Whuffie: one of the 25 notions for 2003 [bOing bOing] this isn't just how the web works it is how just about every complex human interaction works.

Experts See Vulnerability as Outsiders Code Software. As American companies move their software development tasks to computer programming companies, new concerns are being raised about the security risks involved. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology] which direction is this globalizing or is it both, what about isolating… i

5{p://www.guardian.co.uk/Education/universitiesincrisis/story/0,12028,869307,00.html?=rss”>Lessons on paying for higher education. Education: This month the government will deliver its blueprint on higher education. Guardian writers visit three universities to see what their experience can offer the debate. [Guardian Unlimited] with close to 60million gone from the vt budget, and more things popping up worldwide, i wonder what the overall future […]

Internet fears bring new guidelines. Chat room operators should provide safety messages for child users. [Guardian Unlimited] this always brings into question the notion of whose responsibility should it be to oversee children…

Falcon's Eye: The Making-Over of Nethack. 3 Jan 2003: On Lamp takes a look atFalcon's Eye.”Most of these interfaces perform a make-over of NetHack with flat, 2D graphics, but some also present a pseudo-3d look. Falcon's Eye aims for a much more sophisticated transformation, visually and otherwise. It overlays the ASCII characters with detailed graphics […]

Life In the Trenches: A Sysadmin Speaks. 2 Jan 2003: The Age talks to aSysadmin.”In 1982, he went into a support/sysadmin role and has stayed in that line ever since. Says he: “I guess this job was inevitable for me since I discovered computers at the age of 11. The only job I've ever had […]