BlogFodder launches. pb's launched his newest creation, BlogFodder, “A daily micro-mail that contains a word, phrase, link, or image that could spark an idea that could lead to a train of thought that might someday become the seed of a weblog post.” It will be interesting to see how many people actually post on the […]

from nettime.org by way of Heiko Recktenwald ITU To Propose Intl Cyberspace Treaty At Information Summit 279 words 14 November 2002 Nikkei Report English (c) 2002 Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. All Rights Reserved. TOKYO (Nikkei)–The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will propose at the World Summit on the Information Society in December 2003 the creation of […]

Cue the balloons – I just found out that The Shifted Librarian is one year old today!  I want to wish Jenny Levine a very heartfelt congratulations.  Even more, I want to thank her for encouraging me when I started this blog.  I started this blog as a half-assed experiment, mostly to see what weblogs […]

CONTROLLING SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION: This guy isn't happy about it. I tend to agree. I don't mind classifying particular bits of… [Instapundit.com] in my opinion, unless the government is sponsoring science in its own labs, outside of other considerations, the science should be open and without infringement. giving money does not give ownership of information, it […]

'Mickey Mouse' degree courses targeted [Ananova: News] it seems clear to me that this is a new form of academic fascism brought about by the interest of capital.

User Not Found. Online people die too. It would surely be a surprise if they didn't. Alas, how do we deal with real scenarios in virtual spaces? Dana J. Robinson is exploring death as it relates to this digital space. [MetaFilter] yup, there is a strong relationship between the two deaths, but one can be […]

Alpha Lives! But Who Will Market It? [Slashdot] this is nifty, i have an old alphastation with openbsd on it that keeps on ticking no matter what i do to it. I've wanted a nice alpha server for a while too..

dutch fun. Find out how dutch you are and what your dutch porn name is. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] he he he, funny stuff, the dutch, the ones that i have met, are cool

Reading Text Streams With head and tail. 13 Jan 2003: Learn how to process chunks of data from both static and dynamic files using head or tail commands. Whether you use the commands individually or combined, these steps can consolidate the time it takes to read a file at any given length. If you prefer […]

NYC's best dive bars: the definitive guide [bOing bOing] this is definitely a must read…