'Knit One, Purl Two… Um, Nay'. Plastic::Politics::Politics:Culture: New Zealand MP Judith Tizard was recently upbraided for knitting while conducting a debate on the floor of the House of Commons. [Plastic: Most Recent] yup, this is politics as usual in new zealand;)

Stephen's Web ~ Copyright and Theft. Quote: “The relation between copyright and ethics is not nearly so clear as supposed. While it is easy to piously pronounce that people who copy online content are unethical and even evil, it is also wrong. The copyright debate is not a case of the morally right trying to […]

E-Learning – What's Wrong With Distance Learning?. Quote: “Who or what exactly is distant? The learning isn't distant. Oh, it's the content that's delivered over a distance, is it? By analogy, then, since I don't grow my own food and it's delivered to my store from worldwide locations, we should call my dinner preparations distance […]

LibraryLookup Gets A Little Library-Related Press – We Need More!. “Jon Udell is getting record flow on his weblog. The librarians are figuring out what he's doing. Nice.” [Scripting News] Of course, what I want to know is how do we keep evolving this. What can librarians do? Is there a way for us to implement […]

SanDisk introduces Compact Flash Wi-Fi “Alan Reiter writes up SanDisk's announcement at CES of their Cmopact Flash-based Wi-Fi cards that are available in configurations with 128 Mb and 256 Mb or no memory. The memory plus Wi-Fi combination is particularly useful because in cameras that could be upgraded to handle Wi-Fi networking support, for instance, […]

“Franklin Covey has announced it will start selling Bluetooth-equipped pens. 'Franklin Covey Co. plans to sell pens and paper-based planners using Anoto Group AB's technology that let customers transfer handwritten text to mobile phones, hand-held organizers or computers. The pens, made by Logitech International SA, will be sold starting next week for about $199, said […]

 From Boing Boing Blog: “Dan Gillmor defines “We Media”. Dan Gillmor's latest piece in the Columbia Journalism Review extends his Journalism 3.0 thesis (“my readers know more than I do”) and talks about “We Media:” <<Interactive technology — and the mostly young readers and viewers who use and understand it — are the catalysts. We […]

Newport Corporation Hologram Making System [Bidboy] you could use this to make a hologram of the beatles tapes…

Norwegians launch beauty contest for cows [Ananova: Quirkies] oh those wacky norwegians and their cows

Von Hagens wants to exhibit corpses having sex [Ananova: Quirkies] ok, so it isn't cool, but it is interesting art