.. Banned books week begins today. This is the week where the ALA comes out fighting, by raising awareness, against the constant attempts at censorship from ideologues, religious groups, anti-free speech types, etc. Top 100 challenged books here. [MetaFilter]

The U.S. Cultural Policy and the Arts National Dat …. The U.S. Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA) contains interactive, machine-readable data sets on the arts and cultural policy. (Thanks to the Scout Report.) [Open Access News] ——- I can imagine 30 or so dissertation topics in this data repository just waiting […]

Cory brings attention to an important issue at the intersection of technology architecture and society.  If you're an IEEE member like me, now would be a good time to weigh in. [Ray Ozzie's Weblog] —— i downloaded the membership roster, it reads like a corporate based team with some academic advisors

teoma now has this blog, as an expert link on blogs, and we all know that its bloody unlikely that i'm an expert on such things now don't we, well sort of, but anyway, i find it interesting that it is this site and not others.

Compass. A new Labour (but definitely not New Labour) ginger group has been launched, by the name of Compass. It looks interesting and some good people are involved. [Crooked Timber] ——- now this sounds somewhat progressive, maybe we need it in the U.S.

why yes, today is talk like a pirate day, how did you know?

I know they'll tell about the night I died. Slim Dusty – Australian country music icon – passes on. You know him – “There's nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear, than to stand in the bar of the pub with no beer.” [MetaFilter]

everyone knows it's windy. Was Isabel more hype than substance? Yes, there are millions without power right now and some states on the Eastern seaboard are experiencing flooding, but the way this storm was presented for the last week (Axis of Isabel postings notwithstanding),… [A Small Victory] —— of course it was more hype than […]

V-Day Online Organizer. I'm trying to find my replacement for V-Day. If you know of anyone in New York that'd be interested, let… [zephoria]

Online coverage of WSIS PrepCom-3. Here are some tools to help you follow the work of the WSIS PrepCom-3 meeting, which is going on now in Geneva. First, the “governance” email list, hosted by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. Many members of the list are… [InternetPolicy.net] ——- i wonder how large the community of watchers […]