All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly.

Valparaiso Declaration for Improved Scientific Communication. The presentations from the recent meeting in Chile, Strengthening Editors and Scientists Capabilities in Electronic Publishing (Valparaiso, January 14-15, 2004) are now online.

During the conference, the 120 participants from 15 countries drafted the Valparaiso Declaration for Improved Scientific Communication in the Electronic Medium, which was released today. Excerpt: “Journals must improve their production processes by using online technologies in order to reduce their publication times….Assessments of reading habits and analyses of the market for electronic journals clearly confirm the fact that the Internet is already a place of convergence and the preferred medium for the transmission of scientific knowledge….Managers of scientific journals are responsible for achieving their maximal dissemination, bringing with it greater visibility and accessibility. They should not only ensure that their contents and format are standardized but also that they are indexed in the greatest possible number of data bases and indexes, and that the complete texts are immediately available in multiple repositories….The gradual reduction in publishing costs as a result of electronic publication (given the fact that the costs of the production process are more and more being borne by the authors and readers) must inexorably lead to systems of communicating science that are open and managed by the scientific community itself.” (PS: I've linked to an email copy of the declaration in our forum archive. If the conference posts an official version online, I'll blog the URL.) [Open Access News]

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this sounds like it could be the start of something good, but where did the berlin declaration go? why are there 100 different movements? i'm not sure, but i'd like to work on it a bit…..

Dean is tumbling.. Dean is out of cash. Somehow he blew through $40 million and still managed to leave the first Super Tuesday without a first or second place finish, anywhere. No mistake about his Meet the Press interview, though, which was felt as an incredibly strong and persuasive performance. It's obvious that Dean overestimated his grass-roots support, which has currently dried up, but the amount of publicity he has generated is surely a huge advantage. Two options come to mind: blow out the Washington Insiders (as he alluded to in his latest interview), or become more of a traditional candidate. [MetaFilter]

How to make spam unstoppable. A researcher has found a way to get past the filters many people use to stop junk mail reaching their inbox. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

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this isn't really a find or a discovery the logic of bayesian filtering in spam dictates that it works like this, which is why i'm only for end user filtering, not in transit filtering, all in transit spam should be managed via rbl.

these are great little houses

Freaky ceramic figurines from the '60s [bOing bOing]

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some of these are scary…..

THE EXIT POLLS. Taegan Goddard has them: South Carolina: Edwards 44, Kerry 30, Sharpton 10Oklahoma: Edwards 31, Kerry 29, Clark 28 Missouri: Kerry 52, Edwards 23, Dean 10… [OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY]

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otb said it… dean is done.

Nihilist Bear

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oh not really a nihilist… but it's somehow related i'm sure

the kids and cars safety act, it's right and it's worth it.

Ochs tree.

Sheila Lennon still carries a torch for Phil Ochs. As do I. Nobody's music ever influenced me more. Outside of a small circle of friends still haunts me. Here's his site.

More importantly, here's a story about The Ballad of Phil Ochs, the one-person musical performed by Zachary Stevenson.

[The Doc Searls Weblog]

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Billy Bragg has a song about phil ochs. it is worth listening too. as is phil ochs himself, though the 20th century masters album doesn't do him justice from what i'm told.

CBS, NFL a Bunch of Hypocrites. Okay, I was done with the Justin/Janet thing about a half-hour after the boob came out. But the statements being published in the news today are far more offensive to me than the tacky dance numbers of the half-time medley… [Eat Your Vegetables]

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as i've said before, CBS is the most conservative TV network in the U.S. It doesn't help that the NFL is trying to appeal to a younger demographic, but it ddidn't match with CBS, at least not well. However, seeing a breast, even decorated, should not be an issue in the United States.

luckily the Canadian Press is more reasonable….:)