PHILOSOPHY LESSON. An oldie but goodie received from an old friend via e-mail: A professor stood before his Philosophy 101 class and had some items in front… [OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY]

GUI vs. CLI: A Qualitative Comparison. 4 Sep 2003: In this article, I will be analyzing the specific properties that make the command line unique and irreplaceable. I will likewise analyze the graphical UI's features–though only giving it a cursory look, since I assume my audience does not need to be persuaded to make the […]

Library Association shares RIAA's lawfirm [bOing bOing] this is somewhat worrisome, they are getting the same sort of legal advice from one institution.

Incorporated Subversion. I object, it’s good to subvert… Some useful links: Teaching as a Subversive Activity – A review / summary of this revolutionary book The DOGME Teachers of English Group – A group set up concerned with ‘a pedagogy of the bare essentials’ An earlier post on this in my weblog [Xplana]

Hyper Text 2003 Papers posted. The Hyper Text 2003 Conference has posted the Hyper Text 03 Papers online. There are some great reads in the pile, if you enjoy theoretical and future-current uses of hyper text as a tool and theory. [vanderwal.net Off the Top] there are some good ones there, i like 4.pdf and […]

Please find attached the First Call for Papers (following text) for International Workshop onÊWeb Services:Modeling, Architecture and Infrastructure (WSI2004),In conjunction with the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems – ICEIS 2004Êto be held at Universidade Portucalense, Porto ö Portugal, 14-17, April 2004.Ê Dr Jiankun Hu and Dr Savitri BevinakoppaÊ( Chairs ) and the organising […]

this is something i'm watching, not being a local i can't do much other than that. here is some protest news too: http://news.com.com/2100-1008-5069279.html?tag=nl http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5070092.html?tag=fd_top and counterspin, Click to access final_factsheet1092003.pdf most of this is from Seth Johnson who is doing great work with C-FIT

the digital opportunity channel is providing coverage of the WSIS, there are alot of good folk working on this and you really should watch, pay attention because for a few years this is going to have very real effects on the international information society. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/frontpage/308/4726

2. They are not familiar with the source of that “giant sucking sound.” 3. Iraq has always been a problem. 24. Underclassmen who would be leaving college early have always been a part of the NBA and NFL drafts. 28.Stores have always had scanners at the checkout. and there is more! so if you wonder […]

Raggle: a console based aggregator. As a fan of console-based tools (mytop, for example) in this “web-based everything” age, I was thrilled to see an announcement for Raggle. Raggle is a console RSS aggregator, written in Ruby. Features include customizable keybindings, basic HTML rendering, HTTP proxy support, OPML import/export, themes, support for various versions of […]