Posts from — January 2004

12:05 reinvented....  reinvented the personal computer

20 years ago this year....

mac changed everything

they put the ipod in the 1984 commercial...... bleh
a great mac year.....
os 10
knowledgebox

netvault

final cut express 2

   good performance

microsoft office 2004

   really bad voice on the presenter

   note taker

      note tags

      audio notes

   oh well, it will be out in the spring, but you can buy the old one now....
the g5, mmmmm
they mentioned virginia tech
g5 xserve

shipping in feb.

xserve raid

fibrechannel

10,999 for the best one
					

Quote of the day

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power.”

–Benito Mussolini

[Politics in the Zeros]

Your Labour Department. That good ol' George W. Bush and his appointees, always looking out for the little guys, like Wal-Mart. The Labor Department is giving employers tips on how to avoid paying overtime to some of the 1.3 million low-income workers who… [Eat Your Vegetables]

Bush minus 30 seconds. The finalists for the Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest are up. Some of these are just not very good,… [Blog de Halavais]

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i like:
in my country
imagine
what are we teaching our children
desktop
and finally….
leave no billionaire behind

but really, i don't think any of these will change any bush supporter's mind.

Express Yourself — Correctly. Choosing the right word when you write is always difficult, especially when you're not using your mother tongue. The difference between a *correct* and an *incorrect* word can send your text directly in the trash without having been read. And even this is valid for every kind of writer, it is even more true for a blogger who doesn't have an editor to help him clarifying his thoughts and to pick the appropriate word. So I want to thank Darwin Magazine for this new guide about avoiding mistakes in English, “What Are Words For?” [Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends]

after seeing several disciplinary tribes arise on tribe.net, like philosophy of science, communications, sociology, etc. i created an science and technology studies tribe. it isn't really taking off yet, but if you are interested in STS, come and join it at http://sciencentechnologystudies.tribe.net

hobbits and wizards and orcs, oh my!. The Encyclopedia of Arda A reference guide to Tolkien-can't tell an orc from a Uruk-hai? Stumped at what the three kinds of hobbits are? This website has the answers. Nicely laid out site, too. [MetaFilter]

Important attrition article. Pursuant to yesterday’s grad school rant, I was cruising the usual suspects when I came upon this summary of Barbara Lovitts’s research into grad school attrition. The full story is in her book Leaving the Ivory Tower (which you have read on my recommendation, right? Right?), but the summary hits… [Caveat Lector]

Ontology Primer.

What is an Ontology and Why We Need It is an essential overview to ontologies.

[vanderwal.net Off the Top]

Eco on Memory at the Alexandria Library. Three subjects of mine in one. [via McGee] [Alexandria] [Psybertron Knowledge Modelling WebLog]

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very interesting….