Posts from — January 2008

Has E.T. Made A Call? – News Story – KTVU San Francisco:
Across the globe, researchers searching for signs of life in space were abuzz this week with word that a mystery signal has been picked up by a giant radio-telescope in Puerto Rico.
Now the dilemma is — how do you answer it?

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I say you answer it with a simple series… 11 1111 11111111, etc. simple messages are easy to detect.

Whatever Wall Clock for the Chronologically Challenged:

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gimme one….

Hotel Confidential: Books by your Bedside:
“Books by your Bedside.”
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4000 book library… in a hotel, that could be a nice place to stay.

Internet Governance: The Issue, The Myths, The Problems, The Solutions:
Internet Governance: The Issue, The Myths, The Problems, The Solutions
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Veni Markovski has written a nice short piece on the real problem with internet governance.

Call for Submissions: Learning Inquiry

Dear Colleagues;

As Learning Inquiry starts it second year of publication we are sending out a call for participation in our ongoing attempt to create a transdiciplinary forum to engage the widest variety of perspectives on learning. We’re looking for articles and special issues that push the boundaries and include new perspectives, but also take the opportunity to share research and experiences from particular locations of inquiry to a larger audience.

Learning Inquiry is a refereed scholarly journal, which is devoted to establishing the area of “learning” as a focus for transdisciplinary study. The journal’s goal is to be a forum centered on learning that remains open to varied objects of enquiry, including machine, human, plant and animal learning as well as the processes of learning in business, government, and the professions, both in informal and formal environments. The audience for this journal is anyone interested in learning, understanding its contexts, and anticipating its future.

The first volume of Learning Inquiry has included papers from a wide variety of perspectives that have helped to frame the discourse we hope the journal will engender. Our first issue, on the futures of learning included contributions from Gary Natriello, Erik De Corte, Helen Verran, Mark Warschauer, Stuart Moulthrop, Douglas Kellner and Heinz Mandl on Discovery Networks, Metaphysics and Learning, Play, and Knowledge Management. Leonard J. Waks brought together a “Special Issue on Listening and Reflecting” with participation from Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon, Stanton Wortham, Latherine Schultz, Suzanne Rice, Elizabeth Meadows, Megan Laverty, Andrea English, A. G. Rud and Jim Garrison Past and forthcoming contributions cover topics as diverse as the ethical challenges of training brain surgeons, organizational learning theory, futures of digital learning, music and math, learning and discipline, and situated cognition.

Learning Inquiry strives to strike a balance between presenting innovative research and documenting current knowledge to foster a scholarly dialogue on learning independent of domain and methodological restrictions. Learning Inquiry also presents special issues that identify the central areas of learning inquiry to provide focus for future research.

How to submit a paper Please visit the journal website (http://learning-inquiry.info)

Editors: Jason Nolan Ryerson University, CANADA

Jeremy W. Hunsinger University of Illinois, Chicago, USA

Editorial Board:
David Berliner, Arizona State University, USA;
Megan Boler, University of Toronto, CANADA;
Erik De Corte, Catholic University of Leuven, BELGIUM;
Katie Embree, Columbia University, USA;
Charles Ess, Drury University, USA & Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NORWAY;
Jim Garrison, Virginia Tech, USA;
Henry Giroux, McMaster University, CANADA;
Mimi Ito, University of Southern California, USA & Keio University, JAPAN;
Cushla Kapitzke, Queensland University of Technology, AUSTRALIA;
Heinz Mandl, Ludwig Maximilians University, GERMANY;
Kinshuk, Athabasca University, CANADA;
Penina Mlama, University of Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA;
Nuria Oliver, Microsoft, USA;
K. Ann Renninger, Swarthmore College, USA;
Ingvar Sigurgeirsson, Iceland University of Education, ICELAND;
Joel Weiss, University of Toronto, CANADA

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Power of Nightmares re-awakened:
Power of Nightmares re-awakened
dailykos points toward some documentaries by Adam Curtis,
the power of nightmares which you can find on google video

the century of the self, which I’ve talked about on the blog or shared with friend earlier
The Century of the Self episode 1
The Century of the Self episode 2
The Century of the Self episode 3
The Century of the Self episode 4
The Power of Nightmares episode 1
The Power of Nightmares episode 2
The Power of Nightmares episode 3

these are all worth watching, for self-education, if nothing else.

The Existentialist Cowboy: Princeton University Reveals How the GOP Steals Election:
Princeton Study Exposes Diebold Flaws
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a good video from ed felten and friends.

I met my partner in crime online about 4 years ago through a colleague and we’ve been dating for some time now, so i asked and she said yes.

TED | Talks | Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do (video):
5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
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more than 5, but all worthwhile.

Noahpad to take on Eee market:

Even though the Asus Eee is making quite a splash into the laptop marketplace, I’m not certain whether to classify it as a laptop or UMPC. However, there is a new kid in laptop/UMPC market that could give some healthy competition to the Eee.

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another cool minipc or umpc.