well this is probably a beta, i gave tim a 3 page preproposal a while back and now i just gave him a 10 page draft minus the annotated bibliography. once i get this back with comments, i'll redraft it, attach the annotated bib and go another round then, give it to the full committee. […]

http://headspacej.tripod.com/blog.htmlWhat's interesting is that I expect to be treated like a customer. I want immediate, friendly service and learning on my own terms. I expect the administration of my program to be like managing my personal account at Amazon, with instant feedback and the ability to get exactly (and only) what I want. Education has […]

Free UVa. When it comes to diversity, the University of Virginia is one of the more politically correct–and hence procedurally fraught–campuses in… [Critical Mass]

Vixie Vexes Verisign. From Anick Jesdanun, AP Internet Writer comes this story on how ISC is planning to “patch” BIND to block the Verisign typosquatting service. According to the article, the folks at the Internet Software Consortium expect to release the patch tomorrow. [Lextext] ——- hehehehehehheheh…hehehehehhehe, this is 'just' as some things just are.

ernie brought up this idea of a 'techology anthrologist', and in a nietzschean eternal return, i think it is time to bring this back to the vernacular.

apparently Vatech is working with the rest of Virginia to boost our networking infrastructure again, there is alot of other info in this article, well worth reading. some more info: http://www.cwru.edu/its/strategic/national_lambdarail.htm and the lambdarail homepage http://www.getlight.net/ the mid-atlantic terascale project http://www.midatlantic-terascale.org/

cutegirlsonly. Cute Girls Only – The only dating web site where they actually reject the ugly chics. via [linkswarm.com] [MetaFilter] —– while i find this somewhat problematic for a wide variety of reason, what i find humours is that the number of supposedly cute girls on the site was 61 when i clicked. hehehehe

Homeland Security, Blacklists and Your Bank. Did you know that your bank can blacklist you in the name of homeland security? Financial institutions can close accounts and cancel credit cards with little explanation. Not surprisingly, complaints are beginning to stream in. [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime] ——- in a capital oriented society, this is like […]

WTF at WSIS. Wong Choon Mei writing for Reuters: A fight over the role of governments in managing the Internet is brewing as policymakers prepare for a U.N.-backed summit on the network's future, said an official at the body governing Internet domain names. [Lextext] ——- well it is a bit strange that given the international […]

Open magazine has a nice article today on the World Summit on the Information Society and the political intrigues around the proposition of encouraging open source at the international level, likewise this morning I was reading some materials from the Visions of the Information Society conferences from the ITU, which are interesting. if you aren't […]