Posts from — May 2006

Heroic Computer Dies To Save World From Master’s Thesis | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source:
A courageous young notebook computer committed a fatal, self-inflicted execution error late Sunday night, selflessly giving its own life so that professors, academic advisors, classmates, and even future generations of college students would never have to read Jill Samoskevich’s 227-page master’s thesis, sources close to the Brandeis University English graduate student reported Monday.

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another example of how heros are found everywhere.

Three Legged Legs – “Humans!”:

don’t get a case of the humans…

Google Maps Like You’ve Never Seen ‘Em:

According to its creator, “Google Cartography uses the Google Search API to build a visual representation of the interconnectivity of streets in an area.” In other news, our heads just exploded.
· Google Cartography [Richard Jones via Curbed Photo Pool]
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this is an interesting representation of the connectivity of nyc.

Australia Introduces New Copyright Exceptions:
The Australian Attorney-General has issued a press release, announcing the results of the 12-month review of its copyright law. … In essence, the government has decided not to adopt the U.S. fair use system — where a broadly worded defence must be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Instead, the government will expand, and amend, existing specific exceptions in Australian law. That makes the amendments complicated, but potentially more certain. [Weatherall's Law] CopyCense: K. Matthew Dames on the law, business, and technology of digital content. A business venture of Seso Digital LLC.
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fair use is interesting because it makes that which falls outside of it, protected slightly differently, usually stronger.

Nancy White – It is KEWL and KINKY: Collaboration Software – Full Circle Online Interaction Blog:
a new software release from the African Virtual Open Initiative and Resources project (AVOIR), “a sophisticated group-based collaboration system, supporting an unlimited number of groups… where you have complete control over what functionality is installed, as well as what functionality is available on a per group basis.

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in general, i think we need more projects like this. it has groups, it is bloggy and wiki…. it is open, free, and multilingual….

Unite:
Unite
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worth stating.

Carnegie Perspectives: Opportunity is Knocking: Will Education Open the Door?:
we must look beyond institutional boundaries and connect efforts among many settings and open source entrepreneurs. Administrators and faculty leaders should help institutions strategize about how to support and sustain open education on a long-term basis.

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I agree, we need to break the boundaries here.

3D Milling Service Offered for SL Residents:
Second Life residents will soon be able to order up physical versions of their avatars, their builds or their favorite Second Life objects in full 3D, and in a variety of materials, thanks to a pair of students at the Art Institute of Chicago. Simon Spartalian (aka Simon Jezebel in SL) and Mike Beradino (a recent graduate of the Art Institute) will launch the service on June 1, offering to mill SL objects up to 9″X 5″X 5″ out of anything from foam to wax to stainless steel. The pair are already documenting their milling efforts at their Recursive Instruments blog.

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the bleed reverses….. everyone knows that we bleed identity into electronic artifacts and environments… but when we pull out that identity, what happens to it?

vlo.gs — video blog, vlog, videoblog ping syndication:
vlo.gs is an aggregator of fine video product

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imajes.info built this tool it works pretty well.

Airline Pilot Central – FedEx arrivals during Thunderstorms:
edEx arrivals during Thunderstorms

Time lapse radar track of FedEx aircraft arriving into the Memphis hub during area thunderstorms.

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the music makes this much better….